Foreign Policy Discussion with Government Profs 4/15 at 4:15 p.m.

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In celebration of WesFest, join Wesleyan Model United Nations and

Professors Giulio Gallarotti, Nancy Schwartz and Anne Peters, Government Department

for a wide-ranging discussion on the foreign policy challenges that confronted the new administration and how successfully President Obama responded to them.  The speakers will give an in-depth analysis of President Obama’s foreign policy with a special focus on US-Arab and US-Israel relations.

Date: April 15 (Thursday)         Time: 4:30 – 6:00 PM

Location: PAC 001

 

Community Service Week Sign-up

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Don’t miss out!

Sign-up for Service Week ends this Wednesday at 5 PM.

Please join us in making this a memorable event!

Click here to sign-up: http://www.wesleyan.edu/ocs/serve.html

 Also make sure to check out the new events that have just been added on…

The Annual Spring 3 v 3 Grassroots Soccer Tournament on Sunday, April 25th

This tournament is a fundraiser for Grassroots Soccer, an organization that works to use the power of soccer in the fight against HIV and AIDS and provides African youth with the knowledge, life-skills and support to live HIV-free.

·       The tournament is on Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 PM on Jackson Field.

·       $5 per person and $20 per team. Teams can have 3-5 people on them

·       Training shoes only. NO CLEATS!!!!

·       1 varsity soccer player per team allowed. 1 boy and 1 girl varsity player is permissible

·       Prizes for the winning teams including gift certificates, t-shirts etc.   

This is an event organized by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. It is a great cause and always a fun time.

If you would like to participate or receive more information, contact Jory Kahan at jkahan@wesleyan.edu

The 2nd Annual Community Health Fair on Saturday, April 17th

This event, hosted from 10AM to 3PM, will take place at the YMCA on Main Street. It will feature health professionals and workers displaying resources available to members of the Middletown community. There will tables devoted to specific specialties and services with fun activities such as healthy cooking demos and self-defense and yoga presentations.

If you would like more information, please contact Fludie Naka, President of the American Medical Student Association here at Wesleyan at fnaka@wesleyan.edu

Poetry Reading: Brenda Coultas 4/14

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Brenda Coultas will read at Russell House

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
8PM

BRENDA COULTAS is the author of The Marvelous Bones of Time (2008) and A Handmade Museum (2003) from Coffee House Press. Coultas’s poetry is deeply invested in the local, blending lyricism with documentary reality. She is the recipient of the Norma Farber Prize from The Poetry Society of America, a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship, and a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council residency.   

A reception and book signing will follow.

Note from Dean Brown: Withdrawal and Pre-reg Deadlines; WesFest

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Class of 2013:

Thursday, April 15 at 5 p.m. is the deadline for two important procedures—course withdrawal and pre-registration! 

1.  Withdrawal from full semester and fourth quarter courses :  You need to discuss withdrawing from a class with your instructor and faculty advisor as well as get their signatures on a withdrawal form, available from my office or the Registrar’s.  My signature is the last one you need before submitting the form to the Registrar’s Office.  I would be happy to talk with you as well if you’re deciding what to do.   

2. Pre-registration for the Fall 2010:  You need to meet with your faculty advisor—MAKE AN APPOINTMENT NOW IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE SO ALREADY—to review your course selection and finalize your schedule.  Check out the websites of majors you might be interested in and know what gateway courses you need in order to keep the doors open as you better identify your interests.  Those wanting to do pre-med and/or study abroad also need to keep an eye on course scheduling over the next few semesters.

3. WesFest:   Can you believe that last year at this time, it was YOU coming to WesFest?  Now YOU are in the position to welcome these newly-admitted students to the Wes community.  Check out the schedule at http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/admit/wesfest/index.html and bring on the Wes spirit!     

As always, don’t hesitate to come to drop-in, if you have questions or concerns. 

Best, Dean Brown       202 North College, 860-685-2758 (office)

Drop-in Hours:  M–2-3 p.m.   T–3-4 p.m.   W–5-7 p.m.   Th–11 a.m.-noon   F–2-4 p.m.

Creative Writing Course open to rising sophs

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ENGL241 is designed especially for frosh and sophs, but is listed incorrectly on WesMaps as only an FYI.  This course is not only designed for rising sophomores, but also will count toward the Creative Writing Concentration.

ENGL 241: SPECIAL TOPICS: MERGING FORMS — PROF. CLIFFORD CHASE

Students will explore, both in the readings and their own work, forms of writing that don’t fit neatly into traditional genres such as fiction, essay, or criticism. Readings will include Maxine Hong Kingston’s THE WOMAN WARRIOR (which combines fiction and personal essay), Eduardo Galeano’s MEMORY OF FIRE: GENESIS (historical writing combined with fiction), and selected short works by Donald Barthelme, Rebecca Brown, Wayne Koestenbaum, and others (all playing with genre in various ways). Brief weekly creative writing assignments keyed to the readings, two of which students will develop into longer pieces.

Two Internship Opportunities for ’10-’11

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Looking to Create Change on Campus Next Year?

Are you interested in any of the following:

providing programmatic and networking  opportunities for various activist groups on campus, facilitating difficult dialogue conversations between students and fostering meaningful connections between students, faculty and staff on campus?

If you answered yes to any of those questions please consider applying for one of the following internship opportunities:

Dwight Greene ’70 Internship

  University Organizing Center Internship

For more information about either one of these internships please click on the links below. 

http://www.wesleyan.edu/reslife/intern_postitions/Dwight_Greene_70_Intern.html

http://www.wesleyan.edu/reslife/intern_postitions/University_Organizing_Center_Int.html

The Census 2010: Collecting Forms in Usdan

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This is a reminder that the U.S. Census Bureau will be in Usdan Wednesday and Thursday to collect your completed census forms.  They will be at the table at the foot of the main stairs between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.  You will receive your form in your Wesleyan mailbox in Usdan.  We encourage you to participate in this nationwide effort.

Please note that the Census Bureau is not approaching students individually at their residences at this time.  Should you see anyone posing as a Census representative other than in Usdan, you should contact Public Safety immediately.  Thank you.

Sincerely, Fran Koerting, Director of Residential Life

SART Intern Positions

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Applications for Sexual Assault Response Team Intern are now being accepted.

The position provides trained peer support to help students navigate on- and off-campus resources and judicial processes.  The intern also acts as liaison between the Davison Health Center (DHC), The Office of Behavioral Health for Students (OBHS), WesWELL, Student Activities, WSA, and other student and campus groups on sexual assault prevention and response initiatives.

A full job description is available at http://www.wesleyan.edu/healthservices/geninfo/forms/SARTjobdesc.pdf.  The application form is available at http://www.wesleyan.edu/healthservices/geninfo/forms/SARTapp.pdf and is due by 5 p.m. Friday, April 16.

For more information, contact Dr. Davis Smith, Medical Director of the Davison Health Center, at pdsmith@wesleyan.edu.

Hugo L. Black Lecture — April 7

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19th Annual Hugo L. Black Lecture

 “Speech and Independence:  The Wrongs of Corporate Speech”

featuring

 Lawrence Lessig

 Professor of Law at Harvard Law School &

Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics

 Lawrence Lessig

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

8 p.m.

 Memorial Chapel

 Lawrence Lessig is the director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Prior to returning to Harvard, he was a professor at Stanford Law School,

where he founded the school’s Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago.  He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. For much of his career, Professor Lessig focused his work on law and technology, especially as it affects copyright. His current  work addresses “institutional corruption” — relationships which are legal, even currently ethical, but which weaken public trust in an  institution. He has won numerous awards, including the Free Software Foundation’s Freedom Award, and was named one of Scientific American’s Top 50 Visionaries.

New Course: Prison Theater Outreach Course

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How many classes have changed your life? 

How many classes have let you change someone else’s?

“The class demonstrated the power and life of theater. Through visits to different community centers I witnessed the way in which theater goes from text to touching the lives of people- from the old to the young”  – Joelle Minott, ’09

Prison Outreach Through Theater  (Thea 205)

Taught by Professor of Theatre, Dr. Ron Jenkins

Offered in Fall 2010 Wednesdays from 1:10-4:00 &  Tuesdays from 1:10 to 4:00

Students will have the opportunity to put social activism into practice by working with incarcerated women on the writings of Shakespeare, Dante, and other writers. Readings will include Shakespeare Behind Bars by Jean Trounstine and Theater of the Oppressed by Agosto Boal, the Brazilian actor/activist who has pioneered techniques advocating theater as a force for social change. Students need no theatrical experience but can use whatever artistic interests they possess (acting, puppetry, drawing, writing, story-telling, vocal and instrumental music)

There are no prerequisites for this course, and non-Theatre majors are encouraged to join! Anyone with an interest in bettering the community,

Check out the class on a WesMap Near You!