The staff of the Associated Colleges of the South wish you and your family a very happy holiday season!

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CONTENTS for December 16, 2004

OPPORTUNITIES

1. Third Annual ACSTC Summer Software Engineering Internship
2. ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium in Classics
3. Composers of Internet2 (CI2):  Technology Enabled Composition Contest
4. Mini-grants Available through Science Reform Program
5. ACS Environmental Summit February 11-13
6. Environmental Mini-grants Available for Faculty, Students and Staff
7. Global Partners Opportunities
8. Latin American Studies Symposium

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1.    THIRD ANNUAL ACSTC SUMMER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP

The Associated Colleges of the South Technology Program is in search of Computer Science majors or individuals with a passion for computers and software development. Through development of a real software project, interns will develop real-world skills and create a network of friends while working with a professional software developer. The internship will be from May 30 to July 29, 2005.  Applications are due February 11.
For more information please visit: http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/se/internship.html.

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2.    ACS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM IN CLASSICS

The Third Annual ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium in Classics will take place April 8-9, 2005 at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS. Abstracts and applications may be submitted online and are due February 4, 2005. For more information, please visit: http://www.sunoikisis.org/undergradsymposium/.

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3.    COMPOSERS OF INTERNET2 (CI2): TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED COMPOSITION CONTEST

Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education invite young composers to participate in an exciting new competition. The organizers seek works for unaccompanied cello in celebration of Dr. Ronald Crutcher, Wheaton's new president and cellist. Prof. Craig Hultgren, Birmingham-Southern cellist and activist for new music, will perform and record all the winning works. For complete information see: http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/IT_S/internet2/CI2/.

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4.    MINI-GRANTS AVAILABLE THROUGH SCIENCE REFORM PROGRAM

**Course Mini-Grants available for natural science faculty who teach introductory science courses for non-science majors. Submission deadline is March 15, 2005. Categories, submission guidelines, and cover sheet are available at http://www.colleges.org/sciencereform/minigrants.html. Direct questions to Leo Pezzementi (BSC) at lpezzeme@panther.bsc.edu, or to Beth Bowser (ACS) at bowser@colleges.org.

**Science Reform Mentoring Mini-grants available through the ACS Science Reform Program. Submission guidelines are found at http://www.colleges.org/sciencereform/mentoring_minigrant.html#description.
General information about the Science Reform Mentoring Program is found at http://www.colleges.org/sciencereform/mentoring_activities.html. Direct questions to Linda McNally (Davidson) at limcnally@davidson.edu, or to Beth Bowser (ACS) at bowser@colleges.org

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5.      ACS ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT FEBRUARY 11-13

Mark your calendars to attend the ACS Environmental Summit at Morehouse College in Atlanta, February 11-13, 2005. This 3-day gathering will combine presentations on undergraduate research (with over 50 students presenting), green campus practices, international courses, campus-community partnerships, and green teaching with an environmental action workshop and student service learning at a local food bank. Environmental Summit Keynote Speakers are Morehouse alumnus George Bandy II (http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/workshops/Bandy_bio.pdf) and student clean energy champion Billy Parish (http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/champions/2004_sep.php).  For more information, pleases see our website at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/workshops/workshops.html and for more details, go to http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/workshops/envirosummit.pdf. Online registration is free at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/workshops/registration04.html.

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6.  ENVIRONMENTAL MINI-GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR FACULTY, STUDENTS AND STAFF

The Curriculum and Faculty Development Alliance (CFD) and the Campus as Lab for Sustainability Alliance (CLS) each have rolling deadlines for grants and are actively seeking faculty, staff, and students who do great things for the environment on their campuses.

CFD supports ACS professors to develop or to re-design environmental courses. For further information please visit the alliance websites at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/cfd_rfp05.pdf, or contact Lee Lines at llines@rollins.edu.

CLS supports projects by students, faculty and staff that use the physical campus and its various assets to exemplify or move towards best practices in sustainability.  For more information, please see the rfp at http://www.colleges.org/~enviro/proposals/cls_rfp_guidelines05.pdf, or contact Jeanne Jackson and Rolad Hazelhoff (jjackson@bsc.edu, rhazelho@bsc.edu).

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7.    GLOBAL PARTNERS OPPORTUNITIES

**Global Partners Semester in Turkey Program for students. Students study the culture and history of Turkey and participate in a 7-day field trip in Western Turkey. The fall 2005 program will be led by Dr. Tom McCollough of Centre College. To receive printed materials for distribution to your students, contact Teresa Wise at twise@colleges.org  Visit the website for more information at: http://www.global-partners.org/turkey/studyabroad/ and view our online PowerPoint presentation by clicking "Slideshow" from the website.

**France Regional Alliance Offers Mini-grants for curriculum development and funding for campus speakers. Deadline: March 1, 2005. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/alliances/france/minigrants.html
and http://www.global-partners.org/alliances/france/speakergrants.html

**Join the Global Partners Francophone Speakers Bureau and share your teaching and research expertise with other Global Partners campuses. For more information contact Teresa Wise at twise@colleges.org  Visit the France Regional Alliance webpage to see more about the work of this group: http://www.global-partners.org/alliances/france/index.html

**Central Europe and Russia Task Force offers funding for International Visitors. Deadline: April 15, 2005.  More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/cerus/ivp.html

**Central Europe and Russia Task Force offers faculty travel grants for Summer 2005 and fall 2005. Deadline: February 15, 2005. More information at: http://www.global-partners.org/cerus/travelapp.html

**Turkey Task Force offers travel grants and funding for the CIEE faculty development seminar. Deadline: February 15, 2005. More information:   http://www.global-partners.org/turkey/

**Travel Grants for East Africa available. More information: http://www.global-partners.org/africa/2005/grantinfo.html

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8.    LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM

Mark your calendars now for the 13th Annual Latin American Studies Symposium to be held at Birmingham-Southern College April 8-9, 2005. The LAS Symposium is an undergraduate interdisciplinary research conference providing students the opportunity to present original research papers. Faculty are invited to serve as panel chairs and discussants. We invite submissions of abstracts for 15 minute presentations in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.bsc.edu/lass (click on the LAS Symposium link) and they must reach us by January 31, 2005. Please note there is a registration fee of $20.00 to help cover the meals at the conference. Contact Barbara Domcekova at Birmingham-Southern (Phone: 205 226-4975; Email: bdomceko@bsc.edu) or Teresa Wise at ACS (twise@colleges.org) for more information.


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