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Show News roundup OVERSEAS JOBS New York-Students can live and work abroad this summer on the U.S. National Student Travel Association's Exchange Visitor Program. NSTA, the official ' student travel bureau in the U.S., is handling this exchange in , cooperation with the official ; national student travel bureaus in i Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The aim of the program is to ! encourage international understanding through the exchange of students for educational and cultural experience by working, living and traveling in these foreign countries. NSTA can arrange a special visa enabling students to work in the four participating countries for a maximum of three months during the summer. Students will attend a two-day orientation on their arrival, where they will receive briefings by NSTA's counter-parts-the British Universities North American Club, the Union of Students in Ireland, the National Union of Australian University Students and the New Zealand University Students Association. These meetings will stress detailed information on companies employing Americans, different jobs available and how to look for them so students can choose a job which best suits their capabilities. A $55 fee covers all orientation costs-lectures and briefings, accommodations, meals, activities and meetings with local students-plus entry permit. In order to qualify, students must be currently enrolled in a US. college or university, be 18 years of age or over, be in good health and have had previous work experience. Deadline for applications is April 21, 1969. For more information about NSTA s Exchange Visitor Program and low-cost transportation to these countries, write to NSTA, Dept. R, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10011. Telephone: (212) 989-7070. NEW ARMY OFFICERS Ten University students will receive commissions as second lieutenants in the United States Army Reserve Friday. Graduating as Distinguished Military Graduates are Rodney K. Day, and Garth D. Gooch. Also being commissioned are: Charles L. Archer III, Dan Van Kampen, Robert E. Chamberlain, Robert J. Cromar, Charles R. Gilmore, K. L. Hall, Stuart B. Lamkin and Larry V. McKenzie. The Cornrnanding Officer of Dugway Proving Grounds, Col. Charles M. Shadle, will deliver the commissioning address. The commissionings will take place at 2 p.m. in the library auditorium, and the public is invited. KUED GETS AWARD Because of its "significant contribution in keeping the public informed of local and national issues" KUED-TV, the National Educational Television station at the University of Utah received the Distinguished News Media Award of the Year from the Utah Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Byron J. Openshaw, KUED-TV program director received the award Thursday at a luncheon during the group's annual meeting in Salt Lake City. Among programs cited for I "honesty and responsibility in reporting conflicting sides of social issues, social awareness and effort in bringing public attention ! to conditions detrimental to I community welfare and special efforts to reduce prejudice misinformation and misunderstanding" were the i following: "City Makers," I "Public Broadcast Laboratory" in "Black Journal," "NET Journal,'" nc "Npws in Pprcnprriuo " "V , 1 . iuui Dollar's Worth," "International ' Magazine," "Washington in . Review," "Utah Legislator's Report," "Civic Dialogue," and f the "Dial 7 Specials." , CAL PROF TO SPEAK e en vo Alan Dundes, Professor of"" Anthropology and Folklore at the 1 University of California, Berkeley, will deliver a free public lecture ,rti sponsored by the English i?e Department on Wednesday, April 2 at 3:15 p.m. in Mark Green Hall rno' (103 Bus. Lect). His topic is"! THINKING AHEAD: A. W FOLKLORISTIC REFLECTION T OF THE FUTURE181 ORIENTATION IN AMERICAS l).min WORLDVIEW. hrfe ! All Professor Dundes is one of tbeirson most brilliant, creative, and widely ;'me published young folklore scholat'ured in the country. (He has also Tin g consistently been highly rated kr-student kr-student course evaluations i: Berkeley.) ' Professor Dundes' lecture or I Wednesday will be slanted to; ' general audience, and it wE include considerable data froi' American folk speech. Bifiei |