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COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE NOTICESNEW HONORS STUDY! EARN CREDIT AND HELP COM COL ASSESS CURRICULUM - HONORS 397Z, 1 CREDITCommonwealth College students within a range of majors and colleges are needed to take part in a one-credit per semester study designed to assess work assigned and completed within their classes. This study is part of an effort to assess the effectiveness of the honors curriculum, and is open to any student within Commonwealth College, as long as the student is taking honors-level courses during the academic year 2006-2007, is available to attend four class meetings each semester on Wednesday nights, and is also organized and able to collect and catalog all of their work in the other classes they are taking throughout the semester, including class activities and assignments. Class size will be limited to 25 students. Because the participation of students from a variety of majors and colleges is needed, filling out and submitting an application does not guarantee entry into the study. Submit application (available here online) by May 10, 2006, at 4 PM. FULFILL YOUR CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT AS A SERVICE COORDINATORThe Office of Community Service Learning is offering a way to fulfill the capstone requirement by serving as a Community Service Learning (CSL) Service Coordinator for the special Dean's Book Courses with a service-learning component, Honors 291R and Honors 391S. Start your capstone this coming fall and finish in spring 2007. As coordinator you will be finding service placements for students in the class and much more. A modest stipend accompanies this position. Applications are available in 610 Goodell. Questions? Feel free to contact the current coordinator Shawna St. John at slstjohn@student.umass.edu. 3-CREDIT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MENTORING PROGRAMHaving trouble finding another class? Interested in doing something amazing for the community while getting college credits at the same time? Enroll in this 3- credit honors course and answer to the needs of youth in this community and fill your schedule at the same time! GRADUATING COMCOL SENIORS—WANT TO ADDRESS YOUR PEERS?We’re seeking a senior student speaker for the Celebration of Excellence (Saturday, May 27th 2006, 9a.m. the Mullins Center)…If you’re interested, please send a 3-4 page (double spaced) sample of what you’d like to speak about. Send submissions to Jennifer Bennett, 504 Goodell Building by May 12th. Please call Jennifer Bennett if you have any questions (545-2483). COMCOL LOUNGE EVENTS & ACTIVITIESNEXT PIZZA & PROF, MAY 8Pizza & Prof next brings you Dan Saunders of the UMass Facebook. The presentation will start at 6:00 in the ComCol lounge of 504 Goodell. Pizza will be served at 5:45. Come join the feast and fun ... and bring your friends. To reserve a seat and a slice, email pizzaprof@comcol.umass.edu. For more information, visit the Pizza & Prof page of this site. ADVISING REMINDERS & INFORMATIONDEAN'S BOOK COURSE 291D NEW SECTIONS ADDEDTo meet demand, new sections of Honors 291D, Dean's Book Course, have been added. If you tried to enroll but found all sections filled, check Spire again. WALK-IN ADVISING CONTINUES- Walk-in advising continues through April. Hours are 9:30 – 11:30 and 1:00 – 4:00. Lines are shorter first thing in the morning! SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS & INTERNSHIPSFALL'06 GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS NEW DEADLINE, MAY 9The application deadline for fall 2006 Honors Research Grants and Research Assistant Fellowships has been extended to May 9, 2006. STATE HOUSE/SENATE SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE
Senator Cynthia Stone Creem: Summer Internship positions (unpaid) are available in the State House office of Senator Cynthia Stone Creem, a progressive Democrat representing Brookline, Newton, and Wellesley. Senator Creem is looking for professional and hard working individuals with an interest in gaining valuable experience in state government and legislative politics. See posted announcement for details. Senator Susan Fargo: The Office of Senator Susan Fargo offers a limited number of volunteer Summer internship opportunities. Placements are made in a variety of public policy and functional areas, and work assignments are aligned with the intern's academic interests and/or professional goals. Internships give students a unique opportunity to observe and learn about the legislative process. See posted announcement for details. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESCAMPUS JUDICIAL ADVISORS PROGRAM NOW HIRINGMy name is Sarah Stern-O’Connor and I am the Deputy Attorney General of the Student Government Association. I run a program in collaboration with the Dean of Students Office called the Judicial Advisors Program that informs and advises students concerning the university judicial system. Judicial Advisors are trained in all aspects of the university judicial process to help prepare students for their conferences or hearings with university officials. STATE HOUSE LEGISLATIVE AIDE, APPLY BY MAY 5The Office of Senator Susan Fargo seeks a legislative assistant. This full-time position will be available immediately upon the conclusion of the review of applicants. Deadline for the receipt of resumes is Friday, May 5, 2006. See posted announcement for details. OCSL STUDENT OFFICE ASSISTANT POSITION '06-'07Four office assistant positions with the UMass Office of Community Service Learning at Commonwealth College will be available both fall ‘06 and spring ‘07 semesters. Positions are for 5-10 hours/week at an hourly rate of $6.75/hour. Upon satisfactory performance, student staff may receive pay rate increases each semester (up to a maximum of $10/hour). Work study and non-work study positions available. Possibility of summer 2006 positions, too. CAMPUS & COMMUNITY EVENTSDONA ANN McADAMS' CAUGHT IN THE ACT, MAY 35:00PM WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE, MAY 5The third annual research conference, sponsored by UMASS and Amherst College Psychology Departments and Psi Chi, will be held at UMASS on Friday May 5. Dr. Sharon Brehm, president-elect of the American Psychological Association, will be our guest speaker, and students from UMASS, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Westfield State College, and Wellesley College will be presenting research posters. For more information, times and location, visit the conference website. The conference is free and all are welcome. INTERGENERATIONAL CONFERENCE: DIVERSITY IN EAST ASIA, MAY 6A Three-Generational Approach to Synergy and Mentoring for Honors, Masters, and PH.D. Candidates WOMEN OF COLOR STUDY ABROAD INFO SESSION, MAY 9Information session, Tuesday, May 9th, 5:00 p.m. in the Women of Color Leadership Network, 202 Wilder Hall. If you have questions, please contact Sofia Bur, sibur@student.umass.edu. Sponsored by the International Programs Office. BOOKS NEEDED FOR BOOKS BUILDING BRIDGES!!!Books Building Bridges is a valley-wide project dedicated to examining the impact of war on libraries, literacy and education in the US and in Iraq. In partnership with Books to Baghdad, Books Building Bridges is looking for donations of academic textbooks published within the last five years in the following subjects: engineering, math, science, computer science, medicine, and technology. The donated books will be shipped to faculty and students at Baghdad University in July 2006. Books Building Bridges is also working with other colleges and universities in the Valley to support book donation drives on various campuses. The efforts at UMASS are supported by the UMASS anti-war coalition and several professors. The book donation box at UMASS is outside the Campus Center Graduate Lounge just across the blue wall. STUDENT LIFE5 COMCOL WRITERS TO READ AT AMHERST BOOKS, MAY 9Students enrolled in the Commonwealth College Capstone Course Lifelong Writing will be reading fiction and poetry from their theses at Amherst Books in Downtown Amherst on Tuesday, May 9th at 7:30. Refreshments will be served and a class journal will be available. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE - IN SEARCH OF LEADERSThe International Cultural Experience, ICE, is a new RSO, which seeks to bring people from all backgrounds to meet and share their cultures with each other. Over the past 2 years of formation, the people in this club have accomplished many amazing things, such as biweekly internationally themed coffeehouses. We held an international competition and an international dance. We also learned a lot of lessons and there are certainly a lot of opportunities to further improve this club. Many of our board members are graduating this year and we would really like this club to continue to blossom in your visions and your hands, whether you would like to hold a position or just be a part of the club. If you are interested, please contact Inna at 774-278-0454 or Innaes2001@yahoo.com. KISS A SENIOR GOODBYEWant to show your favorite Senior(s) just how much you'll miss them? Send them a champagne glass or Class of 2006 coffee mug full of Hershey kisses! The cost is only $6 per glass or mug. It is one graduation present they won't forget. Make the UMASS-Amherst memories last long after graduation. You can order them online until May 12th at www.umassalumni.com/students or at the S.A.A. Table in the Campus Concourse from April 24th to last day of classes. Order them as soon as possible! (Sponsored by Student Alumni Association) OPEN MIC TALENT REVIEW, LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!The long awaited Bowl Weekend is coming soon and we need you! If you have any talent such as singing, dancing, telling jokes, juggling, or can swallow fireballs then you’re perfect for Bowl Weekend’s Open Mic Talent Review! During Bowl Weekend’s Bowl Day/Country Fair, held May 13th from 11am-4pm, we will be giving you the chance to strut your stuff and show the entire campus what you’ve got. Invite friends, have fun, and join! We'll need entries in by May 4th at 8pm. If you enter then, you will be guaranteed a spot, if you’re late we will be accepting you the day of Open Mic. Come by the Orchard Hill Area Government (OHAG) office located in 112 Field right next to Sweets N’ More from 8-10pm Monday-Thursday or e-mail us at orchardhillag@gmail.com and please title your entry as “Open Mic." |