Welcome Back!!

Hello everyone,

Hope all of your breaks were wonderful and productive. Welcome to the NEW YEAR and new semester. These are some of the Upcoming events and opportunities. See you all bright and early Tuesday.

EVENT

MISA Open House

Tuesday, January 18 · 10:00am - 4:00pm

Coffman 201

MISA will be having an open house Tomorrow with drinks, refreshments and good conversation. Head over and bring your friends to catch up on winter break shenanigans.

Dance Marathon

“Dance Marathon is a 12 hour dance-a-thon in which participants
raise money and support for children and families affected by
HIV/AIDS and other isolating circumstances. The event will be
held Saturday March 5th 2011, from 10am-10pm in the Radisson
Ballroom. Dance Marathon will feature live music, deejays and
a multitude of entertainers to inspire our dedicated dancers.
Hundreds of enthusiastic college students, alumni and faculty
will be dancing their hearts out for children affected by
HIV/AIDS. Each dancer raises at least $100 and is challenged
to stay on their feet for the entire event!”

More information and registration can be found on our
website. http://www.umndancemarathon.org/

VOLUNTEERING & OTHER

Multicultural Kickoff Ambassadors

“We [are] excited to announce that we are beginning recruitment of our 2011 Multicultural Kickoff (MKO) Ambassadors, and would love to see more of our student leaders get involved! If you would like to take advantage of this additional leadership opportunity and have a positive influence on the experiences of our incoming multicultural first year students, please complete the application by clicking on the following link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFhkeVBXNUtBTzR5V2...

(Please make sure you scroll to the top and read all the qualification requirements.)”

Submit your application by the *January 28th priority deadline*

Questions, please feel free to contact Tex Ostvig at ostvigwt@umn.edu, 612-624-3958 or Ah Vang-Lo at vang0464@umn.edu, 612-626-3780.

Paid Summer Internship

“Breakthrough Saint Paul is looking for a diverse group of talented undergraduate and high school students (juniors/seniors) to teach and lead at an innovative academic summer program for highly motivated, under-resourced middle school students in Saint Paul. Breakthrough provides paid summer teaching internships, complete with training and classroom teaching experience.”

For more info contact

Jennifer Otremba
Program Director
Breakthrough Saint Paul
http://www.breakthroughsaintpaul.org
651-748-5504
jotremba@breakthroughsaintpaul.org

Please check out the attached documents and visit our website for more details! http://www.breakthroughsaintpaul.org/teachers_become.html

-ASA