4-16-15: TD Notes & News
Master’s Pieces
Welcome to the Thursday edition of Monday night’s Notes & News. What a week in TD! Shout-out to the ENTIRE COMMUNITY for the immensely spirited welcome to incoming Master Mary Lui on Tuesday. Both the President and the Dean of Yale College wrote me afterward that even they – veterans that they are – were startled and astonished by the love and strong feelings on display within our community: for each other, for the place and for the welcome we wanted to give to a new person. You guys were outstanding, and if you noticed the tears of TD pride in my eyes, I am not ashamed to own them.
Events are moving fast, and they include some late-breaking fun below, so please read what’s hear to find out what you don’t want to miss!
· Today, Thursday, April 16 – Graduate Peer Advisors in the TD Dining Hall from 12:30 to 1:30 pm Interested in graduate school, but not sure how to approach the application process? The Office of Career Strategy is sending Graduate Peer Advisers Amruta Nori-Sarma (STEM) and Maria Hristova (Humanities & Social Sciences), who will be holding an officeless hour from 12:30- 1:30pm on Thursday 4/16 in the dining hall. Amruta and Maria will be glad to speak with students at any stage of the graduate school application process, to share their thoughts on the best ways to approach applications to graduate school in a variety of disciplines. Please stop by and say hello! Amruta is a current 2nd Year PhD Student in F&ES and holds a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University. Maria is a 7th Year PhD Candidate in the Yale Slavic Department, and is currently on the academic job market. Look for their table signage!!!!!
· Friday, April 17, starting at 11:30 am: TD E-FAST Day in the TD courtyard Your fantastic college SAC brainstormed this one – the collision of Sustainability and Spring Weather. Here’s the note from SAC chair Nick Kelley: “Lions, please join us in the courtyard this Friday, starting at 11:30AM for a few hours of technology-free fun. TD SAC and Sustainability come together to demonstrate the power of old-fashioned, energy conscious fun. So, power-down your smartphones, laptops, and tablets; and turn your Spring on. There will be absolutely no checking of e-mails or Facebook. Instead, we will play soccer (with newly purchased mini goals), throw the frisbee, play board-games, have picnics, and break out that dusty old volleyball net. With the lone exception of our musical sound system, we will abstain from technology for as long as possible, in an attempt to demonstrate the importance of protecting and preserving our fun-filled environment, not to mention our sanity.”
· Saturday, April 18, starting at 5:00 pm on the picnic tables: Annual TD Crawfish Boil!!! Get your mudbugs on! We air them in fresh from New Orleans, boil them up and serve with Cajun fixings, including sweet corn and fresh potatoes. Trays and trays and trays. Learn how to break open one of the creepy crawlies and relish the experience. No background necessary!! Newbies are great entertainment for the rest of us!!
· Sunday, April 19, 5 pm cookout in the courtyard; 7 pm program in the dining hall: Brenzel-Fest 2015 This is it. See me out in style. No one will tell me what is being planned, so I don’t know what to say. I DO know that the official portrait will be unveiled as part of the evening program. Your guess is as good as mine for the rest. Corey Malone-Smoll and Mott Woolley have taken this thing on, which frightens me. But I will be there, maybe in my new cowboy boots and belt. Ashe!
Note these additional dates for down the road: On April 24, last day of classes and TD DAY!!!!!. On April 28, the 2015 TD Senior Class Dinner.
Community Note: Announcing the launch of TD Room Service! TD Room Service is a new, student-run baking delivery service started by TD bakers Colleen Flynn, Corinne Kentor, Taylor McHugh, and Kelly Wu. Beginning this weekend, TD students will be able to order delicious homemade baked goods to be delivered to their rooms or picked up in the Dining Hall on Sunday morning! Everything is $2 and items will change weekly, so please let us know if you have any favorites you’d like to see in the future! To order for this weekend, fill out this form by Saturday at noon. If you have any questions, please email us at tdroomservice@gmail.com or talk to a member of the TD Room Service team!
Dean’s Domain
In honor of Sunday’s upcoming Brenzel-ganza, I’d like to quote some very special lines of poetry, from Old Crow Medicine Show:
Runnin’ from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
My baby plays the guitar
I pick a banjo now
Oh, North country winters keep a gettin’ me now
Lost my money playin’ poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain’t a turnin’ back
To livin’ that old life no more…
Enough said, folks. Happy the North country winters seem to have finally taken their leave.
ACADEMIC DEADLINES
April 17 at 5 pm Last day to convert a spring second-half course from Cr/D/F to a letter grade (such as BIOL 102 and 104, SOM courses, etc.)
April 22 Sophomore Adviser Form due by 5pm to TD Dean’s Office
April 24 Classes end
Last day to drop a spring-term or second-half course
Consultation on Long-Range Academic Plans form Due by 5pm to TD Dean’s Office (consultation form)
April 25 Spring Fling
April 25-30 Reading period; all course assignments other than term paper or term projects are due by April 30
April 28 Senior dinner
May 1-6 Final exam period
Center for International and Professional Experience (CIPE)
Office of Career Strategy
Career Walk-in Advising
Advisors will be available to answer quick questions at 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor from 10:00am-4:00pm, Monday-Thursday and on Fridays at LC 207 from 11:30am-4:00pm. Each walk-in is 15 minutes long and are available on a first come, first served basis when classes are in session. For more information visit the Office of Career Strategy website.
Visit the Calendar of Events for a full list of upcoming events. Log in to Symplicity under Events/Employer Information Sessions to RSVP.
Fellowships
Attending an information session is the first step to booking an advising appointment, and there are only a few more sessions/workshops offered this term—don’t miss out! Browsewww.yale.edu/fellowships for calendar of events, lists of fellowships by class year, and much more.
*If you have won an external scholarship, fellowship, or other award not administered through Fellowship Programs, please let us know: we would like to celebrate your accomplishment! More importantly, we’d also like to know if you would be willing to be listed on our website and to serve as a resource for future Yale applicants—it really makes a difference. Please email katherine.dailinger@yale.edu, telling us what award you won, what the award will help you do, and the website (if available) for additional information about the award. Thank you and congratulations!
Upcoming events
· Deadline: May 1 (Please note that deadlines for study abroad and internship programs are earlier.)
Yale-China CCNU Guizishan Fellowship Program
· Carry out self-designed projects with the support of Central China Normal University (CCNU) in Wuhan and Yale-China Association; be integrated in the CCNU community with a half-time teaching appointment. Eligible are seniors and recent alumni, in any major. Details and applications at www.yalechina.org/education/guizishan.
· Deadline: April 30
Rotary International Peace Fellowships
· Support a master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Resolution at one of several specified programs in the US & abroad. (US citizenship not required.) Yale students are very welcome to apply for the New Haven Rotary Club’s nomination; see www.newhaven-rotary.org and email newhavenrotaryscholarships@gmail.com for details/application form.
· Deadline to apply for endorsement by the New Haven Rotary Club: May 1
NIH Postbaccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Postbac IRTA/CRTA)
· Provides recent college graduates an opportunity to spend 1-2 years performing full-time research at the National Institutes of Health. Eligible: seniors and recent alumni, US citizens & permanent residents who plan to apply to graduate or professional (medical/dental/pharmacy) school during their tenure in the IRTA/CRTA program. Details/application atwww.training.nih.gov/programs/postbac_irta.
· Deadline: rolling (application should be made 3-6 months before hoped-for start at NIH)
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
The Department of Comparative Literature announces a New Annual Prize, The Richard Maxwell prize for Translation and Translation Studies.
A $500 prize open to any undergraduate student in Yale College shall be awarded annually to the best essay in Translation Studies or to the best Annotated Literary Translation. “Translation Studies” is understood to include theoretical and historical questions involving language, culture, and medium, while “literary translation” encompasses all genres, so long as the chosen work is deemed substantial. Submissions that combine actual translation and reflections on issues raised or exemplified by the process are welcome.
Submissions (3 copies) must reach the Comparative Literature Department office (451 College Street, #102) by April 20th.
*The Richard Maxwell prize for Translation and Translation Studies commemorates the scholarly and pedagogical legacy of Richard Maxwell (1948-2010), an exceptionally wide-ranging undergraduate teacher, scholar and critic. He was an historian of the novel, of visual culture, and of urban life, and a critic of poetry and film. Moreover, during his final illness he dictated an experimental novel about architectural, literary, and film life in 1950s Los Angeles. Richard Maxwell believed deeply in the discipline of Comparative Literature and the ideal of world literature, and he championed his Yale students as aspiring translators, critics, and writers.
Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive sponsored by Yale athletic teams
April 16 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the University Commons
Yale athletic teams will be leading their annual Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive in honor of Mandi Schwartz ’10, a Yale women’s ice hockey player who lost her battle with cancer in 2011. The Yale drive is part of the “Get in the Game, Save a Life” campaign for Be The Match®. As a result of the Yale drive, in these last six years 4,538 individuals were added to the registry, and Yale donors have saved 28 lives. This drive has been the largest drive in the country five times in the last six years.
SHARE Support Groups. The SHARE (Sexual Harassment and Assault Response & Education) Center will be offering support groups during the winter semester (dates and times to be set based on schedules of member). Where: SHARE Center (Yale Health, Lower Level) Please contact Carole Goldberg, Jennifer Czincz or Amy Meyers if you are interested in participating. Carole Goldberg: 203 432 0310, carole.goldberg@yale.edu; Jennifer Czincz: 203 432 2610, Jennifer.czincz@yale.edu; Amy Myers: 203 436 8217, amy.myers@yale.edu.
BECOME A YALE WORLD FELLOWS LIAISON The 2015 YWF Liaison Program offers Yale undergrad and grad students direct access to some of the most interesting people on campus: the Yale World Fellows. In the fall-term, each World Fellow is partnered with four Liaisons (a mix of Yale undergraduate and graduate students). Liaisons are assigned specific roles in support of World Fellows, for example: planning, publicity, arranging events and social activities. Through these activities, and a weekly dinner, liaisons build lasting relationships with their World Fellow and benefit from mentorship. Application deadline: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 11:59 PM. Applicants are required to complete an online application form, including a brief essay and CV. Go to http://worldfellows.yale.edu/liaison Expectations of each Liaison:
• Organize four “roundtables,” bringing together students from across campus who are interested in the Fellows’ area of expertise.
• Promote World Fellows Night
• Arrange spotlight dinners for World Fellows in residential colleges
• Develop opportunities for World Fellows to engage student groups across campus
• Advertise World Fellows events through social media channels, e-mail announcements and word of mouth
• Inform World Fellows of conferences, events, talks and other activities taking place at Yale
Carl Purington Rollins Fellowship in Design Communications (open to graduating seniors) Working closely with the University Printer—Yale’s lead graphic designer—and with the Senior Editor of the Bulletin Series—editor of Yale’s course catalogues—the Rollins Fellow participates in all activities of the office, with an emphasis on supporting effective branding and design at Yale. The Fellow assists in design and administration of the University’s signage and donor recognition programs. In support of Yale College’s student publication and visual design activities, the Fellow publicizes and coordinates yearly Lohmann Prizes in undergraduate printing and the Van Sinderen poster prize awarded in connection with the book collecting prize, and functions as a liaison to undergraduate printers and design students. During the “Bulletin season” the Fellow may provide proofreading and typesetting support to the office. In addition, the Fellow serves as teaching assistant for informational sessions and courses that the Printer provides to Yale administrative and design staff. The Fellow serves as the managing editor and primary author of the Office of the University Printer blog. This is a full time year-long internship with the possibility of renewal by mutual agreement. Salary would be approximately $40,000, with Yale benefits. Eligible are 2015 graduates of Yale College (2015 graduates of the Yale School of Art Graphic Design program may also be considered): strong preference is given to undergraduate Studio Fine Arts majors with a Graphic Design concentration. All applicants should have taken graphic design courses at Yale or equivalent courses elsewhere. Applicants should be competent users of Adobe CS software, especially InDesign. Other desirable experience and skills include proof-reading, teaching and/or public speaking, Web design, coding, content management, and motion graphics. Applicants should submit a cover letter, résumé, and an on-line portfolio or pdf of work to Emily Monjaraz, Carl Purington Rollins Fellow in Design Communications, either by email to emily.monjaraz@yale.edu or by hard copy to 2 Whitney Avenue, room 203, as soon as possible and no later than April 30, 2015. Applications will be considered as they are submitted. Term of employment begins on or about 1 July 2015. Selected candidates will be asked for references.
The Lohmann and Van Sinderen Printing Prizes for Undergraduate Design The Lohmann and Van Sinderen Printing Prizes aim to recognize and celebrate the broad range of interest in planning, craft, and invention that gives undergraduate design and printing at Yale its singular character. The judges are eager to see printed works of all kinds in order to reward skill, discipline, and imagination. Eligible pieces include college publications and ephemera, or may be the product of class assignments or self-initiated printing activities. Printmaking projects, per se, are not eligible. For more information, including submission instructions, visit: lohman.yale.edu. Application materials are due by 4 pm on Thursday, April 23, 2015 in the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library Special Collections. Prizes start at $500 and will be announced and awards made at an informal ceremony on April 24 from 4 to 4:45 pm in the Special Collections Reading Room, where all entries will be on view.