Notes and News – Week of 10/30
HL’s Pieces
Dear Red Lions,
I hope many of you weathered last night’s terrible storm. Even though the sun is out, the city is still recovering from all the downed limbs and branches so please be careful walking around! That said, I’m delighted to see that our pumpkins made it through the storm! This week’s “photo of the week” features three of our first year carvers – Claire Pastrana, Ariadne Letrou , and Christina Lindsay – as they worked together on their creations making use of knives, paint, and glitter glue! Happy Halloween!
As we make our way past the half-way mark of the fall 2017 semester, I am thrilled to announce that TD is moving up in the Tyng Cup standings!!! Just this week we went from fourth to third place after winning the IM ping pong championship and making it through the co-ed soccer quarterfinals. We have our big semifinal match this afternoon so please come out to play or cheer us on. Pickleball and volleyball are starting up as well so let’s finish the season strong!
As many of you know, next Tuesday 11/7 is Election Day! Please know that if you live in the TD courtyard, you are in Ward 22 at vote at 55 Foote Street and if you are in RH you are in Ward 7 and vote at 200 Orange Street. Anyone who’d like to register to vote in New Haven, may still do so, but the cut off is tomorrow 10/31. You can also try to register online.
Here are some great events for this week:
Tuesday 10/31 5-7:30pm TD Halloween Dinner (TD Dining Hall)
The dining hall serves up great food, fun treats, and spine-tingling thrills for this special dinner. Feel free to come dressed up in your costumes!
Wednesday 11/1 8pm SAC Smores Night (TD Courtyard)
Gather around the fire pit to toast marshmallows and melt chocolate. We’ll have hot chocolate and warm apple cider to top off this seasonal celebration in the courtyard.
Friday 11/3 8pm Julia Medina ’18 Exhibition Opening (TD Gallery, under TD Town Hall)
As part of this year’s project for architecture students, TD senior Julia Medina designed a small refuge for a single human occupant to be located at the Stony Creek Quarry in Branford, CT. To see photos and models of the project, please visit the TD Gallery. Julia will be there to introduce her project and answer questions. Light snacks will be available!
Saturday 11/4 Family Weekend Reception (TD House)
The Lui/Balbarin family is delighted to welcome your friends and family to Family Weekend! Please join our fabulous reception for great food and drinks!
Here are our events for next week:
Tuesday 11/7 “Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s” A Tea with financial writer, Beth Kobliner (TD House)
Join financial expert, Beth Kobliner, for a great conversation about how to start thinking and planning for your financial futures. As Kobliner will tell you, it doesn’t matter how much you have now. It’s all about gaining the right skills and understanding of how money works. Kobliner is the best-selling author of Make Your Kida Money Genius (Even if You’re Not) and Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in your Twenties and Thirties. She has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Money magazine. She has appeared on Good Morning America, PBS Newshour, CNN, and NPR. She was appointed by President Obama to serve on his Advisory Council on Financial Capability and spearheaded the Council’s MoneyAsYouGrow.org website to help kids develop money skills. Beth Kobliner has generously offered to give away copies of her book, Get a Financial Life, to students attending the tea so make sure to get here early to grab your copy!
Without further ado, here is a word from Dean Mahurin…
Áshe,
HL
***
The Best of It
Kay Ryan
However carved up
or pared down we get
we keep on making
the best of it as though
it doesn’t matter that
our acre’s down to
a square foot. As
though our garden
could be one bean
and we’d rejoice if
it flourishes, as
though one bean
could nourish us.
UPCOMING DATES AND DEADLINES:
Nov. 10, Friday
|
Last day to convert from the Credit/D/Fail option to a letter grade in a full-term course. See Grades. |
Nov. 18, Sunday
November recess begins, 9 p.m.
Nov. 27, Monday
Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
TD READING GROUP
Contact me to join one of the next installments of Reading Group, on Kao Kalia Yang! The readings are here:
https://onbeing.org/blog/kao-kalia-yang-when-relatives-die-they-become-ancestors/
We’ll meet Thursday at noon and Monday at 1:00, both times in the Thompson Room.
YALE-CHINA FELLOWSHIP
A remarkable, immersive Fellowship in China that will be the two most life-changing, career-enhancing, service-oriented years of your life. Join a 109-year tradition! Gaining cross-cultural fluency and leadership skills, you are immersed in your Chinese community. Ongoing professional support from Yale-China staff, formal Chinese language study, and post-fellowship career mentoring in your chosen field by members of the deeply committed and talented Yale-China community are special features of this exceptional opportunity. For more information, visit www.yalechinafellowship.org Dates for info sessions are found here: http://www.yalechina.org/education Application Deadline:December 1, 2017
ACADEMIC STRATEGIES
On Thursday, November 2 at 7 pm, we are partnering with the Peer Liaisons at the Asian American Cultural Center for a discussion about approaches to student finances based on our Academic Strategies on a Budget workshop.
To help students extend their academic interests into summer research, we are collaborating with CIPE’s Fellowships office to offer “Imagining Your Summer: Planning and Paying for Summer Opportunities” on Friday, November 3 at 11:45 pm (lunch included).
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CIPE Summer Opportunities Fair
Friday, Nov. 10, 2:30-4pm, Silliman Dining Hall
‘Tis the season to plan your summer! Stop by our annual CIPE Summer Opportunities Fair to learn about hundreds of amazing internship, study, and funding opportunities in the US and abroad for next summer. Chat with staff, faculty, and students affiliated with programs run by the Yale Office of Career Strategy, Study Abroad, Yale Summer Session, and Fellowship Programs to find experiences that are right for you.
GLOBAL HEALTH
Global Health Scholars Application Deadline: Friday, November 3 by 1pm
Interested in understanding and addressing current global health challenges?
Apply to become a Global Health Scholar.
Questions to suzanne.wirak@yale.edu.
OFFICE OF CAREER STRATEGY
Yale Career Fireside Chats-The Art of Networking Webinar
Thursday, November 9, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Register
Creating Your Career and Life Vision
Saturday, November 11, 11:00am-4:45pm
Register-Space is limited.
Humanities in Action–Career Workshops
Sunday, November 12, 1:00pm-5:00pm, Whitney Humanities Center
Join us for insights from alums whose medical, nursing, and/or public health careers began with courses or degrees in the humanities.
Register