Two pieces of news from the city that never sleeps.

First, Parsons the New School for Design is hiring for four new positions in the Communication Design and Technology Department: Henry Wolf Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Communication Design, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Design+Technology and Assistant/Associate Professor, Assistant/Associate Professor of Interaction and Game Design, and Assistant/Associate Professor of Motion Design. If you're interested, apply here.

Second, Games for Change has announced a call for proposals for their fourth annual festival, June 11th - 12th in NYC. Act fast, proposals are due March 15. Details after the jump.

Please send proposals to: events@gamesforchange.org with "2007 G4C Festival proposal" in the subject header by March 15.

For submitting a proposal, please include the following as guidelines (we may or may not accept the proposal in the submitted form exactly as proposed, as we may want to shape it a bit to fit with the rest of the program. We would consult with you before doing so.) Please see criteria below.

1. Proposed title of session
3. Name, phone and email of primary contact for this proposal
2. Names, affiliations and titles of panelists and moderator
4. Preferred length of slot: 30, 45, 60 mins
5. Brief description of session
6. 3 Take-aways
7. Bios of all proposed participants
8. Intended audience: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
9. Any additional information?

Session Criteria
1. Importance/relevance to the emerging field of social change/social issue games
2. Expertise/experience of panelists - ability to communicate ideas effectively
3. Thought-provoking/discussion-worthy subject matter (Making "statements" is less interesting than fostering discussion across multiple viewpoints)
4. New approach or new content - (different from last year or what you've seen at other conferences)

For reference, here is a link to last year's program: http://www.gamesforchange.org/conference/2006/index.php