Hi. I'm a senior student in Computer Science, so I have plenty of projects (besides this one) which I can give to you. For this specific request, I have a Birthday Notifier, which uses Oracle, JavaMail, system tray integration which is pretty cool, and Most Importantly, it obeys the design patterns and architecture styles requested in schools. This will suit you very well, as it's pretty useful, yet simple. Just tell me if you're interested and I'll show you some screenshots. My startup price is 100$, and if you like, I can give you several projects, maybe they'll come in handy :)
Regards, Daniel.