1-12-15: TD Notes & News
Master’s Pieces
Welcome back to the mother ship! New year, new semester, new you. Lots of “news” tonight, so look up from your Blue Books for a few minutes to take in these items:
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Friday, January 16, 9:00 pm in the TD Dining Hall –”Carnival of The Birds: A Modern Masquerade” by Project New Look. We’re hosting the most incredible, exotic and inexplicable happening: a fresh look at Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture, Messaien’s Oiseaux Exotique (Disco Oiseaux) and Quartet for the End of Time, Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals paired with scenes from Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, and Stravinsky’s Firebird, remixed and performed by Project New Look (a crossover nonet of voice, flute, trumpet, violin, guitar, bass, vibraphone, keytar and percussion) at the intersection of many styles- including disco, dub step. video game music, 18th century counterpoint, and more. HOW’S THAT FOR FREAKY? Bob Kennedy saw his music school friends perform this piece at a hairdressing salon (Lulu) in New Haven last fall. He knew we had to make it happen here. Optional but atmospherically appropriate: come in a mask (or “masque”) if you have one or can make one. The show will start with an appearance at 9 pm sharp of the hot Yale jazz group Newspeak, which just cut an album this past fall (check here).Don’t miss this!
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Sunday, January 18, 9 pm –GRAND REOPENING OF THE TD BUTTERY Yes, the construction crew is feverishly, fiendishly at work on the finishing steps to putting the glorious new stuff into operation by next Sunday. Mark your calendars for the ribbon cutting at 9, followed by some stupendous extravaganza yet to be planned by Buttmaster Wu and the rest of the Buttery maniacs. Speaking of which, here’s a message from Wu herself: “Do you like other people? Free late night food? Newly renovated spaces? Free speech and democracy? Puppies and kittens? Then the TD Buttery is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. We are looking for volunteer butt-buddies to work one night a week (Sunday-Thursday) from 10 PM - 1 AM. It’s low commitment but high fun. You will be compensated with free food during your shift and unlimited friendship 24/7. If you are interested, send me (kelly.wu@yale.edu) an email by January 18th.”
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Down the road on Wednesday, January 28: Mark your calendars and get your act ready for a winter-warming community music Open Mic Nightin the TD dining hall, featuring all TD performers, including another leadoff appearance by Master “John Prine” Brenzel and Dean “Loretta Lynn” Mahurin. (Performers – send a note NOW to seungju.hwang@yale.edu if you want to participate!)
Community note: in addition to our renovated Buttery and our expanded and overhauled student kitchen (soon to reopen!!!), check out the spiffy floor renewal, new layout and workout mirrors (!) in the multi-purpose room. Thanks especially to Bob Kennedy and John Maturo ’76 TD for shepherding all of this long-awaited work to a successful conclusion.
Another community note: our TD res coll seminar committee selected CSTD 320 for the spring term: “Gay Rights, Abortion Rights and Religious Freedom,” taught by Joyce Chen. The seminar will run on Mondays from 7:00 – 8:50 pm. Six of the eighteen places are reserved for TD students, so check it out.
Dean’s Domain
Welcome back, all! In spite of the less-than-felicitous weather outside, it’s been so fun – dare I say “warming”? – for me to see you all back in and around the College. And in honor of that same weather, I’d like to share with you my favorite poem: for winter, for anytime at all.
Those Winter Sundays,
Robert Hayden
Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.
I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he’d call,
and slowly I would rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that house,
Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love’s austere and lonely offices?
I think about “love’s austere and lonely offices” quite a lot, what they look like, how easy they are to miss. Keep your eyes open for them.
ACADEMICS
Martin Luther King Day: Monday, January 19.
[if !supportLists]· [endif]No Yale College or Graduate School classes will meet on Monday, January 19, 2015.
[if !supportLists]· [endif]All Monday classes that would normally meet on January 19 will meet instead on Friday, January 16, in their scheduled classrooms.
[if !supportLists]· [endif]Friday classes will not meet on January 16. The missed Friday will not be made up.
Course Schedule Deadlines:
Class of 2018 Wednesday, January 21, 5:00 pm
Class of 2017 Thursday, January 22, 5:00 pm
Class of 2016 Thursday, January 22, 5:00 pm
Class of 2015 Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm
Schedules are handed in to your TC Dean’s Office. The deadlines are strictly enforced. A late schedule incurs a fine of $50.
A late schedule cannot elect any courses CR/D/Fail.
Clerical Error on schedule: $50.
A schedule of 3 or 3.5 course credits and a schedule of 6 or 6.5 course credits needs my permission before the schedule is handed in. Get in touch with Trish to schedule an appointment to see me.
On-line Course Selection: www.yale.edu/sis
1. Use the worksheet capabilities to search courses to shop during shopping period.
2. After you have settled on the courses you will take, print your final schedule.
3. Take the final schedule to your adviser for the signature. Sign the schedule.
4. Hand in your signed schedule to the TC Dean’s Office by the deadline for your class
(see deadlines above and in the Blue Book)
I remind you that (1) the program does not check for conflicts in class meeting times (that is the student’s responsibility – see “overlapping meeting times” above) and that (2) once you print your final schedule, you cannot reenter the program to make changes and print a different final schedule. Including or removing a course (after meeting with your adviser, for instance) must be hand written on the printed final schedule itself (in the Include and Remove Sections), and each change must be initialed by your adviser or me before the deadline for handing in your schedule.
Overlapping Class Meeting Times: Class meeting times may not overlap by more than 15 minutes once a week. Required are a conversation with me before the Course Enrollment deadline, compelling academic reasons for the overlap, and with my assistance a petition to the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing.
A schedule with a course in The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (and also not listed in the Blue Book) or a professional school requires an additional form, which is available in the TC Dean’s Office and at www.yale.edu/sfas/registrar/blue_form.pdf. Hand in the completed form with the syllabus attached by the deadline for your course schedule. [Note: SOM courses cannot be added to your schedule through OCS; they must be written by hand in the “include” section on your schedule. The form (above) for those SOM courses must be handed in to my office in the first week of shopping period, well before the deadline for your course schedule, because SOM determines its class enrollments well before your schedule is due.]
Courses at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and at a professional school cannot elect the CR/D/Fail option.
Credit for these courses on your transcript:When you put a Graduate or Professional School course on your schedule, zero (0) course credits are recorded for the course until you hand in to my office the form for graduate school courses (syllabus attached) and the registrar’s office determines the course credits for that course after that. Some courses earn 1 course credit in Yale College and some earn .5 course credits (most commonly in SOM and EPH).
Independent Studies(Directed Reading, Directed Research, etc. as listed by most departments). There are limits on the number that a student can enroll in during a given year and over four years. See YCPS (Blue Book) page 41. Enrolling in an independent study requires the additional permission of a Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Deadline to apply for a Spring Term Leave of Absence: Wednesday, January 21, 2015. See me if you are thinking about requesting a leave of absence for this fall term.
A list of Sc courses without prerequisites may be found at http://science.yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/faculty-resources/science-courses-without-prerequisite.
A list of QR courses without prerequisites may be found at http://science.yalecollege.yale.edu/academics/courses/qr-courses/qr-courses-without-prerequisite.
Important Dates to Note:
January 16 Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead
January 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day; classes do not meet
January 21 Last day to apply for a spring term leave of absence
January 23 Last day for students in the class of 2015 to petition for permission to complete the requirements of two major.
FRESHMEN
Course Schedule Deadline for Class of 2018 is Wednesday, January 21, 5:00 pm
Freshmen must earn a minimum of 8 course credits after the completion of two terms of enrollment.
Most first year language courses are “credit/year only.” That means that a student who completed FREN L1 last term will get no credit for last term unless she also completes FREN L2 this term. (Note: Students for whom the language of instruction in secondary school was other than English may satisfy the foreign language requirement in other ways; see me if you think this applies to you).
Freshman Year Distributional Requirement: At the end of the freshman year (after two terms of enrollment) the student’s record must record enrollment in at least one course credit in two of the three skills categories (WR, QR, and foreign language). For a course with two distributional designations, only one or the other designation can be counted toward the distributional requirements; in other words, no double dipping. A course may, however, count toward both the requirements for a major and for a distributional requirement. NOTE: If a freshman distributional requirement needs to be made up during the summer following freshman year, that course must be completed in Yale Summer Session.
SOPHOMORES www.yale.edu/sophomore
Course Schedule Deadline for Class of 2017 is Thursday, January 22, 5:00 pm
Sophomore Year Distributional Requirement: At the end of the sophomore year (after four terms of enrollment) the student’s record must record enrollment in at least one course credit in each disciplinary area (Hu, Sc, and So) and at least one course credit in each skills category (WR, QR, and foreign language). For a course with two distributional designations, only one or the other designation can be counted toward the distributional requirements; in other words, no double dipping. A course may, however, count toward both the requirements for a major and for a distributional requirement.
Sophomore web site; 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.
The Mellon Mays and Edward Bouchet Fellowships for sophomores interested in a career in Academia Attention Sophomores interested in a career in Academia. The Mellon Mays and Bouchet Fellowships aim to increase the number of minority students and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities, who will pursue PhDs and subsequent careers in academia. The Fellowships are open to Sophomores interested in teaching and research at the college and university level. Those interested are encouraged to attend the January 15th Information Session.
Information Session:
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Asian American Cultural Center, 295 Crown Street (bet. High and York)
4:30-6:00 (Dinner will be served)
For more information contact: Dean Saveena Dhall, Director of Mellon Mays and Bouchet Fellowships at saveena.dhall@yale.edu.
Additional information and Application Forms can be found online at:
http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/edward-bouchet-undergraduate-fellowship-program http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/mellon-mays-undergraduate-fellowship-program
JUNIORS
Course Schedule Deadline for Class of 2016 is Thursday, January 22, 5:00 pm
The foreign language requirement must be completed by the end of the junior year (sixth term of enrollment) in order to be promoted to senior standing (a seventh term of enrollment).
Junior Year Distributional Requirement: At the end of the junior year (after 6 terms of enrollment) a student’s record must show successful completion of all skills requirements: two course credits in QR, two course credits in WR, and foreign language). A course completed CR cannot count toward a distribution requirement. For a course with two distributional designations, only one or the other designation can be counted toward the distributional requirements; in other words, no double dipping. A course may, however, count toward both the requirements for a major and for a distributional requirement.
Freshman Counselor Applications are now available at the Yale College Freshman Counselor Website: http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/freshman-counselors Prospective freshman counselors should complete the online application form and also turn in a hard-copy, one-page resume to their own Residential College Dean’s office. These and other guidelines are on the application and the website. The application will be open until Friday, January 30, 4:00 pm.
SENIORS
Course Schedule Deadline for Class of 2015 is Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm
Distributional Requirement for the degree: Successful completion of two course credits each in WR, QR, Hu, So, and Sc and completion of the foreign language requirement. A course completed CR cannot count toward a distribution requirement. For a course with two distributional designations, only one or the other designation can be counted toward the distributional requirements; in other words, no double dipping. A course may, however, count toward both the requirements for a major and for a distributional requirement.
Friday, January 24 is the last day for the Class of 2014 to petition for permission to complete the requirements of two majors. The form is in the TD Dean’s Office and requires the signatures of both DUS’s.
Center for International and Professional Experience (CIPE)
Career Strategy
Walk-in Advising
Advisors will be available to answer quick questions at 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor from 10:00am-4:00pm, Monday-Thursday. A centralized location for Friday walk-ins will be coming soon. For now they will be held at 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor 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.
Interviewing Skills Workshop
Thursday, January 22, 12:00pm-1:15pm, Office of Career Strategy
On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)
OCR interviews for summer internships begin the last week of January. To register to apply for OCR opportunities, follow the instructions in the ‘OCR Program Tutorial and Registration’ available in Symplicity under Resources, Document Library.
For a list of OCR positions and deadline dates, visit Symplicity and click on ‘Campus Interviews I Qualify For’ under the On-Campus Recruitment section. The first application deadline is January 14, 9:30am.
Visit the Calendar of Events for a full list of upcoming events. Log in to Symplicity under Events/Employer Information Sessions to RSVP.
Study Abroad & Yale Summer Session
Yale Summer Session Programs Abroad in Ecuador, Peru & Spain
Friday, January 30, 1:30-2:30pm, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, 82-90 Wall Street, 3rd Floor
Learn more about completing Spanish L3/L4 while studying abroad in Ecuador, Peru or Spain this summer! These courses are taught by Yale faculty and are ISA eligible.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 Yale Summer Session application opens for summer 2015
Over 200 Yale College courses from 50 departments in New Haven and Online to choose from!
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The 2015 summer application is open!
Summer study at the world’s top research universities! Scholarships available!
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Applications are now being accepted for Yale in London’s Summer 2015 sessions. Deadline for application is February 15, 2015. For questions or advising appointments, please contact yaleinlondon@yale.edu.
Fellowships
It is high season for summer fellowships, and the last of the fellowships for seniors: don’t miss out! Browse www.yale.edu/fellowships for lists of fellowships by class-year, calendar of deadlines, application advice, and more.
Upcoming deadlines for freshmen, sophomores & juniors
Supports grassroots summer projects designed by one or two students (from the same university) to “promote peace and address the root causes of conflict.” Eligible are Yale undergraduates, including graduating seniors (US citizenship NOT required); details and application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Campus deadline to apply for Yale’s nomination: January 13, 2015, 1pm
Arthur Liman Public Interest Summer Fellowship Program
Provides placement in and stipends for summer internships focused on public interest law; Yale undergraduates (except graduating seniors) are eligible. Details at www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/undergraduatesummerfellowship.htm.
January 14, 2015, direct application deadline
National Security Education Program / David L. Boren Scholarship
Supports study abroad outside of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Appropriate and integrated study of a foreign language is required. Study abroad programs of a semester or year are preferred, but summer programs will be considered for majors in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM subjects). Eligible are freshmen, sophomores, & juniors who are US citizens. Details and application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Campus deadline: January 16, 1pm
Global Health Fellows Field Experience Award
Supports summer field experiences for juniors who are Global Health Fellows; details/application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Deadline: January 20, 1pm
Supports two years of graduate study (MFA, PhD, etc.) in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Eligible are juniors who are US citizens and nationals with financial need. Details and application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Campus deadline to apply for Yale’s nomination: January 23, 1pm
Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Supports a master’s degree for those preparing for careers in the US Foreign Service; also offers mentorship & internships. For juniors who are US citizens; women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply. Details at http://woodrow.org/fellowships/pickering/.
January 23, 2015, direct application deadline
Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust
Supports one year of undergraduate study in any discipline. Eligible are juniors of any nationality at US colleges/universities. Details at www.dekarman.org.
January 31, 2015, direct application deadline
Support US and Canadian sophomores and juniors for participation in a summer school course or research experience in Switzerland. Details at http://thinkswiss.tumblr.com.
January 31, 2015, direct application deadline
Class of 1960 John Heinz Government Service Fellowships
Support US government service summer internships at the federal, state, or local government level for Yale sophomores and juniors; details/application via the Yale Student Grants Database. Don’t miss out: apply for funding before your internship is settled.
Deadline: February 3, 1pm
Supports one year of undergraduate study for students with demonstrated interest in fields related to the environment as well as for students of Native American or Alaska Native heritage who are pursuing careers in tribal public policy or health care. Eligible are sophomores and juniors who are US citizens, nationals, and permanent residents; details at www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Scholarship/Scholarship.aspx; learn how to apply for Yale’s nomination in the Yale Student Grants Database.
Campus deadline to apply for Yale’s nomination: February 6, 1pm
CIPE Research Fellowships for Juniors
Support summer research abroad that is related to senior essays and senior projects in the humanities and social sciences (for STEM research, see here); details/application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Deadline: February 10, 1pm
Apply for a variety of fellowships for Yale College freshmen, sophomores, and juniors via one common application; details via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Deadline: February 12, 1pm
Upcoming deadlines for seniors
A suite of fellowships for Yale seniors for year-long postgraduate projects—including the Cohen Public Service, Gordon Grand, Charles P. Howland, Parker Huang, and Frederick Mortimer Clapp. (US citizenship is not required for most of these.) For details of these extraordinary opportunities & how to apply for them, see http://studentgrants.yale.edu.
Campus deadline: January 16, 2015, 1pm
Rotary International Foundation Global Grant Scholarships
Support graduate study or research at a foreign university in one of the following six areas of focus adopted by the Rotary International Foundation: peace and conflict prevention, disease prevention/treatment, water & sanitation, maternal & child health, basic education/literacy, economic & community development. Yale students may apply for nomination by the New Haven Rotary Club (& US citizenship is not required). See www.newhaven-rotary.org/ and email newhavenrotaryscholarships@gmail.com for details/application form.
January 10, 2015, direct application deadline for New Haven Rotary Club nomination
Supports grassroots summer projects designed by one or two students (from the same university) to “promote peace and address the root causes of conflict.” Eligible are Yale undergraduates, including graduating seniors (US citizenship NOT required); details and application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Campus deadline to apply for Yale’s nomination: January 13, 2015, 1pm
Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship
Supports those preparing for careers in the US Department of State Foreign Service, especially members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service and those with financial need. Eligible are US citizens who are seniors/recent graduates applying for appropriate master’s programs. Details at www.rangelprogram.org.
January 14, 2015, direct application deadline
Austrian Ministry of Education English Teaching Fellowships
Provide year-long English-teaching assistantships to US citizens interested in careers in education; working knowledge of German required. Details at www.usta-austria.at.
January 15, 2015, direct application deadline
French Ministry of Education English Teaching Assistantships
Provide year-long English teaching assistantships in public schools throughout France and in the overseas departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion. Eligible are US citizens & permanent residents who speak proficient French; no experience required, but those with experience teaching or working with children or young adults are at an advantage. Details at http://highereducation.frenchculture.org/teach-in-france.
January 15, 2015, direct application deadline
Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Supports the first and second year of a master’s degree program for those preparing and planning for careers in the US Foreign Service; also offers mentorship & internships. For US citizens; women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply. Details at http://woodrow.org/fellowships/pickering/.
January 16, 2015, direct application deadline
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
Supports a one-year public service activity anywhere in the world. Eligible are graduating seniors of US institutions (US citizenship not required). Details at www.nationalgridus.com/masselectric/about_us/award.asp
January 19, 2015, direct application deadline
USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship
Supports a 2-year master’s degree program for US citizens preparing and planning for careers in the USAID. Details at http://paynefellows.org.
January 20, 2015, direct application deadline
Supports one year of study in any discipline at the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford. Eligible are graduating seniors at Yale who are unmarried US citizens. Details & application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Campus deadline: January 30, 1pm
Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship
Supports a year abroad in pursuit of an independent project in the visual and fine arts (including art history, conservation, studio art, film, and photography). Eligible are graduating seniors and recent alumni of Yale College (US citizenship NOT required). Details and application via the Yale Student Grants Database.
Deadline to apply for Yale’s nomination: January 30, 1pm
Yale-China English Teaching Fellowship
Supports two years teaching English at one of five host institutions. Eligible are graduating seniors and recent alumni of Yale College who are native or near-native speakers of English. (US citizenship NOT required, nor are Chinese language skills.) Details at www.yalechina.org/education/teaching_fellowship.
January 31, 2015, direct application deadline
Other
Yale Asian American Studies Conference 2015
February 27, 2015 Keynote Speaker: Don T. Nakanishi, UCLA
The Yale Asian American Studies Conference 2015 will feature some of the most prominent and innovative voices in the field of Asian American Studies. Asian American Studies is a rich field that spans many disciplines and our panels will feature a variety of scholars from institutions across the country. Panels will discuss the state of the field and intersections between Asian American Studies and fields such as art and visual culture, music, literature, disability studies, migration studies, urban studies, and religious studies. Our keynote speaker will be Yale alum and groundbreaking scholar in the field, Don Nakinishi, ‘71 B.A.
See the full list of panel participants, more information, and register at the Conference Tab at http://aacc.yalecollege.yale.edu. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Conference Assistant, LiLi Johnson, at lili.johnson@yale.edu.
Peer Liaison Applications
Applications for the 2015-2016 Peer Liaison Program are now available for all rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. Peer liaisons are upperclassmen who help connect freshmen to the programs and services of Yale’s cultural and community resource centers, including the Afro-American Cultural Center, the Asian American Cultural Center, the Chaplain’s Office, the Office of International Students and Scholars, the Latino Cultural Center, the LGBTQ Resource Center, and the Native American Cultural Center.
Click here to complete the online application. The deadline for application submission is Friday, February 6, 2015. Selected applicants will be contacted for a personal interview. Decision letters will be emailed the week of March 9.