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Active Minds meeting

Active Minds will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Bovee University Center’s Down Under Food Court. The organization will elect new officers and discuss a new direction for Active Minds at Central Michigan University. Active Minds is a national student organization committed to building mental health awareness, education about mental health issues on college campus and advocacy to combat stigma about mental illness. Students, faculty and staff are welcome. For more information, e-mail monte1ma@cmich.edu.

Capital City internships

The Capital City Internship Program is offering internships in the fall, spring and summer semesters in Lansing. The internships are unpaid, but offer transportation to current CMU students during the fall and spring semesters. All majors are eligible to apply. There are approximately 50 legislative, governmental and special interest internships available. For more information, contact Teisha Thelen, student internship coordinator, in Career Services.

Faculty performances

Faculty will preform works by Gottschalk, Wincenc/Schoenfield, Berg, Etler and Coleman at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Staples Family Concert Hall. The School of Music presents Kennen White, clarinet; Joanna White, flute; Zhihua Tang, piano; and Lindabeth Binkley, oboe, in recital. Tickets cost $3 for students and senior citizens and $5 for all others. They can be purchased at the Central Box Office on the lower level of the Bovee University Center, online or at the door.

Open Auditions

Open auditions for “A Christmas Carol” take place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Broadway Theatre. There are parts for all ages in the cast and choir. The Broadway Theatre is at 216 E. Broadway St. in downtown Mount Pleasant. For more information, call 772-2075.

Artist-in-Residence

The first of four Artist-in-Residence programs will hold workshops from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for children and 5:30 to 8 p.m. for adults Tuesday and Wednesday at The Ziibiwing Cultural Center. The workshops will focus on Great Lakes Indian art techniques and mediums. It costs $25 per ticket for adults. Student and adult programs must be booked in advance. For more information, call 774-4750.

Hispanic Heritage

Join Minority Student Services, Sigma Lambda Gamma and Sigma Lambda Beta for the kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bovee University Center front lawn. Event calenders, flyers, freebies and give-a-ways will be distributed. The kickoff will announce events and activities planned for the year. For more information, contact Minority Student Services at 774-3945.

Skills to workforce

At 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Bovee University Center Maroon Room, recruiters from Target will talk about how to transfer leadership skills to the workforce. The recruiter also will talk about how to bring up leadership skills in an interview and in application materials to best market talents and abilities. Students will be able to get a punch in their Career Building Event cards. For more information, Contact Jana Lewis at the Career Center 774-3068.

Choir concert

At 7 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church, the African Children’s Choir will present a concert. Admission is free, but organizers will accept donations to support education, care and emergency relief for more than 7,000 children in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana and South Sudan. The church is at 400 S. Main St. in Mount Pleasant. For more information, contact Margy Riemer at 773-6934 or mriemer@mtpfumc.org.