Mosaic http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic en gfj2@calvin.edu Copyright 2007 2007-02-28T21:56:00-05:00 scholarship opportunity http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/scholarship_opportunity/ FREEMAN ASSIST: FUNDING FOR ASIAN UNDERGRADS WITH SUMMER NON-PROFIT INTERNSHIPS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for Freeman ASSIST. The Freeman ASSIST program provides educational allowances to outstanding undergraduate students from East and Southeast Asia who are currently studying in the U.S. and who secure internships with U.S. not-for-profit organizations during the summer of 2007. Freeman ASSIST, generously sponsored by the Freeman Foundation, offers educational allowances to Asian students who choose to spend their summer in an internship based at a not-for-profit organization in their host community or elsewhere in the United States. The program seeks to facilitate greater interaction between young Asian students and U.S. not-for-profit and community groups by creating paths for sharing experiences and enhancing mutual understanding. To qualify, students must be citizens of countries in East and Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam). Citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States are not eligible. APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 13, 2007 More Information: More information about Freeman ASSIST including eligibility guidelines, FAQs and access to the on-line application is available at: http://www.iie.org/programs/freemanassist Rent/Class News FREEMAN ASSIST: FUNDING FOR ASIAN UNDERGRADS WITH SUMMER NON-PROFIT INTERNSHIPS
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The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for Freeman ASSIST.

The Freeman ASSIST program provides educational allowances to outstanding undergraduate students from East and Southeast Asia who are currently studying in the U.S. and who secure internships with U.S. not-for-profit organizations during the summer of 2007.

Freeman ASSIST, generously sponsored by the Freeman Foundation, offers educational allowances to Asian students who choose to spend their summer in an internship based at a not-for-profit organization in their host community or elsewhere in the United States. The program seeks to facilitate greater interaction between young Asian students and U.S. not-for-profit and community groups by creating paths for sharing experiences and enhancing mutual understanding.

To qualify, students must be citizens of countries in East and Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam). Citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States are not eligible.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 13, 2007

More Information: More information about Freeman ASSIST including eligibility guidelines, FAQs and access to the on-line application is available at: http://www.iie.org/programs/freemanassist

]]> 2007-02-28T21:56:00-05:00 Feb. Rent http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/feb_rent/ During interim, Syd Harvey came and talked at Mosaic worship about living in diversity after Mosaic and he touched on three points: intentional, accountable, and celebration. Please submit a one page journal on ways you will continue to be intentional this semester about pursuing diversity, who will hold you accountable to this lifestyle (list at least two specific questions they could ask you), and in what ways could you celebrate (list two specific reasons for celebration). If you didn’t attend the service, please feel free to ask me or one of the PAs for more information. Due Feb. 15 Rent/Class News During interim, Syd Harvey came and talked at Mosaic worship about living in diversity after Mosaic and he touched on three points: intentional, accountable, and celebration. Please submit a one page journal on ways you will continue to be intentional this semester about pursuing diversity, who will hold you accountable to this lifestyle (list at least two specific questions they could ask you), and in what ways could you celebrate (list two specific reasons for celebration). If you didn’t attend the service, please feel free to ask me or one of the PAs for more information. Due Feb. 15

]]> 2007-02-02T05:12:00-05:00 Sibling Weekend http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/sibling_weekend/ Hello everyone, My name is Amy Maffeo and I am the new Program Coordinator for Pathways to Possibilities.  Every year, P2P students come and participate in Siblings Weekend here at Calvin.  These students do not have actual siblings on campus so this is were YOU come in....  We are looking for people willing to host a 4th-6th grade student on Friday and Saturday of Siblings Weekend.  This is the schedule: Friday, February 23rd · PICK-UP 3:30-4:30pm - Spoelhof Lobby You need to be at registration in order to meet and pick-up your P2P student.  · DINNER: Your “sibling” would have a meal card so you would take him/her to the dining halls for dinner.  · ENTERTAINMENT: We will provide a Rangeela ticket for you and your P2P sibling so you could attend the show that evening.  There are other Siblings Weekend events planned by Student Life for that evening as well.  · SLEEP: Your sibling will bring a sleeping bag to sleep on your floor or couch.  Saturday, February 24th · BREAKFAST: In the dining hall.  · ART PARTY: 10am-Noon - There is a tie-dying and face painting party in the Art department.  · LUNCH: In the dining hall. · DROP-OFF: 2pm - P2P students will be picked up by their parents in the Spoelhof Lobby.  The commitment runs from before dinner on Friday through after lunch on Saturday.  The one stipulation is that you and your “sibling” have to stay on campus.  You can not take them off campus.  This is a volunteer position; you will not be paid for hosting this student.  We hope that you take this opportunity to have fun with a younger student participating in the events of Siblings Weekend and introduce them to college life.  If you are interested, please contact me by email or phone.  The deadline to sign up to host is Wednesday, Feb. 7th!  Thank you for considering this opportunity.  I look forward to hearing from you!  Amy J. Maffeo Program Coordinator Pre-College Programs Calvin College Phone: 616.526.7103 ajm22@calvin.edu Upcoming Events Hello everyone,

My name is Amy Maffeo and I am the new Program Coordinator for Pathways to Possibilities.  Every year, P2P students come and participate in Siblings Weekend here at Calvin.  These students do not have actual siblings on campus so this is were YOU come in.... 

We are looking for people willing to host a 4th-6th grade student on Friday and Saturday of Siblings Weekend.  This is the schedule:

Friday, February 23rd
· PICK-UP
3:30-4:30pm - Spoelhof Lobby
You need to be at registration in order to meet and pick-up your P2P student. 
· DINNER: Your “sibling” would have a meal card so you would take him/her to the dining halls for dinner. 
· ENTERTAINMENT: We will provide a Rangeela ticket for you and your P2P sibling so you could attend the show that evening.  There are other Siblings Weekend events planned by Student Life for that evening as well. 
· SLEEP: Your sibling will bring a sleeping bag to sleep on your floor or couch. 

Saturday, February 24th
· BREAKFAST: In the dining hall. 
· ART PARTY: 10am-Noon - There is a tie-dying and face painting party in the Art department. 
· LUNCH: In the dining hall.
· DROP-OFF: 2pm - P2P students will be picked up by their parents in the Spoelhof Lobby. 

The commitment runs from before dinner on Friday through after lunch on Saturday.  The one stipulation is that you and your “sibling” have to stay on campus.  You can not take them off campus. 

This is a volunteer position; you will not be paid for hosting this student.  We hope that you take this opportunity to have fun with a younger student participating in the events of Siblings Weekend and introduce them to college life. 

If you are interested, please contact me by email or phone.  The deadline to sign up to host is Wednesday, Feb. 7th! 

Thank you for considering this opportunity.  I look forward to hearing from you! 

Amy J. Maffeo
Program Coordinator
Pre-College Programs
Calvin College

Phone: 616.526.7103
ajm22@calvin.edu

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]]> 2007-01-03T21:16:00-05:00 Dubois’ friend http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/dubois_friend/ My friend Brian is home on leave from the army, but he just got a call that he is being deployed to Iraq and he leaves early tomorrow morning. Pray that God will keep him safe while he is over there, and bring him back to his family, his fiance, and his friends safely. Also that his faith would not waver while he is over there seeing death and chaos around him all the time. This will be his second time in Iraq as well. -- Eric DuBois P-blog My friend Brian is home on leave from the army, but he just got a call
that he is being deployed to Iraq and he leaves early tomorrow morning.
Pray that God will keep him safe while he is over there, and bring him
back to his family, his fiance, and his friends safely. Also that his
faith would not waver while he is over there seeing death and chaos
around him all the time. This will be his second time in Iraq as well.

-- Eric DuBois

]]> 2007-01-03T21:10:01-05:00 pray. http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/pray/ Would ya’ll please pray for mt friend Tim. He is having to grow up really fast. His dad is not bieng a dad and Tim feels like he needs to provide for his mom and two sisters. It is really hard for him! By Dusty Jepkema on 10/29 at 05:09 PM Would you please pray for my friend Amanda. She is having a hard time. Her family is really depressed and her faith is not as strong as it used to be. By Dusty on 10/29 at 05:10 PM P-blog Would ya’ll please pray for mt friend Tim. He is having to grow up really fast. His dad is not bieng a dad and Tim feels like he needs to provide for his mom and two sisters. It is really hard for him!
By Dusty Jepkema on 10/29 at 05:09 PM

Would you please pray for my friend Amanda. She is having a hard time. Her family is really depressed and her faith is not as strong as it used to be.
By Dusty on 10/29 at 05:10 PM

]]> 2006-10-30T13:49:00-05:00 What is the P-blog? http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/what_is_the_p_blog/ At our first common meeting, someone mentioned that we ought to be lifting one another up-- in a prayer sort of way. And so the p-blog was born. Yes, a prayer blog because we believe prayer makes a difference.  Email me with your prayer requests, and I’ll put them up here. Thanks. P-blog At our first common meeting, someone mentioned that we ought to be lifting one another up-- in a prayer sort of way. And so the p-blog was born. Yes, a prayer blog because we believe prayer makes a difference.  Email me with your prayer requests, and I’ll put them up here.

Thanks.

]]> 2006-10-19T18:39:00-05:00 Football Learning Event http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/football_learning_event/ Okay, so it was a little cold out last Friday night, but we went to the East Grand Rapids football game anyway.  The fans were pretty into the game (mostly to keep warm) and the players brought their game, too.  It was funny to be hanging around with High School and Middle School aged kids again (made me realize how little I miss High School). On the way to the game, we discussed a little about football, except most of the people who went had already seen American Football before.  As the game went on, situations would come up in which someone would have to explain a ruling on the field and sometimes there were even disagreements about rules between people who supposedly know the rules of football.  I guess it goes to show how many rules there are in football compared to other team sports. It was a pretty good football game.  East Grand Rapids won 21 - 0 and everyone who went had a good time, despite the frozen backsides.  As we talked during the game, we found out that High School football is bigger in some parts of the country than others.  John Medendorp acknowledged that football in Texas is a much bigger deal than here in Western Michigan.  I too, remember going to football games back home in Eastern PA where everything seemed bigger; the players, the crowds, and the general noise level of many games back east seem bigger.  Maybe I just have a slanted view because I was in High School when I went to High School football games.  Enough about this, but I think we should think about having a Mosaic Superbowl Party if anyone is interested.  Reflections on Events Okay, so it was a little cold out last Friday night, but we went to the East Grand Rapids football game anyway.  The fans were pretty into the game (mostly to keep warm) and the players brought their game, too.  It was funny to be hanging around with High School and Middle School aged kids again (made me realize how little I miss High School).

On the way to the game, we discussed a little about football, except most of the people who went had already seen American Football before.  As the game went on, situations would come up in which someone would have to explain a ruling on the field and sometimes there were even disagreements about rules between people who supposedly know the rules of football.  I guess it goes to show how many rules there are in football compared to other team sports.

It was a pretty good football game.  East Grand Rapids won 21 - 0 and everyone who went had a good time, despite the frozen backsides.  As we talked during the game, we found out that High School football is bigger in some parts of the country than others.  John Medendorp acknowledged that football in Texas is a much bigger deal than here in Western Michigan.  I too, remember going to football games back home in Eastern PA where everything seemed bigger; the players, the crowds, and the general noise level of many games back east seem bigger.  Maybe I just have a slanted view because I was in High School when I went to High School football games.  Enough about this, but I think we should think about having a Mosaic Superbowl Party if anyone is interested. 

]]> 2006-10-16T19:33:00-05:00 Cricket http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/cricket/ This was the day we all learned to play that wonderful game...... Cricket!!!.  The day was nice and the sun cudn’t have been anymore perfect for a 2.5 hour long game.  Atleast 40 persons turned up for the event, some from the Mosaic floor and others from the different dorms.  Everyone met on the softball field and players were given a brief history of the game and told the strategies of getting ‘runs’ (points) and winning the game.  Overall the day was great and it would be nice to do it again… sweet memories!! Two teams split and the game was on............ Remember..... it’s a bat, not a paddle! This was the day we all learned to play that wonderful game...... Cricket!!!.  The day was nice and the sun cudn’t have been anymore perfect for a 2.5 hour long game.  Atleast 40 persons turned up for the event, some from the Mosaic floor and others from the different dorms.  Everyone met on the softball field and players were given a brief history of the game and told the strategies of getting ‘runs’ (points) and winning the game.  Overall the day was great and it would be nice to do it again… sweet memories!!

Two teams split and the game was on............


Remember..... it’s a bat, not a paddle!

]]> 2006-10-11T03:16:00-05:00 hi! http://www.calvin.edu/weblogs/mosaic/index2/hi/ Welcome to the Mosaic Blog! This is a place where we keep a record of what we’re contemplating as a floor, upcoming events for you to join us, and, of course pictures. Leave us a comment, we’d love to know how you’re doing and what you think. ... Welcome to the Mosaic Blog!

This is a place where we keep a record of what we’re contemplating as a floor, upcoming events for you to join us, and, of course pictures. Leave us a comment, we’d love to know how you’re doing and what you think.

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