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Announcements & Activities
- Film Series Kicks Off with The Last King of Scotland, Feb 11
- DBC Symposium, "The Science of Stress & Behavior," Feb 12
- WWWorkshop: From Argentina to Zimbabwe, Feb 13
- First-Year Literary Journal Ellipsis Seeks Submissions
- Advising: Appointments and Contract Information
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- Nutrition Department Offers Support for ALANA Scholars
- Maureen Flanagan Scholarship Supports Study Abroad & More
- UMass Amherst Alumni Association Offers 4 Scholarships
Internships & Employment
Academic Opportunities
Campus & Community Events
- Teach for America Info Session, Feb 6
- Library to Offer RefWorks Workshops
- Visiting Writers Series Presents Stephen Graham Jones, Feb 7
- "Landscapes of Violence" Conference: Call for Papers
- INFORMS Speaker Series Offers Full Spring Line-up
- Senior Student Speaker Sought for '08 Commencement
— ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTIVITIES —
FILM SERIES: THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, FEB 11
The Spring 2008 Film Series kicks off with The Last King of Scotland, which tells the story of Idi Amin, a Ugandan dictator, through the eyes of the fictional Dr. Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who becomes Amin's personal physician. Amin quickly gains power after leading a coup shortly after Garrigan arrives in the country. Garrigan and Amin become close friends as Amin brutally solidifies his power. When Garrigan begins to see the true Idi Amin, though, he realizes that he is responsible for bringing the plight of the Ugandans to the attention of the rest of the world. Based on a novel by Giles Foden.
Movies show at 8PM in the Commonwealth College lounge, Goodell 504. As always, light refreshments are provided.
DEAN'S BOOK COURSE PRESENTS A SYMPOSIUM, FEB 12
"THE SCIENCE OF STRESS & BEHAVIOR"
February 12 at 4:00pm
Amherst Room of the Campus Center
UMass faculty will explore issues related to Robert Sapolsky's A Primate's Memoir from perspectives across the disciplines. Their presentations will be followed by a question and answer period and open discussion with the audience. Refreshments will be served. The symposium is open to the College and University community. Presenters will be
Bruce Bynum, Ph.D., ABPP, Director of Behavioral Medicine,
University Health Services
UnJa Hayes, Ph.D., Psychology Department & DBC
Sally Powers, Ph.D., Psychology Department
Laurie Godfrey, Ph.D., Anthropology Department
For more information on the symposium and other DBC-related events, see the Dean's Book Course Events page.
FIRST-YEAR LITERARY JOURNAL SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
Ellipsis..., the UMass First-Year Literary Journal, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2008 Online and Print Journals! Essays, Comics, Stories, Poems, Plays, Drawings, Photographs... we want your creative work! To submit or for more information, contact the Editors (firstyearsubmissions@gmail.com) or the Ellipsis... advisor, Anjali Khosla (akhosla@english.umass.edu)! Sponsored by Residence Life, The Writing Program and Commonwealth College!
WWWORKSHOP: FROM ARGENTINA TO ZIMBABWE, FEB 13
An overview of study abroad for the year, the semester, and the summer. Workshops take place 6:00-7:00pm in 504 Goodell. Dinner is provided.
ADVISING: APPOINTMENTS AND CONTRACT INFORMATION
Students wishing to speak with an advisor can call 413.545.2483 to schedule an appointment (normal office hours are 9:00-5:00.). Advisor information is listed on our website CONTACTS page. Please bring your current SPIRE Degree Progress Report to the advising session.
Students needing Honors Independent Study or Independent Capstone Experience contracts can obtain them online from the FORMS page or at our forms kiosk just outside the main door of 504 Goodell. Deadline date for submission of contracts for Spring 2008 registration is the end of the Add/Drop period.
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NUTRITION DEPT OFFERS SUPPORT FOR ALANA SCHOLARS
The Departmentof Nutrition is seeking applicants for the HANDS program (Health and Nutrition Diversity Scholars). HANDS is a multicultural scholarship program funded by USDA to increase the diversity of students in the field of nutrition. HANDS Scholars will be awarded a $6000 scholarship annually for up to three years, while they participate in a 1-credit Scholars Seminar each semester, and have access to department and campus-based supports. The Nutrition Department is looking for qualified ALANA and other underrepresented students who will become nutrition majors and receive support and funding through the HANDS scholarship program beginning this spring semester. If you qualify and are looking for a new major or have not yet declared a major, please see the Nutrition Department website for further details.
FLANAGAN SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORTS STUDY ABROAD
The Maureen Flanagan Scholarship supports students pursuing study abroad and/or other educationally enriching experiences. [More information]
UMASS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFERS 4 SCHOLARSHIPS
UMass Amherst Alumni Association is proud to offer the following scholarships:
•Leaders in the Making Scholarship
Four $2,000 scholarships given to promising sophomores and juniors with diverse records of achievement in academics and volunteerism.
•Life Member Scholarship for Internships
One $2,000 scholarship given to a sophomore or junior to help defray the cost of a summer, unpaid, away-from-home internship.
•Michael W. Morris Scholarship
One $2,000 scholarship given to a student from Lawrence or Lowell, MA. The scholarship is in honor of Lawrence native and longtime UMass Amherst champion, Michael W. Morris ’63.
•Senior Leadership Award
Twenty-five $500 savings bonds will be given to graduating seniors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service to the campus community.
Students must be nominated by faculty or staff. Deadline for most scholarships is Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. For scholarship eligibility and applications, visit UMassAlumni.com/students or Memorial Hall.
— INTERNSHIPS & EMPLOYMENT —
HIRING PHOTOGRAPHERS!
Commonwealth College is seeking several students with excellent photography skills to hire for occasional events and activities on campus. If you are interested, please contact Meredith Feltus at mfeltus@urd.umass.edu with a letter of interest and description of your photography experience. A committee will be evaluating applicants, and will particularly appreciate portfolios from applicants.
TOUR GUIDE & SUMMER COUNSELOR POSTS, APPLY NOW
Each year Undergraduate Admissions and New Students Orientation select two new groups of great student leaders for the University Tour Guide and Summer Orientation Counselor positions. Consider applying for one or both of these important student posts. Paper applications are available at the Visitors Center. Job descriptions for both positions and applications are also available online. [More information]
— ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES —
COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING HRS INDEPENDENT STUDY
Are you interested in designing your own service-learning independent study? The Community Service Learning Honors Independent Study (CSLHIS) program, offered through the Office of Community Service Learning, gives you the opportunity to link service with a community organization to course work.
This program enables you to earn up to two additional credits by integrating a service-learning experience with one of your UMass courses of 3 credits or more (from this semester or last semester). You will need to find a service placement that relates to your course content and also ask your course instructor to sponsor you. If you need assistance finding a placement, visit Community Service Links at www.umass.edu/csl or speak with the CSLHIS Coordinator. CSLHIS is open to all UMass students. For more information, visit www.umass.edu/csl/CSLHIS, or contact the Office of Community Service Learning, 610 Goodell, 545-2015, servelearn@acad.umass.edu. Applications will be accepted during pre-registration through February 25.
— CAMPUS & COMMUNITY EVENTS —
TEACH FOR AMERICA INFO SESSION, FEB 6
In America today, 9-year-olds growing up in low-income communities are already three grade levels behind their peers in higher-income communities. Educational inequity is our nation's greatest injustice – and you have the power to change this. The Teach For America Recruitment Director, Elena Knappen is coming to UMass to host an Information Session about education inequality throughout the country. If you want to help level the playing field for our nation's children, please join us to hear how you can make a difference.
Wednesday, February 6th
7:30pm
Campus Center 917
Seeking all academic majors and career backgrounds. Full salary and benefits. No previous education experience or coursework necessary. To learn more, visit the Teach for America website, email Teach for America at admissions@teachforamerica.org, or subscribe to the Teach for America Newsletter.
Final Application Deadline: Friday February 15th, 2008.
LIBRARY TO OFFER SPRING RefWorks WORKSHOPS
Workshops on RefWorks, the online bibliography management program, will be offered by the DuBois Library. See the workshop flyer for more information, including dates and times.
VWS PRESENTS STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES, FEB 7
The UMass Amherst Visiting Writers Series invites you to a fiction reading by Stephen Graham Jones on Thursday, February 7, at 8 pm in Memorial Hall. Jones’ most recent novel is Demon Theory. Other works include The Fast Red Road and All the Beautiful Sinners. He has won the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction and the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse Jones Award for Fiction. His short fiction has been published everywhere from Writing Fiction to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
Visiting Writers Series events are free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. Series events are sponsored by the UMass Amherst MFA Program and English Department, and are made possible in part by grants from the Amherst Arts Council, UMass Arts Council, and UMass Alumni Association.
"LANDSCAPES OF VIOLENCE": CALL FOR PAPERS
Landscapes of Violence: Conflict and Trauma through Time
April 3 & 4, 2008
University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Center
Presentation proposals are now sought for this inter-disciplinary conference, which aims to examine violence through ideological connections between the material world and social discourse, thus providing a multidimensional approach to understanding the bases and aesthetics of violence. Some undergraduate senior honors thesis or capstone papers will be considered but only with a letter of recommendation from the thesis advisor or capstone professor. Proposal deadline is February 15 at 5:00pm. [More information]
INFORMS SPEAKER SERIES OFFERS FULL SPRING LINE-UP
The UMASS Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter is pleased to present the Operations Research/Management Science Spring 2008 Speaker Seminar Series. The talks take place on scheduled Fridays at 11AM in the Isenberg School of Management, Room 112. After the talks, interested members may join the presenters for lunch at the University Club, the oldest building in Amherst, to discuss topics of interest and enjoy a wonderful meal. Those interested in attending can view this link for more information and a complete schedule of talks.
SENIOR STUDENT SPEAKER SOUGHT FOR COMMENCEMENT
What are your thoughts as a graduating senior? Would you like to share them with your classmates, family and friends? If so, you are invited to submit a proposal for consideration as the Student Commencement Speaker. Submission deadline: 2/12/08. [More Information]
