Class of 2010

Blogability

mmelendez — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:25:57 +0000

You don’t have to be a “writer” to be a blogger.

Join Katherine Bascom ’10 and Lily Mandlin ’10 for a workshop that will focus on how to be successful on-line contributors or blog-entrepreneurs. Blogging is becoming an integral part of how we communicate. The informal setting of this workshop will allow you to talk about topics that you might want to blog about, concerns you may have about getting started, and to figure out what kind of “blogger” you want to be. Activities will be discussion based with a few selections of interesting blogs to get the conversation going.

Home-baked brownies will be in attendance and you should be too!

Monday, November 23^rd, 8 PM, Shapiro Center Lounge

Apply to be a Writing Tutor!

mmelendez — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:16 +0000

At the Writing Programs, we have just learned that we will be able to hire several more writing tutors and mentors to work in the spring semester. The new tutors will serve in either the Writing Workshop, the Writing Mentor program, or as tutors in courses across the curriculum. If you would like to improve your own writing while also helping out your peers, please apply immediately!

To apply, deliver a hard copy of your application to Professor Anne Greene’s office: Downey House, Rm. 207. Include an info sheet with your name, class year, phone number, major, any second languages you speak, and a brief explanation of why you’re interested in the position; an unofficial transcript, the academic history page from your e-portfolio; and a recent writing sample, preferably with the grade and your professor’s comments.

Writing Tutors in the Workshop:

As a writing tutor in the workshop you will work four hours a week, 7-11pm, at one of our offices: Olin, SciLi, or the Shapiro Center. You will also attend the one hour Ford Teaching Seminar (ENG 492) that meets on Tuesdays at noon. Compensation for this position includes one full credit in English and $400 stipend.

Writing Tutors in Academic Courses:

Tutors in courses work with students to generate paper topics, they revise drafts, host occasional discussion sessions, and help students review and incorporate professors’ comments on writing assignments. This position has the same compensation as above and tutors attend the Ford Teaching Seminar.

Writing Mentors:

Mentors work one-on-one with three to five students for an entire semester. They too attend the Ford Teaching Seminar and receive the same compensation.

These positions are filled every semester and students can work as many semesters as they wish; returning tutors enroll in the Veteran Ford Teaching Seminar.

For more info, please feel free to contact us at Writingworks@gmail.com or Professor Anne Greene at agreene@wesleyan.edu.

Charlie Weiss and Oriana Korol

Ford Fellows in the Writing Program
103 and 104 Downey House
Middletown, CT 06457
(860)685-2440
writingworks@wesleyan.edu

October Surprises and Wagging the Dog: Do Upcoming Elections Affect Foreign Policy Decision Making?

mmelendez — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:00:02 +0000

Presented by Professor Douglas Foyle

While it is often asserted that leaders use foreign policy to domestic advantage as elections approach, the scholarly findings on this subject defy simple characterization. My project examines the extent to which U.S. presidents adjust their foreign policies during an election run. I contend that while elections do affect foreign policy decisions, presidents do not seek political advantage from foreign policy and instead see foreign policy only as a potential threat to their political objectives.

12 noon to 1PM
Cafe in Allbritton, Top Floor

Seniors: We need your Donations for the Food Drive!!!

mmelendez — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:43:44 +0000

FOOD DRIVE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE CLASSES!!!!

Come in seniors bring in your cans!!!!

Amazing Grace Food Pantry provides 3 days of emergency food to families once per month. In July 2008, Amazing Grace served 660 families; in July 2009 that number rose to over 900 families. The need continues to rise.

Amazing Grace has asked if Wesleyan could donate “Stove Top Stuffing” for the Thanksgiving Baskets.

Date: November 16 through November 19

12-2PM & 5-7PM

Usdan Café

Place donated cans in Bin for the Class of 2010

There will be tickets for each item brought in given to each individual. November 19 there will be a Pizza Party for all participants.

Raffle winners, individual prizes and class prize, will be announced at the Thanksgiving Dinner on November 19.

Contact Dean Melendez if you have any questions.

Dr Henry Lee: On Forensics and Foreignness

mmelendez — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:52:38 +0000

Asian/Asian American (AAA) House presents an evening with forensic expert Dr Henry Lee, who has worked on numerous high-profile crime cases including the JonBenet Ramsey murder, the O.J. Simpson case and the reinvestigation of John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

Dr Lee was born in China and grew up in Taiwan, where he served in the police force. In 1965 he migrated to the US, furthering his studies and launching his career in forensic science. Today, he has helped to solve more than 6000 cases.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear about the personal and professional experiences of this renowned forensic science expert! Bring your questions, bring your friends. Reception to follow after event.

Date: Nov. 16
Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Place: Tishler Hall (Exley 150)

For more information about Dr. Henry Lee, please visit his personal website at http://www.drhenrylee.com

Twenty Years after the Wall: The German Elections of 2009

mmelendez — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:55:32 +0000

Presented by Professor Sarah Wiliarty

It has been twenty years since the fall of the Berlin wall. This talk investigates the legacy of the incorporation of East Germany. The influence of the former East Germany is manifested in two ways in the elections of 2009. First, the continued presence of a new party representing eastern interests is making coalition building more complicated. Second, the incumbent Chancellor, Angela Merkel, is originally from East Germany. Her identity as a female candidate interacts with her identity as an eastern candidate in ways that both help and hinder her ability to win election.

12 noon to 1PM
Cafe in Allbritton, Top Floor

Theater for the 21st Century, a performance/talk by Rhodessa Jones

mmelendez — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:48:15 +0000

Rhodessa, the

Sister of Bill T.

Jones

Theater for the 21st Century, a performance/talk by Rhodessa Jones
Free Tickets for Class of 2010

I hope that four years later, the class of 2010 still remembers learning about the work of trailblazing choreographer, Bill T. Jones, when they went through the First Year Matters program, The Need to Question, during their first weeks on campus. Bill’s sister, Rhodessa Jones is equally as charismatic as her brother, taking her form of activism into the realm of theater. She’ll be on campus this week working with theater students and and students and faculty engaged in the Prison Education Program. She will give a solo performance/talk this Thursday, Nov. 12 (more info below)…her works include Big Butt Girls, Hard-Headed Women; The Love Project; Serious Fun at Sun City. Her performances are transformative experiences and I encourage you to bookend your time at Wesleyan by exposing yourself to the work of this extraordinary brother & sister.

Rhodessa Jones is Co-Artistic Director of the acclaimed San Francisco-based performance company Cultural Odyssey. She is an actress, teacher, singer and writer. Jones is also the Founder and Director of the award-winning Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, which is a performance workshop that is designed to achieve personal and social transformation with incarcerated women.

Theater for the 21st Century takes place at Crowell Concert Hall on Thursday, November 12 at 8pm. FREE FOR WESLEYAN CLASS OF 2010. Tickets are $6 for other Wesleyan Students; $15 for Seniors, Wesleyan Faculty & Staff and non-Wesleyan Students; and $17 for General Admission. To redeem offer, visit the Box Office on the first floor of the Usdan Center. Identify yourself as being part of the class of 2010.

For more information on Rhodessa Jones, visit http://www.culturalodyssey.org/v2/aboutus/rhodessa_bio.html

To see video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMMopFyCEBo

Co-Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Strategic Partnerships and The CFA Performing Arts Innovations Fund supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Career Talks, Senior Attorney & Foreign Services

mmelendez — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:01:02 +0000

Career Talk w/Joe Siegel ‘81, Federal Attorney, U.S. EPA Wednesday, 11/11, 12:00pm-1:00pm, ESC 184 (Woodhead Lounge). Bring your lunch!

Joe Siegel is a Senior Attorney/public sector lawyer with extensive experience in Legal Aid and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as well as an adjunct professor at Pace Law School’s Center for Environmental Legal Studies. His specialty is climate change and environmental conflict resolution. He says, “In many ways, my Wesleyan education has been a source of inspiration in my path.” Anyone interested in environmental issues, federal public service, or law should hear Joe’s story.

A Talk w/Peter Kovach ‘67, Director, Office of International Religious Freedom Co-sponsored by the Career Resource Center, the Religion Department, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, and the Office of Diversity and Strategic Partnerships.

Thursday, 11/12, 12:00pm-1:00pm, Usdan 108. A pizza lunch will be provided.

Peter, a religion major at Wesleyan, has had a rich and varied career in international service. Come hear him discuss his experiences in the Foreign Service, plans for the Office of International Religious Freedom under the Obama administration, his work in the Muslim world, and how his own spiritual journey both influenced, and was influenced by, these experiences.

Seniors: Planning Master Degrees in American History, Political Science, Teaching or Education

mmelendez — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:12:46 +0000

James Madison Fellowship

for Seniors or Recent Graduates who Plan Masters Degrees in American History, Political Science, Teaching or Education

Description: Prospective postsecondary American history, American government, and social studies teachers who want to pursue a masters degree with a concentration in the history of the U.S. Constitution.

Award Amount: $24,000

Eligibility: Applicants apply directly for this scholarship and do not have to be nominated by their school.

An Applicant must:

be a college senior, recent graduate, or full-time secondary school teacher (students who pursue Ph.D.s or teaching certificates are not eligible);
applicants must teach secondary school after they graduate.

Deadline: March 1

Madison Fellowship: http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/src/national_international/madison.htm

FOOD DRIVE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE CLASSES!!!!

mmelendez — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:37 +0000

Seniors bring in your cans!!!!

Amazing Grace has asked if Wesleyan could donate “Stove Top Stuffing” for the Thanksgiving Baskets.

November 16 through November 19
11-1PM & 5-7PM
Usdan Café

Place donated cans in Bin for the Class of 2010, located in Usdan Cafe

There will be tickets for each item brought in given to each individual. November 19 there will be a Pizza Party for all participants.

Raffle winners, individual prizes and class prize, will be announced at the Thanksgiving Dinner on November 19.

Contact Dean Melendez if you have any questions.