Library Services — Research Paper & Project Support

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It is time to dive into those research papers that are due next month. If you thumbnailCAOHEWPXneed help finding resources, remember that librarians are available for personal research sessions to assist you in finding what you need in the library or on the Internet. Rather than figure out which of our 260 or so databases we subscribe to would be most useful for your project and dig through them on your own (or worse, rather than be unaware that so many resources are available to you), just visit us at http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/services/personalresearch.html (or click the link on the library home page), tell us what you are working on and when you can meet one of us, and we will make a list of appropriate resources and show you how to use them effectively. Then you can spend more time writing than researching (or, use the time saved on some other activity of your choice).

 

 – Kendall Hobbs, Library Instruction Coordinator (khobbs, x3962)

Financial Aid Info

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Dear Returning Student:

This email contains important information on reapplying for financial aid for the 2010/11 academic year. Detailed thumbnailCAI1BMYBinstructions are now available, please sign onto your E-Portfolio (EP) and log into SIMON for individual application procedure.

It is very important to meet the May 15th deadline.  This will ensure that you receive your eligibility determination before the fall billing and prevent you from being assessed a reduction in grant aid (if applicable). Failure to meet the May 15th deadline will result in a $1,000 scholarship penalty, and a $2,000 penalty if after July 15th.  The loss of scholarship will be replaced with available loan funding.  The recommended date to have all documents in process is April 24th.  Wesleyan reserves the right not to award any institutional funds if an application is completed after August 1, 2010. Our office is here to help you in any way we can; feel free to contact us with any questions. 

Sincerely, Jamie Seadeek, Department Assistant

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

•           It is your responsibility to reapply for aid each year. Visit our website at www.wesleyan.edu/finaid for important updates and application information.

•           On-line access to your financial aid information via SIMON: https://cardinal.wesleyan.edu/NetPartnerStudent use your Wes ID and 8-digit date of birth to log in.

•           To avoid important correspondence being considered “junk mail”, please be sure to approve finaid@wesleyan.edu in your email account(s).

•           You must make satisfactory progress towards your degree as outlined in the Wesleyan University Student Handbook.  Failure to make satisfactory progress may result in ineligibility for financial assistance.

•           Note, if you receive a revised award anytime during the year, you will be directed by email to view the changes on SIMON, an updated paper award letter will not be generated- Go Green!

World Music Performance — March 25

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Stan Scott: Wesleyan World Music Instructor will perform Irish, Bengali and Original Music

March 25, 2010 7pm, Daniel Family Commons

thumbnailCAY2MT16Dr. Scott, who teaches guitar, banjo, mandolin, and North Indian vocal music in Wesleyan’s Music Department has performed in Ireland’s Willie Clancy Week and Clare Festival of Traditional Singing, Calcutta’s Rabindra Sadan , and Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts.  This evening is sure to be enjoyable and will be topped off with an Irish themed reception.

Sonneblick Evening with film critic Molly Haskell — Tonight!

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Announcing the Writing Programs’

2010 ANNIE SONNENBLICK EVENING
with film critic MOLLY HASKELL
Introductions by Michael Roth and Jeanine Basinger

Molly Haskell

Wednesday, March 24
8 PM
Memorial Chapel

Molly Haskell has served as film critic for The Village Voice, New York Magazine, and Vogue, and written for many
publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, Esquire, The Nation, The New York Observer and The New York Review of Books.

Her books include From Reverence to Rape: the Treatment of Women in the Movies; a memoir, Love and Other Infectious Diseases; and a collection of essays and interviews, Holding My Own in No Man’s Land: Women and Men and Films and Feminists.

Her newest book, part of the Yale University Press’s American Icon series, is Frankly, My Dear: Gone with the Wind Revisited.

Critical Condition: Health Care Reform Panel Discussion w/faculty and physicians

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Critical Condition: A panel discussion focused on health care reform in the United States

March 24, 2010 7pm

Daniel Family Commons, 3rd floor of the Usdan University Center

The Usdan Common Connections Committee is happy to invite you to a panel discussion focusing on the current efforts to reform the health care system in the United States.  Much of President Obama’s first year in Office and the thumbnailCA4LWJ8Ofirst year of the Democrat controlled Congress has been focused on drafting a comprehensive health care reform bill.  Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have passed their own bills, however both have come under intense scrutiny from many different stakeholders.  The state of Connecticut is also on the forefront of reform efforts at the state level and the panel will include policy experts and frontline personnel working to make Connecticut a model for the rest of the country to follow.

The panel will be comprised of Damien Sheehan-Connor, Wesleyan faculty in economics,  Jill Zorn, Program Officer at Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, Dr. Michael Grey, Chief of Medicine at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, and Elizabeth Wiley, National Secretary, American Medical Student Association and Physicians for a National Health Program member and George Washington University School of Medicine student.

The panel will cover a broad range of topics and will debate approaches and outcomes in the development of the legislation currently being considered.  The panel will also take questions and will engage the audience throughout the evening.

There will be a complimentary pizza dinner at the start of the program.

English Dept./Writing Program: Prizes and Fellowships

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Apply for the English Department’s and Writing Programs’ Annual Writing Prizes and Fellowships  

 thumbnailCAIMGFTW           The English Department and Writing Programs invite students to submit outstanding poetry, fiction, and prose for consideration for prizes.  These prizes recognize exceptional student writing and also support summer projects and graduate study.  Prize winners have included students from all majors and class years. Students have undertaken various ambitious projects through summer fellowships, including travel to Bangladesh, Kenya, and other foreign destinations. Students have also completed research, oral history projects, and personal writing initiatives.  
 
Please see our website for a complete list of awards and complete application procedures for each.  www.wesleyan.edu/writing<http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing>  
 
Applications are due March 24th to the Writing Programs Office in Downey 112 (lower level).  
 
For further information email Jessica Posner, Russell House Arts Fellow, 860.685.3448, RussellHouse@wesleyan.edu.

Be an Orientation Leader!

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Apply to be an Orientation Leader

thumbnailCAQ39DNGThe Orientation Program is now accepting applications for 30 Orientation Leaders for the Class of 2014, and new transfer, exchange and visiting students.  Orientation Leaders (OLs) will work for both International Student Orientation (ISO) and New Student Orientation (NSO). Orientation Leaders work with Resident Advisors to mentor and guide students during both ISO and NSO.  Orientation Leaders also help manage events, including welcoming international students at airports, working at residence hall arrival sites, informational forums and social events. 

Questions: Please contact Timothy Shiner at tshiner@wesleyan.edu

Apply online: www.wesleyan.edu/orientation by March 24 at 5pm.

Note from the Registrar: 4th quarter classes; withdrawal deadline

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The Registrar’s Office would like to remind students of the following deadlines:

  • The fourth quarter will begin on Monday, March 22. Students have five days from the start of the class to add or drop a fourth quarter course. Drop/Add forms are available at any of the windows in the Registrar’s Office and require the signature of the instructor, your advisor, and your Class Dean.
  • The deadline for submission of leave of absence applications for Fall 2010 is Thursday, April 1.  All thumbnailCAFQ0QJCcompleted applications are due in the Registrar’s Office by 5 pm that day.
  • The last day to withdraw from full-semester and fourth-quarter classes is Thursday, April 15.  Completed forms are due in the Registrar’s Office by 5 pm and must include the following signatures: instructor, faculty advisor, and class dean.

Please contact the Registrar’s Office at Ext. 2810 if you have any questions concerning these deadlines.