Notices
Join Bigs in School
Johns Hopkins is hoping to begin a successful partnership
with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland and the
nearby Margaret Brent Elementary School. Volunteers will
spend one hour every Tuesday during lunch to mentor an
elementary age student who is in need of an adult
friend.
Volunteers play games, help with schoolwork, spend
time and, most important, have fun with a child. Employees
from all levels and areas of the university are encouraged
to pursue this volunteer opportunity.
For more information, contact Melissa Mort at
443-286-8590 or
mmort@biglittle.org.
Elementary School Mentors Needed
JHHS Community Services is teaming with Collington Square
Elementary School in East Baltimore to recruit 40 Hopkins
faculty, employees and students to join its after-school
program and be a one-on-one mentor to children in grades
2-7.
The program is specifically for children who received
failing grades, or who have one or more parents who are
incarcerated. Mentors can volunteer any amount of time that
they can spare (at least once per week) and can choose
their own schedule, 3:30 to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday.
To volunteer or for more information, contact Carolyn
Chance at 410-614-2430 or cchance8@jhmi.edu.
Statistics Research Funding Request for
Proposals
The Acheson J. Duncan Fund for the Advancement of Research
in Statistics requests proposals for small grants to
support research projects in statistics, probability and
stochastic processes.
Faculty and students throughout Hopkins are eligible
to apply for funding for collaborative projects with a
member of the faculty in the
Applied Mathematics and
Statistics Department. Most grants will be less than
$5,000.
Proposals should be brief, preferably no more than
three single-sided pages; provide itemized expense
estimates; and be signed by each investigator. Proposals
may be submitted at any time to committee chair John
Wierman, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department, 302
Whitehead Hall.
Museum Shops Sale
The museum shops at
Evergreen
House and
Homewood House are having an inventory reduction sale
during February, with 10 percent off on all books and 25
percent to 50 percent off on all other merchandise. Member
discounts will not be honored on 40 percent to 50 percent
items, and prior purchases are excluded.
The sale is scheduled for Tuesday through Friday from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4
p.m. Free parking is available at both museums. For more
information, call 410-516-0341 (Evergreen) and 410-516-5589
(Homewood).
Donations to Greenmount Recreation
Center
The JHU Center for
Social Concern is celebrating its 10th year of
partnership with Baltimore City's Greenmount Recreation
Center. The center has submitted a wish list of needed
items such as a pool table, copier and a piano.
Members of the Hopkins community wishing to donate an
item may contact Bill Tiefenwerth at 410-516-4777 or by
e-mail to
btief@jhu.edu.
Say 'Philanthropy' With Flowers
Help the young patients at the Johns Hopkins Children's
Center by ordering flowers at
www.ftd.com/cmnbaltimore. The center will receive 15
percent of every order placed via the site throughout
2006.
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