lsbrown – Page 25 – Class of 2013

Nominate an Employee for Morgenstern-Clarren Employee Recognition Award — Deadline 2/29

February 14, 2012 by lsbrown

Nominations are now being accepted for the Peter Morgenstern-Clarren ’03 Employee Recognition Award. Eligible Wesleyan employees include custodians, dining staff, grounds crew, and building maintenance staff (i.e. electricians, plumbers). The award is to honor and thank the people whose every day work helps the students at Wesleyan. Nominators may only submit one person for consideration; you are welcome to nominate yourself. The winner will receive a cash award of $1,500.

The Peter Morgenstern-Clarren ’03 Employee Recognition Award was created in memory of Peter Morgenstern-Clarren, who pursued social justice as a student at Wesleyan. His activism included securing benefits for Wesleyan custodial staff, participating in the United Student and Labor Action Coalition, and contributing his leadership to the campus chapter of Amnesty International. We are grateful to Dr. Hadley Morgenstern-Clarren and The Honorable Pat Morgenstern-Clarren for their generosity in sponsoring this award that honors their son’s activism for the public good.

For application information click here: EMPLOYEE flyer revised nov 2011

WWW: Enlightenment Uganda — 2/16 at 5:30 p.m.

February 14, 2012 by lsbrown

Wesleyan World Wednesday presents: “Enlightenment Uganda”

What’s the link between

Malaria and Ugandan traditional music and Dance?

Come find out about Bitone Children’s Center’s new project “Enlightenment Uganda,” internship opportunities and much more!

Dr. James Hadler will be speaking!

Dr. James Hadler currently is a senior infectious disease and medical epidemiology consultant to the Connecticut and Yale Emerging Infections Programs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.

When: Feb. 16th Where: CRC Lobby Time: 5:30-7pm

Food will be served!

Spring Semester Schedule Confirmation! — 2/17, 5 p.m.

February 13, 2012 by lsbrown

Now that Drop/Add is over, we are asking you to confirm your Spring 2012 schedule.

Please confirm the accuracy of your schedule via EP>Student>Wesleyan Career>Current Classes & Schedule. If you agree that our records correctly show the courses that you registered for during Drop/Add, click on “Schedule is Correct”.

If your schedule is not correct (for example, a course is missing from your schedule or an additional course is appearing) click on “Schedule is Incorrect” and you’ll be given further instructions and a link to the petition form. Later, if your petition is successful and your schedule is corrected, you should return to your schedule page and click “Schedule is Correct”.

The schedule confirmation buttons will remain on the page until you have resolved all issues and click the “Schedule is Correct” button.

If a course enrollment is “Advisor Pending”, please ask your advisor to email pturenne@wesleyan.edu requesting that the course be “Advisor Approved” in the database.

Please indicate whether your schedule is correct or incorrect by 5pm Friday, February 17. The sooner you let us know about problems with your schedule, the sooner your issues can be resolved.

If you fail to confirm your final schedule, you will not be permitted to participate in the planning phase of April Pre-Registration.

REMINDER: Grading mode and cross-listing changes were due before the end of the Drop/Add period and can no longer be made.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Paul H. Turenne, Associate Registrar

COE Internships for Summer and Fall 2012 — Apps due 2/20

February 13, 2012 by lsbrown

The College of the Environment is pleased to announce Summer and Fall 2012 Internship for Wesleyan University Students. All details and the application are posted on the College of the Environment Website (www.wesleyan.edu/coe). Please download and complete.

The deadline for applications is due on or before Monday, February 20, 2012, allowing us to announce internship candidates by Friday, March 9th, prior to spring break. Student applications are to be delivered to Ms. Valerie Marinelli, Administrative Assistant, College of the Environment, 284 High Street.

Late Night Social Activities Mtg. — 2/13 at 6:15 p.m. with pizza!

February 13, 2012 by lsbrown

Dear students,

The Wesleyan Student Assembly would like to invite you to participate in a forum on the lack of late-night social activities for students that choose not to consume. We are hoping to gather some thoughts on this issue, to get some ideas for fun substance-free events, and to collect a group of people who might rather hang out together rather than consume every once in a while. Everyone is welcome to attend!

The forum will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room in Usdan (downstairs, near the mail room) at 6:15pm, Monday February 13th. PIZZA WILL BE SERVED. We hope to see you there!

-The WSA

Green Fund Proposals — Due April 9

February 13, 2012 by lsbrown

Dear students,

If you have an idea to improve sustainability in the campus community but need funding, write a proposal to the Green Fund today. This semester, proposals to the Green Fund are due by Monday, April 9th. The proposal page can be found here: https://greenfund.wsa.wesleyan.edu/applying-for-funding. It is helpful to be as detailed as possible but we understand that you may not initially know all of the exact details. We will work with you to refine the proposal if necessary. The 2012 Spring Semester promises to be an exciting one, with several large sustainable projects in play, and all kinds of small scale projects as well.

Here are projects that we have funded so far this year: installation of water bottle refilling stations around campus (should be in place soon) as part of an effort to remove bottle water from campus; a biochar landscape experiment at the College of the Environment; signs above laundry machines that provide instructions of how to do your laundry in an environmentally friendly way; assistance for the food salvage program; a hydroponic system in Earth House; a “real” food calculator program that audits all food purchases made by Bon Appetit qualitatively addressing ecological, local, and humane requirements, and we have also agreed to help finance a new sustainability fellowship position at Wesleyan.

Projects potentially in play include: a bike share program in Middletown, a permeable pavement parking lot, bicycle-powered battery generators, and a photovoltaic powered performance stage.

Exciting stuff. Think you can do better? Send us your proposals!

The Green Fund Committee: Evan Weber, chair; Julia Jonas-Day, Adam Brudnick, Delphine Starr, & Zander Nassikas

Fall ’11 Study Abroad Photos from Tanzania & Zanzibar

February 10, 2012 by lsbrown

Taran Catania--Studying elephant behavior in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

: Taran Catania–Taran with her Maasai family in Ngare Sero, Tanzania

: Taran Catania–Taran’s campsite at Enashiva Nature Refuge, Tanzania

: Taran Catania–Freshly-squeezed sugar cane juice, Zanzibar

Housing Lottery! Opens 2/10 at Noon

February 10, 2012 by lsbrown

Dear Wesleyan Students:

The 2012 General Room Selection (GRS) process at Wesleyan University is about to start. Remember, all undergraduate students are required to live on campus. Therefore, if you will be a student at Wesleyan University in the fall of 2012, you MUST participate in the GRS process.

Beginning Friday, February 10, 2012 at 12:00 (noon) you will be able to access the General Room Selection site and explore your housing options for the 2012-2013 academic year. You enter GRS through your student portfolio by clicking on “Room Selection” under “Student Life at Wesleyan”.

Please remember two important dates that are rapidly approaching. All applications for Off-Campus Housing are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 2012. All applications for Program Housing and Community Based Living are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2012.

You will be receiving many e-mails from the Office of Residential Life in the next few months as important dates draw near. Please be sure to read all these emails, as well as the information contained in the GRS site. You will not receive any hard copies of this information. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Residential Life by phone at 860-685-3550 or by e-mail at reslife@wesleyan.edu.

Thank you.