NEWS @ COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE

Announcements & Activities

  1. BDIC Information Session

Achievements, Awards & Accolades

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Internships & Employment

  1. AmeriCorps VISTA Positions Available

Academic Opportunities

  1. New Community Service Learning Capstone Course
  2. Senior Honors Thesis Course
  3. Community Service Learning Courses - Fall ?09
  4. New Creative Writing Capstone Course

Campus & Community Events

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BDIC INFORMATION SESSION
BDIC is the design-your-own-major program at UMass Amherst and is now housed in Commonwealth College. Concentrations in BDIC range from "Neuroscience" to "Film Studies" to "Entrepreneurship and Information Technology." Com Col students interested in the BDIC major are invited to an information session with Dan Gordon, professor of history and director of BDIC. A brief video will be part of the presentation.
Where: 608 Goodell
When: Every Thursday, 4-4:30 p.m.


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AMERICORPS VISTA POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Two AmeriCorps VISTA positions funded through grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service are available. Both positions are full time and will be based in local community organizations that meet critical and immediate needs, with an emphasis on addressing hunger issues, food security and food justice in the Pioneer Valley. More information.

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NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING CAPSTONE COURSE
Capturing Stories for Community - Honors 499R-499S
6 credits
T /Th 9:30-11:00
Contact Gloria DiFulvio at Gloria@schoolph.umass.edu
Enrollment limited to 12.
More information.


SENIOR HONORS THESIS COURSE
Honors 499C, sec. 5 - Historic and Contemporary Issues of American Indians and Tribes: History, Policy, and Law ? Fall semester, TU/TH 1:00PM - 2:15 p.m.
This is a 2-semester senior honors thesis course that covers American Indian history and federal Indian policy and law. It includes gaming, environmental rights, federal acknowledgment, tribal governments and economies, and much more.
   In addition to relevant readings and writing assignments, the first draft of the honors thesis will be due by the end of fall semester.
For information regarding registration, please contact: Kathleen Brown-Pérez, brown- perez@honors.umass.edu for permission. Only 5 available openings in the course remain.


COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING COURSES - FALL ?09
Learn outside the classroom! The following are some examples of Commonwealth College community service learning opportunities for credit:

? Get to know -- and get involved with! -- people, places, and organizations that address issues of food security and hunger in the communities near UMass.
? Develop your IT skills as you develop customized databases, websites, web-based content management systems, and digital storytelling projects with a local community organization.
? Mentor kids in the afterschool program of a local elementary school to provide an early intervention for college access for under-represented youth.
For a full listing of courses, please click here. For more information about community service learning at Commonwealth College, visit www.umass.edu/csl.


NEW CREATIVE WRITING CAPSTONE COURSE
Commonwealth College is offering a new two-semester Narrative Nonfiction Creative Writing Capstone, Truth/Telling: Reading and Writing Narrative Nonfiction.
Permission of the instructor is required. Seminar is limited to 15. Submit your application now. Meeting Times: Thursdays 2:30 ? 5:30 p.m.
To receive an application form, contact: Prof. Connie Griffin at cgriffin@honors.umass.edu.

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