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MASTER’S PIECES
Wow. Here we are. Harvard week, and then Thanksgiving break. How did that happen? I know from past experience that virtually everyone in the college will be engage for the next few days in hyperactivity trying to clear the decks for the break, and then celebrating on Friday and Saturday. So there’s really only one thing on the docket this week, but also one very important item for next week:
· Saturday, November 23, the Legendary TD Harvard Game Tailgate. Be out at the Bowl early, as your Mott Woolley Council has been working hard on the ultimate tailgate food experience. TD has always stood head and shoulders above the crowd, and this year should be no different. Most colleges turn to caterers; TD turns to our long history of student recipes and home cooking on the grills. Given all the new regulations in place at the Bowl, the Mott crew will be following several days of food prep with an extremely early setup turn to the Bowl. The TD tailgate also attracts a large TD alumni contingent from the last few graduating classes – chances are you will see old friends there, or at least your froco.
· Tuesday, November 26, Thanksgiving Celebration Dinner for Students staying on campus, from 6 – 8 pm in the Master’s House. Though Sally and I will be flying to California for a few days next week to be with family, the good news is that in our absence the wonderful Sharon Goldbloom will prepare and the wonderful Dean Loge will host a holiday buffet dinner with all the trimmings on Tuesday evening of Thanksgiving week, a couple of days before Thanksgiving Day. If you plan to be around New Haven, and if you would like to come to the Master’s House buffet dinner, it would be VERY helpful if you could write to Sharon at sharon.goldbloom@yale.edu and let her know you will be there. That way, she can gauge how much food to prepare. If you have dined in my house at any event, you know this will be a wonderful evening.
As we head into the pre-break workfest, The Game, and the great travel scrum that starts on Saturday and Sunday, please watch out for each other. Be good, be kind, and I hope you will find time to be with your friends or your family or both for a safe and restful holiday.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT
Deadline: November 30. For those who plan to live off campus in spring term, the last day to relinquish spring-term housing without incurring a fine. See Dean Loge for the process. [Relinquishing housing is done automatically by the registrar for students approved for study abroad in spring term].
A Message from TD Writing Coach, Diane Charney: “I see that the Scheduler looks full of students from other colleges with whom I seem to be WAY too popular, so this week I am going to try something new. I will plan to be in the office this Thursday PM for TD’ers only, starting at 8:30 in case you want to stop by to talk about any aspect of your writing. No appointment is necessary, but feel free to contact me directly if you would like to make one for a specific time. In terms of the regular schedule, there can be cancellations, so let me know if you want to come in. In any case, I will do my best to make time for you. First timers are always welcome. Best, diane.charney@yale.edu “
ACADEMICS
Spring-term English courses with special application or pre-registration instructions and deadlines:
1. ENGL 450b DAILY THEMES
The application, found at the link below, must be submitted on Classes*v2 by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
http://english.yale.edu/sites/default/files/App-Daily%20Themes%20Student%202014.doc
2. CREATIVE WRITING COURSES
Applications for all other creative writing English courses (below) must be submitted on Classes*v2 by noon on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. The application form is available at: http://english.yale.edu/sites/default/files/App-WritingCourses_Sp14r2.doc
Course descriptions, with special instructions in some cases, can be found at: http://english.yale.edu/courses/creative-writing?tid_1=93.
ENGL 246 Introduction to Verse Writing, Cynthia Zarin
ENGL 455 Writing about Oneself, Anne Fadiman
ENGL 458 The Writing of Fiction, Michael Cunningham
ENGL 460 The Writing of Verse, J.D. McClatchy
ENGL 465 Advanced Fiction Writing, John Crowley
ENGL 466 Writing the Contemporary Essay, Cynthia Zarin
ENGL 467 Journalism, Bob Woodward
ENGL 468/THST 327 Advanced Playwriting Workshop, Donald Margulies
ENGL 473 The Journalism of Ideas, Mark Oppenheimer
3. INTRODUCTORY COURSES
Preregistration for introductory English courses opens on Monday, December 2nd at 9:00 am and remains open through Thursday, January 2nd. Please visit the English department web site for detailed course information and application instructions:
http://english.yale.edu/undergraduate-program/pre-registration.
ENGL 114b Writing Seminars
ENGL 115b Literature Seminars
ENGL 120b Reading and Writing the Modern Essay
ENGL 121b Styles of Academic and Professional Prose
ENGL 125b Major English Poets: Chaucer to Donne
ENGL 126b Major English Poets: Milton to Eliot
ENGL 127b Readings in American Literature
ENGL 129b Tragedy
ENGL 130b Epic
Questions to erica.sayers@yale.edu or julia.mooney@yale.edu.
FRESHMEN
Freshman Writing Workshop – ‘Yale 101: Your Best Essay in 3 Easy Steps’. Attention freshmen … on Tuesday, November 19, come to a writing workshop led by Dean Alfred Guy, Director of the Writing Center and Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs. Dean Guy will discuss the three most important changes you can make to take your papers to the next level. After the workshop, Writing Partners will be available to help you with any writing assignment you’re working on right now. If you have a draft, bring it with you, or just bring the assignment and some of your ideas. The workshop starts at 7pm in LORIA B51 (adjacent to Willoughby’s on York St).
Freshmen Resume and Cover Letter Writing
Wednesday, November 20, 4:00-5:00pm, CIPE/UCS Room 369
Fellowships for Freshmen and Sophomores Information Session, Friday, November 22nd at 11:30am, CIPE, 55 Whitney Avenue, room 305
SOPHOMORES
Fellowships for Freshmen and Sophomores Information Session, Friday, November 22nd at 11:30am, CIPE, 55 Whitney Avenue, room 305
FELLOWSHIPS
[Lists of fellowships by class year at www.yale.edu/fellowships]
MacMillan Center Fellowships Information Session, Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 4:00pm, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, Auditorium, Room 101. The second part of the session will be devoted to the Fox International Fellowship (graduating seniors eligible).
Fellowship Proposal-Writing Workshop, Wednesday, November 20th at 4:00pm, CIPE, 55 Whitney Avenue, room 305
Fellowships for Freshmen and Sophomores Information Session, Friday, November 22nd at 11:30am, CIPE, 55 Whitney Avenue, room 305
Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award supports up to three years of graduate study in the performing arts, fine arts, or creative writing at an institution in the US or abroad. Eligible: Graduating seniors who have demonstrated financial need (US citizenship not required)www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/graduate-arts-award/ Preliminary deadline for direct application: November 26, 2013.(Kate Dailinger can help you put together a strong application; click to learn how to book an appointment.)
Yale-China English Teaching Fellowship supports two years teaching English at one of five host institutions in China. Prior experience with China or Chinese language not required. www.yalechina.orgEligible: graduating Yale students and recent alumni Deadline: November 30, 2013
Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarships and Internships provide scholarships and internships to young journalists aspiring to be foreign correspondents. Eligible: citizens of any country. www.overseaspressclubfoundation.org/apply.html Deadline: December 1, 2013
Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest. Winners are selected based on their essays. Five monetary awards are given. Eligible: all full-time juniors and seniors at U.S. institutions. www.ethicsprize.org Deadline: December 2, 2013
Gates Cambridge Scholarship supports graduate study in any discipline at the University of Cambridge. Apply directly to Cambridge by the Gates deadline below, or by the deadline for your program, whichever is earlier, but Kate Dailinger can help with advice on your application. (See how to make an appointment.) Eligible: citizens of any country apart from the UK. www.gatesscholar.org/ Deadline: December 3, 2013 (for non-US citizens) *December 3 is also the deadline for US applicants who missed the Gates deadline, but would like to try for otherCambridge Trust funding.
National Defense Education Program’s SMART Scholarship supports an undergraduate or graduate degree in STEM fields (including cognitive science) at a U.S. institution. Provides mentorship and summer internships. Awardees are later employed through the Department of Defense as civilian researchers. Eligible: undergraduates who are U.S. citizens. http://smart.asee.org/ Deadline: December 16, 2013
John Thouron Prize supports an eight-week summer program at Pembroke College of the University of Cambridge .Eligible: sophomores or juniors at Yale, Harvard, and the Univ. of Pennsylvania who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents http://studentgrants.yale.edu/grant_detail.asp?gid=162
Deadline: January 6, 2014 at 3 pm
CAREER SERVICES
[Visit the UCS Calendar of Events for a full list of upcoming events.]
Internship Searching
Monday, November 18, 4:00-5:00pm, CIPE/UCS Room 305
NOTES
I look out into our courtyard and I wait to see our Gingko has dropped his leaves to make a yellow shadow beneath him. I wonder at the beauty of that patch of bright and yellow leaves that lay on the ground below our Gingko, glistening in the cool rain and in the incandescent light of our nighttime courtyard. I imagine the Gingko now exhausted after a long season of growing and holding leaves, then green and then changed. At last he will rest as his leaves rest beneath him. At Thanksgiving Break I especially think of seasons that have passed. Maybe it is the family part of it all.
Fall term is a long term, and I know you will work hard to finish work assigned just before Thanksgiving break. Your extra efforts at hard work before Friday will let you fall into time to rest over this vacation. Over Thanksgiving break, please keep in mind as you raid the home frig late at night and pull those different covers over you, that rarely do we catch up on work as much as we imagine we will. I also know that many of you may be thinking about near or far-away family and friends. If you are not going to be with them over break, I hope you will be or have been adopted by someone for at least some of the break.
Whatever your plans and wherever you may be, I think it is important to take some time away from campus so that your break is a real vacation. As I have said before, a very valuable catching up over vacation needs your attention: catching up with yourself. Take time to rest and to look out a different window. During vacation it is the time to try to let the work go. Try to put vacate back into vacation. Try to resist the apprehension that can accompany the doing of nothing at all. Just BE, for a change. Do you remember what Milne said about Winnie the Pooh? “Pooh just is.” A desirable state it is, “just is.”
During the vacation I hope you will take the time you need in the way you need in order to refresh who you ARE. WHO you are, after all, means the most to you and to others who know and love you – important to remember as you work hard, even with the mixed success we must accept and adjust to. That mix should be absent when you are present on your vacation. Vacation is the time for privacy in the bathroom, access without a card, and even more pointless conversation. Have the most restful and self-indulgent vacation you can. And when your eyes grow heavy after Thanksgiving dinner, succumb. I will.
Dean Loge