NEWS @ COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE

Announcements & Activities

  1. Sherman Alexie Visit
  2. Pizza & Prof
  3. Special Pizza and Prof

Achievements, Awards & Accolades

  1. Special Thanks to Professor Ventura Perez
  2. Special Thanks to Eric Hamako

$cholarships and $upport

  1. CSG Scholarship Available To Students

Internships & Employment

  1. Governor's Internship Program

Academic Opportunities

  1. Want To Change Your Major To Nursing?
  2. Looking For an Interesting Gen-Ed (SI) Course?

Campus & Community Events

  1. White Collar Fraud And Business Ethics
  2. Never Again: Genocide from Cambodia to Darfur and Beyond

— ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTIVITIES —


SHERMAN ALEXIE VISIT
Sherman Alexie, author of “Ten Little Indians” has rescheduled his visit to campus and will now be appearing on Thursday, December 3rd at 4:30 pm in the Student Union Ballroom.
This event is free and open to the public.


PIZZA & PROF
Tuesday, November 10th 6:30pm
504 Goodell Lounge
Professor Martha Hanner from Astronomy: Exploring Mars
Mars today is a barren, frigid desert, but was it always so? With its thin atmosphere, global dust storms, and towering volcanoes Mars seems an inhospitable place. Yet space missions to Mars have shown that ancient Mars was a very different place; perhaps water even flowed on the surface. Did primitive life ever develop there?
More Information.


SPECIAL PIZZA AND PROF
Monday, November 16th 4pm-6pm
Campus Center, Amherst Room
Do it Now! - How to break a procrastination habit at school, home, and on the job.
Dr. Bill Knaus, best-selling author and a world renowned leader in the field of cognitive-behavioral methods of change. Knaus wrote the two original books on procrastination that helped launch the self-help movement and surge of research in this area. More Information.

—ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS & ACCOLADES—


SPECIAL THANKS TO PROFESSOR VENTURA PEREZ
Special Thanks to Professor Ventura Perez for his dynamic Pizza and Prof on October 20th. Here are some highlights of the program: Professor Ventura Perez of the Anthropology department spoke to students about real forensic science. Read More.


SPECIAL THANKS TO ERIC HAMAKO
A special thanks to Eric Hamako, a Doctoral Candidate in Social Justice Education presented at last week's Pizza and Prof. His discussion was centered around zombies in US popular culture like books, graphic novels and movies. Hamako compared the modern perception of zombies to how Americans view Arabs, Muslims, and East Asians, particularly Chinese.
   Many clips from recent films like Resident Evil were shown to illustrate the point that Americans view zombies as the ultimate other; the other that no one wants to be. Today, the other has become Arabs, Muslims and East Asians. At the close of the talk, Hamako suggested ways to eliminate this perception.

— $CHOLARSHIPS AND $UPPORT —



CSG SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS
$7,500 scholarship available to students whose studies or research involve the promotion of energy efficiency, energy policy, conservation, clean energy and sustainable living practices to reduce our impact on the planet.
More Information.

— INTERNSHIPS & EMPLOYMENT —



GOVERNOR'S INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Apply for spring and summer internships in Governor Patrick's office. To find out more and for applications, click on the following link: http://mass.gov/governor/interns >Governor's Internship Program. The stated deadline for a spring internship application is November 30, but we will continue to accept applications until all the positions are filled. Applications will be judged on a rolling basis.
Click here to view flyer.

— ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES —


WANT TO CHANGE YOUR MAJOR TO NURSING?
The School of Nursing is currently accepting applications for students who want to change their major to Nursing. This is an exciting opportunity for students interested in nursing since this major has been closed to students after their admission to the university. For more information and the application, link to their website http://www.umass.edu/nursing/. The application deadline is December 1.


LOOKING FOR AN INTERESTING GEN-ED (SI) COURSE?
Check out "Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures", Gen-Ed (SI).
CE-ENGIN 211-01 (Civil Engineers)
CE-ENGIN 211-02 (All Students)
Why do structures look the way they do? What makes a bridge or building beautiful? Is engineering creative? How do structures behave? What is the future of the built environment? Can we build sustainably? Write, research, draw, build, analyze, and calculate (simple math) as we work on these questions together.
Click here to view flyer.

— CAMPUS & COMMUNITY EVENTS —


WHITE COLLAR FRAUD AND BUSINESS ETHICS
The UMass chapter of Net Impact is hosting Sam Antar for an event on Business Ethics, with a special focus on white-collar fraud. November 19th at 6:30 PM in Isenberg School of Management, Room 210.
The format of the evening will be a 30-45 minute keynote address by the speaker, after which refreshments will be served.
More Information.


NEVER AGAIN: GENOCIDE FROM CAMBODIA TO DARFUR AND BEYOND
Spiritual leaders from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Native American traditions will discuss how they approach evil in the form of genocide and other crimes against humanity, the possibility of reconciliation or forgiveness, and how their tradition can help us to find meaning in life in the aftermath of such atrocities. View poster.
For more information visit the Office of Jewish Affairs.