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October 08, 2008

Intercultural Leadership Retreat

Saturday, November 1 2008
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 2
10:00am-2:00pm
Room 180 HHH Center

FREE: All food and materials provided

NOTE: Retreat is for a day and a half

- Develop cross-cultural communication skills
- Develop cross-cultural leadership skills
- Develop a living laboratory on campus
- Develop friendships
- Highly interactive
- High energy

This retreat is for undergradute international and U.S. students who want to learn to become more effective in international environments. This highly interactive, high-energy retreat becomes a living
laboratory of what it takes to work with people from vastly different cultures. You will meet other
students, begin friendships with people from all over the world, and discover your own leadership potential.

A cutting edge intercultural leadership model, Personal Leadership, will be used to develop participants’ cross cultural skill-set that is needed for professional and personal lives in the 21st century.

Space is limited. Hurry up and apply online before noon October 20 at http://www.isss1.umn.edu/leadership/BRQ.lasso

Any questions: Contact Thorunn Bjarnadottir at thorunnb@umn.edu

Sponsored by International Student & Scholar Services & Culture Corps

September 17, 2008

MINI MEDICAL SCHOOL

MINI MEDICAL SCHOOL CONTINUES ITS OUTREACH with its latest theme, "Hot Topics in Health." The five-week series will include pandemic flu, food and water safety, battlefield medicine, stem cell science, forensic pathology, ethical
situations in natural disasters, and clinical trials. Mondays, Oct. 13-Nov. 10, 6-8:30 p.m., theater, Coffman Union. For more information, see Mini Medical http://ecommunication.umn.edu/t/74634/672748/11966/0/ .

December 06, 2007

Message from Abinasir Haji-Bare

UniFersal.com has teamed with the non-profit organization Lift Kids, Inc. to create a wonderful opportunity. UniFersal.com has pledged to give $.10 to the cause for every person that becomes a member on their website, UniFersal.com. The goal is to have one million members by April 30, 2008. It does not cost anything to become a member or to use the services of UniFersal.com.

Please help us spread the word so that we can build the village.

Thanks,
Nasir (Wallin Scholar - Edison 03'

Press Release: Download file

1 Million Strong to Build a Village in Somalia

UniFersal.com has teamed up with, the non-profit organization, Lift Kids to give everyone an opportunity to help out with the crisis in Somalia.
Minneapolis, MN, November 30, 2007: UniFersal.com has pledged to give $.10 to the cause for every person that becomes a member on their website from December 1, 2007 to April 30, 2008. The goal is to achieve one million new members by April 30, 2008. It does not cost anything to become a member or to use the services of UniFersal.com.

Why Somalia?
Somalia has the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa. Seventeen years of civil war has caused an economic collapse throughout the country. According to United Nations officials, Somalia has higher malnutrition rates, more current bloodshed and many fewer aid workers than Darfur, which is often publicized as the world's most pressing humanitarian crisis and has taken clear priority in terms of getting United Nations-backed aid. The people in Somalia are hungry, exposed, sick and dying. The few aid organizations willing to brave a lawless, notoriously dangerous environment cannot provide enough relief to help the suffering people.

About the Village
Lift Kids Villages are built to last, utilizing best-practice methods, and are intended to become self-sustaining by teaching entrepreneurial self-sufficiency and putting it into action to cover all operating costs. Kids learn the skills needed to both survive and thrive, and their community benefits from long-term sustainability.

About UniFersal.com
The word UniFersal was derived from two words, “Universal� and “Free�. These two words are the building blocks of UniFersal.com. The website is an online marketplace where you can buy, sell, rent or swap anything, anywhere in the world, for free. UniFersal.com went live in July 2007 and already has members from around the globe. It is connecting buyers and sellers locally, nationally, and internationally.

About Lift Kids
Lift Kids is a Minnesota-based nonprofit service enterprise taking action on the plight of impoverished children via a philanthropic franchise model centered around what they call the Lift Kids Village. They have assembled a volunteer corps of experts ready to go build villages and seed sustainable change.

Why join UniFersal.com?
UniFersal.com, Inc. is dedicated to improving the world that we live in by giving back to the communities that need it most. The company is giving the entire world an opportunity to help people in need by simply becoming a member on a free website.

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