What: Validation simply means submitting your service hours (with a signature from someone who can verify that service) to the Kernodle Center. Validation can be done for an individual student’s service hours or for an organization’s service hours.

Where: Forms can be found at http://www.elon.edu/e-web/students/servicelearning/validation.xhtml. They can then be printed, filled out, and submitted to the Kernodle Center in Moseley 230.

When: Validation forms are due by the last day of classes. Feel free to still turn in hours from this past fall as well as the current spring semester.

Why: These hours will reflect positively on your student organization, as well as adding to the total number of service hours done by Elon students overall. These hours will also be added to each participant’s Elon Experiences Transcript, helping them document their personal service for future resumes, interviews, etc.

Questions? Feel free to email elonvols@elon.edu with any questions.

EV! still has the following leadership positions open for next year:

SGAC Coordinator
Safe Rides Captains
Campus Kitchen Delivery Shift Coordinator
PR Liaison for Campus Kitchen
Burlington Housing Authority LINCS
Alternative Spring Break coordinators for the following breaks:

• Rural Poverty (Appalachian Mountains, NC)
• Hunger and Homelessness (DC Central Kitchen)
• Urban Poverty (Atlanta)
• International Affordable Housing (Dominican Republic)
• Migrant Workers and ESL (Mexico)
• Interfaith Exploration (Morocco)

Learn more and apply at http://www.elon.edu/e-web/students/servicelearning/openleadpositions.xhtml. Applications are due April 29 at 5pm.

All of the food will be homemade, including hummus, tzatziki, chicken/vegetarian kebabs, cous cous, tabouleh, and of course, pita bread.

The cost is $6 from 5:30-7pm or $8 from 7-9pm. You also have the option of stopping by for a to-go box if you don’t have time to stay and eat (cost will be $6 for a portion of all food items- vegetarian option available).

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Nine Elon students and two Elon faculty members are participating in a 12 day service trip to Morocco. We are working with Bridge of Cultures, an organization dedicated to eliminating the concept of the “other” and enriching people’s knowledge of cultural practices and lifestyles in other areas of the world. Through facilitating our educated and responsible cultural exchange with many different people and communities in Morocco, Bridge of Cultures is hoping to slowly but surely alleviate tensions caused internationally by the simple lack of familiarity with and knowledge of other peoples and their cultures.

Join us at Alternative Breaks Presents!, where coordinators and/or participants will share their experiences from this year’s alternative breaks. This is a great opportunity to hear first-hand about each break and catch up with your fellow trip participants!

The event will take place Thursday, April 14 at 6:00 pm in McEwen 011 (the theatre in the basement).

Please email trips@elon.edu to RSVP. We hope to see you there!

The workshop on Wednesday, March 30, is open to all who are interested. Experts on evaluating media sources will lead small groups in discussion about how citizens should examine their news.

Workshop for citizens and students: Critically evaluating media sources
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
McKinnon Hall

Sponsored by the Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political Communication.

Please contact Dr. Laura Roselle, lroselle@elon.edu, with any questions.

The third panel will be on Tuesday, March 29 from 3:30 p.m.to 5 p.m.

Challenges for Journalists
Oaks 212

Journalists (local, state, national, and international level) will discuss the challenges of providing accurate and honest stories. What do the terms accuracy and honesty mean? How is information gathered, assessed, and presented? What are the challenges associated with getting information from public officials? What other values or needs may compromise accuracy and/or honesty in journalism today?

• Silvia Gambardella, Senior Special Projects Producer, ABC 11
• Andy Curliss, Staff Writer, The News & Observer
• Jennifer LaFleur, Computer Assisted Reporting Specialist, Propublica
• Alex Goldman, Producer, On the Media Challenges for Government Officials

E-mail Dr. Laura Roselle, political science, at lroselle@elon.edu with any questions.

The second panel will be on Tuesday, March 29 from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Challenges for Government Officials
Oaks 212

Government officials at the local, state, and national level will discuss openness and access to information.

• Karen Finnegan, Deputy Director, Office of Government Information Services
• David L. Elliott, Director – Victims and Citizens Services, North Carolina Department of Justice
• Sharon Gladwell, Communications Director, N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts
• Brad Fowler, Manager, Research and Planning at N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts
• David Hunt, Deputy Clerk/Information Specialist, Orange County, NC

A lunch for conference participants and attendees will precede the panel from noon to 1:15 p.m. Please RSVP here:

E-mail Dr. Laura Roselle, political science, at lroselle@elon.edu with any questions.
 

The first panel will be on Tuesday, March 29 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. 

Presenting Complex Information: Scholars Discuss Media, Public Policy, and Audience Responses
Oaks 212

Scholars and researchers will discuss how complex information is covered in the media, the difficulties in presenting complex information to a broad audience, and how this content affects audiences.

• Barbara Miller, Assistant Professor, Communications, 51爆料网 – Audience Responses to Politically-based Advocacy Messages
• Sarah Cohen, Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy, Public Policy, Duke University – Computational Journalism – Media Coverage of Complex Information
• Donald Shaw – Kenan Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC, Chapel Hill – Audiences and Political Agendas
• David Gammon – Assistant Professor of Biology, 51爆料网 – Sharing Scientific Information with Local Media

A lunch for conference participants and attendees will follow the panel from noon to 1:15 p.m. Please RSVP here: .

E-mail Dr. Laura Roselle, political science, at lroselle@elon.edu with any questions.

OPEN POSITIONS

Interns:
• Collaboration and Outreach Intern*
• Communication and Morale Intern*
• Leadership Development and Training Intern*

Academic Service Learning:
• Academic Service Learning Director
• Academic Service Learning Team Member

Awareness:
• Amnesty International Co-Coordinator
• Student Global AIDS Campaign Co-Coordinator

Events:
• Events Director
• Blood Drives Co-Coordinator
• Special Olympics Co-Coordinator

Programs:
• Programs Co-Director
• Adopt a Grandparent Co-Coordinator
• Avalon Co-Coordinator
• EV! Coaches Co-Coordinator
• EV! Tutoring Co-Coordinator
• Lunch Buddies Co-Coordinator
• S.H.A.R.E. Co-Coordinator

Campus Kitchen:
• Summer Intern* (6 weeks, Summer 2011)
•Cooking Shift Leader
• Delivery Shift Leader
• Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Coordinator
• Stop Hunger Now/MLK Day Coordinator

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) Trips:
• Domestic ASB Trips Director
• International ASB Trips Director
• Rural Poverty ASB Coordinator (Appalachian Mountains, NC)
• Environmental Issues ASB Coordinator (Turtle Island, NC)
• Hunger and Homelessness ASB Coordinator (DC Central Kitchen)
• Housing and Disaster Relief ASB Coordinator (New Orleans)
• Urban Poverty ASB Coordinator (Atlanta)
• Affordable Housing ASB Coordinator (Dominican Republic)
• Migrant Workers and ESL ASB Coordinator (Mexico)
• Street Children ASB Coordinator (Honduras)
• Rural Education ASB Coordinator (Jamaica)
• Interfaith Exploration ASB Coordinator (Morocco)

PR Team:
• PR Director
• Programs PR Liaison
• Events PR Liaison
• Alternative Breaks and Awareness PR Liaison
• Campus Kitchen PR Liaison

LINCS (Leaders in Collaborative Service):
• Kopper Top LINCS*
• Loaves and Fishes LINCS*
• Positive Attitudes Youth Center LINCS*
• Cummings High School LINCS*

Safe Rides:
• Treasurer
• Volunteer Coordinator
• PR Coordinator
• Operations Coordinator
• Captains
• Captains Coordinator
• Executive Coordinator

Miscellaneous Positions:
• EV! Treasurer
• Service Learning Community Director

*paid positions

On March 10 from 7-8 pm at the Academic Pavilion Ampitheater, speakers from Invisible Children will be visiting Elon’s campus to screen their newest video. These individuals will speak about their knowledge of the issue and will be available to get students more involved.

Invisible Children is an organization dedicated to rehabilitation and protection of civilians living in Uganda and the Congo.

Questions? Email Kevin Lynch at klynch10@elon.edu.

We’ll see you there!

Rain location: Oaks 212