The U.S. National Commission for UNESCO is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Fall/Winter 2008 cycle of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship.  As you may recall, this fellowship will help fund a
proposal designed by the applicant–a U.S. undergraduate or graduate student between [...]

Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Peter Kerry Powers
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YORK LITTLE THEATRE’S 2008 PA Original Playwright Competition
Now seeking plays which meet the following requirements:

Full-length
Unproduced
Non-musical
Written by a Pennsylvania resident
Minimal set
A cast of approximately 10 or less

The winning play will premiere as part of York Little Theatre’s 2009-2010 Season. The playwright will also receive an Honorarium in the amount of [...]

Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Peter Kerry Powers
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Witf welcomes students to submit their statements of personal belief in essays of 500 words or less to witf.org. All submissions will be considered and selected essays will be chosen for broadcasting on the witf radio station. Submissions can be sent to FM@witf.org with the phrase “This I Believe” in the subject line.
For [...]

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by Peter Kerry Powers
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This in today from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

About Editorial Internships
The Chronicle of Higher Education seeks interns for the fall 2008 session, which will begin in September. The Chronicle is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to maintaining a diverse work force.
The internships are full-time in our Washington, D.C., office and will last through mid-December 2008. [...]

Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Peter Kerry Powers
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On October 16-18, 2008, a conference called “The Poetics of Conflict and Reconciliation” will be held at Bridgewater Conference. For more information, visit the conference website at: http://www.bridgewater.edu/~sgallowa/poetics08.

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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The Third Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies will be held at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday December 6, 2008.
Undergraduate students may deliver 15-minute papers or presentations in art history, literature, history, music, philosophy, religion, or any other discipline dealing with the medieval and/or early modern eras.
Groups of students may propose [...]

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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The Sheridan Press (Hanover, PA) has an opening for a Journal Production Editor. This full-time position includes copyediting and issue management for technical journals. A degree in English and experience in publishing/printing is preferred. If interested, please contact Maggie Hauser (class of ’06) at mhauser@tsp.sheridan.com.

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Mackenzie
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Advocacy, Ethics, and Faithin an Election Year
Bethel University is holding a conference about the role of religious commitments in the work of professional journalists, April 16-18, 2008. Featured speakers are Ray Suarez (author of The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America, and a senior correspondent for “The News Hour with Jim [...]

Posted on March 10th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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Email your prose, poetry and photography to ds1284@messiah.edu for the spring 2008 issue of the Minnemingo Review. You can submit up to four pieces, and prose pieces should not exceed 1500 words. The deadline is March 13.

Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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From the hippie culture to the AIDS epidemic to the Internet revolution, love has gone from “free” to fraught to Facebook. What is love now, in this age of 24/7 communication, blurred gender roles and new attitudes about sex and dating?
The New York Times invites college students nationwide to submit a personal essay of between [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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