NEWS @ COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE

Prof Lynn Margulis and Robert Sapolsky
Geoscience Prof Lynn Margulis
will present a talk on author Robert Sapolsky
at Pizza & Prof, February 19

Announcements & Activities

  1. Pizza & Prof with Prof Lynn Margulis, Feb 19
  2. WWWorkshop: Abstract Writing, Feb 20
  3. Film Series Features Gorillas in the Mist, Feb 25
  4. First-Year Literary Journal Ellipsis Seeks Submissions

$cholarships and $upport

  1. Nutrition Department Offers Support for ALANA Scholars
  2. Maureen Flanagan Scholarship Supports Study Abroad & More
  3. UMass Amherst Alumni Association Offers 4 Scholarships

Internships & Employment

  1. Hiring Photographers!
  2. Residence Life Offering Various Positions
  3. Tour Guide & Summer Counselor Positions, Apply Now

Academic Opportunities

  1. Citizen Scholars Program Accepting Applications, Due March 28
  2. Community Service Learning Independent Study

Campus & Community Events

  1. Teach for America, Apply by Feb 15
  2. Etiquette Dinner, Feb 20
  3. Library to Offer RefWorks Workshops
  4. "Landscapes of Violence" Conference: Call for Papers
  5. Book Launch Party for DBC's Peggy Woods, Feb 21
  6. Student Leader Reception, Register by Feb 21

— ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTIVITIES —

PIZZA & PROF WITH PROF LYNN MARGULIS, FEB 19
Prof Lynn MargulisProfessor Margulis will speak on Robert Sapolsky's book A Primate's Memoir and show a short video of Sapolsky teaching. [For more information on the night's topic, see Pizza & Prof].
     The program starts at 6:30 in the ComCol lounge of 504 Goodell. Pizza is served at 6:15. Come join the feast and fun ... and bring your friends. To reserve a seat and a slice, email pizzaprof@comcol.umass.edu by Monday evening.

WWWORKSHOP: ABSTRACT WRITING, FEB 20
Attend this workshop to explore effective ways for writing an abstract—for your Dean's Book Course, Capstone, or the Undergraduate Research Conference. Workshops take place from 6:00-7:00pm in 504 Goodell. Dinner served.

FILM SERIES: GORILLAS IN THE MIST, FEB 25
Gorillas in the Mist"The Unconventional World of Robert Sapolsky" Film Series will present Gorillas in the Mist, starring Sigourney Weaver as obsessed and ultimately doomed primatologist Dian Fossey. Show starts at 8:00pm in 504 Goodell. Admission and refreshments are free.

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!

— $CHOLARSHIPS AND $UPPORT —

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!
photographers wantedCommonwealth 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.

RESIDENCE LIFE OFFERING VARIOUS POSITIONS
Peer Mentors
If you would like to live in a first-year residence hall, provide academic mentoring, be a liaison between the first-year students in your hall and an academic department and make connections with faculty…you should find out more about the Peer Mentor position. This is a great leadership experience. To find out more, please read the details at the Housing & Residence Life website.

Resident Assistants (RAs)
During the spring, Residence Life will hire nearly 200 students to serve as Resident Assistants (RAs). RAs are community leaders, educators, counselors, friends, change agents, advisors, policy enforcers, and team players. Info sessions begin this week with applications being due on March 3, 2008.  More info and applications are available from the Housing and Residence Life website.

Apartment Living Advisors (ALAs)
Apartment Living Advisors (ALAs) are live-in, part-time, student staff members in the North apartment buildings. This position is very similar to the RA position, applications are due February 29, 2008.   More info about the ALA position can be found from the Housing and Residence Life website.

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 —

CITIZEN SCHOLARS PROGRAM, APPLY BY MARCH 28
Are you interested in *Service*Leadership*Activism*Community*Organizing*Public Policy*? Apply to the Umass Citizen Scholars Program! The Citizen Scholars Program (CSP) at the University if Massachusetts is a two-year, academic service-learning program that combines interdisciplinary four-semester program bridging community involvement and social justice with learning. This program is open to all majors. Scholarships are available for participants. All UMass undergraduates are eligible to apply who have: • at least four semesters remaining on campus • a commitment to community engagement and social justice • a strong academic record (typically demonstrated by a cumulative GPA of 3.2) Applications due: March 28, 2008.
   Additional information and applications available at www.umass.edu/csl/citizenscholars or contact the UMass Office of Community Service Learning at Commonwealth College, 610 Goodell, 545-2015, or servelearn@acad.umass.edu.

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, APPLY BY FEB 15
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. Teach for America is seeking applicants from 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. 

ETIQUETTE DINNER, FEB 20
Etiquette Dinner5:30 p.m.
Amherst Room, 10th Floor, Campus Center
$10.00 per person
This dinner will lead students through the potential pitfalls of a business dinner with various “dangerous” foods.  Learn proper meal etiquette and how to navigate a formal dinner place setting, as our etiquette professional answers all your questions. Sponsored by: Macy's, the UMass Amherst Alumni Association, the UMass Marketing Club and the Student Alumni Association. TICKETS GO ON SALE Friday, February 8. Space is limited.  Register by Monday, February 18 at UMassAlumni.com/students

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.

"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]

BOOK LAUNCH PARTY FOR DBC'S PEGGY WOODS, FEB 21
Spinning Will by PM WoodsJoin Dean's Book Course instructor Peggy Woods in celebrating the publication of her novel, Spinning Will, at Amherst Books, 8 Main Street, in Amherst Center. The celebrating begins at 6:00pm; the event is free & open to the public.

STUDENT LEADER RECEPTION, REGISTER BY FEB 21
11:30 a.m.
In recognition of the many contributions student leaders make on behalf of UMass Amherst, the Alumni Association is hosting a Student Leader Reception.  If you are a leader in a RSO, fraternity or sorority, Residence Life or other student organization, please join us for this complimentary lunch and refreshments before the UMass men’s basketball game.  You’ll have the opportunity to network with other student leaders, as well as alumni volunteers who continue to make a difference for their alma mater.  This event is COMPLIMENTARY, courtesy of the UMass Amherst Alumni Association. Register by Thursday, February 21 at UMassAlumni.com/students.