ON CAMPUS: A SAMPLING OF THE COMING WEEK'S EVENTS

Not-for-Profit Career Fair. Representatives of more than 70 not-for-profit and public-service organizations will answer potential job candidates' questions from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, in Haverford's Founders Great Hall. For more information about the fair, go to the Bi-College Career Development Office Web site at http://www.haverford.edu/cdo/students/nfpinphila.html or call Career Development at x5174 (Haverford number: 610-896-1181).

Parking Space Raffle. On Friday, Feb. 17, the Department of Public Safety and Transportation and COPS (the Committee on Public Safety) will sponsor their first Public Safe-Tea to introduce community members to the department and its mission. The event will offer snacks, door prizes and a presentation by a representative of the Pennsylvania State Police. But Public Safety Director Mike Hill's trump card is a month of guaranteed parking in the Merion lot. The drawing for the space will take place at the party, to be held in the Campus Center Main Lounge from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.

A Cappella Jam. Bryn Mawr's Extreme Keys will host the Looney Tunes, the SChords, the Night Owls, the Humtones and special guests the Lafayette Corduroys in a concert that offers "more a cappella than normally recommended in a single sitting." The performance, in the Campus Center Main Lounge on Friday, Feb. 17, 9 p.m., is free and open to all. For more information, contact the Extreme Keys at extremekeys@brynmawr.edu.

Educational Technology Conference. Senior Instructional Technologist Laura Blankenship will co-host the Philadelphia Area Educational Technology Conference on the Haverford campus on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Blankenship partnered with Haverford's Sharon Strauss and Drexel University's Jean-Claude Bradley to organize the daylong series of presentations by faculty, instructional technologists and others on the use of technology in teaching and learning. For more information, see the conference Web site at http://www.brynmawr.edu/etc/pat.html.

Staff Training: Tech Expertise and Personal Enrichment. The Staff Training Team has announced a spring calendar of classes beginning Thursday, Feb. 23. Topics include software training in Contribute and Microsoft Word, as well as instruction in knitting and red wines of Italy. The team will also sponsor a perennial-plant swap. For the full calendar, see http://www.brynmawr.edu/gateways/staff/training/calendar.shtml or contact Associate CIO and Equal Opportunity Officer Florence Goff at x5275.

Student Research Round Table. Students who received summer research grants and internship funding from the Center for International Studies will report on their experiences at a round table in Thomas 224 on Friday, Feb. 23, from 4:15 to 6:15 p.m. A reception in the Quita Woodward Room will follow. All are invited, and organizers especially encourage students who are interested in applying for grants for next summer to attend.

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