NEWS @ COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE
Announcements & Activities
- Film Series Features Gorillas in the Mist, Feb 25
- WWWorkshop: From Argentina to Zimbabwe, Feb 25
- Pizza & Prof with Prof Justin Fermann, Feb 26
- WWWorkshop: How-to Lit Review, Feb 27
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Internships & Employment
Academic Opportunities
- Citizen Scholars Program Accepting Applications, Due March 28
- Community Service Learning Independent Study
Campus & Community Events
- Black History Month Event, Feb 25
- Library to Offer RefWorks Workshops
- Book Launch Party for DBC's Peggy Woods, Feb 21
- Student Leader Reception, Register by Feb 21
— ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTIVITIES —
FILM SERIES: GORILLAS IN THE MIST, FEB 25
"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.
WWWORKSHOP: FROM ARGENTINA TO ZIMBABWE, FEB 25
This workshop—providing overview of study abroad for the year, the semester, and the summer—has been rescheduled from its earlier date of February 13. Note: It is Monday evening.
WWWORKSHOP: HOW-TO LIT REVIEW, FEB 27
Join Susan McKenna as she describes the ins and outs of a Literature Review and get general tips for application to Dean's Book work and other research. Workshops take place from 6:00-7:00pm in 504 Goodell. Dinner served. RSVP to c3@comcol.umass.edu.
PIZZA & PROF WITH PROF JUSTIN FERMANN, FEB 26
Spend an evening with Dr. Justin Fermann, director of the Chemistry Resource Center. 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.
— $CHOLARSHIPS AND $UPPORT —
UMASS ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS, APPLY BY FEB 22
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 —
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 sspence@comcol.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 —
BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT, FEB 25
James H. Chapmyn’s
“One Race, One People, One Peace”
An honest look at diversity and multiculturalism as ways to bring diverse groups of people together for a dialogue about issues such as prejudice, stereotypes, homophobia and racism, thus allowing the opportunity to begin the healing process through discovering our mutual connections. Monday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. Campus Center Auditorium. Free admission. [See poster for sponsors]
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.
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY FOR DBC'S PEGGY WOODS, FEB 21
Join 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.
