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INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL (details below)
+ Speaker Series: Ghosts That Haunt Us, Nov. 10
+ Spring Registration Begins, Nov. 10
+ Honors Course Listings on ComCol Web Site
+ ComCol Advising Hours for Spring Reg.
+ New Community Service Learning Courses
+ Native American Congressional Internships
+ New Certificate Program in Public Policy
+ Sustainable Living Course Offers Honors Colloq
+ Winter Course in Mexico, Honors 397I
+ Alternative Spring Break Culminating Experience
+ The Great UMass Ski Sale, Nov. 18-20
+ Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Nov. 29
+ Writers Work with April Ossmann, Nov. 30
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COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE VISITING SPEAKER, NOVEMBER 10
GHOSTS THAT HAUNT US: A Performance and Discussion on Memory and Identity with Cornelius Eady
Wednesday, Nov 10, 5:00 p.m., Campus Center 904-908
A performance and discussion on memory and identity with African- American poet, dramatist, and professor Cornelius Eady, author of the much acclaimed "Brutal Imagination" and "The Gathering Of My Name." For more information:
http://www.umass.edu/umhome/events/articles/6778.php
SPRING REGISTRATION OPENS ON SPIRE, NOVEMBER 10
Registration for Spring 2005 begins Wednesday, November 10. Use SPIRE to check when individual registration appointments begin and whether you will need to clear holds or obtain a Registration Approval Code(RAC) to be eligible to register. Note: holds are not automatically displayed when students log in to this version of SPIRE. Select "Personal Portfolio" and then "Holds" to check for holds.
Spring 2005 classes should be available through SPIRE's Class Search. A pdf version of the Spring schedule will also then be available through the Registrar's website. Go to http://www.umass.edu/registrar/ and then pick "Registration & Schedules" at the left.
ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO HONORS COURSE LISTINGS
In the rare event of SPIRE failures, you can find honors course listings on the ComCol website: Go to http://www.comcol.umass.edu/courses/ and select “Course Descriptions.” For Dean’s Book instructor listings see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/instructors.pdf, or for a full class schedule see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/schedule.pdf
COMCOL WALK-IN ADVISING HOURS BEGIN NOV. 10
Walk-in advising hours during pre-registration are as follows: 9:30am - 11:30am and 1:00pm - 4:00pm every weekday except Thursdays, when walk-in advising will end at 3:30pm. Students may walk in to speak with an advisor beginning two days prior to the start of their enrollment appointment.
NEW COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING COURSES FOR SPRING
Check out this new course: Honors 397R Mentoring with Big Brothers Big Sisters Become a Mentor, Learn about Leadership and Mentoring, Get Credit, Make a Difference. We hope you will consider this or one of the other Community Service Learning courses being offered this Spring. Find the complete list of CSL courses for next semester at http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/new_csl.pdf
NATIVE AMERICAN CONGRESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS
Each year 12 Native American students have the opportunity to learn about the federal government from the inside through a ten-week internship with a congressional office or federal agency in Washington, D.C. The program provides students with practical experience in the legislative process and policy-making. Round-trip airfare to D.C., dormitory lodging, a daily allowance and $1,200 Education stipend are provided. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or permanent resident; Native American or Alaska Native; college junior, senior, graduate or law student, or graduating from a tribal community college; have a minimum "B" average; and have an interest in tribal government.
Additional information and application materials are available at http://www.udall.gov/p_internships.asp or contact: Monica Nuvamsa, Internship Coordinator, nuvamsa@udall.gov.
WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD?
Develop the expertise you need with an Interdisciplinary Certificate in Public Policy and Administration.
If having expertise in how government works or a policy issue such as health, education, or the environment would help you help you achieve your dreams, then this is the certificate program for you. This extremely flexible 8-course certificate consists of three required courses (economics, statistics, and one in public policy or administration) and five elective courses. A faculty advisor works with you to build a sequence that matches your interests. Elective courses can be selected from any UMass department. Certificate courses can also be used to fulfill your major and distributional requirements.
To learn more, visit our website: http://www.masspolicy.org/undergrad, email us at ugrdcert@pubpol.umass.edu, or talk with our Undergraduate Advisor, Professor Brenda Bushouse, Center for Public Policy and Administration, 340 Thompson Hall, 545-3940. Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm, Wednesdays 11:45-12:30 and by appointment.
SUSTAINABLE LIVING COURSE OFFERS HONORS COLLOQUIUM
Turn PLNTSOIL 290S, Sustainable Living, into an honors course by also signing up for one of the associated honors colloquia. Sustainable Living introduces students to diverse global perspectives and practical personal solutions related to environmental, economic and social sustainability. The course presents a historical, ethical and technical review of the impact that our daily decisions make on the global condition. Visit the course website at http://www.umass.edu/umext/jgerber/sustliving.htm.
WINTER COURSE IN MEXICO - HONORS 397I
With Professor John Gerber
This new 4-credit January-term course, "Participatory Leadership: Consensus, Conflict and Community" or less formally known as "Leadership for Social Change," will take place in an Ecovillage called Huehuecoyotl in the Volcano Belt of central Mexico. You will join Professor Gerber in learning together how to do the important work of healing ourselves, our institutions and maybe the planet. For more information, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/mexico.htm
ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK CULMINATING EXPERIENCE
Grassroots Community Development (Anthro 397H) is an intensive four-credit Honors course that explores how poor communities use local assets and knowledge to combat poverty and political disenfranchisement. The course includes spending SPRING BREAK in a rural community in VA and working side by side with grassroots organizations there.
Largely student directed and facilitated, this unique course has received rave reviews from nearly everyone who has taken it. For more information, see http://www.comcol.umass.edu/news/texts/anthro397h.htm.
THE GREAT UMASS SKI SALE, NOVEMBER 18 -20
We will have 5 million dollars worth of ski and board equipment at discounted prices! Bring your friends; bring your family (it is close to Christmas!). The sale will take place in the Student Union Ballroom. The hours are as follows: Thursday, Nov. 18, 11 am--8 pm; Friday, Nov. 19, 11 am--8 pm; Saturday, Nov. 20, 11 am--6 pm. Come and stop by for some great deals and giveaways!!!
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY LECTURE SERIES, NOVEMBER 29
Monday, November 29, 4:00
Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center
John J. McCarthy, Professor of Linguistics "Pahk Your Cah in Hahvahd Yahd: A Biography of the Boston Dialect"
What are the distinctive properties of this Eastern Massachusetts dialect, heard all over campus? Professor McCarthy, himself a speaker, will describe what is known about its history, geography, and demography, and test conclusions with data collected by students in Linguistics 101. He'll also use the famous r sound to show how speakers have a sophisticated, unconscious knowledge of linguistic structures and rules, and what this and other properties of the Boston accent reveal about how language is represented in the human mind.
WRITERS WORK with APRIL OSSMANN, NOVEMBER 30
Executive Director, Alice James Books
Tuesday, November 30, 4:00 p.m., ComCol Lounge, Goodell
WRITERS WORK hosts a rich array of professionals working in fields related to literary, book, and other arts, but distinct from academia. Showcasing the ways writers and other artists find careers in which to apply their skills, and the ways art lovers bring the arts into their lives, editors, publishers, librarians, booksellers, arts administrators and other professionals share how their careers and their love of literary and other arts intersect. Writers Work is a program of the Juniper Initiative and is made possible by support from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers, English Dept., Commonwealth College, UMass Arts Council and Alumni Association.