Carnegie Council’s Trans-Pacific Student Contest, “Ethics for a Connected World”

Carnegie Council’s Trans-Pacific Student Contest, “Ethics for a Connected World”

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs announces its first Trans-Pacific Student Contest, a unique experiment in U.S.-Asia collaboration. The contest is part of Ethics for a Connected World, a three-year global education project to mark the Council’s 2014 Centennial. Winners will receive a trip to New York City.
The contest will be conducted via Carnegie Council’s online Global Ethics Network, a social media platform for people across the world who are committed to exploring the role of ethics in international affairs through joint projects, ongoing dialogues, and the creation of collaborative multimedia resources.

ESSAY OR VIDEO TOPIC: What is the greatest ethical challenge facing U.S.-Asia relations or the U.S. and one of the Asian countries listed below? Please use specific examples or stories to illustrate your points.

CONTEST REQUIREMENTS:

Each entry must be a collaboration between an American student and a student from one of the following: Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, or Vietnam.

The contest is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students only, and entries must be in English.

The entry can be either an essay or a video.

Essays should be written in op-ed style (not academic, footnoted papers) with a length of 2,000-3,000 words. Videos should not exceed 10 minutes.

COMPETITION DEADLINE: April 30, 2013

CONTEST PRIZE: Contest winners will receive a free trip to New York City in November 2013, to attend a 3-day Carnegie Council Global Ethics Network Annual Meeting.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Join the free Global Ethics Network (GEN) website: www.globalethicsnetwork.org.

2. Post your essay in the blog section and tag it with #ConnectedWorld; or

3. Upload your video here in one of the supported formats and tag it with #ConnectedWorld.

4. Please include your full name, address, email, age, and school affiliation.

Any questions? Please contact Evan O’Neil at eoneil@glossercceia.org.

This contest was made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. The Henry Luce Foundation was established in 1936 by the late Henry R. Luce, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Time Inc., to honor his parents who were missionary educators in China. The Foundation seeks to bring important ideas to the center of American life, strengthen international understanding, and foster innovation and leadership in academic, policy, religious and art communities

Spanish House Residents Enjoy “Dinner with a Professor” Night

Spanish House residents enjoy dinner prepared by Drs. Beck and Breidenbach.

On Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, Drs. Emily Beck and Carla Breidenbach prepared dinner for Spanish House/Casa Hispana residents for the first “Cena con un profesor”/”Dinner with a Professor” Night of the 2012-13 academic year.  Students enjoyed the following menu representing Spain: Ensalada mixta, gazpacho, albóndigas en salsa de tomate, tortilla española and champiñones al ajillo.

Sigma Delta Pi Celebrates Poetry Night

 

Coty Hoover recites a poem during Sigma Delta Pi’s Poetry Night.

On October 25, 2012 at 5:00pm at the Blacklock House, the College of Charleston’s Nu Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, sponsored its Noche de Poesía/Poetry Night where faculty and students read select poems in Spanish.

Essay Contest through the National Council for Black Studies

from: http://www.ncbsonline.org/college_student_essay_contest

College Student Essay Contest
DEADLINE:  December 14, 2012  (must be received by this date)
 
Students,

 Submit your essay today to compete in the NCBS Annual Student Essay Competition!  Winners will be recognized at the March Conference Student Luncheon.  

UNDERGRADUATE WINNERS:

1st Place –  $350.00
2nd Place – $250.00
3rd Place –  $125.00


GRADUATE WINNERS:
1st Place –  $450.00
2nd Place – $350.00
3rd Place –  $225.00

 Winners will be notified by February 1, 2013.

ESSAY GUIDELINES:

  • Essays should focus on any aspect of the Africana experience, i.e., art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social and policy issues.
  • Must bet typed in MS Word, 12-18 pages in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
  • 8.5″ w by 11″ high standard printing paper
  • Students are asked to document sources using either MLA or APA style guide.
  • Submissions must be mailed to the address below.  Faxed or electronic essays are not accepted!
  • Please include the following information on your COVER SHEET ONLY:
  • Name
  • Class status (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Student
  • Mailing addres
  • Telephone number
  • Email Address
  • Name of college or university
  • Name of Faculty Advisor
  • DO NOT include the above information on any subsequent pages of the essay other than on the cover sheet.

 Send all manuscripts to:
National Office, NCBS
Africana Studies Department
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210370
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370

Street/Overnight Address:
National Office, NCBS
Africana Studies Department/span>
University of Cincinnati
2815 Commons Way, 3514 French Hall, West
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370

Essay Contest through the National Council for Black Studies

from: http://www.ncbsonline.org/college_student_essay_contest

College Student Essay Contest
DEADLINE:  December 14, 2012  (must be received by this date)
 
Students,

 Submit your essay today to compete in the NCBS Annual Student Essay Competition!  Winners will be recognized at the March Conference Student Luncheon.  

UNDERGRADUATE WINNERS:

1st Place –  $350.00
2nd Place – $250.00
3rd Place –  $125.00


GRADUATE WINNERS:
1st Place –  $450.00
2nd Place – $350.00
3rd Place –  $225.00

 Winners will be notified by February 1, 2013.

ESSAY GUIDELINES:

  • Essays should focus on any aspect of the Africana experience, i.e., art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social and policy issues.
  • Must bet typed in MS Word, 12-18 pages in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
  • 8.5″ w by 11″ high standard printing paper
  • Students are asked to document sources using either MLA or APA style guide.
  • Submissions must be mailed to the address below.  Faxed or electronic essays are not accepted!
  • Please include the following information on your COVER SHEET ONLY:
  • Name
  • Class status (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Student
  • Mailing addres
  • Telephone number
  • Email Address
  • Name of college or university
  • Name of Faculty Advisor
  • DO NOT include the above information on any subsequent pages of the essay other than on the cover sheet.

 Send all manuscripts to:
National Office, NCBS
Africana Studies Department
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210370
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370

Street/Overnight Address:
National Office, NCBS
Africana Studies Department/span>
University of Cincinnati
2815 Commons Way, 3514 French Hall, West
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370

Essay Contest through the National Council for Black Studies

from: http://www.ncbsonline.org/college_student_essay_contest

College Student Essay Contest
DEADLINE:  December 14, 2012  (must be received by this date)
 
Students,

 Submit your essay today to compete in the NCBS Annual Student Essay Competition!  Winners will be recognized at the March Conference Student Luncheon.  

UNDERGRADUATE WINNERS:

1st Place –  $350.00
2nd Place – $250.00
3rd Place –  $125.00


GRADUATE WINNERS:
1st Place –  $450.00
2nd Place – $350.00
3rd Place –  $225.00

 Winners will be notified by February 1, 2013.

ESSAY GUIDELINES:

  • Essays should focus on any aspect of the Africana experience, i.e., art, education, history, literature, politics, psychology, social and policy issues.
  • Must bet typed in MS Word, 12-18 pages in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
  • 8.5″ w by 11″ high standard printing paper
  • Students are asked to document sources using either MLA or APA style guide.
  • Submissions must be mailed to the address below.  Faxed or electronic essays are not accepted!
  • Please include the following information on your COVER SHEET ONLY:
  • Name
  • Class status (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Student
  • Mailing addres
  • Telephone number
  • Email Address
  • Name of college or university
  • Name of Faculty Advisor
  • DO NOT include the above information on any subsequent pages of the essay other than on the cover sheet.

 Send all manuscripts to:
National Office, NCBS
Africana Studies Department
University of Cincinnati
P.O. Box 210370
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370

Street/Overnight Address:
National Office, NCBS
Africana Studies Department/span>
University of Cincinnati
2815 Commons Way, 3514 French Hall, West
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370