March Events & Opportunities

Scholarships & Conferences:
Pat Tillman Military Scholarships, open to both veterans and active duty service men/women (Deadline: March 16)
United Nations Human Rights Indigenous Fellowship Programme

Lectures & Events
Minnesota Cuban Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theatre (2/23/12 - 3/29/12)
(Monday, March 5) UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi: "Back on the Agenda? The Imperative of the Middle East Refugee Question"
(Tuesday, March 6) International Women's Day
(Tuesday, March 6) David Cole: Constitutional Hope: The Surprising Resilience of Human Rights in the
Decade After 9/11, and Its Implications for Constitutional Theory and Politics of Rights
(March 7) Benefit Event for women artisans at Ten Thousand Villages, 5-8pm
(Friday, March 9) Women in Afghanistan: Securing their Future - A Talk with David Cortright in honor of International Women's Day
(Tuesday, March 20) Luther Castillo: Voices of the Voiceless

• 7pm at Waite House, 2529 13th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN
• Doctor and activist will speak about the struggle of the Honduran people during the June 2009 coup

(Thursday, March 22) "Forty Years of Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota" Exhibit and Panel Discussion
(March 27) Symposium: Ending Violence Against Women, sponsored by World Without Genocide

• 7-9pm William Mitchell College of Law

February Events and Application Deadlines

Academic Opportunities
Environmental Internship and Career Fair (February 1)
International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy & the UN (Feb. 21-24, NYC & DC)
Foreign Policy Competition with Chance to Win a Trip to Berlin (DEADLINE: Feb. 23)
Capitol Hill Days Advocacy Weekend with Population Connection (March 30-April 3) *Feb. application deadline
Undergraduate Research Opportunities  Program (UROP) Summer & Fall submission deadline (Feb. 27)
Careers in Law Forum: Law Opens Doors (Wednesday, February 29th) 12-3pm Willey Hall Atrium

Events Around Campus
 In the News: Leadership Change in North Korea and its Effects - Travis Workman (Feb. 2, 3:30pm at Folwell Hall Room 121) 
"The Great Convergence: Dissecting the Nature of Japan's Historical Ascendancy" (Feb. 3, 12pm at Heller Hall)
Sustainability Film Series (Feb. 2-May 3, at Bell Museum of Natural History)
Human Rights for the 21st Century: History Practice, Politics Speaker Series - David Scheffer, former Clinton Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (Feb. 8, 7pm at McNamara Alumni Center)
"Placing Children, Constructing Whiteness, and Securing Labor in the early American Bid for Empire (Feb. 21, 12pm at Andersen Library)
(Feb. 24, 7:30am - 2:30pm) Emerging Markets Symposium at Carlson School Atrium
'Slavery by Another Name' - film screening and discussion (Feb. 24, 2-4pm at Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs) 
"Beyond bin Laden: The Future of al-Qaeda and American Counterterrorism" (Feb. 25, 7pm at Continuing Education and Conference Center)
Human Rights for the 21st Century: History Practice & Politics Speaker Series - Aryeh Neier, former director of ACLU (Feb. 28, 7pm at McNamara Alumni Center)