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MASTER’S PIECES
Good to have such a beautiful weekend. Good to see the beautiful parents of some TD campers. Just basically good to be alive. There’s some good stuff ahead as well, though I’m still absorbing Dean’s announcement, as I know you are, too. We’ll get to where we need to be, just like he always says.
· Wednesday, October 2, 4:30 pm – Master’s Tea with Jeffrey Klitz TD ‘81. Jeff is a highly regarded New York music director, arranger and orchestrator. HIs Broadway credits include Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Guys & Dolls, Hot Feet, Lennon, Song and Dance, and On Your Toes. He has worked as music director and accompanist with Grammy, Academy, Tony and Golden Globe Award-winning artists. At the Goodman Theatre, he music directed The House of Martin Guerre, for which he earned a Joseph Jefferson Award. He’s performed on stage and on camera, taught at Yale in the Shen Musical Theater program, and taught in the National Theater Institute. Come on Wednesday for the fantastic food by Sharon, for insights into the world of musical theater, and for conversation about unpredictable career paths with a great and successful TD alum!
· Saturday, October 5, from 10 am -3 pm: intensive painting workshop with Heidi Coutu here in TD Former resident fellow and outstanding Connecticut artist Heidi Coutu has room a few more TD students to join her for an intensive painting workshop on Saturday October 5th in the Multipurpose Room. You will complete a still life painting, working through the morning and afternoon with a break for lunch. Heidi will demo throughout and instruct on capturing light in your painting, working to control color, and keeping your brush stroke fresh. Previous painting experience is suggested, but not required. All materials included, entirely free. Workshop begins promptly at 10:00 and finishes at 3:00. To reserve your place, write now to Heidi at heidicoutu@gmail.com! (Yes, you should be adventurous and paint!!!)
· S’More Siblings on Saturday, October 5 at 7pm – Here’s a chance to enjoy some down time with TD Siblings. Bring your sibs on Saturday to the courtyard to make your own s’mores, hang out with your TD Sibling Family, and enjoy the warmth of fellowship around the TD fire. Real marshmallows, real chocolate, real graham crackers, etc.
Mott Woolley Election Results Thanks to all who participated, and here are your class representatives for the TD student council. Next items of business: TD gear! Inauguration weekend program! Harvard-Yale tailgate! 2014 reps: Ariella Kristal, Emily Ullmann, Jonathan Desnick 2015 reps: Allie Krause, Jan Zielonka, Mary Jo Medina 2016 reps: Ben Ackerman, Corey Malone-Smolla, Naomi Gutkind 2017 reps: Christopher Paolini, Mevlut Ikiz, Seungju Hwang
Associate Master Sally Brenzel has a few places in her ongoing group exercise classes, Total Strength on Fridays at 3:00 pm and Pilates on Sundays at 3:00 pm. If you want to take an open spot, send an email to sally.brenzel@yale.edu asap. (Sally is the founder and owner of New Haven Pilates, and has been teaching group exercise and Pilates for over fifteen years. These sessions are FREE to TD students, and are being held in the Multipurpose Room.)
As the families head homeward, good to remember you’ve got family here, too. Invite a friend to lunch this week you haven’t seen in a while. It’s usually the simple stuff that works.
TIMOTHY DWIGHT
Office of Sustainability as part of the Sustainability Service Corps is looking for a TD College Coordinator to serve as a representative on SSC. If interested, contact Evelyn Steyer TD 15.
ACADEMICS
Deadline: October 15 is the deadline to apply for a spring-term 2014 term abroad.
Deadline: October 18 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 n a single-credit course. The forms are in your TD dean’s office.
Deadline: November 8 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.
Cohen Fund for Undergraduate Research LGBT Studies is pleased to announce the fall competition for Cohen Fund research awards for undergraduate researchin LGBT Studies. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, October 2 at 4:30 pm. The Bruce L. Cohen Fund, established through the generosity of Bruce L. Cohen ‘83, supports undergraduate scholarship and undergraduate scholarly programming. Grants are made in support of research and on-campus scholarly events. Funding for research may support such items as travel to archives or other research sites; acquisition of inaccessible books, microfilms, or other materials (with the understanding that such materials will ultimately be offered to Sterling or another library within the university); or other legitimate research expenses. Individual awards range from $200 to $1,000. All Yale undergraduates are eligible to apply. Individual research awards range from $200 to $1,000. Original receipts are necessary for reimbursement; no meals are covered. Award monies are available for one year after the grant has been awarded. After one year, an application for an extension of the grant must be filed. Students are responsible for knowing all University policies and procedures related to the conduct of research as they apply to their proposed project. The Cohen Fund also makes grants to support on-campus scholarly events. These grants are available for on-campus lectures, workshops, conferences, and other such educational events or projects which are directed toward undergraduates and organized by either faculty or undergraduate student organizations. Grants for scholarly events will normally range from $200 to $500. Applications for event subventions may be submitted at any time, but people interested in applying for such funds are encouraged to make initial inquiries as early as possible. Cohen funds cannot provide reimbursement for expenses already incurred. For more information and to apply, please visit the Cohen Award webpage.
FROM TD WRITING TUTOR (COACH), DIANE CHARNEY
Dear TD’ers, especially DS’ers and others with papers due on Fridays or Mondays,
I will be in the office this Thursday night starting at 7PM. These evening hours will not appear on the Scheduler because they are reserved for TD.
Feel free to stop by to work on your next paper, or just to introduce yourself. I’m in B06, just below the Dean’s.
If you would like to reserve a specific time for Thursday night, please email me and we will make a plan. I look forward to seeing you. –best,diane.charney@yale.edu
PS: There is no need to come with a polished draft. You are welcome to come at any stage of the writing process, including just to brainstorm.
CIPE
Undergraduate Career Services - Upcoming Workshops
Off-Campus Job Search Monday, September 30, 4:30-5:30pm, CIPE/UCS Room 369. This session will help develop an individual strategy for A job and internship search, including ways to pursue opportunities outside of campus recruiting, ways to conduct research to uncover opportunities and information, and ways to increase contacts within fields of interest.
Networking Thursday, October 3, 4:30-5:30pm CIPE/UCS Room 369 Strategies for establishing and building a network within a field of interest, research methods to uncover more contacts, and successful approaches to reaching out to individuals within and outside of a network.
Important Study Abroad Deadlines for Spring 2014 Programs
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October 4, 2013
Yale Credit for Year or Term Abroad Programs
October 15, 2013
Learn more about Yale’s study abroad application process: http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/international/opportunities/type/study/yta/application.html
Yale in London Information Session Wednesday, October 2, 6:30 – 7:30 pm, Yale Center for British Art. Learn about Yale’s spring and summer sessions in London, with details about available courses in 2014. Hear from alumni of the program about their London experience.
2013-2014 CIPE Peer Advisers Peer Advisers assist students in navigating the array of academic opportunities and career resources offered by the Center for International & Professional Experience. Based on background and experience, CIPE Peer Advisers are divided into two distinct groups:
UCS Peer Advisors are a select group of Yale students providing resume and cover letter assistance and reviews, counseling on internship and job search process, and answers to questions about UCS programs and services. You can meet them during walk-in hours in the CIPE.
Study Abroad Peer Advisers are students who have already studied abroad during their time at Yale and have been trained to help you navigate Yale’s wide range of study abroad opportunities. You can make an appointment or plan to meet with a Study Abroad Peer during select open hours in the Residential Colleges.
NOTES
A few years ago, seeking a day summer on a warm fall day like today, I went with a friend to the Connecticut shore. As some of you know, I turn to nature to help me settle things, sort them out, and get perspective. I sat there on the sand in the chaise with my feet in the water at low tide, coming in, in the late afternoon. I like that: pulling the chaise into the water to sense the water rising beneath me, to feel it on my dangling my bare feet. I recalled other tides, like the ones of childhood and many other places at the beach (we call it the beach where I come from). Recalling other times is also a way to help settle things, sort them out, and get perspective. The prospect of the water before me and the thought of the moon doing its work for me was just what I needed. The moon knows.
In the rhythm of our lives, we have metaphorical tides of sorts, each sort both special to each of us in a separate way and shared among us in a common way. At high tide, we may dive into the waters, for refreshment and renewal. At low tide, we may hold our noses as we do in the face of our disappointments and mistakes. Of course, any tide may bring good news or bad. It depends. It depends because each of us has a special story, a personal life, tales we may share (at high tides when we dive) or keep to ourselves (at low tides when we dangle our feet only). Like tides, we rise and fall in the course of our days. As we do, we should, as always, assume the best – hope for the best as we do our best. The tide will change. You know.
To me today the prospect of our term rises before me like water at the shore. I am hopeful as at the same time those tides may bring in the expected and the unexpected. We may be ready or we may not. Either way, as the tide brings what it brings, in or out, we try to adjust the best we can (for now). What else are we to do? Well, we may, I suppose, hold our noses. Or we may go in for a swim. Either way, the tide will change, the tide will come in, the tide will go out. We live bravely on the shore.
As I sat at on the chaise with the sun in my face (so warm) and the breeze blowing (cooler) and the waters at my feet (coolest), I knew the moment was temporary, however pleasant this time (or unpleasant some other time might be). Let the waters rise and let the waters fall! We have the rafts of our friends and their understanding, of loved ones and their support, and the hope for what we hope for and the acceptance of what we must accept. Waters bring what the waters bring. We are ready (or not) to swim or dangle our feet (or not) – and perhaps to float and rise and fall. We have prospects before us. We have the moon and the stars. We have friends on the shore we share.
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