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MASTER’S PIECES
Shout outs to all who helped and entertained over the inauguration weekend, and to our great dining hall folks for the fabulous dinner on Saturday! Hope you enjoyed the ball and the block party. That should do us for another twenty years. Or until President Salovey grows back his mustache, whichever comes first. Here’s the action this week in TD:
· Monday, October 14, 4:30 pm – Master’s Tea with Professor Robert Kraynak on Christianity and Democracy, co-sponsored by the Alan Bloom Forum. A noted political scientist and teacher, Professor Kraynak heads the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization at Colgate University. He has lectured and published extensively on the relationship between Christian faith and modern democracy, pointing out ways that the two are in some ways complementary and other ways in which they are perhaps impossible to reconcile completely. Come if you are able and willing to be challenged with some provoking thoughts! The usual feast will be served.
· Tuesday, October 15, 10:00 pm in the Thompson Room – TD SAC and YHHAP Study Break: Insomnia Cookies. Just in case there are some lingering mid-terms out there, here’s an excuse to de-stress and benefit Camp Kesem, which Insomnia Cookies is supporting. Also, the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project (YHHAP) will send a rep to inform students about the YHHAP Fast event taking place this Friday, October 18. You can donate one of your Friday swipes and participate in this campus-wide collaboration between dining services and YHHAP. For easy signup for the Friday Fast online go to www.yale.edu/sis; click “Dining Services”; click Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project; click Yes and submit.
· Saturday, October 19 at about 6:15 pm in the TD Dining Hall: The Whiffenpoofs of 1975. Once upon a time, our operations manager Bob Kennedy and I were young. As young as you are actually. Whether you find this fact to be encouraging or frightening, our entire Whiffenpoof group from 1975 is gathering for a reunion in New Haven this coming weekend. We haven’t played a dining hall in 38 years, and we decided there was no better place to launch our comeback tour than TD’s. Get ready.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT
SHARE Support Groups Have you experienced sexual assault? Are you interested in talking with other students who have had similar experiences? Support groups offer a valuable space to share concerns, strategies, and support. Most survivors say they find support groups to be a helpful way to connect with others around an experience that can often feel isolating and confusing. The SHARE (Sexual Harassment and Assault Response & Education) Center will be offering support groups during the fall semester. (Dates and times to be set based on schedules of members.)Where: SHARE Center (Yale Health, Lower Level). When: Weekly. Number of Sessions: 6. Length of Sessions: 75 minutes. Please contact either Carole Goldberg (Director) or Jennifer Czincz (Assistant Director) if you are interested in participating in a group or for more information: Carole Goldberg, Psy.D. - carole.goldberg@yale.edu - 203 432 0310, Jennifer Czincz, Ph.D. –jennifer.czincz@yale.edu - 203 432 2610
A Message from TD Writing Coach, Diane Charney
“Dear TD’ers,
I know how hard you have been working. Since there are so many papers due prior to the Break, I will be adding extra hours.
The Scheduler looks full, but feel free to contact me directly if you would like to come in. There can be cancellations, and in any case, I will do my best to make time for you.
First timers are always welcome.
–best, diane.charney@yale.edu “
Please return TD Dining Hall plates, bowls, glasses, cups, silverware, and other serving pieces. Missing pieces puts a strain on our dining hall staff and on the dining hall budget. Thanks.
Visit the Yale Arts Calendar http://artscalendar.yale.edu.
ACADEMICS
Deadline: October 15 at 5 PM is the deadline to apply for a spring-term 2014 term abroad.
Deadline: October 18 at 5 PM is midterm, the last day to withdraw form a fall-term course without the course appearing on the transcript and the last day to apply for double credit in a single-credit course. The forms are in your TD dean’s office.
Deadline: November 8 at 5 PM is the last day to convert from the Credit/D/Fail option in a fall-term course to a letter grade. The form is in your TD dean’s office.
The on-line process to convert a course from Credit/D/Fail to a letter grade is now available at Student Information System (SIS). No policies have changed: the deadline for conversion remains November 8 at 5 PM, and conversion is allowed only from Credit/D/Fail to a letter grade and NOT from a letter grade to CR/D/Fail. The Course Change Notice form (available in the TD dean’s office) will also be accepted to convert Credit/D/Fail to a letter grade if it is handed in to the TD dean’s office by the deadline of November 8 at 5 PM.
If you wish to convert a Credit/D/Fail course to a letter grade on line, take the following steps:
- Log into the main SIS Web site, www.yale.edu/sis
- Select the Course Enrollment tab and click “Yale College Change Course from Cr/D/F to Letter Grade” (see attached screen shot “SIS Course Enrollment Page”)
- Change the drop-down selection from “Credit/D/Fail” to “YC – Letter Grade” (see attached screen shot “ChangeToLetterGrade”)
- Click “Submit Changes” to save the conversion
- Note: If you are not enrolled in any courses Credit/D/Fail, the system will display the message “You are not enrolled in any courses on the Credit/D/Fail basis” (see attached screen shot “No Cr-D-F Courses”)
SOPHOMORES
The new Sophomore Web Site at http://sophomore.yalecollege.yale.edu with a link to information sessions for majors and programs in Yale College, including
- African American Studies
- Archeological Studies
- Art
- Computer Science & its joint majors (Arts; Mathematics; Psychology; or Electrical Engineering)
- East Asian Languages and Literatures
- Economics, and Economics and Mathematics
- Environmental Studies
- French
- Modern Middle East Studies
- Portuguese
- Russian, and Russian and East European Studies
- Spanish
- Yale in London
New sessions will be listed at the web site as information about them is received.
Political Science Major Information Session, Thursday, October 17, 6:30 pm, LC 102.
JUNIORS
STARS II program for Juniors Information Sessions Monday, Oct 14 at 4pm, SSS 410 and Wednesday, Oct 16 at 5pm, La Casa - 301 Crown Street. The STARS II Program is For JUNIORS interested in paid RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES in the sciences. The program provides an intensive research experience for juniors and seniors. Beginning in the spring semester of their junior year and continuing through the senior year, STARS II scholars receive a stipend to support up to ten hours a week of laboratory research under the supervision of a faculty mentor and graduate student(s). During the intervening summer, the program provides stipend support for students to continue their research for up to eight weeks. In the spring semester of their senior year, STARS II scholars conduct a formal presentation of their research at the STARS II Symposium. All STARS II students are also encouraged to present their research at regional and national science conferences/meetings and submit it for publication.
STARS II scholars receive a stipend for up to ten hours per week of laboratory research for a total of 26 weeks in the academic year. During the summer, students receive a stipend to continue their research for up to eight weeks, either at Yale University or at another academic or industrial site approved by their mentor and the STARS Academic Team.
STARS II is a highly selective program. Like STARS I, STARS II is a program designed for students who have historically been underrepresented in the sciences. These include students of color, women, students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, first generation college students, and the physically challenged. The program is available to majors in any of the natural sciences, engineering, mathematics or computer science. More information and applications, go to:http://science.yalecollege.yale.edu/stars-ii-program
Application Information and Important Dates
All applicants are required to submit a pre-application for review by the STARS Academic Team.
STARS II Preliminary Application Deadline
Oct 28, 2013
STARS II Applications Deadline
Nov 11, 2013
STARS II Interviews
Reading period
FELLOWSHIPS
[http://studentgrants.yale.edu]
Light Fellowship Info Sessions
Monday, October 14, 4:00-5:00pm
Thursday, October 17, 3:00-4:00pm
CIPE Room 369, 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor
Fellowship Opportunities for Freshmen & Sophomores Information Session
Wednesday, October 16, 4:00-5:00pm
CIPE Room 305, 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor
Fellowship Opportunities for Seniors Information Session
Friday, October 18, 11:00am-12:00pm
CIPE Room 305, 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor
Churchill and Keasbey Scholarship Deadlines (seniors)
Friday, October 18, 3:00pm
NOTES
I took a little walk and felt between seasons. The green of summer lingers, but the leaves are turning and looking a bit dry. The sun is warm, but the air is cool. Rain arrives, but wind returns a blue sky. One season, though, is definitely here: midterm season. I want to repeat here some words I send you for examination period: “I want to remind you, as I have before, that exams are a test of your knowledge and stamina, not a test of your identity and personal worth, although it is difficult to make those distinctions sometimes.” In other words, midterms will move on and we will remain, standing.
As we stand now, though, we find ourselves in between this test and that paper and then another task. We rush from place to place and from appointment to appointment. I know how we over-extend ourselves, and I wonder sometimes at what is lost as we try to fit in so much in one day. Maybe we could stand with less. Maybe if we slow down a bit, we will find a new (and novel) season in newly found spaces between. I realize it is also a novel idea in our busy lives to suggest we do less and simply be more, but that is what I suggest. Maybe we can learn to walk slowly, to schedule less in our lives, to find more time between.
Each thing we do, after all, is really in between other things we do. Maybe even more sleep will be a good consequence. Maybe the season of a slow walk is a season in itself – as we do things and between doing them. We do, after all, remain standing as we find ourselves below our sun and moon and stars that move from season to season. Maybe looking up and out we can put the “be” back in “between.”
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