INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL (details below)
** Commonwealth College Notices **
+12TH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, APPLY NOW
** Academic Opportunities **
+ 5-COLLEGE COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING WORKSHOP, FEB 21
** Employment **
+ NEED A SUMMER JOB?
** Campus & Community Announcements **
+ SENIOR SPEAKER AT UNDERGRAD COMMENCEMENT, APPLY BY FEB 14
+ CHANCE OR PURPOSE? ARGUMENT FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN, FEB 9
+ JUBILAT/JONES SPRING READING SERIES BEGINS, FEB 12
+ GRATEFUL DEAD PUBLICIST DENNIS MCNALLY TO SPEAK, FEB 22
+ GROWING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN THE U.S., LECTURE MARCH 2
** Student Life **
+ ATTENTION FUTURE FEMALE LEADERS! MULTICULTURAL SORORITY
+ WRITE SHORT? WMUA NEWS NEEDS YOU!
+ SCERA ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SPRING ’06
_________________________________________
** Commonwealth College Notices **
12TH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, APPLY NOW!
Being held -- Thursday, April 27th, 2006, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at The Colonnade Hotel, Boston. For more info and to register, go to the Conference website:
http://www.comcol.umass.edu/conference/
The Undergraduate Conference is an excellent opportunity for you to showcase your work in a professional setting. Undergraduate students present their research and creative work in oral or poster presentations to fellow students, faculty and other invited guests. Presentations can be based on one's thesis research, creative work in the visual or performing arts, independent study, community service or study abroad.
APPLY ON-LINE NOW!Application deadline: March 2, 2006.
** Academic Opportunities **
5-COLLEGE COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING WORKSHOP, FEB 21
Come meet and make connections with other Five College students who are involved in Community-Based Learning (CBL), service-learning, and community service on Tuesday, February 21 from 6:00 until 8:45 p.m. This workshop, designed for students of all class years who have a range of experience in community involvement, will promote the continued development of:
. Cultural competence,
. Intellectual curiosity, and
. Strong communicative and listening skills.
Themes of privilege, social justice, and social identity will be explored through:
. An opening address by a community activist;
. Dramatic skits based upon real-life service experiences;
. Discussions with 5-College students facilitated by 5-College students.
You will have an opportunity to learn more about yourself, your community, and community organizations and non-profits by drawing upon the knowledge and expertise of your Five College peers. Some CBL/Service-Learning faculty are making attendance at the workshop a requirement or an extra credit opportunity. Check with your professor. The event is organized by the Five College Committee for Community-Based Learning and Ashley Brown, Five College MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA.
Downloads: Student Registration Form - Faculty Registration Form - Posters to Print: One and Two
** Employment **
NEED A SUMMER JOB?
Would you like to work with 4000+ new students and make a difference in their lives? The New Students Orientation is hiring for the Summer Orientation Counselor position. The application deadline is February 15, 2006 . For more information and to download an application, please go to www.umass.edu/newstudent/contact/student_jobs or call/email Lisa Hargis at 545-9681, lhargis@acad.umass.edu.
** Campus & Community Announcements **
SENIOR SPEAKER FOR UNDERGRADUATE 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 this year’s Student Commencement Speaker. Proposals are due February 14. For more information, see the Senior Speaker Announcement.
CHANCE OR PURPOSE? ARGUMENT FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN IN BIOLOGY, FEB 9
Dr. Michael Behe, author of Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution will speak Thursday, February 9 at 8:00 pm in Bartlett 65. Questions and answers will follow presentation. This program is sponsored by The Ark, Athletes in Action, Campus Crusade for Christ, FOCUS, Intervarsity, Mercy House, and NAVs Christian Fellowship, The Veritas forum. For more information, visit http://www.umasscru.com/ or http://www.veritas.org/.
Note: Later in the semester, on a date to be determined, Dr. Kenneth R. Miller, Professor of Biochemistry at Brown University and one of the most prominent voices on the other side of this debate, will present his position. Watch news@comcol for notices.
JUBILAT/JONES SPRING READING SERIES BEGINS, FEB 12
First Reading: Sunday, February 12th, 3:00pm, Caroline Knox and Evelyn Shockley. At 2:00 pm before the reading, will be a Poetry Swap hosted by Dara Wier, Andrew Michael Roberts and guests. Bring a poem, yours or someone else's. Place: Robert Frost Room at the Jones Library, 43 Amity Street in Amherst.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of Jones Library, jubilat, and the Juniper Initiative of the UMass MFA Program for Poets and Writers. This program is also supported in part by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council. Free and open to the public.
GRATEFUL DEAD PUBLICIST DENNIS MCNALLY:WRITERS WORK, FEB 22
Biographer, Historian, and Publicist for the Grateful Dead
Wednesday February 22nd 4-5pm
135A Butterfield Hall
Dennis McNally, who received his Ph.D. in American History from UMass Amherst, is the author of A Long Strange Trip: The History of the Grateful Dead and Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America, which began as his doctoral dissertation. He has been publicist for the Grateful Dead since 1984. Join us as Mr. McNally discusses his experiences as a writer and historian, and the unique ways he's applied his skills and passions. Please note the special location: 135A Butterfield Hall, located at the top of Clark Hill Road in the Central Residence Area. (It's easy to find! For a campus map, visit: http://www.umass.edu/umhome/visit_campus/maps.html)
Writers Work is a program of the Juniper Initiative and is made possible by support from the MFA Program for Poets and Writers, the English Department, Commonwealth College, and the Umass Arts Council.
GROWING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN THE U.S., LECTURE MARCH 2
Several departments and organizations are co-sponsoring a March 2nd lecture about growing economic inequality in the U.S. The speaker is Felice Yeskel, Director of Class Action (see their excellent website at http://www.classism.org/). She will focus particularly on how our cultural inability to talk openly about class differences impacts students and the campus community. Mark your calendars: March 2nd, 4:30 PM, Campus Center!
** Student Life **
ATTENTION FUTURE FEMALE LEADERS! MULTICULTURAL SORORITY
If you're interested in the empowerment of women through higher education, raising multicultural awareness, community service, friendship, and sisterhood, consider becoming a member of a growing and unique organization dedicated to bringing women of diverse backgrounds together. Carpe Diem!! Become a sister of Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. For more information contact resmilee@aol.com and visit http://www.geocities.com/~deltaxiphi/.
WRITE SHORT? WMUA NEWS NEEDS YOU!
“Needs to be longer,” your professor writes. Do you see that a lot? WMUA News Needs You! We're looking for people who love to write, and those who write short. Help us create the news that people all over the valley hear daily. Of course, if you want to be on the air, we can do that, too. We’ll show you how. Discover your only student-produced radio news station! Our studios are located in the basement of the Campus Center, next to the Collegian. Email Melissa if you're interested, or for more information! news_op@wmua.org.
SCERA ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SPRING ‘06
The Student Center for Educational Research and Advocacy (SCERA) announces internship openings and important up-coming events:
------
1) Credit, internship and volunteer opportunities
2) Announcement about Tent State UMass
3) Announcement about important upcoming Board of Trustee meetings and proposed motions
------
Click here for the complete text of these announcements.