NEWS @ COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE

Announcements & Activities

  1. Read Along With The Honors Seminar!
  2. BDIC Information Session

Achievements, Awards & Accolades

  1. Students Present Research Surrounding Swine Flu
  2. 5 ComCol Students Receive Federal Scholarships

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Internships & Employment

Academic Opportunities

  1. New Community Service Learning Capstone Course
  2. Community Service Learning Courses - Fall ‘09

Campus & Community Events

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READ ALONG WITH THE HONORS SEMINAR!
Commonwealth College invites you to read along with the Honors Seminar this summer by reading the book chosen for the fall ’09 semester entitled “Ten Little Indians” by Sherman Alexie. Amazon.com will return a portion of the proceeds from those who buy the book through the ComCol website. The funds will help support a campus visit by the author, who will address 2,000-plus students.


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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STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH SURROUNDING SWINE FLU
The 2009 Undergraduate Research Conference, sponsored by Commonwealth College, boasted more than 500 undergraduate students presenting their research findings here at UMass Amherst. Students from 17 schools participated in the conference which was held May 1st at the Lincoln Campus Center. Three students from Commonwealth College had presentations surrounding the H1N1 virus commonly referred to as “swine flu”.
   Michael Schneider ’09, Rebecca Mushlin ’09 and Sumathi Narayana, ’09, presented their research-based findings involving the H1N1 virus. The topic proved timely as the first cases of the virus reported in Amherst occurred on the day of the conference. Each of the students was enrolled in assistant professor Martha Yoder’s capstone course entitled “Health and Sickness in America: Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives.”
More information.


5 COMCOL STUDENTS RECEIVE FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Seven students were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad.
Among the seven are five Commonwealth College students; seniors Pei-ju Chen and Natasha Labbe, and juniors Jessica Lee, Alina Lindblom and Temari Pimentel.
Congratulations and best wishes in your studies abroad!
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.


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.

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