Amherst News

Student workers are needed for women's

hockey games this weekend, Nov. 21-22. Students must be available Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. Contact roconnor09@amherst.edu if

interested.

Students considering teaching or

residence life work over the summer should attend this information session with a representative from Tabor Academy's Summer Program on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 6 p.m. in the Career Center.

The application deadline is Nov. 18 in

Experience, and Tabor will be

interviewing on campus on Nov. 20.

The Amherst College Outing Club is offering a

Wilderness First Responder Course taught by SOLO, January 15-23. WFR is the perfect course for anyone working in a position of leadership in an outdoor setting or for individuals who want a high level of wilderness medical training for extended backcountry trips or expeditions. WFR is an 80-hour course taught over 8 days. It is a comprehensive and in-depth look at the standards and skills of dealing with response and assessment, musculoskeletal injuries, environmental emergencies and survival skills, soft tissue injuries and medical emergencies, as well as CPR. Cost for the course is $450 for Five College students and $650 for everyone else. Please see the link for

more information. More information...

Each day of our four-day Pride Week has

a theme with related events. As always, all sexual orientations are welcome and we love it when y'all from the other schools come around. This year, some of the events include Queerly Engaged: Sexuality, Gender and Community Work; an event sponsored with the Center for Community Engagement; a Gay Orgasm Workshop; an event sponsored with the Student Health Educators; and many more! Stop by the information table in the Keefe Campus Center anytime,

Nov. 17-20, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Interested in making the world a more

peaceful place? The 100 Projects for Peace program, an initiative of the Davis United World College foundation, offers funding for undergraduates to create and implement their own grassroots projects for building peace in the 21st-century world. Amherst is among a selected group of U.S. colleges and universities invited to nominate one or two student project proposals for funding of $10,000 each for the summer of 2009. Applications include a two-page project description, a one-page budget, a resume and a personal statement, due Jan. 9, 2009. An information session will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in Fayerweather 113. The on- campus contact is Dean Tuleja

(fetuleja@amherst.edu).