Notes and News – Week of 2/12/2018
HL’s Pieces
Dear Red Lions,
Big congratulations go to the TD Orchestra on a great “bedtime concert” featuring the classic “Peter and the Wolf”! Once again, the group exuded great musicianship and community spirit. We have our fearless conductor, Paul Strike, and concertmaster, Kay Nakazawa, to thank! If anyone is interested in joining the orchestra this spring, please contact Paul.strike@yale.edu.
We are beginning the application process to build next year’s TD Aides team. These are paid student positions in the college. Anyone interested in applying should fill out the attached application and return it to the Head of College Office. For any questions, please contact the TD chief aides, Jacob Mitchell at jacob.mitchell@yale.edu and Jackie Salzinger at jacqueline.salzinger@yale.edu.
This week’s “photo of the week” is titled “Happy Birthday Sophomores!” and features Katarina Wang and Julia Tofan who celebrated their birthdays at the TD sophomore dinner at Sitar restaurant this past Thursday night.
TD has 4 tickets available to attend a special dinner in support of LEAP (Leadership, Education & Athletics in Partnership) a local organization that brings New Haven college and public high school students to work with younger children through a wide range of activities. (This year’s first-years outing to Sunnyside Farm is also the location for LEAP’s summer camping trip.) If you are interested, go to this link to identify your top 4 choices for dinners happening on either Thursday 2/22 or Saturday 2/24. Please make sure the dinner is not “sold out”. Then email me directly atmary.lui@yale.edu to claim a seat. In the email please note your top 4 choices. If you wish to go with another TD student, please put down both of your names. You must sign up no later than Tuesday 2/13 morning to claim one of the four tickets.
Speaking of dining, Final Cut is here! If you are interested in signing up for this year’s competition, please assemble your team. We will be hosting the TD cookoff on either Monday 2/26 or Wednesday 2/28. If you have not yet registered your team, it is not too late! Please email our dining hall manager at Samuel.feliciano@yale.edu this week.
This week we gear up for our Chubb events with the artist Faith Ringgold! First, she will deliver her Chubb address on Thursday 2/15 at 4:30pm in the YUAG auditorium. The student dinner in the TD Dining Hall will be at 7:15pm. On Friday 2/16 Faith Ringgold will conduct an Art Workshop in the TD Art Studio. All students who received a seat for the dinner and/or the art workshop through the two lotteries have been notified.
Here are the great events for next week:
Tuesday 2/20 5:30pm Senior Mellon Forum
We are back on schedule after taking 2/13 off to prepare for the Chubb events.
Sunday 2/25 1-4pm Silk Screening Workshop (TD Art Studio)
Join artist Karen Dow to learn about silk screening for a wide-range of projects: posters, t-shirts, tote bags, and many more. You just need to come with an image or design to get working. Anyone interested, should sign up at the TD office or email kc.mills@yale.edu to reserve your spot.
Sunday 2/25 10pm TD Big Sib/Little Sib Hangout (TD Buttery)
Time to hangout or reconnect with your sibs! The Buttery staff will be cooking up a free special for sibling groups coming down to the Buttery!
Without further ado, here is a word from Dean Mahurin…
Áshe,
HL
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