Notes and News – Week of 1-25
ML’s Pieces
Dear Red Lions,
I hope you all enjoyed our first big snowstorm of the season. The TD children enjoyed helping to build a snow fort with TD freshman that has held up to several snowball fights. We had almost 50 TDers come toSaturday’s Blizzard game night and were particularly impressed by the showing of TD juniors who bundled up and made their way from RH. We look forward to more game nights this semester!
In honor of the start of winter and a brand new IMs season, I want to draw everyone’s attention to the new IM schedule posted here. You can search the site by date or sporting event to find the day and time of the different competitions. We’re off to a great start with wins in multiple sports including basketball and ice hockey.
To further get us in the spirit of winter IMs, this week’s photo of the week comes from TD junior Hanna Mandl who is on the Yale women’s hockey team. Hanna (back row, middle) pictured with her team writes that they are gearing up for the 5th “White Out for Mandi” game happening on Friday, January 29th at Ingalls Rink in honor of the “life and legacy of our teammate Mandi Schwartz, a former Yale hockey player who passed away from Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2011. The team will be raising money for the her foundation supporting youth hockey players with life threatening illnesses.
We are in full blown shopping period madness with everyone rushing to and from classes and trying to figure out schedules. Please do pop out of the whirlwind to attend a couple of wonderful events in the college:
Tuesday 1/26 4-6:30pm Master’s Tea with Pulitzer Prize winner Sheryl WuDunn
A former executive and journalist for the New York Times Sheryl WuDunn is currently a senior managing director with Mid-Market Securities. She served as the The Times’ first anchor of an evening news headline program for a digital cable TV channel, the Discovery-Times; and as a foreign correspondent for The Times in Tokyo and Beijing, where she wrote about economic, financial, political, and social issues. She is co-author of A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity and Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
Wednesday 1/27 8pm Spring Community Night
We have a terrific line-up of TDers scheduled to perform, including a special rendition of “Stuff that Works” from a singing duo that needs no introduction. So please come out to cheer on everyone for sharing. There will be a quick pizza intermission so you will not go hungry from all the whooping and foot stomping!
Friday 1/29 12-1pm Lunch with Eric Liu TD ’90 (Downey Room)
Eric Liu will be on campus to kick off the new Yale Civic Leadership Initiatives Annual Conference. He has generously agreed to have lunch with TD students prior to the conference. Because we’ll be in the Downey Room (Dining Hall balcony) space is extremely limited. We ask that you sign-up beforehand to confirm your spot at the lunch.
And here are some great events next week:
Tuesday 2/2 5:30pm Senior Mellon Forum Spring Kickoff
The last semester of Mellon forum presentations begins again. Come support your fellow seniors as they share their original research and senior projects. As usual, we will have dinner with each session.
Thursday 2/4 TD Sophomore Dinner (Dining Hall)
Please save the date for the TD sophomore dinner. Your sophomore dinner planning committee is hard at work to make this evening special. Stay tuned for more information.
Without further ado, here is a word from Dean Mahurin…
Áshe,
ML
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Dean’s Domain
Now that the swiping-left-and-right of shopping period has almost ceased (yeah, I’m aware I was quoted on Overheard at Yale comparing shopping period to Tinder; I don’t take it back), I hope you are all settling into the rhythms of this new term. Today I’ll share with you a moment from Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, whose protagonist, Janie, “knew things nobody had ever told her. For instance, the words of the trees and the wind. She often spoke to falling seeds and said, ‘Ah hope you fall on soft ground,’ because she had heard seeds saying that to each other as they passed. She knew the world was a stallion rolling in the blue pasture of ether. She knew that God tore down the old world every evening and built a new one by sun-up. It was wonderful to see it take form with the sun and emerge from the gray dust of its making.”
MahurINs and OUTs
2016-17 Freshman Counselor applications are available athttp://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/freshman-counselors, with a deadline of Friday, January 29th. Prospective freshman counselors can complete the application form and submit their resumes online. If you have questions about the application process or about being a freshman counselor next year, please reach out to me or head froco Micah Jones (micah.jones@yale.edu).
The Adrian Van Sinderen Book Collecting Prizes for Seniors and Sophomores
In order to encourage undergraduates to collect books, build their own libraries, and read for pleasure and education, Adrian Van Sinderen (YC 1910) established two prizes— one for seniors and one for sophomores— in 1957. The Senior Prize is $1,000, and the Sophomore Prize is $700. For more information, including instructions and the application form, visit yale.edu/printer/vansinderen. Application materials are due by 5 pm on Friday, February 5, 2016. You can view the poster advertising the prizes here. Selected collections will be examined by appointment before spring vacation. If a collection does not reside at Yale, the student should be prepared to show the judging committee what he or she considers the most significant portion of the collection.
Be a Residential Counselor this summer for Yale Summer Session!
Staying in New Haven this summer? In addition to the Yale students taking summer classes, we will have an extremely talented and diverse group of students from all over the US and the world. Spend your summer living and guiding students through their Yale summer experience. We are looking for motivated and energetic students to share their love of Yale with all of the summer students. Please click here for the detailed job description and application.
Student Organizations Registration: Deadline is February 2nd. All new student organizations, or groups who missed the fall registration deadline, mush register with the Yale College Dean’s Office by midnighton February 2nd to be recognized as an official student organization for the spring of 2016. You can register HERE. Groups who registered in the fall do not need to re-register until the summer of 2016. If you have any questions please contact Dean Hannah Peck athannah.peck@yale.edu.
Come support YWIH at the Yale Whale this Friday @3pm vs Brown as they skate to honour former women’s player MANDI SCHWARTZ and the incredible life and legacy she left behind. FREE admission; wearing WHITE is strongly encouraged for all spectators; there will be a SILENT AUCTION taking place after the men’s game at 7pm with autographed Olympic and sports paraphernalia. ALL DONATIONS and proceeds will go towards the Mandi Schwartz Foundation which supports youth hockey players with illness and disabilities.
Interested in becoming a CCE? The CCE mission is to create a more positive sexual climate on campus. The CCEs themselves are an exceptionally diverse, creative group of students who collaborate with each other and with their own communities to create space—both literally and figuratively—for students to more easily make mindful social and sexual choices. The CCEs also serve as a resource for students who have experienced or heard about sexual misconduct, providing a peer avenue to SHARE, the UWC, Title IX, and the Yale Police. The CCEs are paid employees of the YCDO. Once the start-of-year trainings are complete, they generally work 5-10 hours per week. There’s no need for prior experience in sexual violence prevention. The prime qualification for being a CCE is the desire to make Yale a better place; optimism and humor are helpful, too! For more information or to apply, please visit yale.edu/cce. Rolling applications, with next deadlineJanuary 29th.
Are you interested in becoming a FOOT leader? Whether or not you did FOOT, we’re looking for dynamic, excited Freshmen and Sophomores to join our leader team! Come check out the Info Session at 9:00 PM on Tuesday, January 26th in the Branford Common Room! If you have any questions, feel free to email poobahs@gmail.com.
Reunion Head Clerks for Yale College Reunions needed. The office will be interviewing and hiring 13 Head Clerks to assist them during the term, starting after Spring Break, and during reunions between May 25 and June 5. The application (Job #1981) is open now on the SEO Web site and will close at the end of the month.
Head Clerks process reunion registrations and later head up a team of their peers during the reunion weekends in May and June. The position requires a high degree of organization and responsibility, as well as significant contact with our staff and with alumni of all ages. The office will be holding two information sessions at Rose Alumni, 232 York St., at3:30 pm on Tuesday, January 26th and 3:30 pm on Wednesday, January 27th.
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 fromJune 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
January 29 Last day for students in the class of 2016 to petition for permission to complete the requirements of two majors.
February 2 Last day to apply for a spring term leave of absence
Last day to withdraw from Yale College that entitles a student to a full rebate of spring term tuition
February 5 Last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the term without the course appearing on the transcript
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
ACADEMICS
Course Schedule Deadlines:
Class of 2019 Wednesday, January 27, 5:00 pm
Class of 2018 Thursday, January 28, 5:00 pm
Class of 2017 Thursday, January 28, 5:00 pm
Class of 2016 Friday, January 29, 5:00 pm
Schedules are handed in to your TD Dean’s Office. The deadlines are strictly enforced. A late schedule incurs a fine of $50.
A late schedule cannot elect any courses CR/D/Fail.
A schedule of 3 or 3.5 course credits and a schedule of 6 or 6.5 course credits needs my permission before the schedule is handed in. Schedule an appointment to see me if you’re considering either of these options.
On-line Course Selection: www.yale.edu/sis
1. Use the worksheet capabilities to search courses to shop during shopping period.
2. After you have settled on the courses you will take, print your final schedule.
3. Take the final schedule to your adviser for the signature. Sign the schedule.
4. Hand in your signed schedule to the TD Dean’s Office by the deadline for your class
(see deadlines above and in the Blue Book)
I remind you that (1) the program does not check for conflicts in class meeting times (that is your responsibility – see “overlapping meeting times” above) and that (2) once you print your final schedule, you cannot reenter the program to make changes and print a different final schedule. Including or removing a course (after meeting with your adviser, for instance) must be hand written on the printed final schedule itself (in the Include and Remove Sections), and each change must be initialed by your adviser or me before the deadline for handing in your schedule.
Overlapping Class Meeting Times: Class meeting times may not overlap by more than 15 minutes once a week. Required are a conversation with me before the Course Enrollment deadline, compelling academic reasons for the overlap, and with my assistance a petition to the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing.
A schedule with a course in The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (and also not listed in the Blue Book) or a professional school requires an additional form, which is available in the TD Dean’s Office and atwww.yale.edu/sfas/registrar/blue_form.pdf. Hand in the completed form with the syllabus attached by the deadline for your course schedule. [Note: SOM courses cannot be added to your schedule through OCS; they must be written by hand in the “include” section on your schedule. The form (above) for those SOM courses must be handed in to my office in the first week of shopping period, well before the deadline for your course schedule, because SOM determines its class enrollments well before your schedule is due.]
Courses at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and at a professional school cannot elect the CR/D/Fail option.
Credit for these courses on your transcript: When you put a Graduate or Professional School course on your schedule, zero (0) course credits are recorded for the course until you hand in to my office the form for graduate school courses (syllabus attached) and the registrar’s office determines the course credits for that course after that. Some courses earn 1 course credit in Yale College and some earn .5 course credits (most commonly in SOM and EPH).
Independent Studies (Directed Reading, Directed Research, etc. as listed by most departments). There are limits on the number that a student can enroll in during a given year and over four years. See YCPS (Blue Book) page 41. Enrolling in an independent study requires the additional permission of a Director of Undergraduate Studies.
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CIPE)
The United Nations Summer Study (UNSS) program, offered by The New School’s Graduate Program in International Affairs, puts graduate and undergraduate students on the ground in the United Nations and in New York City. Unlike other UN study programs, UNSS takes you beyond a narrow focus on security and diplomacy to investigate development, human rights, humanitarian action, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, environmental, and reform issues. UNSS course work prepares you to understand and engage with contemporary issues, policies, and debates in international affairs. UNSS practicums, not found in any other UN summer program, enable you to gain hands-on experience in the UN system. Visit the UNSS website to learn more about our three different program options as well as the structure of the class, colloquia, and site visits in New York City. The UNSS is open to undergraduates (rising juniors and seniors), graduate students, and continuing education professionals from all fields and studies. Please contact our office with any questions: unstudy@newschool.edu
London School of Economics (LSE) Summer Program Information Session
Wednesday, February 3, from 4pm – 5pm
CIPE, 55 Whitney Ave, 3rd Floor, Room 305
Mark Jackson, a representative from the London School of Economics Summer Program, will be on-campus to meet with interested students. Come learn more about the variety of course options available during the summer at LSE. To learn more about the LSE Summer School, visit:http://www.lse.ac.uk/study/summerSchools/summerSchool/Home.aspx
Group Advising Sessions
Group advising is a great way for you to learn more about program offerings in a certain region, for a specific language, and to become familiar with the process of applying. This is also an opportunity to meet other students considering study abroad. Sessions are limited to a certain number of students, and you must register to attend.
Year or Term Abroad on a SIT IHP/Comparative Program
Tuesday, January 26, at 4pm in CIPE Room 309A, 55 Whitney Ave, 3rd Floor
Space is limited to 10 students. Register to attend this event.
Study Abroad in the Middle East and North Africa
Wednesday, January 27, at 4pm in CIPE Room 309A, 55 Whitney Ave, 3rd Floor
Space is limited to 10 students. Register to attend this event.
OFFICE OF CAREER STRATEGY
Interested in the Yale-coordinated Domestic and International Internships?
In order to apply for these positions you must first complete our program tutorial. Students can access the program tutorial by clicking on the ‘2016 Yale-Coordianted Internship Tutorial & Registration’ available in Symplicity under Resources, Document Library. If you reviewed this document last year you will need to review it once again! Students who complete the tutorial will be able to apply to positions. The primary application deadline for these positions will be Tuesday, February 2.
On-Campus Recruiting (OCR) Program
OCR provides an opportunity for students to interview predominantly for summer internships during the spring semester. On-campus interviews begin the last week of January. To become eligible to apply for OCR opportunities, follow the instructions in the ‘OCR Program Tutorial and Registration’ available in Symplicity under Resources, Document Library. Once you are eligible, visit Symplicity and click on ‘Campus Interviews I Qualify For’ under the On-Campus Recruitment section to view the positions and deadline dates. Applications are currently being accepted.
Director Positions, Yale Summer Events in NY, DC, San Fransisco
Deadline: February 2, 2016
Serve as Yale College Representative for the Yale Summer Events in New York, Washington, DC, or San Francisco programs. Collaborate with alumni, employers, and students to manage activities, plan events, and schedule meetings for the benefit of the students who are living and working in these cities during summer 2016. Search for “Yale Summer Events” in Symplicity to apply. Contact Stephanie Waite with any questions.
A Conversation with Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Thursday, February 4, 2016, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm, Yale School of Management
Yale CASE Advancement Internship Program
Deadline: February 5, 2016
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) is a professional association serving educational institutions and the advancement professionals who work on their behalf in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing and allied areas. Yale’s CASE intern project focuses on the university’s active and robust stewardship effort. The Yale Case Advancement Intern will work closely with experienced professionals, designing a new stewardship initiative.
FELLOWSHIPS – see http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/international/funding/fellowships/
Language Conversation Groups
Yale’s Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS) hosts a number of language groups that meet weekly. The purpose of these groups is threefold: to create a community of people based in language interest, to foster cross-cultural exchange, and to provide a welcoming space where people can learn at their own comfort. They are meant to provide a way to practice language skills that have already been acquired elsewhere. You don’t have to be a native speaker, or highly fluent, all you need is the desire to connect with other people though language. Below are the meeting times:
Spanish (Castillan) Conversation Group: Fridays, 11am-12pm at 421 Temple Street, first floor
Japanese Conversation Group: Tuesdays, 1:30 to 2:30pm at 421 Temple Street, first floor
Chinese (Mandarin) Conversation Group: Fridays, 10am-11am at 421 Temple Street, first floor
Learn more: http://oiss.yale.edu/programs-events/language-conversation-groups