INSIDE THIS WEEK’S NEWS@COMCOL (details below)
-- New Announcements --
+ TEXAS HOLD ‘EM PLAY A HAND, LEND A HAND TOURNAMENT, DEC 4
+ GRAD WORK IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING INFO SESSION, DEC 2
+ SENIORS, THE UMASS YEARBOOK WANTS YOU
-- Previously Announced, Still of Interest --
** Commonwealth College Notices **
+ PRE-REGISTRATION FAQs
+ WALK-IN ADVISING REMINDER
+ NOMINATE AN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ADVISOR
+ STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, DEC 6
+ ACADEMIC YEAR AT TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD, APPLY BY DEC 1
+ WWWORKSHOP – READY, SET, GRADUATE! NOV 30
** Course & Internship Announcements **
+ARE YOU TIRED OF BORING CLASSES?
+ 9-CREDIT CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE, HERE & IN DENMARK
+ GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
+ SPECIAL OFFERING! MUSICAL THEATER AND POPULAR CULTURE
+ ON-LINE WINTER COURSE: GENDER AND NATURE IN LITERATURE
+ 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
** Other Announcements & Events **
+ ANTONIO’S PIZZA AND MONEY! PERSONAL CREDIT INFO SESSION
+ GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS ESSAY WORKSHOP, NOV 29
** Student Life **
+ SUBLET SPRING SEMESTER: JANUARY ‘TIL JUNE
+ ATTENTION FUTURE FEMALE LEADERS! MULTICULTURAL SORORITY
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** New Announcements **
TEXAS HOLD ‘EM “PLAY A HAND, LEND A HAND” TOURNAMENT, DEC 4
Join us for Commonwealth College’s first “Play a Hand, Lend a Hand” Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 4. The donation required to reserve a seat is 3 non-perishable food items or $5, all of which will be contributed to a food drive for the Open Pantry. How often do you get the chance to simultaneously gamble and help those in need? Pizza will be provided for all participants, and prizes will be awarded to the top 5 players in the tournament.
Forget or don’t know how to play poker? Show up at 3:30 p.m. for a review of the rules, techniques, and more!
To reserve a seat in the tournament, please RSVP to peers@comcol.umass.edu or call 545-2483 by December 2.
***If you would prefer to DEAL rather than PLAY, please let us know!!***
If you are unable to attend but would like to contribute to the food drive, there will be a collection box in 504 Goodell until the day after the event. Any and all contributions are welcome!
Most needed food items:
Tuna Fish
Cereal
Rice
Macaroni & Cheese
Soups
Spaghetti
Canned Fruits
Canned Vegetables
Baby Formula
Dried Beans
GRAD WORK IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING INFO SESSION, DEC 2
Thinking about graduate school in the sciences or engineering? Come to a free information session next week to learn where you can find fellowships and other great opportunities to advance your career and help finance your Ph.D. Friday, Dec. 2, from 10:30 to 11:30 in Room 162-175 Campus Center, refreshments provided. Presented by the IGERT National Recruitment Office, funded by the National Science Foundation to increase participation and diversity in high-quality interdisciplinary graduate science and engineering programs. Sponsored by Commonwealth College and the UMass Amherst IGERT Program in Nanotechnology Innovation. A flyer with full details is at http://www.umass.edu/massnanotech/igert/GradFunds120205.pdf.
SENIORS, THE UMASS YEARBOOK WANTS YOU!
Hey Seniors- We have a quick UMass trivia question for you: Did you know UMass has a yearbook? We do and we want you in it! Starting Monday, November 28 and running through December 9 our photographer will be on campus to take your senior portrait. To schedule a session call (800)OUR-YEAR or visit http://www.ouryear.com/. Don't forget to use school code 147! If you have any questions e-mail kbcunnin@student.umass.edu. Otherwise we can't wait to see you in the Yearbook!
** 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 Thursdays morning walk-in advising will begin at 10:00.
NOMINATE AN OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ADVISOR
The Selection Committee for the 2005-2006 Outstanding Academic Advisor Award invites all students, faculty and staff to nominate academic advisors whose practices distinguish them from other advisors. The characteristics of an outstanding advisor include but are not limited to:
* Building strong relationships with students
* Monitoring students' progress toward academic and career goals
* Making appropriate referrals
* Knowing and understanding institutional regulations, policies and
procedures.
Nominations of faculty and staff who advise undergraduate students should be submitted to: Outstanding Academic Advisor Award Committee, Office of the Provost, 362 Whitmore Building. Nominations (in writing, by phone, or by e-mail to getinde@provost.umass.edu) should be received by Friday 11/18/05. For further information, call the Provost's Office at 545-2554.
STUDENT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, DEC 6
On the Agenda -
* Planning for Next Semester *
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.
WWWORKSHOP – READY, SET, GRADUATE! NOV 30
If you are concerned about graduation clearance, come find out more about common problems, and review a checklist to assure you are on the right path. 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.
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.
** Course & Internship Announcements **
ARE YOU TIRED OF BORING CLASSES?
Take Grassroots Community Development (GCD)- Anthropology 397h/499c (4 credits).Thursdays 2:30-5:30. GCD is Commonwealth College's, unique, nationally recognized, curricular alternative spring break class. Study how poor communities mobilize against poverty and political disenfranchisement and spend your spring break working with a grassroots organization in the rural south. The course is student facilitated and can be applied toward ComCol's culminating experience if taken BEFORE the senior year. Admission is by application only. More info at: http://www.courses.umass.edu/anth397h/asb.html.
Applications are available on the web site, at Commonwealth College, The Office of Community Service Learning, The Department of Anthropology and the Office of ALANA affairs. For more information check the web or contact Professor Art Keene at keene@anthro.umass.edu or the program's student administrators at uact@anthro.umass.edu.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28.
9-CREDIT CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE, HERE & IN DENMARK
Once again Profs. Einhorn (PoliSci) and Nakosteen (MGT) are offering a 9 credit Honors "Capstone Experience" sequence with a 2 credit preparatory component in Spring 06 (499M), 6 credits of course work and research in Copenhagen, Denmark during late May - June 06, and a final 1 credit (499M) component for completion and presentation of a research paper in Fall 06. This sequence is open to ComCol with 60 credits completed by February 06. For more information see brochure or see Profs. Eric Einhorn, 226 Thompson or Bob Nakosteen, 222 ISOM.
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.
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. Review of applications will begin November 29, 2005, and will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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.
** Other Announcements & Events **
FREE ANTONIO’S PIZZA AND MONEY! PERSONAL CREDIT INFO SESSION
The Massachusetts Bankers Association and the UMass College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, invite you to join interns, Tia Hutson and Ryan Durkin, for some Free Antonio’s Pizza and a discussion about personal credit. It’s very important for you to know who is evaluating you based on your past bill payments and the huge effect it will have on your future. Learn how to hold onto your money in addition to avoiding credit card fraud and bankruptcy. Empower yourself with information; it’s quick, easy and free! Please RSVP for any of the following sessions at least one day in advance with Tia Hutson at (617) 930-7162 or with Ryan Durkin at (978) 697-4625. If you don’t RSVP, you can still come, we just can’t guarantee pizza, so don’t forget!
Meetings at 7:00pm for the following dates & locations:
11/16 - (Wed) - Pierpont Dorm SW
11/21 – (Mon) - JQA Dorm SW
11/28 – (Mon - Grayson Dorm OH
11/29 - (Tue) - JA Dorm SW
12/7 - (Wed) - Field Dorm OH
GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS ESSAY WORKSHOP, NOV 29
On Tuesday, November 29, at 5:00pm The University Writing Center is running a workshop on "Graduate School Admission Essays." It will be held at the Calipari Room in the basement of the Library. The workshop will be run by current graduate students, as well as undergraduates who are also in the process of applying to Graduate or Professional school. The workshop will include a brief instruction session, brainstorming, peer editing, and a chance to work one on one with workshop coordinators.
** Student Life **
SUBLET SPRING SEMESTER: JANUARY ‘TIL JUNE
$338 a month plus utilities, One room in a 5 bedroom house close to campus and downtown, Right off Main Street just passed Brunos, On the bus route - Four friendly, tidy girls - Call 617-549-8241
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/.