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<b>Project Updates</b> <br/> 1) We have raised $2,000 from the ArtsBridge Scholars program, bringing us to a total of $2,225 raised! <br/> <br/> 2) University of Delaware's Zumba Club is hosting a Zumba Fundraiser in our name on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 8:30pm-9:30pm on campus. Admission is $3 and open to the public. 100% of proceeds go towards our NOLA dance camp project! Visit the link for more info: <br/> <br/> http://www.facebook.com/events/300461566689932/ <br/> <br/> 3) Monday April 23, 2012 Grotto's Pizza of Main St. Newark is hosting a community pizza night for our team from 4pm-9pm. When you make a purchase at Grotto's, 20% of your total bill will be donated towards our NOLA dance camp project. Here is a link to the voucher: <br/> <br/> http://www.facebook.com/events/189333474519150/ <br/> <br/> 4) Children in New Orleans can register for July IPDC camps now! For more information about our locations in New Orleans this summer, please visit this link: <br/> <br/> http://indigenouspitch.org/WP3/programs/neworleans/ <br/> <br/> Project Description <br/> This July 2012, nine undergraduate students will be volunteering on a dance outreach trip in New Orleans, Louisiana. The trip is sponsored by the University of Delaware Dance Minor and ArtsBridge Scholars programs collaborating with a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization, Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective (IPDC). <br/> <br/> Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective is committed to educating and nurturing children affected by natural and/or socioeconomic disasters. This summer marks IPDC’s sixth year returning to post-Katrina New Orleans, and their first year having a team of nine UD students serving as volunteer dance teachers. <br/> <br/> Children who attend these free week-long camps will receive dance instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, musical theatre, salsa, hip hop, and break dancing. Additionally, these camps will focus on themes such as Community, Future/Dreams, and Respect through daily discussion, creating art projects, and writing journal reflections. <br/> <br/> Each volunteer on the NOLA project's team is expected to raise $1,000 for the service trip. The $1,000 will not only go towards covering volunteer airfare, but also towards providing food for the children (breakfast, lunch, and snack), art and journal supplies (paper, pencils, scissors, markers, crayons, paints, etc.), and T-shirts campers will wear during their end-of-the-week performances for family and friends. Any donations made to this powerful cause would be greatly appreciated! <br/> <br/> The experience is not only life-changing for the camp children, but also for the student volunteers! Thank you very much for your consideration and support!

Nurturing Children

Sponsored by: Office of Experiential Learning
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Raised: $2,400
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<p>For students in Organizational and Community Leadership, the Philadelphia Flower Show project provides many opportunities to engage in a real-world, cross-disciplinary creative problem solving. As individuals aspiring to leadership positions in a variety of fields, the capacity to innovate will be a highly valued tool for these students. And, working with students and faculty from art and landscape design greatly enhances students' opportunity to 'see differently' and develop their creativity. Students engaged in this project get to see the full range of the process - from conceptual to prototype to construction to implementation to assessment and iteration - all within a context of collaboration and community impact.</p> <br /><br /> <p> Watch the 2011 UD Philadelphia Flower Show build in progress and a clip from a story about our project on <a href="http://delawareonline.tv/">Delaware Online</a>. <br /> <ul> <li>&clubs; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaEfx59tLfE">UD Philly Flower Show</a></li> <li>&clubs; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Mpgt1lNHQ&feature=youtu.be">Philadelphia International Flower Show Combines Science, Art</a></li> </ul> </p> <br /> <p> Articles about our project in 2011: <br /> <ul> <li>&clubs; <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/mar/phila-flower-show-030711.html">UD Exhibit Wins Achievement Award at Philadelphia Flower Show</a></li> <li>&clubs; <a href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/mar/Flower-Show-exhibit-030411.html">UD Professor to Showcase Rainwater Harvesting at Philadelphia Flower Show</a></li> </ul> </p> <br /> <p> Upcoming Events </p> </br> <p> <a href="https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UDA/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=133557">The Making of the Philadelphia International Flower Show</a></br> Wednesday, September 5, 6:30 - 8 pm </br> 120 Smith Hall (corner of Amstel and S. College Ave.), University of Delaware </p> <br/> <p> Join fellow Blue Hens in welcoming Sam Lemheney '91, the director of the Philadelphia International Flower Show, for a presentation of all that goes into turning the 10 acres of the PA Convention Center into the nation's largest indoor flower show. Also present will be UD students who will be designing an educational exhibit for the 2013 show. </p> </br> <p> Sam Lemheney made his debut as Show Designer for the Philadelphia International Flower Show after working closely with Ed Lindemann (Show Designer from 1980-2004). Sam's life long association with horticulture began with his father and grandfather, both of whom owned and operated flower shops in the region. He began his career at the Walt Disney World Co. as an intern at the Land Horticulture Science Program in 1989, received a B.S. in Plant Science from the University of Delaware in 1991 and began his career at Disney in June of that year, eventually becoming the Area Area Manager of the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. </p> </br> <a href="https://secure.www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/UDA/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=133557">Click Here to Register for This Event</a>.

2013 UD

Sponsored by: University of Delaware

For students in Organizational and Community Leadership, the Philadelphia Flower Show project pro...

Raised: $10,005
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Voltaic Coatings produces a specialty conductive polymer, using toll manufacturing to create a customizable product, ProDot Plus. ProDot will be used as a price-friendly, hole conducting layer in organic light emitting diode displays, solar panels, and as a replacement for Indium Tin Oxide in electronics. We will sell directly to manufacturers of these items. Our diverse management team has expertise in business management, accounting, polymer synthesis, device fabrication, and engineering.

Voltaic Coatings

Sponsored by: Entrepreneurial Studies
Voltaic Coatings produces a specialty conductive polymer, using toll manufacturing to create a custo...
Raised: $325
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Engineers Without Borders-USA is a non-profit, humanitarian organization of dedicated and enthusiastic students and professionals who believe everyone should have access to adequate sanitation, safe drinking water and resources to meet their basic needs. Once identifying a problem, our chapter works closely with an international community and professional engineers to develop and implement a sustainable solution. Currently, we are focusing on a portable water supply project in Cameroon and a bridge construction project in Guatemala. <br/> <br/> <b>Mission<b/><br/> Engineers Without Borders at the University of Delaware is committed to designing and implementing sustainable solutions to problems in international developing communities and bridging cultural, economical, and political divides. <br/> <br/> <b>Goals<b/><br/> ♣ To develop and foster long-term relationships with an international developing community and to help establish the necessary infrastructure to administer and maintain a sustainable solution <br/> <br/> ♣ To provide students with technical and cultural knowledge to effectively approach and solve world problems on a community-based level <br/> <br/> ♣ To promote world citizenship in helping to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals of 2015, which include reducing the number of people without clean water and sanitation by half <br/> <br/> ♣ To provide students with a multi-disciplinary international network of students, professors, and professionals dedicated to the betterment of society

Engineers Without

Sponsored by: Engineering Faculty
Engineers Without Borders-USA is a non-profit, humanitarian organization of dedicated and enthusiast...
Raised: $4,010
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