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INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL (details below)
** Commonwealth College Notices **
+ PRE-REGISTRATION FAQs
+ WALK-IN ADVISING REMINDER
+ STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, NOV 22
+ ACADEMIC YEAR AT TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD, APPLY BY DEC 1
+ MINI CLASSIC FILM SERIES – MALTESE FALCON, NOV 10
+ NETWORKING…IT’S ALL WHO YOU KNOW, NOV 15
+ WWWORKSHOP– ALTERNATIVE COURSE OPTIONS FOR HONORS, NOV 16
** Course & Internship Announcements **
+ GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
+ SPECIAL OFFERING! MUSICAL THEATER AND POPULAR CULTURE
+ ON-LINE WINTER COURSE: GENDER AND NATURE IN LITERATURE
+ NEW DEAN’S BOOK COURSE SPRING OFFERINGS, CSL & VIDEO
VIDEO DEAN’S BOOK COURSE, HONORS 391V
DEAN’S BOOK COURSE CSL (COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING)
+ INDEPENDENT STUDY IN FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
$$ Scholarships, Fellowships, & Paid Positions $$
+SCOTT SCHOLARSHIP, TRINITY COLLEGE,OXFORD, APPLY BY DEC 1
** Student Life **
+ ATTENTION FUTURE FEMALE LEADERS! MULTICULTURAL SORORITY
+ ROOM SWAP SOUGHT – JOHN ADAMS FOR BUTTERFIELD OR O.H.
** Other Announcements & Events **
+ "MINI" TENT STATE FOR FREE HIGHER EDUCATION, NOV 9
+ "WEEK ON THE WAR," NOV 7-12
+ PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRES TO DISCUSS SUPREME COURT, NOV 10
+ BLACKS & JEWS IN AMERICA FILM SERIES
+ CE INSTRUCTOR’S PERFORMANCE TO BE FEATURED, NOV 13
+ CHINESE NATIONALISM AND THE MODERNIST VISION, NOV 16
+ NEW INFORMATION - UP 'TIL DAWN AT UMASS, NOV 17
+ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING INFO SESSION, NOV 17
+ PUBLIC HEALTH OPEN HOUSE, NOV 18
+ CORRECTION: TURKEY TROT FOR THE FOOD BANK, NOV 19
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** Commonwealth College Notices **
PRE-REGISTRATION FAQs
To answer your questions about pre-registering for spring semester classes, the ComCol advising staff has put together a short list of FAQs. First-year students may find this list especially useful. View the FAQs here in pdf format.
WALK-IN ADVISING REMINDER
Beginning November 7th, Comcol will be doing walk-in advising. You may come to 504 Goodell between 9:30-11:30 AM and 1-4 PM for a 15 minute walk-in advising session.
Exceptions: On Monday, November 7th, afternoon walk-in advising will begin at 2:00 and on Thursdays morning walk-in advising will begin at 10:00. On Wednesday, November 16th, there will be no morning advising.
ACADEMIC YEAR AT TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD, APPLY BY DEC 1
UMass Amherst has again been asked to propose a student to spend an academic year studying at Trinity College, Oxford University. The fields of study available for a one-year visiting student are English, History, Physics and what they title PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). The Kathleen and David Scott Scholarship, in the amount of $20,000, is available to provide assistance to the student selected by Trinity College. The estimated total cost for the academic year at the current exchange rate amounts to $35,000.
To be considered for this opportunity, you must make the standard application to the International Programs office, with some extra materials for the Trinity program. The deadline for completed IPO applications for 2006-2007 is December 1, 2005. If you are interested in this opportunity, contact JoAnn Bernhard (jbernhar@ipo.umass.edu) at IPO as quickly as possible in order to begin the application process. For more information, see the Trinity pdf flyer.
STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, NOV 22
On the Agenda -
* Access to Non-Honors Courses and Housing Choices
Should Commonwealth College students have preferred access to campus resources, such as courses and housing? Does academic excellence merit nonacademic recognition?
* Monetary Funding for Recreational Activities
Commonwealth College has a developed system for distributing monetary support for academic pursuits (honors research grants and fellowships), but should resources also be available to support extracurricular interests? If so, what qualities of an activity are the most important when considering who can apply for grants and who is most deserving?
*Topics for the last meeting
December 6 th will be the last meeting of the semester. Do you have concerns or ideas about ComCol that you would like to discuss with the Dean or your peers? Please share possible topics tonight for the discussion on 12/6!
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, THE MALTESE FALCON, NOV 10
Join us for the last of three classic movies playing in the Goodell Lounge as part of the Mini Classic Film Series.
THE MALTESE FALCON
Thursday, November 3
7:30 P.M.
Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre, directed by John Huston (1941) from the novel by Dashiell Hammett-- "Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed whilst tailing a man. The girl who asked him to follow the man turns out not to be who she says she is, and is really involved in something to do with the `Maltese Falcon', a gold-encrusted life-sized statue of a falcon, the only one of its kind."
(Summary IMDb.com ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/.)
NETWORKING…IT’S ALL WHO YOU KNOW, NOV 15
Networking…It’s All WHO You Know, Tuesday, November 15 at 4 pm in Memorial Hall, sponsored by the Alumni Association. Learn how to identify contacts and leverage relationships to build your career. The event features free admission, two alumni speakers, and free pizza and soda. Alumni speakers are Eric Friedberg ’90 and Patrick Hadley ’90, both founders of marketing firms. Eric is a founding partner at Cohen-Friedberg Associates, specializing in traditional, retail-specific, and online promotions. He also founded UniverCity Newspaper and UniverCity.com. He also developed one of the first Fantasy Sports challenges. Patrick founded Hadley Media in New York City and works with Fortune 500 companies to connect their brands with consumers. He first gained experience in sales and marketing as representative for Van Den Berg Foods and Becton Dickenson. Link to http://www.umassalumni.com/students/ to register.
WWWORKSHOP – ALTERNATIVE COURSE OPTIONS FOR HONORS, NOV 16
An overview of options such as Honors Independent Studies, Substitutions, Colloquiums, and Five College Courses. 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 **
GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Want to find out what is going on in Biomedicine? Wondering about how research can be applied to human medicine? Molecular Medicine is designed to provide an awareness of the needs of clinical medicine and how basic research is addressing the problems.
Take ANSCI 672 (Course ID#50682) 3 credits
Meeting times: Tuesdays 3:00-4:00 PM, Thursdays 4-6 PM**
**Meets 4-6 PM on Thursdays, but 3 classes are held at Baystate Medical Center requiring students to meet the bus by 3:15 PM on days that we travel to Springfield and return at ~6:45 PM.
See full announcement for complete information.
SPECIAL FOR SPRING 06! MUSICAL THEATER AND POPULAR CULTURE
Theater 397H (Spire #: 58125)
Instructor: Maryann Lombardi
Time: TuTh, 1:00-2:15
Location: Campus T.B.A.
This course looks at the complex relationship between American Musical Theater and popular culture. It analyzes historical milestones of the genre, considers the impact of radio, television, and music videos on the genre, and investigates recent musicals that borrow heavily from mass culture icons and elements, from Bill and Monica to The Backstreet Boys, considering the artistic, economic, and social implications of using pop culture as a sales and marketing tool. Students will be asked to read a wide variety of articles and scripts, conduct research, do critical writing, make presentations, and actively participate in class discussion. This Honors course, open to all UMass students with no prerequisite, is recommended for sophomores, juniors and seniors. For more info, contact the instructor at mlombardi1@charter.net.
ON-LINE WINTER COURSE: GENDER AND NATURE IN LITERATURE
English 132, section 3, (spire number 40552)
What are you doing this January? You could be getting 3 credits, fulfilling gen-ed requirements, and taking an excellent course all from the comfort of your own home. See pdf flyer for more information.
NEW DEAN’S BOOK COURSE OFFERINGS, CSL & VIDEO
VIDEO DEAN’S BOOK COURSE, HONORS 391V
Commonwealth College introduces this spring a new course -- Video DBC -- that combines the final level of the Dean's Book Course with an introduction to the elements of documentary film production. Video DBC follows the regular Honors 391D curriculum but with an emphasis on documentary film projects. Students learn the foundations of video/film technique and theory necessary to produce their own short subject documentaries on topics related to the semester's text and arising out of their class-based research.
This is a special three-credit section of the Dean's Book Course, which meets 2 hours a week for the full semester and also for three separate 5-hour Saturday video field production workshops. Prerequisites are Honors 191D and 291D or Honors 291G. No previous film/video courses are required and all levels of experience are welcome.
Join and learn the how to place your views on the screen by stepping behind the camera. Meets Wed 10:10-12:05 and for three Saturday production sessions. Instructor: Adrian d’Errico, Producer, Lucid Production, Montague, MA. Register on Spire.
DEAN’S BOOK COURSE CSL (COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING)
CSL sections of the Dean's Book Course (Honors 291R and 391S) connect coursework to community service. In addition to the Dean’s Book Course curriculum, students complete 20 hours of community service in local organizations devoted to real-life issues raised in the text. In class, time is given to reflecting upon the service performed and discussing how it relates to the books.
CSL sections are a semester long and carry 3 credits. Students read two books -- the text chosen for regular DBC sections and a second book, chosen by the instructor.
Honors 291R fulfills the first two levels of the Dean's Book Course (Honors 191D and 291D) and follows the curricula for those two levels. It is open to second-semester freshmen and above. Meets TH 4:00-6:00 with instructor Carol Soules.
Honors 391S fulfills the second two levels (Honors 291D and 391D), follows the curricula for those levels, and is open to students with junior or senior status. Prerequisite: Honors 191D. Meets TU 7:00-9:00 with instructor Nicole Nemec.
Registration for both CSL sections is through the Office of Community Service Learning in 610 Goodell. Applications will be available in Goodell 610, the lobby of 504 Goodell and also through the ComCol advisors.
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
Independent Study position available for Spring (can begin sooner) in Food Microbiology Laboratory in Food Science Dept. Work involves bacterial spore inactivation by elevated temperature. Prerequisite:
Microbiology 310 and 312. Contact: Prof R. Labbe rlabbe@foodsci.umass.edu. See also http://www.umass.edu/foodsci/.
$$ Scholarships, Fellowships, & Paid Positions $$
SCOTT SCHOLARSHIP, TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD, APPLY BY DEC 1
The Kathleen and David Scott Scholarship, in the amount of $20,000, is available to provide assistance to the UMass Amherst student selected to spend an academic year studying at Trinity College, Oxford University. The fields of study available for a one-year visiting student are English, History, Physics and what they title PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). The estimated total cost for the academic year at the current exchange rate amounts to $35,000.
To be considered for this opportunity, you must make the standard application to the International Programs office, with some extra materials for the Trinity program. The deadline for completed IPO applications for 2006-2007 is December 1, 2005. If you are interested in this opportunity, contact JoAnn Bernhard (jbernhar@ipo.umass.edu) at IPO as quickly as possible in order to begin the application process. For more information, see the Trinity pdf flyer.
** Student Life **
ATTENTION FUTURE FEMALE LEADERS!MULTICULTURAL SORORITY
If you're interested in the empowerment of women through higher education, raising multicultural awareness, community service, friendship, and sisterhood, consider becoming a member of a growing and unique organization dedicated to bringing women of diverse backgrounds together. Carpe Diem!! Become a sister of Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. For more information contact resmilee@aol.com and visit http://www.geocities.com/~deltaxiphi/.
ROOM SWAP SOUGHT–JOHN ADAMS FOR BUTTERFIELD OR ORCHARD HILL
I'm a first-semester freshman, and I live on a Psych TAP floor in John Adams in Southwest this semester. I really want to live in Butterfield or on a Commonwealth College floor in Orchard Hill spring semester. If you’d like to arrange a room swap, please contact me at bsolomon@student.umass.edu.
** Other Announcements & Events **
"MINI" TENT STATE FOR FREE HIGHER EDUCATION, NOV 9
"Mini" Tent State for Free Higher Education - Closing Dinner and POETRY SLAM WEDNESDAY Nov. 9th @ 6pm Earthfoods Lounge (aka the Commonwealth Room) in the Student Union. For information on the national campaign: http://www.freehighered.org/. For more info about the closing dinner and poetry slam (or to get on the open mic line-up in advance), see the Mini Tent State flyer and/or contact: scera@stuaf.umass.edu or FreehigheredMA@hotmail.com.
"WEEK ON THE WAR," NOV 7-12
The Students Against The War group would like to inform the University community about the "Week On The War" it is sponsoring, which is taking place November 7th through the 12th. Students Against The War is a student organization whose main objectives are to create forums for discussion about the Iraq War, organize for non-violent protests, and support our veterans and troops now and upon their return home. The very busy and exciting schedule for the Week On The War is detailed on our website: http://www.studentsagainstthewar.com/.
Main events include Cindy Sheahan speaking, along with the Gold Star Families and other groups, at 6PM Friday, November 11, 2005, in the Student Union Ballroom. Following is a free concert by State Radio, featuring former Dispatch members. The "Eyes Wide Open" Exhibit of over 2,000 pairs of soldier boots will be on display all week long, as well as numerous film viewings, panel discussions, lectures, and art exhibits. All events are open to everyone. For the complete schedule, visit http://www.studentsagainstthewar.com/ and Sign the petition!
PLANNED PARENTHOOD PRES TO DISCUSS NEW FACE OF SUPREME COURT, NOV 10
On Thursday, Nov 10th at 4pm in room 101 of the Campus Center, Vox: Students for Choice is hosting Interim President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Karen Pearl. She will be speaking about the changing face of the Supreme Court and its effect on reproductive justice. Refreshments will be served at 3:30.
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.
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.
CE INSTRUCTOR’S PERFORMANCE TO BE FEATURED, NOV 13
CE instructor Sally Greenhouse’s performance “dance again” will be featured as part of the Northampton Independent Film Festival (experimental films division)November 13 at 6:00pm in Stoddard Hall, Smith College (on Elm Street). Tickets at the door are $8 for the general public, $7 for students and seniors.
CHINESE NATIONALISM AND THE MODERNIST VISION, NOV 16
Association for Economic and Social Analysis (AESA) presents Occasional Lecture with Rethinking Marxism – “Chinese Nationalism and the Modernist Vision: How China's current class transformation explains 'Chinese Marxism’” by Dr. Satya Gabriel, Associate Professor of Economics, Mount Holyoke College.
Date: Wednesday November 16th
Where: Room 903 Campus Center, UMass Amherst
Time: 6:00 to 8:00
NEW INFORMATION - UP 'TIL DAWN AT UMASS, NOV 17
Up 'Til Dawn at UMass
Nov. 17, 6:00-9:00pm
Campus Center Auditorium
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.
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.
PUBLIC HEALTH OPEN HOUSE FOR PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS, NOV 18
Department of Public Health cordially invites you to An Open House for Prospective Graduate Students. Please join us Friday, November 18, 9:30 am to 11:00 at the UMASS Campus Center, Room 162-75. Come meet public health faculty, staff and students from Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Community Health Education, Health Policy & Management, Environmental Health Sciences and the Public Health Practice - Online Program. Learn about the admissions process, financial aid opportunities, the curriculum and job opportunities. Please RSVP to Charlene at 545-2288 or chargalica1@schoolph.umass.edu. Visit our website (http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/) to learn more about our degree programs.
TURKEY TROT FOR THE WESTERN MASS FOOD BANK, NOV 19
CORRECTION: This event will take place on Nov 19, not Nov 6 as previously announced.
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.