Green Fees, Revolving Loan Funds and More, Oh My! Meet: Campus InPower via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Writing about Refugees: A Competition for Student Journalists via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog
Yet another opportunity for university students to write about refugee and asylum issues is on offer, this time from the Jesuit Refugee Service Europe. Aspiring journalists are invited to compose an article on the theme of "Access to Asylum." Participants must be enrolled in an institute of higher education based in a Council of Europe member state. The deadline for submissions is 22 February...
Forced Migration Student Conference via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog
The 5th Annual Forced Migration Student Conference will be held 1 March 2008 at the University of Oxford. The theme is "Rethinking Solutions for Forced Migrants." It's organized by postgraduates for postgraduates and practitioners. "The aim of this conference is to give postgraduates the opportunity to present their research in a supportive environment, to meet others researching similar topics,...
Minnesota Students TEAM Up! via It's Getting Hot In Here
This weekend, I was one of several Minnesotan college students who retreated to a somewhat secluded castle in Northern Minnesota built by Arctic explorer and climate change activist Will Steger. Students from Macalester, St. Olaf, Hamline, the University of Minnesota, St. Scholastica, and St. Thomas gathered at the second summit of TEAM Minnesota- the Transcampus Energy Action Movement, that is. Good food, incredible meeting place (a castle on the Boundary waters?! Does it get better?), and dedicated people all make for the very best sort of coalition summit you can ask for.
TEAM got right to work planning statewide and national initiatives and exploring exciting new communications systems to keep us not only in touch, but maintaining the momentum and energy of coalition summits. In the...