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The foundation accomplishes its mission by engaging with selected four-year public universities to implement its Suder Scholars Program, which provides holistic support for first-generation students in on-campus Scholar Development Sites.

The foundation is expanding its Scholar Development Site network and will add two university partners as new sites during this grant cycle. The selected institutions will receive a one-year planning grant followed by multiyear grants for scholarships and program operation. The new partners will spend the 2010-11 academic year involved in further developing the program materials and model and securing campus collaborations to launch their site and first scholars cohort in August 2011.

The foundation will award planning grants of up to $60,000 each toward a planning coordinator, the planning process, and one visit to each of the two existing program sites. Funding for the first year of scholarships and program support will be disbursed in the spring of 2011. Co-investment by the institution is required. Complete funding responsibility is expected to transition to the university by the program’s fifth year.

The program is open to public four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. Ideal grantees will have enrollments between 10,000 and 25,000 undergraduate students and a sizeable residential population.

Complete program information is available at the foundation’s Web site

Part of the Center for Social Inclusion, the Alston Bannerman Fellowship Program supports long-time activists of color by giving them the resources to take time out for reflection and renewal.

Fellows receive a $25,000 award to take sabbaticals of three months or more.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a person of color, have more than ten years of community organizing experience, be committed to continuing social change work in communities of color, and live in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or U.S. Virgin Islands. Both paid and unpaid leaders are eligible to apply.

Beyond the basic eligibility criteria, the program seeks applicants whose work attacks root causes of inequity by organizing those affected to take strategic collective action, challenges the systems that perpetrate injustice and effect institutional and structural change, builds community capacity for democratic participation and develops grassroots leadership, acknowledges the cultural values of the community, creates accountable participatory structures in which community members have decision-making power, and contributes to building a movement for social change by making connections between issues, developing alliances with other constituencies, and collaborating with other organizations.

Visit the Alston Bannerman Fellowship Web site for complete program information.

Alternatively, if you are looking for something on the site which you cannot find now due to the changes, please email dan.kammer@gmail.com. Also, here are some pertinent links for the upcoming weeks:

• NMLA Annual Conference page
• Online Membership Registration and Renewal
• Register for the Conference

The McGraw Prize honors leaders from all three levels of education: elementary, secondary, and postsecondary. Winners must have developed programs exhibiting strong school-business partnerships, family engagement, use of cutting-edge technology, and data-driven decision making, among other practices.

Nominations are invited from the public. Only individuals who are presently committed to the cause of education and have been leading successful educational programs that have shown notable progress are eligible for nomination. Institutions, boards, organizations, or other groups are not eligible.

Recipients are honored at a dinner in New York City and each receives a $25,000 prize.

Nomination guidelines and forms are available at the McGraw-Hill Companies’ Web site.

The new Commitment to Community online grants system makes applying easier for community groups, is more efficient for the bank, and allows Bank of the West employees who volunteer with local charities to provide input, including recommendations, on applications.

Bank of the West provided more than two thousand grants to community organizations in 2009. The bank’s Charitable Investments Program provides grants to local nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving quality of life, particularly for low- and moderate-income individuals and communities. Grants are made in the categories of Community and Economic Development, Education and Job Training, Health and Human Care, and Civic and Cultural.

The bank’s charitable investments are generally limited to public nonprofit charitable organizations and agencies that are exempt from federal taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Grant guidelines and the Commitment to Community grants site are available through Bank of the West’s Community Affairs Web site.

Company Summary:
Follett Higher Education Group is a family-owned bookstore provider that has operated with integrity and respect for over 135 years. We manage more than 800 campus bookstores in the United States and Canada.

The Follett Higher Education Group is committed to its values – value for our customers and our associates. Follett provides many career opportunities throughout the United States and Canada, all with industry-leading compensation, excellent benefits, extensive training and career-enhancing packages. We are dedicated to promoting from within, which means tremendous career opportunities and advancement.

The reasons that Follett is a great place to work are as diverse as the people who work here. No matter what you are looking for in a career, you will find it at Follett. We offer the strength and stability of an industry leader along with a distinguished history of retail bookstore management services to the educational community. We haven’t, however, lost the intimacy of a small family-owned company.

We are currently seeking candidates for our May 17, 2010 training session. Candidates must be willing to relocate within the state of New Mexico upon completion of the program.

Job Program Overview:
The program focuses on training ambitious and motivated entry level to experienced retail professionals who are seeking an opportunity to join the industry leader in college bookstore management. Our Management Training Programs are designed to complement varying levels of experience. The on-the-job training, combined with formal classroom instruction and mentoring, provides you with personalized attention to prepare you for one of our dynamic management opportunities.

Required Skills:

1. Bachelor’s degree required
2. Ability to relocate within targeted regions
3. Minimum of 1-2 years retail experience; previous supervisory experience is preferred
4. Strong business acumen with an understanding of financial concepts to operate a retail environment
5. Superior customer service abilities
6. Solid leadership abilities to cultivate business partnerships and successfully manage a store staff
7. Strong computer proficiencies in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook with the ability to efficiently learn new technologies
8. Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
9. Superior verbal and written communication skills
10. Must be able to travel; extended overnight stays possible

Follett provides a competitive, comprehensive and cost-effective benefits program that includes:

1. Three Medical Options (Health Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account, HMO)
2. Two Dental Options (PPO, DMO)
3. Vision Discount Program
4. Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependant Care
5. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (dollar for dollar match up to 4%)
6. Two Weeks Paid Vacation After One Year (one week in the first year after six months)
7. 100% Tuition Reimbursement for Manager Approved Career-Enhancing Courses
8. 100% Matching of Qualified Charitable Donations
9. Store Discounts on Books and Merchandise
10. Eleven Paid Holidays (8 Observed Holidays, 3 Personal Days)

We value people and it shows in everything we do. That’s why we offer a competitive salary and benefits package. To become part of our dynamic world and learn more about this exciting position, we encourage you to make your move now and visit us online to submit resumes at http://www.fheg.follett.com.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer welcoming individuals of diverse talents and backgrounds.

Interested in Applying?
Please contact Jessica Schranz at jschranz@fheg.follett.com for further information on the job opening described above or to submit your application, please visit:

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E-mail James Pawlak at james.pawlak@enmu.edu to sign-up and if you have questions.

Gaze at inspiring architecture with a visit to the Ruidoso/Alto based Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts, one of the seven outstanding theaters in the world! Tours of the visually striking, seven-storied Spencer include a complete oral history of the 13-year-old facility and access to the dazzling Crystal Lobby, auditorium, backstage areas, green room, dressing rooms, the private Founders Room (a dining club), the outdoor loggia and fountain. During the tour visitors learn how the state-of-art performance venue has raised the curtain on some of the finest performers and companies of our time, including Dave Brubeck, Pam Tillis, Roger Williams, Hal Holbrook, Crystal Gayle, Marvin Hamlisch, Asleep at the Wheel, Russian National Ballet, “Cabaret,” “Fosse” and “Cats” – just to name a few of the 500+ performances to have graced its awesome stage.

Folks will learn how the creation of this stunning theater was a long held dream for the late philanthropist Jackie Spencer Morgan and her husband A.N. Spencer. Jackie personally funded every aspect of the amazing project, considered one of the greatest gifts to the state in New Mexican history. Renowned New Mexican architect Antoine Predock designed the theater to silhouette Sierra Blanca, the glacial peak that hovers in the near distance. The building, made from 440 tons of mica-flecked Spanish limestone, gleams in the desert light. At 50,000-square-feet, the 514-seat theater sits on 72 acres of pinion-dotted land and acts as an oasis in this windswept country. Prior to opening the theater, Jackie also commissioned the world’s foremost glass artist, Dale Chihuly, to create permanent glass art installations to adorn the theater. The Theater houses the largest private collection of Seattle Glass Sculptor Dale Chihuly’s work in the Southwest.

The Spencer Theater offers world-class and community performances throughout the year and is also available for private rental functions (weddings, parties, conferences, etc.). Call 575.336.4800 or go online to www.spencertheater.com for more information.

In 2009, IMLS supported over two hundred tribes with the non-competitive Native American Library Services Basic Grants and an additional seventeen tribes with Enhancement Grants, for a total of $3.4 million. The tribes used their grants to develop a wide array of library-related projects, from providing new services to outlying reservation communities and promoting healthy lifestyles through new programs and materials, to creating pre-literacy programs for preschool children, their parents, and caregivers.

Grants will range in amounts of up to $150,000 each for a grant period of up to two years.

Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages are eligible to apply for the Enhancement Grant only if they have applied for a Native American Library Services Basic Grant in the same fiscal year.

See the IMLS Web site for program guidelines and specific eligibility criteria.