WEEK OF 1/23/2024
HL’S PIECES
Hope you are all keeping warm this week! Please know it is suppose to warm up in a few days so hang in there!
I received these two fun “photos of the week” from First-year lion, Eason Rytter featuring our 3 TD Spizzwinks students at their sold-out concert at Kennedy Center over winter break. The first shows Sophomore Lion, Xari Carbins, soloing, and the other features Giri Viswanathan and Eason (last two on the right) with other members of the group. Congratulations on an amazing performance!
Speaking of singing… our TD Spring Community Night is just around the corner on Tuesday 1/30! As always we welcome all kinds of acts so if you want to get up and show your talent/passion… please sign up! We promise to cheer you on!!! Sadly, this is my last TD Community Night as your HoC so I will be sure to cheer extra loudly!
Quick reminder that this year’s special MLK Commemoration event will take place on Wednesday 1/24 and feature Civil Rights activist and writer, Ruby Bridges. To find information, please go here.
Here are some important dates and events for this week and next:
Tuesday 1/23/2024 6-7:30pm TD Senior Sushi Night (TD House)
Calling all TD seniors… we are excited to kick off your last semester on campus with this special TD tradition. The sushi chefs at Sono Bana restaurant in Hamden will be available to serve up an assortment of their special rolls and lots of nigiri. We will also have cooked food as well as vegetarian and vegan options available.
Tuesday 1/23/2024 11:59pm Deadline to enter lottery for Mott Woolley Ski Trip
Last call to enter Mott’s bi-annual TD Ski Trip this year to Mt Snow in VT! This is a heavily subsidized trip with all rental equipment, lift tickets, and transportation provided. We ask all participants to pay $25 to help defray the costs. If this is a hardship for anyone, please email HL at mary.lui@yale.edu. First-time snowboarders or skiers are welcome as are folks who just want to go tubing. The trip will leave early Saturday morning and return in the evening. Pizza will be provided if we do not return in time to catch the TD Dining Hall. For more information and to enter the lottery, please go here.
Thursday 1/25 10pm TD Buttery Chicken and Waffles Special (TD Buttery)
With the very cold weather you are probably all wondering “When will the TD Buttery reopen?!?” Good news is our Buttery managers are doing a special on Thursday night and then the Buttery returns to regular service on Sunday, January 28th at their regular time. If you are interested in joining the staff, please fill out this form by 11:59pm tonight.
Tuesday 1/30 9-10:30am Company Load-in Breakfast (Shubert Theater)
The Shubert is showing their appreciation of TD’s support by inviting our staff and students to attend their “load-in” breakfast for Stephen Sondheim’s Company. You will get to watch the sets being built, get a behind-the-scenes tour, and meet some of the key people involved in this incredible production. Please email me by this Thursday 1/25 at mary.lui@yale.edu if you would like to attend. Space is limited so please email only if you are planning to go.
Tuesday 1/30 5:30pm TD Senior Mellon Forum Resumes (TD House)
We are excited to get back to hearing from our amazing Senior Lions on their independent research projects. Doors open for dinner at 5:30pm!
Tuesday 1/30 8:30-10:30pm TD Spring Community Night (TD Dining Hall)
Last call to sign up for our spring Community Night! Senior lions have priority but all are welcome to sign up! Please sign up by 1/25 so our TD Stage Managers can plan the evening accordingly.
Sunday 2/4 2pm Matinee of Company (Shubert Theater)
For this spring semester, TD has 15 tickets to give away for the Sunday matinee performance of Company, winner of 5 Tony Awards! This hilarious Stephen Sondheim musical centers on the story of Bobbie on her 35th birthday party as she explores her friendships and the ups and downs of romantic relationships. To enter the lottery, please go to this Google Form.
Without further ado, here is a word from Dean Mahurin…
Àshe,
HL
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“Everything I had worked for, all my years of study, had been to purchase for myself this one privilege: to see and experience more truths than those given to me by my father, and to use those truths to construct my own mind. I had come to believe
that the ability to evaluate many ideas, many histories, many points of view, was at the heart of what it means to self-create. If I yielded now, I would lose more than an argument. I would lose custody of my own mind.” (Tara Westover, Educated)
DATES AND DEADLINES
| Jan. 23 |
T |
Add/drop period closes for all GSAS & YC students, 5:00 p.m. |
| Jan. 30 |
T |
Final deadline to apply for a spring-term Leave of Absence (section J, Time Away and Return). |
| Jan. 30 |
T |
Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles the student to a full rebate of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations). |
| Feb. 6 |
T |
Last day to withdraw from a course offered in the first half of the spring term without the course appearing on the transcript. |
| Feb. 6 |
T |
Applications for Yale 2024 Summer Session Abroad close, 11:59 p.m. |
| Feb. 9 |
F |
Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-half of spring-term tuition (Undergraduate Regulations). |
PEABODY MUSEUM SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
Peabody Museum Summer Internships are live!
The Yale Peabody Museum is offering paid summer internships for Yale undergraduates across a variety of disciplines. These are valuable opportunities to conduct research and work with Peabody collections, and many of the past projects have evolved into publications, presentations, and senior theses. Seniors graduating this May are unfortunately not eligible. Please check out the complete set of opportunities and application form on our website. We hope you’ll consider applying! The application deadline is Friday, January 26th, 2024.
OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
Get Paid to Pay It Forward: Apply Now to Become a Peer Mentor for the Office of Educational Opportunity (OEO)!
Have you ever participated in any programming with the Academic Strategies Program, the Disabilities Peer Mentor Program, STEM Navigators, or FGLI peer groups? If so, then you know first-hand how helpful the OEO peer mentors are! Now is your chance to join the team, by applying to become a peer mentor for the 2024-2025 academic year. OEO mentors support a lead workshops, offer 1-1 consultations, facilitate peer mentorship groups, and assist with a variety of special projects that help students thrive at Yale. All of our programming is dedicated to helping students identify and adapt mindsets and practical strategies that foster ownership and satisfaction with learning while connecting them with others in the Yale College Community.
New mentors start at $19.00 an hour for undergraduates and $23.50 for graduate & professional students. Applicants need to have attended Yale for at least 3 semesters by Fall 2024, with the exception of Eli Whitney students, Transfer students, and graduate students, all of whom need to have attended Yale for at least 2 semesters.
This year we are centralizing our application process; you will have an opportunity to identify which particular programs within the OEO family you’d like to work with: Academic Strategies (including Eli Whitney & Transfer students); FGLI Thrive, STEM Navigators, Disability Peer Mentors). Most OEO mentors provide support for two or more programs, working an average of 4-6 hours per week total. Students also receive extensive and ongoing paid training.
Deadline to apply is Friday, February 9th, 2024, @ 5 pm.
To apply, click here: 2024-2025 OEO Mentor Application
TSAI CITY: INNOVATOR’S TOOLKIT WORKSHOPS
During this interactive workshop series, attendees will collaborate with experts from diverse disciplines to develop and apply skills critical for innovation, creative exploration, and civic change-making. All Innovator’s Toolkit workshops are free and open to the public.
Innovator’s Toolkit: Research for Innovators
1/24, 4:30- 7:30 pm at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale
Join us for an interactive workshop guiding you through research strategies for every stage of the process (exploratory research, market research, funding research), as you learn to validate your idea. Please invite your colleagues to attend with you! (Register here.)
Innovator’s Toolkit: So You Want to Launch a Creative Tech Start up?
02/7, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale.
Whether you’re a creative looking for a tech co-founder, or a tech co-founder looking to meet creatives, join us for an interdisciplinary workshop exploring how to launch your creative tech platform. (Register here.)
Innovator’s Toolkit: Ambition to Action: Embedding Social Impact in Startup DNA?
02/21, 5:00 pm - 2:00 pm at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale.
This dynamic workshop will allow you to explore how various stakeholders within a company can both champion social impact internally and measure their social impact footprint as a business, whether you’re interested in creating a startup with social impact from day one or advancing social impact within an existing corporation. (Register here.)