Month: February 2016

Dear 2019,
Please be sure you’re checking out this great resource:
http://peeradvisor.blogs.wesleyan.edu/
Best,
Dean Wood

TO: Members of the Class of 2019

The College of Letters cordially invites you to attend an Open House receptions and information session, which will be held on Monday, February 29 at 4:15 PM in COL Library., 41 Wyllys Ave., I will speak briefly about the Program and a number of COL students and faculty will be on hand to answer questions.

The College of Letters is an interdisciplinary major in literature, philosophy, and history, with a required area of foreign language concentration, and a semester in residence abroad (usually in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, or Israel.) To learn more about the COL, study abroad possibilities, and the application process, please visit the COL website at: http://www.wesleyan.edu/col/

Unlike most majors, the COL begins in the fall of the sophomore year, which is why application for it must be made in the spring of your first year.

This year the deadline for applications is Monday, March 21, the first day after Spring vacation. I look forward to seeing you at the COL Open House.

Khachig Tölölyan
Director, College of Letters

The University of New Hampshire’s Sustainability Institute is inviting applications for their competitive, multi-disciplinary Sustainability Fellowships. The program pairs outstanding students with challenging, diverse projects that will propel the US toward a sustainable, resilient future. Fellows receive mentorship, unique networking opportunities as well as a $6,000 in exchange for their work on various deliverables.

Time commitment: 40 hours per week, June 1-August 19, 2016

Location: Project-dependent. 2016 Fellows may be based in Durham, Concord, or elsewhere in NH; Boston, MA; Lexington or Louisville, KY; Providence, RI; Bridgeport, CT; or in Bozeman, MT. For some projects, state or regional travel may be required.

What You Need to Know Before Applying:
All applicants should be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program when they apply (seniors graduating in May are welcome).
Academic backgrounds in the fields indicated in the individual project postings are preferred; these vary widely.
We will encourage, but not require, an academic sponsor or reference for each fellow, and where possible we will ask that course credits are awarded.
There is a MANDATORY three-day, two-night orientation in Durham, NH, from June 1-3. Lodging and food will be provided, but Fellows are asked to pay their own associated travel costs.
There is a $35 application fee, payable online. (However, this may be waived for UNH students or in the case of financial hardship. To request a waiver, applicants should contact UNHSI.)
The Fellowship does not cover any costs for temporary (summer) relocation or housing, beyond the $6,000 stipend.
Why Apply?
Fellowships are opportunities for highly skilled and motivated students to contribute to unique and exciting new projects and initiatives. As a result, fellows will gain:
$6,000 (taxable) compensation
New skills and knowledge
Access to extensive new professional contacts and networks
Material to add to his or her professional portfolio

Apply here:
http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/sustainability-fellows

Dear Frosh,

Greetings!

The American Studies majors (no faculty will be involved) invite you to a special Open House feast:

WHY AMERICAN STUDIES? AMST MAJORS GIVE PROSPECTIVE MAJORS THE SCOOP!

This feast will be held from 6:00-7:00, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, in the CENTER FOR THE AMERICAS (opposite Fisk), the lovely home of American Studies. The American Studies majors’ food for thought will be complemented by Typhoon Thai food, Lyman’s Orchards apple cider, and Lucibello’s (New Haven) Italian almond cookies.

American Studies is, among other things, about crossing the academy’s intellectual boundaries: it is a super-energized multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, antidisciplinary, and even postdisciplinary critical and creative project. It’s about the making of new knowledge that illuminates what we’re involved in (and, for some, what we can do about it). It challenges students to both learn and unlearn. It’s an intellectual and artistic adventure that prepares you to question whatever “givens” that confront you at Wesleyan and after Wesleyan. It helps you imagine how the “givens”–the world–might be created otherwise.

Also, every year we bring a superstar intellectual to campus for our Annual Richard Slotkin American Studies lecture. (Richard Slotkin, founder of American Studies at Wes [in 1968], retired in 2008 and is widely respected and celebrated as one of the most groundbreaking intellectuals in the history of American Studies.) This year our Slotkin lecturer is the great Professor Barbara J. Fields, a former “MacArthur Fellow” (sometimes nicknamed the “genius fellowship”). Her lecture–RACECRAFT–will challenge the way many Americans think about “race.” So if you want to challenge yourself, and see an absolutely brilliant critique of the category of “race” and of the ways in which has been used, come see Fields in action the day after our WHY AMERICAN STUDIES? MAJORS GIVE PROSPECTIVE MAJORS THE SCOOP Open House feast: Wed. Feb. 17, 4:30-6:00, Russell House.

Cheers,

Joel Pfister
Olin Professor of American Studies
Chair, American Studies Department

Information is available here:

http://www.wesleyan.edu/fgss/ecofeminist.html

ResLife is hiring Summer Community Advisors and Pre-College Resident Advisors to work with their office for Summer 2016. Please see the flyer above that describes the positions and the application process (which takes place within your ePortfolio); the flyer is also available at:

http://wesleyan.edu/reslife/student_staff/staff_selection/index.html

The applications are open until Monday, February 29^th at 12:00pm (noon).

They are asking that all questions related to the position be sent to reslife@wesleyan.edu.

The Career Center and Disability Resources are cosponsoring a workshop on Disability Disclosure in the Job Search Process this Friday, February 12th, at noon in 41 Wyllys, room 114. We will discuss the why, when, what and to whom to disclose your disability in your job search process and examine situations that current Wesleyan students and alum have shared with us. We look forward to a lively, interactive discussion!

Please see the schedule below; these are for students that on an F-1 visa:

Feb 11, OPT: Get a Job in the US
https://www.myinterfase.com/wesleyan/event_view.aspx?token=9lGdUzQiKi6FsBg7ECaPZg%3d%3d

Feb 16, Working After Wes: Options for International Students
https://www.myinterfase.com/wesleyan/event_view.aspx?token=ZANaa0BEzaYazcXZwDG9Fw%3d%3d

Feb. 23, CPT: Internship Search for International Students
https://www.myinterfase.com/wesleyan/event_view.aspx?token=JeTEctsaFhU4RRjKT9V14g%3d%3d

March 1, Internships with US Companies
https://www.myinterfase.com/wesleyan/event_view.aspx?token=JKEIpkJwFK+uRHhOO3N3Tg%3d%3d