Who: Any Graduate and Undergraduate Upper Division Students. What: Examine international and intercultural environments for health and illness; focus on similarities and differences among peoples and communities in meeting health/illness needs; consider social, cultural, and environmental factors that bear on health and illness. When?: Fall 2008, Wednesday, 5:15 to 7:15 p.m.

If you have questions, please contact: ann.mckenzie@villanova.edu

Chemistry majors will be available two evenings per week to provide homework help for all first-year chemistry classes. Come prepared to do your practice and homework problems. Location: South Campus Dining Hall. Time: 9 to 11 p.m., on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

For additional information:

If you have questions, please contact: nancy.mott@villanova.edu

Freeman-ASIA (Freeman Awards for Study in Asia) is designed to support American undergraduates with demonstrated financial need who are planning to study overseas in East or Southeast Asia. A Freeman-ASIA Award provides need-based funding to assist the recipient with the cost of the study abroad program and related expenses such as airfare, additional living costs, books, etc. Grant amount for a semester abroad is up to $5,000. Deadline for Fall 2008 and Academic Year 2008-2009: April 2, 2008.

For additional information: http://www.iie.org/programs/Freeman%2DASIA/

If you have questions, please contact: nora.pillard@villanova.edu

The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad. Students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba. Deadline for fall semester study abroad: April 15, 2008.

For additional information: www.iie.org/gilman

If you have questions, please contact: nora.pillard@villanova.edu

The process of applying for nationally competitive fellowships and scholarships is one that requires foresight and planning. So we have gathered materials at the Web site below to help you in your planning and for getting you started in this process.

For additional information: www.villanova.edu/artsci/college/academics/uga/resources/

If you have questions, please contact: nora.pillard@villanova.edu

Are you interested in completing an internship that is not relevant to your major? Have you thought about various possibilities that interest you, but were uncertain that you could receive academic credit? The internship office is excited to share that as a liberal arts and sciences student in the College, you are invited to explore internship opportunities outside of your major for academic credit.

If you have questions, please contact: Rina.Ebert@Villanova.edu

Dr. Lisa Rattray, Admission's Officer from the Duke University Nichols School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, will visit campus on Friday, March 28, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., in 103 Mendel Science Center to discuss the DUKE UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATE SCHOOL. Make a career out of your concerns about climate change, ocean pollution, and sustainable development. Learn how you can make a difference by choosing Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences.

For additional information: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/geoenv/

If you have questions, please contact: francis.galgano@villanova.edu

St. Joseph's University will host the Philadelphia Non-Profit Career Fair on Thursday, April 10, 2008, at 10 a.m. Villanova University is a strong participant. Idealist.org sponsors the event and coordinates employer participation, with co-sponsorship from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Commongood Careers. More than 90 non-profit organizations, representing issues ranging from the arts to human services/education to environmental concerns, have participated each year. Location: Alumni Fieldhouse, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA. Bus transportation will be available outside Corr Hall on a continuous loop throughout the day.

For additional information: http://www.idealist.org

If you have questions, please contact: carol.lloyd@villanova.edu

Attend this panel discussion on Working in the Communications Industry in Philadelphia on Wednesday, April 2, from 6 to 8 p.m., in 1011 Bartley Hall. This event is open to all students. The Ad Society and the Villanova PRSSA are hosting this event with the Philly Ad Club, the largest association in the region for professionals in the advertising and public relations industry. Speakers from advertising agencies, public relations firms, media -- traditional and digital -- and in-house communication departments will be on hand to share their insight.

For additional information: http://www.villanova.edu/vpaa/careers/events/

If you have questions, please contact: Maureen.Piotti@villanova.edu

This series of events is not to be missed!

For additional information: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/english/news/festival.htm

If you have questions, please contact: august.tarrier@villanova.edu

If you would like to submit your poetry, prose photography, drawing or other art, e-mail your piece to Arthology@gmail.com.

If you have questions, please contact: Arthology@gmail.com

Admission to films in the Cultural Film Series is now free, for the first time in the series' 30-year history, for students with valid University I.D. Further, the Connelly Cinema has been completely revamped, with new projection and sound systems installed. And this semester, CFS celebrates the launch of the new Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For a complete schedule of films, please visit the Web site listed below.

For additional information: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/communication/news/culturalfilm/lineup.htm

If you have questions, please contact: john.oleary@villanova.edu

Check out the interesting and timely events sponsored by the Department of Political Science.

For additional information: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/psc/

If you have questions, please contact: lowell.gustafson@villanova.edu

Check out the upcoming events that the East Asian Studies Program is sponsoring this semester!

For additional information: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/eastasian/

If you have questions, please contact: amaria.toyoda@villanova.edu

Silvia Nagy-Zekmi, a professor of Hispanic and cultural studies, is teaching an Honors course entitled, "Introduction to Cultural Studies," which will include a one-day student conference on cultural studies on Saturday, March 29, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in room 300 of the St. Augustine Center for the Liberal Arts. All are invited to attend. The keynote speaker is Marwan Kraidy, Ph.D., an associate professor of communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kraidy is the author of Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspectives and Hybridity, or, The Cultural Logic of Globalization. The event is sponsored by the Villanova Honors Program and the Canter for Arab and Islamic Studies.

If you have questions, please contact: silvia.nagyzekmi@villanova.edu

The Organization of Human Services (OHS) is sponsoring the Fairy Godmother Project. By collecting gently used prom and formal dresses, OHS hopes to help make the prom wishes of inner-city girls come true. So, ladies, over spring and Easter break, grab those dresses from the back of your closets and bring them to the Connelly Center from March 10 to 19, or on March 27.

If you have questions, please contact: Carolyn.Camire@villanova.edu

Interested in learning more about this student organization? OHS is a club here on campus that is designed to highlight and serve those students who are interested in Human Services and related fields like Psychology and Sociology. Learn how you can get involved!

If you have questions, please contact: Carolyn.Camire@villanova.edu

Two million Iraqis are now refugees, and two million more are internally displaced. This forum will address who they are, why they fled and where, what they face, the response to the crisis, and actions needed. The forum will take place on Tuesday, April 8, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in Bartley Hall, Room 1011.

If you have questions, please contact: christine.kelleher@villanova.edu

Check out the fascinating upcoming events sponsored by the Women's Studies Program this semester.

For additional information: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/womensstudies/newsevents/

If you have questions, please contact: lisa.sewell@villanova.edu