Living, learning in India
Students wanting to know how to help communities outside the United States will be given the chance to learn how today and Wednesday.
The organizers of Project Nepal will hold an informational meeting for “Project Dharamsala: Tibet in India” tonight from 5-6 p.m. in Sturm Hall, room 186 and tomorrow from 12-1 p.m. in the Dupont Room in the Mary Reed Building.
Students who go to northern India for Project Dharamsala will spend three weeks during winter interterm volunteering and interacting with Tibetan and Indian people.
Students will also listen to speakers from the local area talk about local concerns.
Last year, those who went to India listened to guest speaker, His Holiness Karmapa. This year the Office of International Service Learning hopes to have the 14th Dali Lama as a speaker.
The group will tour northern India, including Delhi and Agra.
The International Service Learning program hopes that students will “study the history and culture of India and of Tibet in Exile, with special insights gained through service work in the community.”
The five-credit course will be taught by philosophy professor Roscoe Hill. Hill will focus the course on Tibetan and Indian cultures and those in Tibet who are currently in exile.
Applications for the program may be obtained online at www.du.edu/intl/isl. The application deadline is May 1.
Leadership program set
students wanting to become better leaders will have the opportunity to build their leadership skills in May.
DU will hold its first annual Student Programs Student Leadership Conference May 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on campus.
The All Undergraduate Student Association Senate will pay for two students from recognized clubs and organizations to attend the event. The Senate will pay for up to the first 50 who sign up.
The program, titled “Lead Factor–Be a Fearless Leader,” will focus on building skills to help those involved with organizations on campus to help them become better leaders.
The registration fee will be $10 after these spots have filled up.
The conference will also be an opportunity for members of organizations to co-program or co-ordinate events.
A free lunch will be served at the event.
To obtain the application to attend, visit www.du.edu/orgs/senate.
Musical tribute held
Music will fill Sturm Hall tonight when Margaret Lattimore performs.
Lattimore, a mezzo-soprano, will perform from 7-9 p.m. in Sturm Auditorium for the Third Annual Musical Tribute to Jeff Bradley.
Tickets are $25.
For more information call x12466.
Photography, war discussed
A War of a different time and place and people will be discussed this week.
Documentary photographer Ted Engelmann will share his experiences of the Vietnam War Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m. in Ben Cherrington Hall, room 201.
Engelmann will present a slide show of how the war impacted the United States, Vietnam, Australia and South Korea.
The presentation will be based on Engelmann’s 35 years of research on the Vietnam War and social impacts of the war.
For information contact Susan Rivera at surivera@du.edu.
Celebrate DU’s diversity
The University of Denver wants you to celebrate your diversity this May.
The Second Annual University of Denver Diversity Summit will be held May 9 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Driscoll Ballroom.
This year’s summit, “In the Spirit of Liberation,” will include workshops for those who attend, a keynote speaker and a community dialogue between participants.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Sylvia Hurtado, associate professor for the Center of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan.
Hurtado’s research focuses on the outcomes for universities and students when there is or is not a diverse campus.
This research is now being used to aid the University of Michigan’s affirmative action case that is currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
She will address the university’s court case and her research of the impact of diversity on campuses.
She will apply these principles to DU.
The community dialogues, called “American Voices,” will be an opportunity for members of the community to voice their views on life after Sept. 11 and on the war with Iraq.
For information contact Stephanie Rivale, Multicultural Student Success Coordinator, Center for Multicultural Excellence at srivale@du.edu or x17659.
Flo’s jazzing it up on campus
Flo’s Underground will perform Friday from 5-7 p.m. in the Recital Salon in the Newman Center.
The group will perform contemporary and hard Jazz.
The event is free for the University of Denver community.
For more information call x16412.
Colorado art festival downtown
The beauty of Colorado art will be celebrated at the Fifth Annual Colorado Arts Festival May 23-26 at the Denver Pavilions.
The festival will feature 150 of Colorado’s top artists. This includes jewelry designer Suzanne Williams, sculptor Anne Cunningham and satirical drawing artist Bill Amundson.
The festival will also feature the culinary arts.
“This year, the Colorado Arts Festival not only has increased in size and offerings, but we’re collaborating with other local non-profits to create the best event possible,” co-producer D. Michaels stated.
Events at the festival will include origami, face painting and an opportunity for people to paint their own masterpiece on a wall.
There will be musical performances as well, including Hazel Miller and Opie Gone Bad. An Isreali folk group will also sing and dance.
The festival will also provide opportunities for community members to help others. Habitat for Humanity will be at the festival, and attendants will be given the chance to help build and paint playhouses for the organization.
Organizers of the event are looking for volunteers to help with artist relations, education, entertainment, guest relations, production, public safety, silent auction, and volunteer coordination.
To volunteer or for the schedule of the daily events visit the festival’s website at www.coloradoartsfestival.org.
“Dime” volunteers needed
March of Dimes is looking for volunteers for the WalkAmerica event on April 26 at the Civic Center Park and throughout downtown.
The organization needs more than 200 volunteers to help with setup, registration, food coordination, crowd management and cleanup.
Volunteers will be needed between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Volunteers will receive a free lunch and t-shirt.
March of Dimes is an organization that works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects.
Call 303.692.0011 for information.
Volunteer days at DU
The University of Denver Volunteer Days will be held April 25-26.
The events will start April 25 with a breakfast at 7:30 at the Marcus Commons, Daniels College of Business. The Saturday events will begin at 9 a.m.
Visit www.du.edu/cap to register.
Herbal medicines discussed
Green tea, saw palmetto, tea tree oil. If you know what any of those medicinces are or if you want to know more about them, then Paul A. Cox is the man you need to talk to.
Cox will be speaking at Colorado State University Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Poudre High School Auditorium, 201 S. Impalia Drive, Ft. Colins, as part of the Bridges to the Future program. His lecture will focus on “Ethnobotany: New Drugs and Old Diseases.”
Cox is an international authority on the the medicinal benefits of plants and the possibilities of treating old diseases with alternative, natural treatments.
He has been reasearching and speaking on the field of botany and the medicinal benefits of plants for over two decades, and travels around the globe educating others about the benefits of plant-derived medicine.
Cox is director of the National Tropical Botantical Garden, a King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Professor of Environmental Science at the Swedish Biodiversity Center in Uppsala, Sweden, a professor of Brigham Young University at Hawaii and chairman of the Seacology Foundation.
His numerous degrees in the field of environmental science include a Ph.D. and master’s degree from Harvard University and a bachelor’s of science in botany and philosophy from BYU.
This valedictorian of BYU’s class of 1976, also has acquired a massive amount of awards and recognitions for his environmental work. These honors include being named one of 11 “Heroes of Medicine” by Time magazine in 1997 for his research of medicines derived from plants and the Goldman Environmental Prize for his work saving tropical rainforests the same year.
When Cox isn’t researching and saving rainforests, he has found time to publish books, such as his recent Nafanua: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest, and a listing of articles on the environment and related topics that occupies nearly six pages of his resume.
For more information call 970.491.6974.
