RA and CA positions ’10-’11: Feb. 4 application deadline

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Attention Students: The Office of Residential Life is now hiring for Community Advisors (CAs) and Resident Advisors (RAs).  Please consider applying for one or both of these exciting leadership opportunities!

thumbnailCAAB4UEVThe Office of Residential Life is now accepting applications for both Community Advisors (CAs) and Resident Advisors (RAs) for the 2010-11 academic year.   Being a CA or RA is one of the most rewarding student leadership opportunities on campus.  You will develop invaluable life skills while serving your community; CAs and RAs play an integral role in establishing a community environment conducive to maximum academic, personal, and social development; maintaining healthy and safe living conditions; and providing overall support of the mission of Residential Life.  For more information about the positions and the application processes, check out our website at http://www.wesleyan.edu/reslife/student_staff/selection/welcome1.htm .  Applications are due Thursday, February 4, 2010.

Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, Me and The World — A Performance by Prof. Gina Ulysse

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 Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, Me and The World

A performance by Gina Athena Ulysse

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How did Haiti–the enfant terrible of the Americas become the bete noire of the region? This dramatic monologue considers how the past occupies the present. Ulysse weaves spokenword and Vodou chants to reflect on childhood memories, social (in)justice, spirituality, and the dehumanization of Haitians. Ultimately, she offers critical musings on geopolitics from the perspective of a Haitian- American woman who is bent on loving Haiti, loving Vodou and herself despite the odds.

Followed by a faculty panel discussion with:

 Alex Dupuy, Sociology

Liza McAlister, Religion, American Studies, African American Studies

Gina Ulysse, African American Studies, Anthropology, Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Thursday, February 4 6:30-8:30 p.m.

CFA Hall

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship — Meeting & Supper 1/29

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thumbnailCAZT765LHave you considered earning a PhD and becoming a professor? Do you love research, and are you committed to helping to rectify the historical underrepresentation of African-Americans, Latino/as, and American Indians in U.S. colleges and universities and the disparities that result from that underrepresentation? If so, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) may be for you. MMUF is a program that matches Fellows with faculty mentors and provides programming that demystifies academic careers and prepares Fellows for applying successfully to graduate school. Students are selected in the spring of their sophomore  year, participate in an intensive six-week summer session, and remain in the program during their junior and senior years. Much more information on MMUF is available at http://www.mmuf.org.

An information session will be held on Friday, January 29 at 6:00 PM in 403 Fisk. A light supper will be served. If you are interested but cannot attend, please get in touch with the Associate Coordinator, Renée Johnson-Thornton at rjohnson01@wesleyan.edu or 860 685-3084.

 

Study Abroad Info Sessions!

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Upcoming Information Sessions:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3:  Study Abroad & Science Majors  4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  Fisk 302

thumbnailCA3VAKGF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4:  Financial Aid & Study Abroad  4:15 – 5:15 p.m.   Fisk 302

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8:  School for International Training (SIT)  Noon – 1:00 p.m.   & 4:15 – 5:15 p.m.   Fisk 210

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9:  Bordeaux Immersion Program  4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.   Fisk 305

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11:  Students of Color & Study Abroad  4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  Fisk 302 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15:  Internships in Francophone Europe  4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  Romance Languages & Literatures   (300 High Street)

 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17:  IES – Nanzan University  4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  Fisk 302

 

 

First-Year Focus: Applying to a Program House

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FYF-Program House

DATE:  FEBRUARY 3, 2010

LOCATION:  USDAN 108

TIME:  6:30-7:30 PM

*SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED*

Thinking about applying to a Program House?  Questions about choosing your housing next year?  Want to know the process?

Area Coordinators, Dawn Brown & Alex Cabal, along with Asst. Director of ResLife,  Melissa Powers, will do a short presentation and then be available to answer YOUR questions!

STOP ON BY!  

Sponsored by The Deans’ Office & The Office of Residential Life

Invitation to Work with a Writing Mentor

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WRITING MENTOR PROGRAM:  Applications are due Tuesday, February 2 at 5 p.m. and available at:  http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/mentorapp.html

TO THE CLASS of 2013:

We invite you to work with a WRITING MENTOR this semester!  Have you ever wanted a personal tutor and editor, someone who would meet with you privately to help with your writing? 

thumbnailCAM7YPH6In the Writing Mentor program you will meet every week throughout the semester with a trained student writing mentor. Your mentor will help you with papers for all your courses as well as with general questions about your writing, whether you need advice about generating ideas, structuring your essay, grammar, or time management. We welcome all applicants.

We look forward to hearing from you. You can find the electronic application at: http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/mentorapp.html

This is a relatively new program with limited funding so we cannot guarantee that all applicants will be paired with a mentor.  Please note that if you participate in the Writing Mentor program, you are making a commitment to meet with your mentor regularly.

Best Wishes,  Charlie Weiss and Oriana Korol, Ford Fellows in the Writing Program, 103 and 104 Downey House, (860) 685-2440 writingworks@wesleyan.edu

and  Anne Greene, Director of Writing Programs

H1N1 Flu Vaccine

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thumbnailCA1W2X0ZDavison Health Center will be offering free H1N1 flu clinics for all interested students, faculty and staff over the next few weeks as vaccine is obtained from the State Health Department.  Clinics will be held Thursday, January 28, from 10am-2pm; Monday, February 1, from 1pm-4pm; and Monday, February 8, from 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary.  Please follow signs inside the Health Center for “H1N1 flu clinic waiting room.”

BECOME A RESIDENT OR COMMUNITY ADVISOR

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Want to know more? Attend one of the ResLife info sessions this week:

Tonight (Jan 25) @ 7pm – Nicolson Lounge

  • Wednesday (Jan 27) @ Noon – USDAN 108
  • Thursday (Jan 28) @ 8pm – Butterfield A Lounge

More info…

Applications are due February 4th by 4:00pm

  • Go to www.wesleyan.edu/reslife to apply
  • You don’t have to attend an info session to apply, but we suggest you do to get more information about the positions and the selection process.

 

Let’s Get Ready!: Volunteer College Prep

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thumbnailCAVKZXOYWANT TO HELP SOMEONE GET TO COLLEGE?  VOLUNTEER ONE EVENING A WEEK WITH LET’S GET READY!

Where:    Macdonough Elementary School (three blocks from Wesleyan); transportation provided 

 When:    March 1 – April 28, 2010:  Mon. or Wed. nights from 6–8:30 p.m.

LGR is a FREE college-access program serving the under-resourced students of Middletown. The program consists of intensive SAT preparation and real college preparation, which includes searching for colleges, writing application essays, and financial planning. 

 As a tutor, you’d be given a class of 5 high school juniors with whom you’d meet once a week throughout the semester and guide along the path to college, providing either math or verbal SAT prep. Training, curriculum, and full support are provided by the program – you just need to bring an interest in tutoring and your enthusiasm!

 To learn more, come to an information session:

February 3 • 4:15 p.m. • Usdan 108    There will be free food!

Visit http://www.letsgetready.org/ for more information or http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5WLHNGD to apply!

Or contact Martine and Julia at wesleyanlgr@gmail.com

Applications due February 13th.  Compensation available for those with federal work-study. Partnered with Teach for America!

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Let’s Get Ready at Wesleyan University  Spring ’10

Martine Seiden, Co-Director, (808) 216-9416 and Julia Alschuler, Co-Director, (917) 678-6038

Tuesday–4:30 p.m. Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King

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Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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the Roadside Girls and the Ebony Singers

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Keynote Speaker Dr. Jason Irizarry

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  Living the Dream: Youth Activism and a New Vision for Urban Public Education

Tuesday, January 26
4:30 p.m., Memorial Chapel

Dr. Jason G. Irizarry is an Assistant Professor of Multicultural Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the Neag School of Education and Faculty Associate in the Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies at the University of Connecticut.  Prior to his arrival at UConn, he was the Director of Project SPIRIT (Springfield Partnership to Improve the Recruitment of Inspiring Minority Teachers), a college-community collaboration aimed at increasing the number of teachers of color in urban schools.  He received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in multicultural education, culturally responsive curriculum development, action research, and urban education.

A former middle school teacher in New York City, his research focuses on urban teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention with an emphasis on increasing the number of teachers of color, culturally responsive pedagogy, and youth participatory action research. A central focus of his work involves promoting the academic achievement of Latino and African American youth in urban schools by addressing issues associated with teacher education.  Manuscripts documenting the findings of his research have been published or accepted for publication in a variety of journals in the field including Education and Urban Society, Multicultural Perspectives, Race, Ethnicity and Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, and the Centro Journal of Puerto Rican Studies and others appearing as chapters in various books including the Handbook of Latinos and Education: Research, Theory & Practice (Murillo, 2010) and Culture, Curriculum, and Identity in Education: Progressive Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice. (Milner, 2009).

Class–10:30 a.m.   Dr. Irizarry will conduct a seminar for students on his work.  Open to the first 20 respondents.  To register, email stuact@wesleyan.edu

Luncheon– Noon     Join us for a discussion with Dr. Irizarry over lunch (reservation required). Open to the first 30 respondents (staff, faculty or students).  To RSVP, email stuact@wesleyan.edu