The following message is official and has been approved by the appropriate authorities to be posted to this list. This list is for the specific purpose of sending emails out to MCB students from the MCB Undergraduate Affairs Office. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ************************* 1. Student speaker at commencement 2. Bears Breaking Boundaries - Bio-Inspired Innovation 3. New Course on Global Poverty 4. Talk today, 11 am: Dilemmas in Public Health: from Smallpox Eradication and Polio to SARS and Avian Influenza *************************
Student Speaker at Commencement Each spring, the MCB Department holds auditions for the undergraduate Commencement speaker. The audition is open to all MCB seniors participating in Commencement. At the audition, speakers stand before an audience of MCB peers, staff, and faculty to present their own Commencement speech. After hearing all the speeches, the audience convenes to compare notes and select the person who will best represent the graduating class at Commencement. Selection Criteria The speeches will be evaluated by your peers and members of the UAO on the following: Content: The content should be entertaining, meaningful, and easy to follow. It should appeal to all MCB students regardless of emphasis, as well as to families and faculty. Successful speeches of past years have focused on the MCB, rather than Berkeley, experience. Presentation: The delivery should be engaging and appropriate to the occasion. The speaker should be easy to hear and understand, as well as rehearsed and comfortable speaking in front of very large audiences. Length: The actual speech cannot be longer than five minutes to the second. To Audition: Sign up to audition by bringing a copy of your speech to the MCB Undergraduate Affairs Office (2083 VLSB) by Wednesday, April 25 at 3 pm. Your audition time will be confirmed via e-mail. Auditions will be held on Monday, April 30, 2007, from 3:30-5 pm in 145 Dwinelle Hall *********************** 2. Bears Breaking Boundaries - Bio-Inspired Innovation Dear all, This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for the Bears Breaking Boundaries/Bio-Inspired Innovation contest is less than 3 weeks away - submissions are due by 5 pm, April 23, 2007. To those of you who attended the Bio-Inspired Innovation brainstorming/speed-dating workshop several weeks ago: thank you for a successful evening - we hope that you found the event valuable for meeting potential team mates and generating new ideas for collaboration. Don't miss this opportunity to win valuable funding for your projects: Bio-inspired innovation: http://contest.berkeley.edu/contest_pages/9 Also see http://contest.berkeley.edu Please feel free to e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any further questions you may have. Best, Annie Yeh -- Annie Yeh, Program Development Officer Big Ideas @ Berkeley Empowering Cal students to change the world ******************* 3. New Course on Global Poverty *The Blum Center for Developing Economies is proud to offer the following new course: *GLOBAL POVERTY: *CHALLENGES AND HOPES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM *IAS 115/ CP 115 Fall Semester 2007 Professor Ananya Roy Tu Th, 5-6:30 pm 155 Dwinelle Hall 4 units, CCN 46460/13436 Graduate students are welcome and will be able to get graduate-level credit Course Themes include: * Global Poverty: Key Trends & Challenges * The Institutions, Paradigms, & Critiques of Development * Global Poverty Campaigns & Millennium Development Goals * Agriculture: Land Security & Food Security * The Global Structure of Work * Infrastructure: Water, Sanitation & Housing * Financing the Unfinanced: Microcredit & Economic Development * Environmental Justice, Public Health & Livable Communities * Human Rights, Refugee Populations & War * The Promise of Technology * The Science, Art, and Politics of Poverty Alleviation Evaluations * Political Empowerment & Social Movements * The Ethics of Global Citizenship Please contact Ananya Roy with questions at [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************** 4. Dilemmas in Public Health: from Smallpox Eradication and Polio to SARS and Avian Influenza David Heymann MD WHO Assistant Director-General of Communicable Diseases Thursday, April 5 11 am 12 noon 166 Barrows Hall Sponsored by Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The above message does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the MCB Department, its student clubs, or UC Berkeley. TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe mcb-infoline" in the message body. Please send questions or comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a list of upcoming events and information about the student clubs: MCBcDNA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbcdna/ mcbUSA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbusa/
