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Be Global presents ‘Global Insights’

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Join the RSO Be Global for a night of insights from abroad.

Going abroad changes your perspective. Come to the Courtyard Cafe in the Union on April 10th from 6 to 8 pm to hear first hand how a variety of academic, professional, volunteer, and independent travel opportunities affected students and alum!

Speakers include a Peace Corps volunteer who spent 2 years in El Salvador, a professor who leads annual trips to Turkey, and students who have been to Africa, Europe, and South America.

There will also be information for how you can take advantage of the wide variety of opportunities available to students.

First MAFE Meeting of 2013!

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Founded in 1994, MAFE, The Minority Association of Future Educators’ mission is to provide a support network for underrepresented students seeking to become professional educators and to address the educational needs of children, with an emphasis on children from underrepresented groups. MAFE membership offers the chance to become involved with children and other community members, through community involvement, socials, and forums.

WHO:  The Minority Association of Future Educators (MAFE)

WHAT: Would like to invite you to the first MAFE Spring 2013 meeting!

WHEN:  Wednesday, January 23rd at 7pm

WHERE:  Education Building Room 192

WHY:  Come learn more about who MAFE is, how MAFE can help in your career and student development, and what

it means to be a member of The Minority Association of Future Educators (MAEF)!!

Prior to the meeting, we will be having a pizza social!  Come to Room 192 at 6:30pm and have a slice of pizza and socialize!!!

Can’t wait to see you all there!

Joe Cross

Pre-Teacher Education Advisor

University of Illinois

College of Education

120 Education Building, MC-708

1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL

(217) 333-2800

(217) 244-3647 fax

jlcross@illinois.edu

Become a Financial Mentor

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Lead. Give back. Innovate.

Moneythink is a financial literacy mentoring organization that connects talented college mentors to high school students. Through peer-mentoring, high school students learn the importance of financial responsibility and entrepreneurial resourcefulness. The Moneythink curricular model of financial life skills and entrepreneurship features lessons on credit, debt, saving, decision-making, and hands-on project management. Through “Moneythinking,” students not only gain practical business and teaching skills, but they also become leaders experienced in critical thinking and public speaking.

Interested in becoming a mentor? Please email sgwong2@illinois.edu for more information or with any questions about our RSO. Also, feel free to check out the Moneythink website for more information about what we’re about and what the organization has accomplished: http://moneythink.org/.

Join Big Brothers Big Sisters RSO

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I would like to invite you to join the Big Brothers Big Sisters Registered Student Organization at U of I.  The mission of BBBS at UIUC is to increase the number of student mentors in order to meet the need of the hundreds of local kids that are currently on the waiting list. Not only do we match in School Based and Community based matches, we also provide students without transportation the opportunity to be matched by transporting their Littles to the Union every Monday to hang out with their Bigs.

Great reasons to join!

  • ·         A student run organization that offers students leadership positions.
  • ·         A great chance to meet other Bigs and share ideas.
  • ·         Great way to effect change in the local community.
  • ·         Seasonal program events: Halloween parties, fishing trips, etc.
  • ·        Help more local children get matched by helping fundraise.
  • ·         Allow more students the experience of being that special Big to a child.
  • ·         All time dedicated to our RSO counts as Service Hours!

Only two basic requirements for membership:

  • ·        Attend biweekly fundraising Meetings.
  • ·        Earn 10 fundraising points each semester.  They are easy to earn! Just volunteer at a football game, help with a couple bake sales, etc.

Please consider joining! We could really use your help in achieving our mission!

If you have additional questions, please don’t hesitate to email or call me, or you can email Becky Gartner, BBBS UIUC President, directly at gartner4@illinois.edu for more details!

Tell your friends and make sure you Like Us on FB!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/BBBS-UIUC/171451112961504
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Brian Bialeschki
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois
Case Manager
Work:217-355-2227
Cell: 217-841-4439
Fax: 217-352-6494

Moneythink Financial Literacy Mentoring Organization seeks participants

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Lead. Give back. Innovate.

Moneythink is a financial literacy mentoring organization that connects talented college mentors to high school students. Through peer-mentoring, students learn the importance of financial responsibility and entrepreneurial resourcefulness. The Moneythink curricular model of financial life skills and entrepreneurship features lessons on credit, debt, saving, marketing, decision-making, and hands-on project management. Through “Moneythinking,” students not only gain practical business skills, but they also become leaders experienced in critical thinking and public speaking.

Moneythink was founded at the University of Chicago and is on the move:
+760 program graduates and counting
+Chapters on almost 20 college campuses nationwide
+Nominated for the Chicago Innovation Awards
+Global Finalist in the Sparkseed Social Innovation Competition
+New York Stock Exchange “Top 100” Social Venture
+Recognized as one of five Champions of Change in the White House Campus

Challenge

Moneythink operates at an intersection between the social entrepreneurship and for-profit sectors. As an elite mentoring program and successful start-up venture, Moneythink is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable real world experience and leadership opportunities. If you are interested in getting involved in this exciting movement to revolutionize financial literacy education, please contact Executive Director, Emily Blumenthal via email at emblumenthal23@gmail.com. Also, feel free to check out the Moneythink website for more information about what we’re about and what the organization has accomplished: http://moneythink.org/.

Join Illinois Trial Team

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The Illinois Trial Team is a group of undergraduates that are interested in public speaking and love to argue and act!  Our team receives a legal case in the beginning of the year and develops a prosecution and defense case.  We are looking for public speakers for our attorney roles and actors/actresses to portray our witnesses.  Our team is nationally ranked, and we travel all around the country competing against different universities.  Please visit IllinoisTrialTeam.com for more information.  Also, check out the attached flier!  Come to our information meetings are August 29th and 30th at 5:30 pm in the Law Building Auditorium (504 East Pennsylvania Avenue) to sign up for a try-out slot!  Hope to see you there.