On November 3, the Arts and Social Sciences Student Communities offered a combined program on opportunities for students interested in applying their undergraduate degree in the field of education. This was our first joint-programming effort. Margaret Rodgers and Wendy Nicholson-Kotas pulled together an information fair that we hoped would appeal to students across both communities and that would broaden student thinking about pathways to becoming an educator.

Certainly, information was available on traditional programs leading to a teaching career, but we also offered information on less traditional ways to become an educator. For example, Emelee Volden from the Learning Abroad Center provided information from the Council for International Education Exchange Teach Abroad Program. This program provides opportunities for students with a bachelor's degree in any discipline to teach in Chile, China, South Korea, Spain, or Thailand. A representative from Americorps was also available.

The Influx Room in the Regis Center for the Arts provided the perfect venue for this small information fair. I was pleased to see that students were actually looking for this event, not just stopping in because they noticed it as they passed by. Though the turnout was not enormous, we were pleased with it. Each student had time to talk with the various representatives and to have substantial discussions.

Margaret and Wendy are eager to start planning spring semester's co-community event. The theme will be social justice. We have been trying to find programming concepts that are focused on themes that can be applied across academic disciplines and that help to demonstrate to students how they might apply what they are learning in classes to the world in a meaningful way. Social justice is a theme that we hope will have broad appeal for students in both Arts and in Social Sciences.

Of course, we are still collaborating on discipline-based programs as well. Next week is the WICIDWAMI in the Arts. Cindy Cribbs from Art, Chris Buckley from CCLC, and the Arts Students Community are co-sponsoring this event. The event will be held Thursday, November 12, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., Influx Room, Regis Center for Art. Students from all communities are welcome.