4-6-15: TD Notes & News
Master’s Pieces
Just to keep you guessing, Notes & News is on time, tonight at least. Super exciting, as Dean might say. Our next couple of days will be a whirlwind of Chubb activity, and I will rejoin you on the other side on Thursday, when we will all break into a sprint to the finish (and TD Day!).
· Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8 Chubb Fellowship events with His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje Go to www.chubbfellowship.org for full details but note that the Karmapa’s public appearance in Woolsey Hall at 4 pm on Tuesday, April 7 is sold out. We will then be hosting him for the traditional Chubb Fellowship dinner on April 8 in the TD Dining Hall at 6:00 pm. Everyone who signed up by last Friday’s deadline will have a seat, but we are currently full up. If you would like to get on a waiting list for the Wednesday dinner, drop me an email.
· Thursday, April 9, 4:50 pm – limited edition, behind-the-scenes tour of the Yale Repertory Theatre Many of you know, some of you don’t, that we have graduate and professional school students as affiliates of TD. They mostly help us with fabulous mentoring for senior project presentations in the Mellon Forums, but they also do other cool stuff. Our Grad Affiliate Emily Erdman in the School of Drama has offered to unveil some of the magic behind the curtain of the Yale Rep, plus talk with you about graduate study in Drama. Spots are limited to 6 students! To top it off, you’ll be going for ice-cream afterwards! If interested, you must email asap the Grad Affiliate coordinator jeff.hong@yale.edu. The first six people who email Jeff get to go.
Note these additional dates for down the road: On April 14, a Master’s Tea with Rolf Potts at 4:30 pm in the Master’s House, best-selling travel author of Vagabonding and Marco Polo Didn’t Go There. On April 19, a courtyard cookout and celebration of my Mastership of TD, starting at 5:00 pm. On April 24, last day of classes and TD DAY!!!!!. On April 28, the 2015 TD Senior Class Dinner.
Community Note: Our IM Secretaries have been doing a @#$#@ phenomenal job on everything from the weekly newsletter to turning out the troops. I have gone over the mystical calculations they have assembled, none of which I understand now or ever will. But I BELIEVE!!! And what do I believe??? I believe we are within bowshot of WINNING THIS THING!!!!! A wise person once said – don’t quote me on this – that you will never remember your sophomore year GPA, the time you spent doing laundry, the name of your econ TA, or that extracurricular officer role you coveted, but you WILL ALWAYS remember that YOU WON THE TYNG CUP AT YALE. Go for the glory! Go for the Tyng!
Dean’s Domain
It’s fun to see people actually hanging out in the courtyard (as opposed to hustling – or shivering – or slipping – through it). With spring, too, comes a new IM season, one which includes – among delights like ultimate Frisbee and badminton – softball! The contemporary poet Gail Mazur opens her poem “Baseball” with the declaration that
The game of baseball is not a metaphor/And I know it’s not really life.
–but then, in spite of these declarations of what baseball is NOT, Mazur goes on for many more lines and stanzas (read the whole thing at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176181). There’s an open question, then, as to what the game IS… it’s something, for certain, and I’d say that claim holds up just as well to spring IMs as whole.
ACADEMIC DEADLINES
April 6 – TODAY! Last day to convert from Cr/D/F to a letter grade in a full-term course
Last day to drop a spring second-half course without a W on the transcript
April 17 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
April 24 Classes end
Last day to drop a spring-term or second-half course
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
Meet the New History Major:
An Information Session for Freshmen and Sophomores
Wednesday, April 9, 7-8 p.m.
HGS 211
Out with the old and in with the new! This year, the History Department voted to make significant changes to the History major. For the first time, History majors will be able to specialize within the program, organizing their coursework around particular themes (such as Cultural History, or War and Society) or regions (such as U.S. History). Members of the Class of 2017 and beyond may also opt for a one-semester senior project, rather than the traditional two-semester senior essay. Come and find out more!
TUTORING
Writing Tutors: http://www.yale.edu/bass
Writing Partners: www.yale.edu/writing
Sc/QRTutoring: http://www.yale.edu/mstutor
Language Tutoring: http://cls.yale.edu/foreign-language-tutoring
Class of 2018
April 22 Sophomore Adviser Form due in TD Dean’s Office
Please note that, while your freshman adviser may have been a Yale University staff member, sophomore advisers may only be faculty members or assistant or associate deans of Yale College. If you are planning to major in a program in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics, your sophomore adviser will be the Director of Undergraduate Study in your potential major or the department’s designated representative. If you are planning to major in a non-STEM field, there are several criteria you might consider when selecting your sophomore adviser:
- a shared academic interest or an affiliation with a department that you are considering for your major
- a course or a subject matter taught by a faculty member that appealed to you
- a successful advising relationship with your freshman faculty adviser that you would like to continue into next year
DUSes and designated departmental representatives are also especially valuable as sophomore advisers.
Class of 2017 (www.yale.edu/sophomore)
April 24 Consultation on Long-Range Academic Plans form Due by 5pm to TD Dean’s Office (consultation form)
Sophomore website; www.yale.edu/sophomore. Among other information and advice for sophomores, listed on the site are seminars for sophomores and departmental information meetings, which are updated during the term. As for other information about majors, at the web site you can search alumni by their major in Yale College and learn what they do now.
Center for International and Professional Experience (CIPE)
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.
Life After Yale Series: Financial Literacy- Financial Life After Yale
Tuesday, April 7, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Rose Alumni House Great Hall
RSVP here
Yale-Coordinated Domestic Internships still accepting applications
Look through positions in an array of industries by searching position type “Yale-Coordinated Internships” in Symplicitytoday
Visit the Calendar of Events for a full list of upcoming events. Log in to Symplicity under Events/Employer Information Sessions to RSVP.
Fellowships
No matter what your current class year, now is the perfect time to explore fellowship options for after graduation! Browsewww.yale.edu/fellowships for lists of fellowships by class-year, calendar of events, and much more.
Upcoming events
Rhodes and beyond: fellowships for postgraduate study in the UK & Ireland (3 of 4 scheduled before fall deadlines)
Tuesday, April 7, 6:30-7:30pm, CIPE room 305
Juniors, seniors, and anyone else interested: come hear from folks who have pursued postgraduate study in the UK & Ireland and about fellowships to support this (US citizenship NOT required).
Fulbright information session (3 of 4 scheduled before the fall deadline)
Friday, April 10, 2:00-3:00pm, CIPE room 305
Juniors, seniors, and anyone else interested: come hear about this terrific opportunity offered by the Fulbright to spend a purposeful year in one of more than 140 countries around the globe. (Not a US citizen? Come anyway—Yale offers some similar fellowships open to any graduating senior, and much of what you hear will apply to those, too!)
Global Health Pre-departure Workshop and Ethics Training
Tuesday, April 14, 4:00pm, WLH 207
All students are very welcome to attend this ethics workshop, which is required for undergraduates receiving Yale College funds for global health summer experiences. Presentations will be led by Professors Kaveh Khoshnood and Tracy Rabin. If you have questions, please contact: suzanne.wirak@yale.edu.
· Deadline: May 1 (Please note that deadlines for study abroad and internship programs are earlier.)
Upcoming deadlines for seniors
North American Language and Culture Assistants in Spain
· Year-long positions are available in K-12 schools throughout Spain, to help to increase Spanish students’ knowledge of English (or French) and North American culture. Eligible: seniors and recent alumni who are Canadian or US native speakers of English (or French), and who have intermediate-level Spanish; previous teaching experience or experience living abroad may be an advantage. Details at www.mecd.gob.es/eeuu/convocatorias-programas/convocatorias-eeuu/auxiliares-conversacion-eeuu.html.
· Deadline: April 7
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 at www.training.nih.gov/programs/postbac_irta.
· Deadline: rolling (application should be made 3-6 months before hoped-for start at NIH)
The Amy Rossborough Fellowship Program
This program is currently accepting applications for the 2015-2016 academic year. The program awards up to $1,500 to Yale undergraduate students to complete a semester or year longsocial justice project in the New Haven area, with preference given to projects that affect women in New Haven or have a feminist mission. Past recipients have organized projects ranging from hosting economic empowerment workshops for young women, to conducting yoga classes for under-served populations, to art projects that examine social inequalities in New Haven. For more information and application materials, visit http://amyrossboroughfellowship.commons.yale.edu or contact Marie-Amelie George (marie-amelie.george@yale.edu). Applications are due April 10th.
Other opportunities
LUX: Ideas Through Light Exhibition will be showing starting at 8:00 PM nightly next weekend, April 10 - 12. It features the work of nearly 30 designers and 5 of the University’s 13 schools. You can learn more at lux.yale.edu, or see several frames from some of the pieces at twitter.com/yalelux.
The Yale Veterans Summit(April 10-11), which will be held on campus, will address the most pressing issues and concerns facing military service members and veterans today, and the way forward in US civil-military relations. Despite its namesake, the Summit is open to all, including non-veterans and members of the public. The event is intended to be inclusive and representative of many different views. Thanks to recent corporate sponsorship, Yale students can sign up for a $25.00 discount ticket. (Non-Yale students for $35) Ticket purchase entitles registrants to the entire two-day Summit, with multiple speakers, panels, discussions and programming, including three receptions. More details about the Summit and ticket purchase is available via the Summit website: http://yaleveteranssummit.squarespace.com/
Check out the Summer Playbook, a website which helps Ivy League students meet up and connect during their summer travels. The Playbook is a great and free way to help make our community closer. It was started by a Harvard student last year and is expanding to Yale and the other Ivy schools soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l3yvDfm4tU&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share
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.
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.