WEEK OF 3/14/22
HL’S PIECES
Dear Red Lions,
We are finally headed into Spring Break! So let’s finish out this week strong and get some great rest!
Our “photo of the week” comes from TD Junior Megha Joshi who was awarded a Creative Performing Arts grant from TD to bring back this year’s Dhamaal showcase in Woolsey Hall that featured dance groups (Yale Rangeela, Yale Kalaa, Yale Jashan Bhangra, Monstr-RAAS-ity) and many solo performers. Here is Megha along with TD first-year Yash Roy along with their fellow members of the South Asia Society board.
Many thanks to AACC PL Sophia Lee and Kitchen Aide Grace MacDonald for a great Instant Ramen Night, the first of hopefully many more such nights. Still plenty more flavors and brands to try!
Spring break starts this Friday evening but the good news is that the TD Dining Hall will stay open this break. Four additional college dining halls will remain open for the week: Branford, Saybrook, Davenport, and Jonathan Edwards.
I hope you all saw the note about picking up COVID-19 viral test kits this week from the TD Package Room. You’ll need to have your ID and sign out your kit. Please make sure to pick up the kit by this Friday 5/18 since the HoC offices will be closed for Spring Break. You’ll also need to download the testing app and follow the instructions linked here. Please email TD Operations Manager, Zina Anwar, at thunziner.anwar@yale.edu if you have any questions. Here are the hours of the TD Package Room for this week:
Saturday: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Sunday: closed
We do not have any events coming up this week as we wind down for break. But please put on your calendar a tea with Olivia John, Founder and CEO of Osso Capital that will take place on Thursday 3/31 at 4pm at 53 Wall Street in Room 208. Prior to starting Osso, John was the Managing Director on the Real Estate Acquisitions team at Blacksone, where she worked in the NY and London offices from 2007 to 2020 and directed investing efforts number $12 billion of acquisitions. John is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where she received a BS in Economics and was a Joseph Wharton Scholar. There will be an opportunity for 10 students to have dinner with Olivia John after the tea. This event is co-sponsored with Yale’s Investments Office.
Without further ado, here is a word from Dean Mahurin…
Àshe,
HL
***DATES AND DEADLINES
| Mar. 18 |
F |
Midterm. |
| Mar. 18 |
F |
Last day to withdraw from a spring full-term course without the course appearing on the transcript. |
| Mar. 18 |
F |
Deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course. |
| Mar. 18 |
F |
Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term’s tuition (Undergraduate Regulations). |
| Mar. 18 |
F |
Spring recess begins, 5:30 p.m. |
YALE WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
The Yale Women’s Leadership Initiative is excited to share that registration for the 14th Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference is now live! The conference will be held Saturday April 2, 2022 in a primarily virtual format, with streaming options, grab-and-go refreshments, and recruiting and networking opportunities provided throughout the day at Tsai CITY. This upcoming conference will feature interactive programming and the space to learn and connect with prominent women leaders including Marta Moret, a public health expert, advocate and educator; Sylvia Acevedo, former aerospace engineer and CEO of Girl Scouts; and Karin Tsai, Senior Director of Engineering and Co-Head of Women at Duolingo.
Women of all backgrounds are welcome to attend! You can get tickets through this registration link, and follow updates on our website or on Instagram @yalewec. We look forward to seeing you at our conference!
FGLI AMBASSADORS
FGLI Ambassadors are here for you! We will hold individual biweekly office hours to address your FGLI-specific questions and concerns. We’re here to strengthen FGLI communities within the residential colleges. From external resources at Yale to increasing FGLI visibility, we are here to chat and connect with you all! Your residential FGLI Ambassador is Chigozie, but feel free to attend any of the Ambassadors’ office hours. Chigozie’s office hours will be on Thursday’s, biweekly from 5:30-6:30pm in the Silliman Common Room, starting the week after Spring Break. You can view the schedule with this calendar. You can reach Chigozie at chigozie.chukwunyere@yale.edu with any questions you may have. Regardless of stopping by to just say hi or to ask a specific question, we are excited to see you soon!
The full link to the calendar is here if needed.
ACADEMIC STRATEGIES WORKSHOPS
Assistive Tech – Drop-in session (online & in person)
Tuesday, Mar. 15, 5-6 pm ET
How can assistive tech ease your workload this semester? Need to make a to-do list that gets done? Need to organize materials for a research paper? Want to make your work more efficient with text-to-speech apps? Assistive Tech mentors can help you identify and use apps that fit your preferences and needs. Can’t make a drop-in hour? Use this form to request a 1-1 meeting: Assistive Tech Mentor Request Form. Sponsored by the Disability Peer Mentor Program.
Time Management (in person)
Tuesday, Mar. 15, 4-5 pm
Time management is key for lowering stress at Yale. Set priorities and develop a weekly schedule that can lead to an active and balanced academic life.
Managing a Heavy Reading Load (in-person)
Tuesday, Mar. 15, 7-8 pm ET
Feeling overwhelmed by piles of reading? Learn some essential strategies to make the most of your limited reading time. Have less stress and create more free time!
Fresh Start: Midterm Edition (in-person)
Wednesday, March 16, 4-5 pm
Want to refresh your approaches to your academic work? Our mentors will lead you through a series of activities to help you identify your current strengths and develop new strategies for meeting the new challenges presented by your current semester’s courses.
How to Write an Email: Academic and Professional Communication (online)
Wednesday, Mar. 16, 8-9 pm
Learn strategies for writing for professional and formal academic audiences.
Senior Thesis Study Halls (in-person; Register for location)
Friday, Mar. 18, 3-5 pm
These sessions will offer a combination of group work time (with the support of a Writing Partner during some weeks), group discussion time (a collective sharing of ideas, experiences, current challenges), and advice on working through this process from the earliest stages to the end, in a curriculum developed in part by Yale students in response to their own experiences here, with the support of faculty members, librarians, and other staff.
LIBRARY EVENTS
GIS Resources at Yale
Tuesday, March 15 at noon | Register: https://schedule.yale.edu/event/8922120
Join us to learn about the geospatial resources available at Yale. Learn which options are available for desktop and web-based mapping. Also, discover popular licensed spatial datasets and geoprocesses such as geocoding that are used continuously at Yale.
How to Develop a Research Project
Tuesday, March 15 at 4:00pm | Register: https://schedule.yale.edu/event/8818473
Figuring out exactly what you want to research can be a daunting task. You might feel like your topic has already been done, that there’s nothing available on your topic, or that you’re simply lacking inspiration - which are common concerns when starting a new project! Join librarians and the Poorvu Center to learn how you can develop a strong research question for your next research assignment.
The Long Night Against Procrastination: Midterm Edition (Bass Library)
Tuesday, March 15 starting at 7:00pm | Register: https://schedule.yale.edu/event/8879446
The Long Night Against Procrastination is for students who want to get serious work done. At this event, the library will provide a distraction-free, quiet environment for you to work… along with regular breaks and stretching (the “Pomodoro Method”). Attendees should try to identify a goal (i.e.: read a difficult text, work on a research paper) before attending. Students are free to come and go as they need.
GIS Tips & Tricks: Getting Started with ArcGIS Online
Wednesday, March 16 at 11:00am | Register: https://schedule.yale.edu/event/8921701
This workshop will introduce the basic features of Yale ArcGIS Online. Attendees will learn how to access Yale ArcGIS Online, how to add XY tabular data and geospatial data, and how to explore various visualizations.