FYI… auditions for America’s Got Talent will be held at the Blake Hotel in Charlotte on Saturday, February 2nd. For more information, click here.

Join OSAF and Duke Recycles for fun times with the Scrap Exchange!

WHERE: the West Campus Plaza
WHEN: Thursday, February 14th (Valentine’s Day!) from 12-3 p.m.

Not sure what the Scrap Exchange is? It’s awesome. Check it out.

Then give those students, student organizations, faculty and administrators the recognition they deserve!  For information on the 2007-2008 Leadership and Service Awards, click here.  Have questions about the nomination and/or selection processes?  Email leadership@studentaffairs.duke.edu.

If so, then check out OSAF’s Leadership Clearinghouse! It contains a regularly-updated list of current opportunities for involvement and leadership.

The Collaborative Event Fund (CEF) is a venture between OSAF, DSG, and the Dean of Undergraduate Education to fund campus-wide programs that are sponsored by more than one student organization. The CEF will offer grants of up to $2,500 for approved programs.

For details and an application form, click here.

You may have noticed the large, colorfully spray-painted plywood boards mounted on the Plaza railing, across from the West Union. Please use them!

The Plaza Advertisement Board initiative, coordinated by OSAF and DSG, is intended to be a fun and creative means through which student organizations can publicize their events.

For more information (guidelines, instructions, all of that) click here.

A special opportunity exists for undergraduate students wishing to engage their peers in dialogue within the Duke and Durham communities about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme for the University’s campus-wide commemoration and celebration of Dr. King focuses on youth and their engagement in social change. Duke students are invited to host Duke faculty and staff or any local figure in special lunch Duke Conversations on Martin Luther King Day, January 21, 2008.

The first twenty-five approved Duke Conversations will be a part of this program. Lunches will convene from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Students must fill out the current Duke Conversations application and follow special instructions to be a part of the King program.

For more information, click here.