INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL (details below)
** Commonwealth College Notices **
+ HELP IMPROVE COMCOL LIVING OPTIONS AT THE SAB, NOV 8
+ MINI CLASSIC FILM SERIES -- LA STRADA, OCT 27
+ COMCOL CRANIUM, NOV 1
+ MAJORS FAIR, NOV 2
+ WWWORKSHOP – PROFESSORS DON’T BITE! NOV 9
** Course & Internship Announcements **
+ NEW CE OR IS OFFERING IN BIOLOGY AND/OR EDUCATION
** Other Announcements & Events **
+ HELP FOUND A WOMEN’S CAUCUS IN THE SGA
+ GHOST TOUR! OCT 26
+ BLACKS & JEWS IN AMERICA FILM SERIES
+ TAKE THE ONLY GRE PRACTICE TEST THIS SEMESTER, OCT 29
+ TEACH FOR AMERICA APPLICATION DEADLINE, OCT 30
+ FICTION READING BY DAVID OHLE, NOV 3
+ REPRESENT UMASS AMHERST AT YOUR HOMETOWN HIGH
+ TURKEY TROT FOR THE WESTERN MASS FOOD BANK, NOV 6
+ ME, A LIBRARIAN? ALANA LIBRARIAN CAREER RECEPTION, NOV 9
+ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INFO SESSION, NOV 17
+ ”UP ‘TIL DAWN AT UMASS” BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
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** Commonwealth College Notices **
STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, NOV 8
HELP IMPROVE COMCOL LIVING/LEARNING OPTIONS
On the Agenda - Models for Commonwealth College Living Options: What should and should not change about freshmen learning communities? Should ComCol living options be made available to students beyond freshmen year? Join us for a discussion with Melissa Beesley, the Residential Learning Communities Coordinator, in figuring out plans for the future. The last 15 minutes will be set aside as an open forum for questions and new topics of discussion from students. If you have an opinion that you would like to offer but you are unable to attend the meeting, please email mbeesley@comcol.umass.edu with your contribution.
The Student Advisory Board meets from 6:00-7:00pm in the Commonwealth College lounge, 504 Goodell. Meetings are open to all Commonwealth College students, and pizza served. If you're interested in finding out more or attending, please contact Melissa Beesley at mbeesley@comcol.umass.edu or call 577-3909.
MINI CLASSIC FILM SERIES, OCT 27
Join us for the first of three classic movies playing in the Goodell Lounge as part of the Mini Classic Film Series.
LA STRADA
Thursday, October 27
7:30 P.M.
Early Fellini’s Work (1954)-- Gelsomina is sold for a few coins by her very poor mother to Zampano, a fairground wrestler. She follows him on the road ("la strada") and helps him during his shows, but Zampano mistreats her. She meets "The Fool", a funambulist. She feels like going with him, but he puts confusion in her mind by pointing out that perhaps Zampano is in fact in love with her ... (Summary from IMDb.com http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047528/)
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Upcoming Classic Films:
Roman Holiday will be showing 11/3
The Maltese Falcon will be showing 11/10
COMCOL CRANIUM, NOV 1
Tuesday, November 1, 8PM
Come join us for a massive game of CRANIUM (a fun and interactive board game) in the Goodell Lounge! Email peers@comcol.umass.edu to sign up as a group or individually (and be placed into a team). Refreshments and snacks will be provided! There will be a prize for the winning team.
MAJORS FAIR, NOV 2
Pre-Major Advising Services, Commonwealth College and Career Services will co-sponsor a Majors Fair that will take place on Wednesday, November 2 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. All current and prospective students are cordially invited to attend. The event will provide an opportunity for undeclared students to explore potential areas of study while allowing current majors to learn about other options they may not know exist at the University. Don’t miss this once-a-year chance to explore the impressive array of majors and resources available at UMass! Representatives from over 90 different departments will be present to answer questions and provide literature on major requirements and opportunities. Light refreshments provided by the Career Services will make the occasion both festive and informative.
WWWORKSHOP – PROFESSORS DON’T BITE! NOV 9
Professors don't bite! How to approach and connect with Faculty for mentoring relationships, letters of recommendation, and references. Workshops take place 6:00-7:00pm in 504 Goodell, and dinner is served. RSVP to peers@comcol.umass.edu if you plan to attend. For full semester schedule, see the WWW web page.
** Course & Internship Announcements **
NEW CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE OR IS OFFERING IN BIOLOGY AND/OR EDUCATION
A capstone experience or independent study is available for students interested in working with a medical doctor and a teaching assessment professional to evaluate the UMass-Amherst course "Clinical and Molecular Medicine." This project affords the learner opportunities to gain insight into how students learn, course assessment techniques, the grading process, and medicine. Participating in this project would be a wonderful experience for students planning on graduating no earlier than May 2007, particularly students interested in Biology and Education and/or who want to be science teachers. Interested students should contact Eric Granowitz, MD at eric.granowitz@bhs.org or Martha Stassen, PhD at mstassen@acad.umass.edu.
** Other Announcements & Events **
HELP FOUND A WOMEN’S CAUCUS IN THE SGA
Members of the Undergraduate Student Government and ALANA Caucus have started meeting to form a Women's Caucus community at Umass. We are looking all women and their allies to join us- undergraduate, graduate, Faculty, and all other Community members. The purpose of this is to create an advocacy group in the Umass community and within the Student Government which will cater to the needs of women while creating policies which will benefit women. Currently, we're just getting off the ground and we're looking for students to join us in the fight. We meet every Monday at 7pm in the Suffolk Room located in the Student Union. Please spread the word!!
GHOST TOUR! OCT 26
Come join the History Club for its annual campus ghost tour, Wednesday, October 26 at 8 PM. We will meet in the Herter Hall Lobby (in front of the elevator). Wear comfortable shoes. For more information, contact kbasner@student.umass.edu.
BLACKS & JEWS IN AMERICA FILM SERIES
Four films exploring the complex relationship between African Americans and Jews in the U.S. Introduced by Visiting Assistant Professor Jyl Lynn Felman with Q & A.
October 27 ..."Strange Fruit"
November 3 ..."Fires in the Mirror"
November 10 .."The Pawnbroker"
November 17 .."Hollywood: An Empire of Their Own"
Thursdays, October 27th through November 17 th, 7:00pm in Herter 231
Free and open to the Five College community
For more information, see the Film Series Flyer or contact the Office of Jewish Affairs at 545-9642 or goldbaum@admin.umass.edu.
TAKE THE ONLY GRE PRACTICE TEST THIS SEMESTER, OCT 29
Why wait to take the real thing at $115 for Grad school when you could get familiar with how the test is set up for ONLY $2? Sponsored by Psi Chi (the National Honor Society in Psychology), take this GRE practice test and KAPLAN Test Prep will help you receive answers, analysis, receive a free teachback after the test, and guidelines for prepping for the real thing. Saturday, October 29, 2005 @ 10am (test lasts about 1.5 hrs) Email umasspsichi@yahoo.com for more information. To register, stop by the Psi Chi Coffee table in 4th floor Tobin Lobby Monday- Friday 9am-11:30am or visit http://www.kaptest.com/!
TEACH FOR AMERICA APPLICATION DEADLINE, OCT 30
ALL MAJORS AND CAREER INTERESTS!
Teach for America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools, and become lifelong leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build the movement to eliminate educational inequity by enlisting some of our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. For more information visit us on the web: http://www.teachforamerica.org/flash_movie.html.
FICTION READING BY DAVID OHLE, NOV 3
The Visiting Writers Series at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is pleased to announce a reading by novelist David Ohle on Thursday, November 3, at 8 PM in Memorial Hall. A Q&A session with the author will be held the following day, November 4, at 10:30 AM, at the Jones Library in Amherst.
David Ohle’s first novel, "Motorman," was published by Knopf in 1972 and reprinted by 3rd Bed in 2004 with an Introduction by Ben Marcus. Its sequel, "The Age of Sinatra," was published by Soft Skull in 2004. His short fiction has appeared in Harper’s, Esquire, Paris Review and elsewhere. He edited the non-fiction book, "Cows are Freaky When they Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers" (Watermark Press, 1991) and the forthcoming (from Soft Skull) memoir, "Cursed From Birth: The Short, Unhappy Life of William Burroughs Jr." He is a native of New Orleans, now living in Lawrence, Kansas, and teaching at the University of Kansas.
A reception and book-signing will follow the reading. All events are free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. Visiting Writers Series events are sponsored by the MFA Program for Poets and Writers and made possible in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the UMass Arts Council, and the UMass Alumni Association.
REPRESENT UMASS AMHERST AT YOUR HOMETOWN HIGH
RESPOND BY NOVEMBER 4
A program called Hometown High is among the several projects UMass coordinates each semester. Through this program, the Admissions Office recruits and trains current UMass students to return to their high schools to talk about college life as well as to speak about the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
If you are interested in representing UMass to your Hometown High, complete the application form and return it by Friday, November 4, 2005. Each volunteer must attend a one and one half hour training session. There are five sessions to choose from, all held during the weeks of November 6 and 14, 2005. We will communicate this information to you as soon as we receive your interest form. Also, each of our volunteers will receive a token of our appreciation for their service. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact Sarah Coty at 5-6006 or scoty@acad.umass.edu, or Jill Murtagh at jmurtagh@educ.umass.edu. For more information, click here.
TURKEY TROT FOR THE WESTERN MASS FOOD BANK, NOV 6
SHARE (Students Helping Area Reach-Out Efforts) is an RSO committed to doing community service in the Amherst and surrounding community. We are sponsoring the 3rd annual Turkey Trot Run/Walk on Sunday, November 6, 2005 at 10:00 am. All proceeds raised from this event are going to be donated to the Western Mass Food Bank. Registration is $15 or $12 with a canned good. Last year, we raised over $450 and hope to double it this year! A raffle will take place after the event with over $200 in prizes! Please come and support a worthy cause! The route begins and ends at the steps of the Student Union. For more info, visit http://www.people.umass.edu/share/ and click on the TURKEY TROT link, or email Jessica at share@stuaf.umass.edu.
ME, A LIBRARIAN? ALANA LIBRARIAN CAREER RECEPTION, NOV 9
A career in the library and information profession is a career committed to the sharing of information, ideas, and knowledge. Find out more...Wednesday, November 9, 2005, 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Main Floor, W.E.B. Du Bois Library. Keynote Speaker: Tracie Hall, American Library Association Diversity officer. Other guests: Students from library school programs and professional librarians. Sponsored by UMass Amherst Libraries, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library & Information Studies; Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science. Sign up now! To reserve a place, email Anne L. Moore at amoore@library.umass.edu or call 413-545-6888.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INFO SESSION, NOV 17
The College of Engineering will be holding an information session geared towards undeclared majors on-campus on November 17 th at 4pm in Marcus Hall – Gunness Engineering Student Center conference room. Light refreshments will be served. We will answer all questions and provide advising and application materials. Find out more about the world of engineering. RSVP to Brian Schwarz at 545-2035.
”UP ‘TIL DAWN AT UMASS” BENEFIT FOR ST. JUDE’S CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Want to save a life? You have the chance to this November at UMass. Participate in the annual fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, the largest childhood cancer research center in the world. Form teams of six people for a letter writing party with FREE FOOD, MUSIC, and PRIZES. Last year we raised over $25,500 for the kids. Plus, it's an easy way to get community service hours. To sign up or for more information email: UMassUptilDawn@yahoo.com.