Notes and News – Week of 2-8
ML’s Pieces
Dear Red Lions,
Happy year of the Monkey! To start this new year right, here is this week’s photo of the week from Kenny Cheng TD ’19 titled “New Year’s Dim Sum with Lions.” Pictured are fellow TD freshfolk Zen Tang, Angus Fong, Eugene Lee, Tran Dang, Thomas Zhang, and their friend from Silliman with a red and gold Lion. They reported enjoying an early celebration at the Great Wall restaurant just two blocks from TD on Whitney Ave.
I am delighted to announce that we will be offering practice mock interviews this Friday 2/12 from 1-3pm. Since the start of the new semester, the topic of interviews has come up in many of my conversations with TDers in the Dining Hall. Many of you are on the hunt for jobs, fellowships, and internships for the summer or after graduation. I have gathered from speaking with many of you that many would welcome the opportunity to hone their interviewing skills. The interviews will be conducted by our Graduate Affiliates and for any type of internship, fellowship, or job. If you have not had an opportunity to meet our wonderful group of Graduate Affiliates, please go to the TD website and read up on their biographies. They are graduate students studying in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences as well as the Yale professional schools and have collectively a wide range of professional interviewing experiences.
http://timothydwight.yalecollege.yale.edu/about/graduate-affiliates
If you are interested in doing a mock interview please email our Roseanna Sommers atroseanna.sommers@yale.edu and provide her with the following information:
1) *Your name and class
2) *Time that you’re available from 1-3pm on Friday 2/12
3) *Copy of your resume and/or cover letter
4) *Copy of the job/internship/fellowship announcement
She will get back to you with a time slot for your mock interview in the Selin Lounge. To learn more about the Graduate Affiliates associated with our colleges, please go to this page to read their individual bios.
Here are our wonderful events for this week:
Tuesday 4pm “Humanities in Medicine,” Master’s Tea with Dr. Anna Reisman (TD House)
A physician, musician, and published writer, Dr. Reisman will discuss the critical importance of placing medicine and the sciences in a humanistic context. This is a particularly meaningful event for any student who is considering a career in medicine but is equally passionate about pursuing a humanities education.
Wednesday 6-7:30pm Senior Gift Kickoff (TD House)
All TD seniors are welcome to attend this wonderful event celebrating the importance of class spirit and traditional of Yale-giving. This will be a fun trivia night with arepas from Rubamba!
Friday 1-3pm Mock Interviews (Selin Lounge)
Sign up with Graduate Affiliate Roseanna Sommers at roseanna.sommers@yale.edu if you are interested in doing a mock interview for a job, internship, or fellowship.
Friday 4:30pm Master’s Tea with Award-Winning Screenwriter Chris Millis (TD House)
Meet former art director, sportswriter, and political cartoonist, Chris Millis and hear his approach to screenwriting and his adaption of his first novel, Small Apartments, into a feature film. A screening will follow in the Whitney Humanities Center at 7pm.
And here are some great events next week:
Sunday 2/14 1:30-3pm Valentine’s Day Baking Class with Katalina’s Cupcakes (TD Student Kitchen)
Calling all cupcake lovers… Our neighborhood cupcake expert, Katalina’s on Whitney Avenue, will be in the Student Kitchen running a baking class just in time for Valentine’s Day. Space is limited to just 12 participants so you need to sign up on this Google Form to enter the lottery to secure a spot. We will hold the drawing this Friday.
Wednesday 2/17 Chubb Fellowship Lecture and Dinner with the Honorable Norman Mineta
Former Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta will deliver his Chubb lecture, titled “US Security Concerns from Japanese American Internment to 9/11 and ISIL,” at 4:30pm in the Whitney Humanities Center auditorium. The dinner will follow at 7pm in the TD Dining Hall. To enter the lottery for this special dinner featuring sushi selections from Miya’s Sushi please go to this Google form and register. We will aim to the do the drawing by Wednesday 2/10.
Saturday 2/20 Mott Woolley Trip to Mt Snow
We are bringing back the old TD ski trip to Mt. Snow in Vermont – but with a twist! To make the trip more accessible to non-skiers and non-snowboarders, we are also offering tubing. No skills necessary to enjoy flying down the mountain in a giant inner tube. Go to this Google form more information and to enter the lottery. Closing date will beWednesday 2/10.
Please also don’t forget to write Rehab Abdelwahab if you’re interested in serving on TD’s College Seminar selection committee. We are particularly excited to get freshmen and sophomores interested in participating. Please email rehab.abdelwahab@yale.edu if you’d like to be involved.
Without further ado, here is a word from Dean Mahurin…
Áshe,
ML
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Dean’s Domain
If you’d been in my class today, there would have been an exegesis to go with the video…:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=LrCHz1gwzTo&app=desktop
MahurINs and OUTs
My Residential Counselor Experience by Kate Martini, Morse College ‘16
“Being a residential counselor in New Haven with Yale Summer Session after my sophomore and junior summers (2014 & 2015) helped to define my time as a student at Yale. The experience renewed my appreciation for Yale; every morning when you walk into the dining hall, you are struck by the excitement that students have for the opportunity to take classes at Yale. When you get back to the dining hall for dinner after a long day of work or class, you have the opportunity to get to know and learn about a group of counselors and students that you may not have met had you not been a part of Summer Session. Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of being a counselor was helping to run the intramural sports for the summer. After dinner once a week, I would go out to the Crescent Courtyard in front of Morse and Stiles Colleges and play whiffle ball with students. Teaching students about a new sport and simply getting to hang out and learn about the students was an unforgettable experience. As I graduate and move on from Yale, I will always look back on my time as a Summer Session counselor and remember all of the amazing friends that I made and things that I learned without ever leaving the comforts of the place that I am happy to call home.”
Please click here for the detailed job description and to apply to be a residential counselor.
UWISAY Conference for Women in Science and Engineering
Saturday, February 13th 1-5PM LC
Undergraduate Women in Science at Yale (UWISAY) invites you to our 5th annual Women in Science Conference! Physician, biotech company founder, and tissue engineer Laura E Niklason, PhD, MD will give the keynote speech. Afterwards, we will have eight panels on topics such as the Med School Experience, the Grad School Experience, Science and Business, and Senior Reflections. Come join us for a time of learning, networking, and empowerment. See our website for more details at uwisay.sites.yale.edu, and sign up there or by clicking http://goo.gl/forms/pScIqCKIYF! Please e-mail any questions or concerns towisayboard@gmail.com.
Applications for the 2016 STARS Summer Research Program is now available online. The STARS (Science, Technology and Research Scholars) Program provides students with an integrated experience that includes mentorship, academic support and engagement in original research. STARS identifies and supports students from groups that are underrepresented in the scientific and technological disciplines, and students who come from disadvantaged circumstances, in any of Yale’s natural sciences and engineering majors. Applications are accepted in the spring semester from students who, at the time, are freshmen or sophomores. During the summer program students conduct full-time research with a faculty mentor in a Yale science laboratory, enroll in SCIE 101, Scientific Research: Process and Presentation, participate in study sessions and journal clubs, and conduct a formal presentation of their summer research. All participants are required to maintain on-campus residency throughout the duration of the program.
Since 1953, The U.S. Grant Foundation has been providing exceptional academic enrichment programs during the summer for middle school students from New Haven public schools. The program gives Yale undergraduates the chance to develop a course to teach and provides local students with an exceptional academic program that expands their academic horizons beyond the classroom. Every year, nine talented undergraduates who are interested in education and committed to the New Haven community are hired to teach a six-week long core course as well as two electives that they have developed. Teachers are paid $3,300 over the course of the summer and the summer 2016 program runs from June 27nd to August 5th. Complete the following application. Applications are due on February 12th. http://campuspress.yale.edu/usgrant/ or email us at usgrantdirectors@gmail.com.
IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTE
February 12 Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of spring-term tuition.
February 15 Yale-in-London Summer Session 2016 application due
Yale Summer Session Abroad (Faculty led) 2016 application due
February 26 Last day to drop a spring first-half course (with a W on your transcript)
March 1 Summer Abroad Credit for Designated Programs application due
March 2 Classes begin for courses offered in the second half of the term.
March 5 Year or Term Abroad Application for Academic Year 2016-2017 and Fall 2016 Abroad application due
March 7 Global Summer Program application due
March 11 Freshman Counselor decisions announced at noon. Last day to withdraw from a full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript. Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition.
March 12-27 Spring Recess
GLOBAL SUMMER PROGRAMS
NEW PROGRAM! University of Cape Town in South Africa
We are thrilled to announce that the University of Cape Town in South Africa has joined the IARU partnership and will join the 2016 program with two courses: “Sustainable Water Management in Africa” and “Violence and Crime”. More details about these two courses to come!
Earn Yale Credit on a Global Summer Program
Southeast Asia in Context in Singapore
1 Yale Credit, 1 general transfer credit
Southeast Asia in Context is five-week exploration of Southeast Asia’s geographical, historical and cultural diversity. This course takes advantage of Singapore’s strategic position in offering a unique blend of classroom instruction at NUS campus with hands-on fieldwork in Myanmar and Indonesia. http://studyabroad.yale.edu/programs/southeast-asia-context
Photography, History, Memory in Beijing, China
1 Yale Credit
Memory powerfully shapes our understanding of our lives. This course will examine how photographic images equally powerfully shape our memory. http://studyabroad.yale.edu/programs/photography-history-memory
STUDY ABROAD
Upcoming Study Abroad Deadlines
Yale in London – February 15, 2016
Yale Summer Session Programs Abroad – February 15, 2016
Summer Abroad Credit For Designated Programs – March 1, 2016
Year or Term Abroad Application for Academic Year 2016-2017 and Fall 2016 Abroad –March 5, 2016
Global Summer Program – March 7, 2016
Financial Aid Info Session for Semester Study Abroad Students
Tuesday, February 9, 4pm – 5pm
CIPE Room 305, 55 Whitney Ave, 3rd Floor
Nicole DePaola, a representative from Yale’s Student Financial Services (SFS) office, will go over the financial aid transfer process for Year or Term Abroad students.
Balliol College, Oxford University: Junior Year Abroad Program for Yale English Majors
Wednesday, February 10, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
LC 204
English majors at Yale have the unique opportunity to spend their junior year studying at Balliol College, Oxford University. Come to this session to hear from past participants as well as representatives from the English Department and Study Abroad Office. Interested students are strongly encouraged to attend! Learn more by visiting:http://studyabroad.yale.edu/programs/balliol-college-oxford-university
Freshmen Summer Study Abroad Information Session
Wednesday, February 10, 8pm – 9pm
LC 101
Are you a freshman thinking about spending this summer studying abroad? Join us next Wednesday to learn more! Study Abroad Student Outreach Coordinators will cover basic information about types of programs, credit transfer, application deadlines, financial aid, and beyond. Alumni from different programs will also be present to chat with after the presentation. Insomnia cookies will be served.
School for Field Studies (SFS) Study Abroad Information Session
Thursday, February 18, 4pm – 5pm
CIPE, 55 Whitney Ave, 3rd Floor, Room 305
Ellen Crow, a representative from the School for Field Studies (SFS), will be on-campus to meet with interested students. Come learn more about the variety of program options for the summer or semester.
To learn more about SFS, visit: http://www.fieldstudies.org/
To learn more about Yale’s study abroad application process, visit: studyabroad.yale.edu
OFFICE OF CAREER STRATEGY
Walk-in Advising
Walk-in hours are being held during the following days and times when classes are in session:
Monday-Thursday, 10:00am-4:00pm, Office of Career Strategy
Friday, 10:00am-4:00pm, Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 122
Yale Treks/Job Shadowing Program Currently Accepting Applications
Gain first-hand knowledge about a career field, and connect directly with people working in that field by job shadowing or attending a Yale Trek. Participating employers are from an array of industry sectors. This program will take place March 14–25 and is open to all students. View the current listing of Job Shadowing and Yale Trek opportunities in Symplicity by conducting an ‘advanced job search’ and ‘show me’ Yale Treks.
Financing Medical School: Scholarship, Loans, and Military, Oh My!
Friday, February 12, 3:30pm, Location: WLH 116
Presenters:
Desiree Cameron-Ayeni, MS, MBA Director of Financial Aid at Yale School of Medicine
Donald R. Forte, Sargent First Class, Center Leader, Wallingford Army Medical Recruiting Center (9A2W)
Desiree will discuss best practices to be financially prepared for Medical School (such as budgeting, federal vs. institutional funding, etc.), plus provide helpful online resources to understand the financial aid process. Sargent Forte will discuss future health care career opportunities and scholarships that may be available to students pursuing careers in the medical or dental field.
So, You’ve Gotten Into Graduate School-Now What?
Thursday, February 18, 5:00pm–6:00pm, Silliman College
The hard part is over–you’ve gotten into grad school! But what about finances? Should you pick a program based on the prestige of the institution? Should quality of life be a consideration? This Office of Career Strategy workshop will offer advice about the factors to consider as you weigh your grad school options. This workshop is part of a new series about applying to graduate school (see previous workshop Prezi’s here).
Careers, Life and Yale (CLY)-Careers in the Arts
Saturday, February 20. Click here to see the full schedule and to reserve your spot.
Space is limited and a full-day registration is required. CLY is led by the Association of Yale Alumni, Questions? Contact Jeannie Daniel at Jeannie.daniel@yale.edu.
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Careers, Life and Yale (CLY) Leadership Workshop
Want to make a deep dive into an alumni/ae-led leadership think tank? To explore career and life leadership lessons learned by Yale alum in an elegant/intimate setting? The Association of Yale Alumni leverages Yale’s alumni talent to offer in-person, semi-annual, 1.5-day leadership workshops. On Friday evening, March 4 and Saturday, March 5, a team of alumni/ae leaders will work with you here on campus as part of the 12th STAY/AYA Leadership Workshop. At The Graduate Club, you’ll benefit from alumni talks, Q & A, and healthy doses of career/life wisdom–topped off with networking and fine dining. Limited to 50 students; a full (1.5 day) commitment is required. Interested? Go to:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SLFApplyMar2016 to apply. The leadership forum is led by the Association of Yale Alumni. Questions? Contact Steve Blum ’74 atstephen.blum@yale.edu.