Head of College’s Pieces
Dear Red Lions,
First congratulations to SAC for a great Smores night last week. We could not have asked for better weather for chocolate and singing!
Many thanks to all the folks who came out to work with our grounds keeping staff to plant 1100 flower bulbs this past Friday afternoon. Our head groundskeeper, Joseph Signore, told me that he was floored by the large TD turnout and the great energy. Because so many of you came, we finished well ahead of schedule!!! To show his appreciation he sends in this wonderful “photo of the week” and to quote him, the title is “TD Rocks!”
This Wednesday is the start of Fall break so we have a couple of activities planned for folks who are going to stay in the courtyard. I am attaching here “Your First Annual Extra-Special Timothy-Dwight-Curated New Haven Fall Break Fun Guide!”put together by one of our TD Community Outreach Aides Jackie Salzinger TD ’18. Scroll to the bottom of this message and you’ll see the attached document. Happy reading and exploring!
Please note that our Dining Hall will not be open over the break. Instead, those of you on the Yale meal plan will need to head over to one of the open Dining Halls. Please check the Dining Services schedule for fall break before heading out for food.
Here are some important events for this week:
Monday 10/17 7pm Screening of “That Way Madness Lies (Loria 250)
TD Fellow and Filmmaker, Sandra Luckow, will be showing a rough cut of her new documentary film on mental illness. Please join the filmmaker in a comment and discussion following the screening.
Thursday 10/20 6pm Pizza Night (TD Buttery)
We are ordering in pizza for folks staying here over break. Great way to meet TDers from across all four classes!
Friday 10/21 7-9pm Friday Game Night (TD House)
Join the Lui/Balbarin family for the usual board games fun! We’ll have great snacks on hand to fuel you whether you are trying to build roads or settlements with wood and sheep or trying to out bluff your opponent in games of treachery and deceit. Just come by and have fun.
When we return from break, we’ll have our first tea of the year on Wednesday October 26th with Brenda Carter who heads up the Reflective Democracy Campaign, an initiative of the Women Donors Network. Her work is dedicated to increasing opportunities for women and people of color to elected leadership to create a democratic political system that reflects the American electorate. I will finally announce our Fall Chubb Fellow! And please look for our traditional Halloween events like TD Pumpkin Carving on Friday October 28th!
Wishing all of you a restful and enjoyable fall break!
And without further ado, here is a word from Dean Mahurin…
Áshe,
HoC Lui
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Dean’s Domain
“Walking back to his car at the marina on those mornings, he was sometimes surprised to feel that the earth was altered, the crisp air a nice thing to move through, the rustle of oak leaves like a murmuring friend. For the first time in years he thought about God, who seemed a piggy bank Harmon had stuck up on a shelf and had now brought down to look at with a new considering eye. He wondered if this was what kids felt like when they smoked pot, or took that drug ectasy.”
-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge
DEADLINES
October 15 Deadline to apply for a spring 2017 Term Abroad
October 17 Classes begin for courses offered in the second half of the term
October 28 Midterm. 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 ¼ of the term’s tuition.
November 11 Last date to convert from the Credit/D/Fail option to a letter grade in a full-term course. Last day to withdraw from a course offered in the second half of the term without the course appearing on the transcript.
TiDbits
Blue Madness! Come support Yale’s basketball team at its season-opening event onSaturday at 7:00 p.m. in PWG. You’ll especially want to support TD senior Anthony Dallier, the team captain, TD freshman Jordan Bruner, and… your TD Dean, who will be judging the dunk contest!
Studies in Grand Strategy applications due October 20. Study history’s greatest strategies and strategists, and learn from top policymakers. Visit grandstrategy.yale.edufor more.
The Yale Athletics Student Services website is up and running athttp://yass.yale.edu. YASS is built around four principal areas: wellness, inclusion, leadership, and support. The site provides information and resources to student athletes in all these areas and more.
Undergraduate Physics Research Fair, facilitating research experience for undergraduates with physics interest (and facilitating faculty in their search for capable undergraduate researchers!). Friday, November 4; 1:30-3:00 p.m.; Sloane Physics Lab, 3rd floor lounge.
Admission to the Global Affairs major takes place during the sophomore year. The Jackson Institute is hosting two Sophomore Information Sessions this fall:
Wednesday, 26-October-2016
4:00-5:00pm
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue, GM room
Wednesday, 2-November-2016
4:00-5:00pm
Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue, Seminar room
The Class of 2019 application deadline is 11:59PM on Friday, 18-November-2016
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS WITH OCTOBER DEADLINES
Visit funding.yale.edu and studentgrants.yale.edu for a comprehensive list of upcoming opportunities.
10/17 - Churchill Scholarships support one-year graduate degree courses at the University of Cambridge. Yale is invited to nominate up to two students to national competition; candidates seeking this endorsement must go through the campus application process via the SGD.
10/17 – The Keasbey Scholarship supports study at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, or Aberystwyth. Yale is invited to nominate up to two students to national competition; candidates seeking this endorsement must go through the campus application process via the SGD.
10/24 - The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSFGRF)supports up to three years of graduate study in the sciences and social sciences.
10/28 -The Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship supports up to five years of graduate study in the applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences at select universities.
10/31- Are you a sophomore or a junior? Interested in Global Health? Apply to become a Global Health Scholar.