【推荐1】Each year the Hay Festival attracts some of the world’s leading writers, artists and thinkers, to talk, share their thoughts and ideas and meet audiences. Ensuring guests are warmly received and well looked after during their stay has always been a top mission and one of the Festival’s key jobs.

All events management student volunteers need to be attentive and helpful. In return, they get the chance to meet some amazing, creative people, and experience the daily running of a fast-moving international festival , where time-keeping is important and, above all, performers and audience leave having had a thoroughly enjoyable, stimulating (启发性的) and thought-inspiring day.

We require volunteers in two areas:

Events Management

Events management student volunteers help out with a wide range of duties including meeting and greeting authors, assisting with book signings, accompanying artists to events, stage management assistance and manning reception desks.

Creative Workshops

Creative workshops student volunteers assist authors, illustrators and workshop leaders in the setting up and running of workshops. These roles may interest those who have a particular interest in visual arts and / or illustration.

Dates

The 2021 festival dates are Thursday 15 July — Sunday 25 July. Applicants will need to be available for the duration of the festival.

Who can apply?

We are looking for 24 young people between the ages of 18 and 25, who can demonstrate a passion for the arts and interest in events management.

Please send a CV and a short covering letter to ellen@hayfestival.com (for Events Management) or adrian@hayfestival.org (for Creative Workshops).

The closing date for both applications is 28 May 2021, and we will let applicants know whether they’ve been successful as early as possible in June 2021. Please indicate which role you are applying for or express a preference. If shortlisted (入围), you’ll need to be available for a short Skype interview.

【推荐3】An 18-year-old US girl gained unexpected appreciation and a surprise after she gave “extra help” to an elderly man in the restaurant she was working.

It’s social media that made her seemingly small action go viral and brought her appreciation from hundreds of thousands of strangers and a scholarship to Texas Southern University.

The heroine Evoni Williams has reportedly been working full-time to earn money for further study in a restaurant in La Marque, Texas，the United States. It was last week when an old man named Adrian Charpentier asked for help to chop his ham for his hands were weak because of illness. On that busy morning when she had loads of work on shoulder, Williams helped the man without hesitation. The moment she was leaning over the counter and cutting the ham was shot by a customer known as Laura Wolf.

Wolf posted the picture on the Internet and wrote, “I’m thankful to have seen this act of kindness and caring at the start of my day while everything in this world seems so negative. If we could all be like this waitress and take time to offer a helping hand…” According to local reports, Wolf didn’t know Williams, neither did Williams know her act was shot and shared on the web. However, the small act of kindness soon accumulated its own power on and outside the Internet.

Besides praise from netizens and media reports across the United States, a 16000-dollar scholarship to Texas Southern University was recently granted to Williams to support her study plan on business management.

“We wanted to reward Evoni’s act of kindness and let her know that good deeds do not go unnoticed,” said Melinda Spaulding, an administrator at Texas Southern University.

【推荐2】Chinese Language and Culture Day Camp

July 25-29, 2014

Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

For ages 7-16

Location: Confucius Institute, 10 Park Street, Alfred

Camp Fee: $150 (includes lunch)

Enrollment (注册) Deadline: July 11, 2014

Program

The AU Confucius Institute Chinese Language and Culture Day Camp offers a great introduction to Chinese language and culture in an exciting, fun-filled, interactive environment. The small-class format ensures that each camper gets enough individual attention. This program features:

● Chinese Language Classes

● Traditional Chinese arts

● Calligraphy

● Crafts

● Songs

● Dance

● Games

● Cooking

● Daily supervised cafeteria-style lunch in the University Dining Hall

Faculty (教员)

Top quality instruction is provided by distinguished members of the AU Confucius Institute faculty who are experienced teachers, fluent in both English and Chinese.

Who Can Attend?

This week-long, day camp is for students aged 7-16 who wish to participate in a fun, dynamic summer experience in Chinese language and culture. For classes, students will be divided into younger and older age groups.

Schedule

Students must arrive at the Confucius Institute each day by 9:00 a.m. and must be picked up at 3:30 p.m. Morning lessons will focus on Chinese language classes, while afternoons will be filled with hands-on cultural activities. Instructors will bring students to the Powell Campus Center dining hall for a supervised, cafeteria-style lunch each day.

How to Enroll

Please finish the enrollment form and return by July 11, with your $150 payment, Office of Summer Programs, Alfred University, Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY 14802. Checks should be made payable to Alfred Chinese Language and Culture Day Camp University. Major credit cards are also accepted. (If paying by credit card, feel free to fax enrollment form to us at 607-871-2045.)

Cancellation Policy

Full refunds (退款) will be made for cancellations received by 3:30 p.m. on July 22, 2014. We can’t make refunds to students who cancel after July 22 because the amount of materials purchased, meal counts and classroom spaces are based upon the number of students expected and cannot be changed after that time.

Questions?

For further information, please contact the Office of Summer Programs via email or by calling 607-871-2612.

【推荐3】Tiger conservation safari: India

April 2024—6 days

Register now at tours@newscientist.com and we will contact you soon with full tour details

Visit the protected areas of Pench and Tadoba in search of the Bengal tiger, putting yourself in forest life.

Day 1: Arrive Delhi

You will be met on arrival and sent to the 5-star Roseate Hotel. You can spend the day in its rooftop pool overlooking Delhi or explore the city, which may be one of the world’s largest cities, but building wonders — new and old — fill the city. Mughal treasures, including the Red Fort and Jama Masjid, are added by more recent additions to Delhi’s traditional buildings, such as the splendid Lotus and Akshardham Temples.

Day 2: Journey to Tadoba

Take the early morning flight to Nagpur. On arrival into Nagpur, you will be met by our local guide, who will take you to Tadoba National Park. Part of the park contains Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, one of India’s most exciting and best-protected tiger reserves.

For the next 4 nights you will be staying at Bamboo Forest Safari Lodge. Later this evening there will be a welcome dinner.

Days 3-5: Safari Drives

The next three days will follow a similar pattern, as you head into Tadoba National Park searching for India’s tiger as well as the park’s many other wildlife species and birdlife.

The day starts early, usually before sunrise, as this is when the wildlife is at its most active. Mornings begin with tea in bed. Breakfast will normally be taken in the park.

Day 6: Depart Pench

Go to Nagpur airport for your flight back to Delhi and your journey home. We can arrange extra days sightseeing with a private guide covering the Golden Triangle of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra, including the Amber Fort and The Taj Mahal. Please ask for more details.