3-23-15: TD Notes & News
Master’s Pieces
Evening, destinarians! Welcome home to the lion’s den. Every year about this time, we all wake up to the fact that it’s going to be a bit of a sprint to the finish line. I’m ready if you are. I’d only encourage you to read through the following information rather carefully, because I’m going to give you a lot of TD dates to put on your calendar.
· Sunday, March 29, in the Master’s House at 4-5:30 pm – Personal Finances Workshop with Steve Blum I sent around full information on this financial literacy program earlier in the week. Steve had now had over 2,500 of your fellow students attend this program, which addresses the basic financial realities you will face upon graduation (or even now): budgeting, saving, taxes and investing. You must sign up in advance to attend. It’s as simple as emailing Steve at stephen.blum@yale.edu and taking his one minute survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TDFLAYPreMar2015.
· Thursday, April 2, Master’s Tea at 4:30 pm with Croix Sather The media calls him Marathon Man: in just two years, Croix went from a non-runner to a World Record Champion. First a 2,621 mile Run Across America in just 100 days. Then he broke the world record in the world’s toughest race, running solo self-supported nonstop 146 miles though Death Valley, CA, the harshest and hottest environment on the planet. Croix is also an internationally celebrated author and inspirational speaker on personal transformation. He has been on the prestigious stages of TEDx NYC and Las Vegas, fortune 500 corporations, and international associations, plus hundreds of television, radio, and newspaper pieces.
· Tuesday, April 7 and Wednesday, April 8 Chubb Fellowship events with His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje Another event I messaged you about earlier in the week. Go to www.chubbfellowship.org for full details and to order your free tickets for the Karmapa’s public appearance in Woolsey Hall at 4 pm on Tuesday, April 7. We will then be hosting him for the traditional Chubb Fellowship dinner on April 8 in the TD Dining Hall at 6:00 pm. To attend this dinner, you MUST SIGN UP FOR SEAT by coming to the Master’s Office during regular business hours by the deadline of this Friday, March 27 at 5:00 pm.
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: As the greatest Buttery in the solar system goes back into operation, Kelly Wu and crew wanted me to encourage everyone to use the new card-swipe machine when paying for your munchies. Easy accounting!
Dean’s Domain
I would like to welcome you all back from break with a passage from Jack Kerouac, spring-breaker extraordinaire, as he reflects on the figure of his friend Dean Moriarty (modeled on the real-life Neal Cassady):
“I began to learn much from him as much as he probably learned from me. As far as my work was concerned he said, ‘Go ahead, everything you do is great.’ He watched over my shoulder as I wrote stories, yelling, ‘Yes! That’s right! Wow! Man!’ and ‘Phew!’ and wiped his face with his handkerchief. ‘Man, wow, there’s so many things to do, so many things to write!’”
I love the intensity of this description; I love the sense of reciprocity it evokes; I love the bodily excitement one person’s creative enterprises are able to inspire – or conjure – in another. Now, don’t get me wrong, Kerouac also describes Dean, earlier in the same paragraph, as a “con-man” – albeit one who “was only conning because he wanted so much to live”: “He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life.” There’s value in this way of being… whether it’s done moderately or even, at times, immoderately. (As long as you’re not trying to con your Dean. Because she’s pretty good at sniffing that out.
DATES AND DEADLINES
April 6 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
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
SENIORS
The Lombroso laboratory at the Medical School has a Postbac position available for a graduating senior. We are a translational neuroscience lab that focuses on mammalian learning and how these processes are disrupted in various neuropsychiatric disorders. Central to this investigation is a brain-specific protein tyrosine phosphatase called STEP and its role in regulating intracellular signaling. STEP protein levels are increased in several neuropsychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and fragile X syndrome. We use biochemical, molecular, immunocytochemical, and behavioral techniques in animal models to address the role that STEP plays in regulating aspects of learning. Interested applicants must make a two-year commitment to the lab and should write to paul.lombroso@yale.edu.
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.
Life After Yale Series: Financial Literacy- Financial Life After Yale
Tuesday April 7, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Rose Alumni House Great Hall
Visit the Calendar of Events for a full list of upcoming events. Log in to Symplicity under Events/Employer Information Sessions to RSVP.
Fellowships
Welcome back from Break! Why not use a little of your renewed energy to finalize plans for summer and explore fellowship options for next year and beyond? Browse www.yale.edu/fellowships for lists of fellowships by class-year,calendar of events, application advice, and much more.
Upcoming events
International Summer Awardinformation session
Wednesday, March 25, 4:00pm-5:00pm, CIPE room 305
Come learn all about this great funding opportunity for Yale College freshmen, sophomores, and juniors on financial aid—and bring your questions!
Rhodes and beyond: fellowships for postgraduate study in the UK & Ireland (2 of 4 scheduled before fall deadlines)
Friday, March 27, 2:00-3:00pm, 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).
Schwarzman Scholars Program - Official Information Session
Monday, March 30, 4:30-5:30pm, Yale CIPE, 55 Whitney Avenue, Room 369
Don’t miss this SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY: all are welcome to hear Stephen A. Schwarzman and other guests share the latest information about the exciting new Schwarzman Scholars Program, designed to foster the next generation of global leaders through a one-year Master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. (US citizenship not required, nor is fluency in Chinese.)
Upcoming deadlines for freshmen, sophomores & juniors
Global Health Initiative Photo Contest
· Deadline: March 31
Rotary Service Above Self Scholarships
· Support undergraduate (2nd, 3rd, and 4th year) or graduate study at a domestic or foreign university; seewww.newhaven-rotary.org and email newhavenrotaryscholarships@gmail.com for details/application form.
· Deadline to apply to the New Haven Rotary Club for endorsement for the 2015-16 academic year is April 1, 2015
· Deadline: May 1 (Please note that deadlines for study abroad and internship programs are earlier.)
Upcoming deadlines for seniors
Global Health Initiative Photo Contest
· Deadline: March 31
Rotary Service Above Self Scholarships
· Support undergraduate (2nd, 3rd, and 4th year) or graduate study at a domestic or foreign university; seewww.newhaven-rotary.org and email newhavenrotaryscholarships@gmail.com for details/application form.
· Deadline to apply to the New Haven Rotary Club for endorsement for the 2015-16 academic year is April 1, 2015
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)
ACCRA, GHANA INTERNSHIPS (SUMMER 2015) The Office of Career Strategies has developed SEVEN exciting internships in Ghana for the coming summer. Get all the information for these on the OCS web site at http://ocs.yale.edu/content/office-career-strategy-internship-programs. These internships are all found in Symplicity, and the deadline for applications is Wednesday, March 25.
Other opportunities
Summer Housing in New Haven The new Yale Undergraduate Research Association (YURA) will be hosting a summer housing mixer 8:00 P.M. Monday, March 30th in WLH 208, for all students who are seeking roommates/housing for this coming summer of 2015.
Yale Coordinated Internships in Accra (Deadline March 25th 2015)
All information regarding the Yale-coordinated International Internships Program may be found on the OCS webpage (http://ocs.yale.edu/content/office-career-strategy-internship-programs) and queries may be directed tocareerstrategy@yale.edu.
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/
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.
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.
Job Opening for Graduating Seniors: Global Scholars Fellow for the Yale Young Global Scholars Program Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT. Apply Now: http://yale.edu/hronline/careers/application/external/index.htmland search Requisition # 29831BR The Yale Young Global Scholars Program is an academic enrichment and leadership training initiative at Yale for talented high school students from around the world, who apply through a competitive application to study on the Yale campus in the summer. Read more at http://globalscholars.yale.edu.
The Amy Rossborough Fellowship 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 long social 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.