By
Mindy Jones
Summer is approaching, and as the temperature rises and the layers come off, the deadline for scoring that ideal internship or summer job is coming closer. Fuji Color will be on the Mall today looking for business students to fill full- and part-time jobs throughout the summer. Representatives will be available for questions between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, please call Stephanie at 621-2372.
Get your friends and teachers on your side by attending today's 5 p.m. Weekly Writing Workshop, "The Persuasive Essay." This free lecture will provide you with the information and techniques necessary in creating a cohesive and constructive argumentative paper. The workshop will be held in Modern Languages Room 204 and will last about an hour. A question and answer period will be available for students immediately following the lecture. For more information, please call Donna Rabuck at 621-5849.
Children often carry an innocent insight into the world that older students have lost along the way. Get in touch with your inner child at today's 7 p.m. Poetry Center Reading Series, "ArtsReach Reading." The presentation will feature Native American students from local Tucson schools as well as from surrounding reservations. The event is sponsored by ArtsReach, a nonprofit organization which promotes writing improvement programs, and will take place in the Modern Languages auditorium. For more information, please call the Poetry Center at 626-3765.
The Africana Studies department pays homage to women of past generations with today's Black History Month Series lecture, "African-American Mid-Wives 1900-1940." African studies adjunct lecturer Kelena Reid Maxwell will lead a discussion on the role of women in the 1900s and their changing role as we moved into the next century. The lecture will take place in the Martin Luther King Jr. building, Room 209. For more information, please call 621-5665.
Many children and adults go to bed every night with pangs of hunger plaguing their dreams. Project Volunteer and Education by Example present the annual Hunger Banquet today at 5 p.m. to address the concerns of world hunger. The interactive dinner will be held in the Student Union Memorial Ballroom, and reservations are requested. For more information on this event, please call Jill at 626-4906.
Grab a pen and paper and head on over to the Bear Down Gym for a free lesson in "Note Taking Strategies." This Learning Strategies Workshop will begin at 2 p.m., and students are advised to bring in lecture notes from their current class schedule. For more information on future workshops, please call Karen Gutierrez at 621-4548.
