NEWS @ COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE

Announcements & Activities

  1. Graduating Seniors - Save the Date, May 24
  2. WWWorkshop: Political Involvement, March 5
  3. Transfer to Transfer: Pizza and Connections Social, March 10
  4. Film Series Features The Constant Gardener, March 10
  5. Pizza & Prof with Prof Andrew Papachristos, March 11
  6. WWWorkshop: Community Service Learning, March 12

Achievements, Awards & Accolades

  1. Clemenzi-Allen Awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Internships & Employment

  1. Community Service Learning Job Openings
  2. Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service

Academic Opportunities

  1. Citizen Scholars Accepting Applications, Apply by March 28

Campus & Community Events

  1. Reading by Yannick Murphy, March 6
  2. Ellipsis Literary Journal, Submit by March 7
  3. Campus-To-Career Event, March 12

— ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTIVITIES —

GRADUATING SENIORS – SAVE THE DATE,  MAY 24
The Commonwealth College Celebration of Excellence, a cap-and-gown Honors Gold Cord presentation and Convocation for graduating Commonwealth College seniors, will take place starting at 9:00 a.m. in the Mullins Center. "Save The Date” postcards have been sent out to your permanent addresses…and more info will follow! Watch the Celebration of Excellence web site at www.comcol.umass.edu/celebrationofexcellence.

WWWORKSHOP: POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT, MARCH 5
Get involved with Politics. Join members of the Student Advisory Board Legistative Advocacy committee and learn to work with your legislator. Workshops take place from 6:00-7:00pm in 504 Goodell. Dinner served. RSVP to c3@comcol.umass.edu.

TRANSFER TO TRANSFER: PIZZA & CONNECTIONS SOCIAL, MARCH 10
6:00-7:30PM
Goodell Lounge
Commonwealth College would like to invite transfer students to the Transfer to Transfer: Pizza and Connections Social. Meet other transfers, share your experiences and offer recommendations for how transfers can connect with the campus. Pizza will be served for dinner. Please RSVP by emailing reception@comcol.umass.edu by Friday, March 7th.

FILM SERIES: THE CONSTANT GARDENER, MARCH 10
"The Unconventional World of Robert Sapolsky" film series will conclude with this suspenseful drama about a British diplomat in Kenya, Justin Quayle, whose wife Tessa, an activist, is murdered when she delves too deeply into the practices of a pharmaceutical company. It features Rachel Weisz, who won a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Tessa. Show starts at 8:00pm in 504 Goodell. Admission and refreshments are free.

PIZZA & PROF WITH PROF ANDREW PAPCHRISTOS, MAR 11
Professor Andrew Papachristos of the Department of Sociology will discuss his research, which focuses on the social structures and group processes at the heart of interpersonal violence and delinquency; issues of group dominance and reciprocity; and the use of violence and honor as measures of social control. 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: COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING, MAR 12
Learn how to connect learning with action in the community, mentoring, Alternative Spring Break, Citizen Scholars, and more. Workshops take place from 6:00-7:00pm in 504 Goodell. Dinner served, RSVP to c3@comcol.umass.edu.

—ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS & ACCOLADES—

BENJAMIN CLEMENZI-ALLEN AWARDED GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP
Benjamin Clemenzi-Allen, a senior English major from Newburyport, is one of 46 U.S. students selected to receive a Gates Cambridge Scholarship that funds one year of graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. Clemenzi-Allen, who is a member of Commonwealth College, transferred to UMass Amherst after receiving an associate’s degree in liberal arts from Northern Essex Community College. He is the first Amherst campus student to receive the award. [More from In the Loop]

— INTERNSHIPS & EMPLOYMENT —

COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING OFFICE JOB OPENINGS
The Office of Community Service Learning currently has two undergraduate positions available. See the OCSL website or download pdf announcement for more information.

INSTITUTE ON PHILANTHROPY & VOLUNTARY SERVICE
The Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service, a summer nonprofit internship and academic program, is ideal for undergraduate student leaders who are engaged in service programs on and off their campuses. All majors and fields of study are welcome. As part of the Institute experience, students will attend exclusive events and participate in hands-on activities including developing a mission statement, planning service projects and organizing fundraising activities. Download pdf flyer for full information.

— ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES —

CITIZEN SCHOLARS PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS,
APPLY BY MARCH 28
Are you interested in service, leadership, activism, community organizing or public policy? Apply to the UMASS CITIZEN SCHOLARS PROGRAM!  The Citizen Scholars Program (CSP) is a two-year, academic service-learning program that combines interdisciplinary course-work, community service, activism and social justice work.  Citizen Scholars build a tight-knit community and develop tools to think critically and act creatively for social change. For more information, visit our website at www.umass.edu/csl/citizenscholars.

— CAMPUS & COMMUNITY EVENTS —

READING BY YANNICK MURPHY, MARCH 6
Memorial Hall at 8:00pm
The Visiting Writers Series at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites you to a fiction reading by Yannick Murphy, author of the novels The Sea of Trees, Here They Come, and Signed, Mata Hari. Visiting Writers Series events are free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.

ELLIPSIS LITERARY JOURNAL, SUBMIT BY MARCH 7
Ellipsis..., the freshman literary journal at UMass, is accepting submissions of poetry, comics, fiction, plays, screenplays, essays, and art through March 7th. To submit your work, email firstyearsubmissions@gmail.com. Ellipsis... is produced by the students of Anjali Khosla's Honors 297L Literary Journals course. For more information about Honors 297L, contact the Writing Butterfield Academic Coordinator at akhosla@english.umass.edu.

CAMPUS-TO-CAREER EVENT, MARCH 12
Everything is an Interview!
Tuesday, March 12, 5:30pm in Memorial Hall
Want to learn the power of networking and SELF-marketing? Learn real-world tips about the power of networking, how to SELF promote, what you can do NOW to prepare for the future, and other great lessons! Raul Lorenzo, a UMass Amherst MEd candidate and director of account services with Bauza & Associates, will offer ideas and techniques, using his own career in marketing and higher education as an illustration. FREE ADMISSION * FREE PIZZA * FREE REFRESHMENTS To register for this FREE event, visit UMassAlumni.com/students. Sponsored by the Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Association.