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Want to do something meaningful with your summer break? The Morgrdige Center for Public Service is now recruiting student volunteers for a number of open positions through Badger Volunteers! For much more information and to check out over 200 positions with Madison area organizations, visit:  http://morgridge.wisc.edu/programs/WEBV/SummerVolOpps.html

If you plan on staying in Madison over the summer and are looking to volunteer you time and get involved see all the opportunities below!

The Office of Sustainability is offering 5 undergraduate students and 5 graduate students a scholarship to gain them admission to the 2013 UW Big Learning Event ( http://biglearningevent.wisc.edu/ ) on June 5th and 6th at the Gordon Dining and Event Center. The event will give students the unique opportunity to engage with today’s brightest minds and find solutions to today’s most pressing issues. Guest speakers include: Saleem Ali , Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the founding Director of the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security at UVM’s James Jeffords Center for Policy Research Jill Tarter , Astronomer and former Director of the Center for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Lynda Barry , Author and cartoonist credited with expanding the literary, thematic and emotional range of American comics Molly Carnes , Tenured Professor in the Department of Medicine at UW

The International Symposium on Media & Mass Communication will be held in Bulgaria, Sunny Beach resort September 10–14, 2013.   The Symposium is organized by the Science and Education Foundation (Bulgaria), and Faculty of Journalism, Saint Petersburg State University (Russia).  To view the participation requirements, please visit the website .  The papers presented as talks or posters at the conference will be published in  the Journal of International Scientific Publications: Media & Mass Communication . To register online, please go  here .

The Honors Student Organization is looking for board members for the 2013-2014 school year. It is not necessary to have attended any HSO events in the past. We are looking for an Academic Chair, Community Service Chair, and Social Chair. If you are interested in taking a leadership role in this great student organization please email Matt VandeHei  as soon as possible.