Honors-CLA
List-Serv, 29 February 2008
O Prosperpina,
For the flowers now that, frighted, thou letst fall
From Dis's Wagon!--daffodils,
That come before the swallow
dares, and take
The winds of March with beauty . . .
William Shakespeare, The
Winter's Tale,
4.4, 116-120
In this edition:
Honors news
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Experiential events this week
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Honors Student Association event March 15: mark your calendars
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IT Honors hosts film tonight
College news
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Exploring interests and majors event is Wednesday
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Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies writing awards
University news
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SMART writing workshop Tuesday
Scholarships
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Info session Tuesday on Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell
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American Studies scholarship; application deadline March 14
Learning abroad
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Three weeks in
Research
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Research project with Ananya Dance Theatre
Graduate/Professional programs
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Grad student panel on mental health program Wednesday
Internships/Jobs
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Job Search Jump Start deadline extended to Monday
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Playwrights' Center PlayLabs internship: apply by March 15
Student organizations
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Xperimental Theatre call for proposals for 2008-9 season (deadline April 4)
Lively links
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Encyclopedia of Life is online
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NY Times essay contest
Events
* Today: Visit
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Tuesday: Local author Laura Flynn at U Bookstore
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Tuesday: Writer Loung Ung at Coffman
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Tuesday: Framing Suzan-Lori Parks, part two
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Wednesday/Thursday: Physicist David Gross, lecture & colloquium
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Wednesday: Kate Flint on "Pink Twilight"
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Thursdays at Four: Journalist Eric Black
* Thursday
Headliners event: Professor Yangwei Zhang on "The China Connection"
(free tix!)
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Thursday: cartoonist/graphic artist Allison Bechdel
* Next
Friday: Students & hierarchies at the University lunch discussion (RSVP
required)
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Next Friday: First Fridays at Andersen Library--Women and Computers
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Opening next Friday: honors alum Jenna Papke directs Tom Stoppard's
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Next Friday & Saturday: annual
Honors news
UPCOMING
EXPERIENTIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK
Thursday, noon,
Thursday, 7 pm, Continuing Education and Conference Center, St.
Paul Campus, Headliners with Professor Yangwei Zhang. Stop by the Honors office
for a free ticket (regularly $10). With a population of more than 1.3 billion
people, the oldest continuous civilization with records dating back 3,500
years, a geography covering 3.7 million square miles, and the world’s fastest
growing economy,
Sunday, March 9, 2 pm, Bell Museum of Natural History: "South
African Landscape and Wildlife," with field biologist Nicole Benjamin.
Regular cost: $7. Interested Honors students should email Rebecca Dosch-Brown (dosch018@umn.edu)
with your name, ID, and email address to be put on the guest list (which means
you get in for free!). Fore more information on experiential events, visit www.cla.umn.edu/honors/aboutexp.htm.
HONORS
STUDENT ASSOCIATION EVENT MARCH 15: MARK YOUR CALENDARS
As
members of the Honors Student Association, we are celebrating March as Human
Rights Month: please join us for International Women's Day. The 13th Annual
International Women's Day Celebration is rapidly approaching, and we are
looking for volunteers to help out on the day of the
event. Our keynote speaker will be Robin Morgan, and a plenary panel will speak
to the intersection of women's and indigenous rights. The day will also include
12 workshops on women's human rights, film, arts and crafts vendors, and a
wealth of resources from other organizations. Maria Isa will be closing the day
with a performance. Events will be at Coffman from 8 am-4 pm, Saturday, March
15; volunteers can schedule their own two-hour time block. This event allows us
to not only get involved and help out, but to also learn a lot and experience
all of the workshops and activities that International Women’s Day has to
offer. We will be volunteering for 2 hours during the day, and then we are free
to explore all the event has to offer. Please contact HSA’s Philanthropy
Coordinator, Lindsey Merritt ASAP, at merri204@umn.edu for more
information and to sign up to participate.
Hope to see you all there.
IT HONORS
HOSTS FILM TONIGHT
The IT
Honors Group is hosting a movie night to celebrate the 29th of
February, tonight at 7 pm in
(viewers choice). Everyone is welcome.
College news
WEDNESDAY:
EXPLORING INTERESTS AND MAJORS EVENT
Wednesday, 10 am-2 pm (come anytime), Coffman Union, Great Hall. This is the biggest exploration
event of the year. Come for info about what the U of M can offer to someone
with your interests. You can talk to advisers about any major, take a career
interests quiz, learn about ways to get involved at
the U, or get off-campus study info. Find event details at www.cclc.umn.edu/EIM.
GENDER,
WOMEN, & SEXUALITY STUDIES WRITING AWARDS
Cash
prizes worth hundreds of dollars available! Helen Hawthorne Hartung Award For
best feminist writing by undergraduate student and Valata Dakota Fletcher Award
For best feminist writing by returning woman undergraduate student. Entrants in
writing contests must have enrolled in at least one undergraduate GWSS course
at the
University news
SMART
WRITING WORKSHOP TUESDAY
Tuesday,
2-3:30 pm, Magrath Library Room 2:"Getting organized." This workshop
will provide effective strategies for reading and writing academic
articles. Students will also have an opportunity to “workshop” an
individual writing assignment from one of their courses. Students will be
able critique, edit, and improve their work. (If you do not bring an
assignment, or do not have one, you may complete an alternate activity, such as
writing and editing a short practice essay.) The workshop is intended for
non-native speakers, but all students are welcome. Refreshments will be
provided.
Scholarships
INFO
SESSION FOR UK/IRELAND GRAD STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS
Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 pm, Nolte Library (125 Nolte Center). Our panel of U faculty and staff
experts will offer an inside view of the application process for these
exceptional opportunities to study at Oxford, Cambridge, and universities
throughout the UK and Ireland; the scholarships include the Rhodes, Marshall,
Gates Cambridge, Churchill, and Mitchell. All require exceptional academic
records (generally a GPA of 3.8 or higher is recommended). For full information
about eligibility requirements, please see the descriptions of these
scholarships at http://www.honors.umn.edu/scholarships/information/index.html. Several
of the scholarships require institutional endorsement; instructions for
submitting an application for the campus endorsement process will be available
at the info session, and thereafter from Sally Lieberman, liebe001@umn.edu. The
application process starts this spring for U of M-Twin Cities juniors, seniors,
and recent grads interested in scholarships to begin graduate study in Fall 2009. Interested Freshman
and Sophomores are also welcome to attend the info session. Campus application
deadline: April 4, 2008.
AMERICAN
STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP; DEADLINE MARCH 14
The
American Studies Department is pleased to announce the opening of applications
for the 2008 American Studies William C. Nelson Undergraduate
Scholarship. The Department will award two $2,500 scholarships for the
2008-09 academic year. Deadline for submission is
March 14, 2008.
This scholarship is open to any undergraduates that have declared an American
Studies major by March 14, and who have at least two Amst designated courses on
their current transcript.
If you have any questions, please schedule an appointment during Professor
Jennifer Pierce’s Spring 2008 office hours (Tuesday’s 3-4:30 pm or Wednesday,
3:30-4:30 pm) by contacting the American Studies front office, 104 Scott Hall,
612/624-4190 or amstdy@umn.edu. For a copy of the application, email Kit at gordo003@umn.edu.
Learning abroad
THREE
WEEKS IN
CI 5050:
Art and Culture in
Research
RESEARCH
PROJECT WITH ANANYA DANCE THEATRE
Ananya
Dance Theatre is currently seeking undergraduate and graduate students to
collaborate on research related to our current production, Daak: Call to
Action. The research should focus on land rights violations in
Graduate/Professional programs
GRAD
STUDENT PANEL ON MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, 4-5:30 pm, N639 Elliott Hall. Come
learn from the personal experiences of current grad students in mental
health-related programs from across the Twin Cities. Panel members will be
graduate students currently enrolled in PhD, PsyD, and Master’s programs in
Clinical, Educational Psychology, School Counseling, and Social Work. Hear
about each panel member’s process of deciding on and applying to graduate
programs, their current experiences in the graduate programs and their future
plans. This event gives you a glimpse into the reality of being a grad
student, gives you a taste of how local mental health-related grad programs
differ, and will get you thinking about things you can do now to prepare.
Please RSVP at: www.psych.umn.edu/undergrad/upcomingevents.htm
Internships/Jobs
JOB
SEARCH JUMP START DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MONDAY
This event for CLA juniors, seniors, and recent grads is Friday,
March 7, 11:30 am-4:30 pm, Coffman Memorial Union. Whether you're looking for a
job now or you will be in a year or two, you need to prepare. This event
provides in-depth guidance including seminars, panel discussions, networking
opportunities with employers, resume critiques, info packets, and a tasty
lunch! See registration options at www.cclc.umn.edu/JSJS.
Registration deadline extended to Monday!
PLAYWRIGHTS'
CENTER PLAYLABS INTERNSHIP: APPLY BY MARCH 15
The PlayLabs Internship at
The Playwrights’ Center in
Student organizations
XPERIMENTAL
THEATRE CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR 2008-9; DEADLINE APR*IL 4
The
University's Xperimental Theatre is seeking proposals for four productions for
its 2008-2009 season. Proposals are due by noon,
Friday, April 4. For full details, email Kit at gordo003@umn.edu.
Lively links
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF LIFE IS ONLINE
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/science/26ency.html
NY TIMES
ESSAY CONTEST
http://www.nytimes.com/ads/marketing/modernlove/
The NY
Times invites college students nationwide to submit a personal essay of
between 1,500 and 2,000 words that illustrates the current state of love and
relationships. The winning author will receive $1,000 and his or her essay will
be published in a special “Modern Love” column on May 4, 2008 and on
nytimes.com.
Events
VISIT
Today,
4-6 pm, 110 Heller Hall: The Small World Coffee Hour (SWCH) and the Nepalese
Graduate
Student Association (NGSA) invite you to immerse yourself in the Nepali
culture, food, and tea. If you want to know more about
LOCAL
AUTHOR LAURA FLYNN AT U BOOKSTORE TUESDAY
Local
author and U of M instructor Laura Flynn will discuss her new book Swallow
the Ocean on
Tuesday, March 4 at 4 pm at the
TUESDAY:
WRITER LOUNG UNG AT COFFMAN
Tuesday,
7 pm, Coffman Theater: writer Loung Ung, author of First
They Killed my Father
and Lucky Child. Ung, a prominent human rights activist, escaped
TUESDAY: FRAMING SUZAN-LORI PARKS, PART TWO
Tuesday,
7:30 pm, Rarig Proscenium: Framing Suzan-Lori Parks: Directing Challenges and
Discoveries. A discussion panel enlivened by national and local directors and
producers experienced with staging Parks’s work. Featuring Oskar Eustis,
formerly with the Guthrie Theater and now artistic director of New York’s Joseph
Papp Public Theater, which has presented four of Parks’s plays; Wendy Knox, who
has directed three of Parks’s plays for Minneapolis’s Frank Theatre; actor,
playwright, and director Laurie Carlos; and UM Theater professor Lisa Channer,
who has directed the 365 Days/365 Plays series.
WEDNESDAY:
LECTURE BY PHYSICIST DAVID GROSS
Wednesday,
March 5, 4 pm, 150 Tate Lab of Physics: Professor David J. Gross, who holds the
Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics at the University of
California-Santa Barbara, will deliver the thirty-third Abigail and John Van
Vleck lecture, "The Coming Revolutions in Fundamental Physics." He
will also participate in a Physics and Astronomy Colloquium on Thursday, 4 pm,
150 Tate: "The Future of Physics."
WEDNESDAY:
KATE FLINT ON "PINK TWILIGHT"
Wednesday,
7:30 pm, Lind 305: Kate Flint, “The ‘hour of pink twilight’: the queer politics
of
encounter on the /fin-de-siecle/ street.” First in the English Department
series "IMPACTS: Feminist Theory and British Literary Studies."
THURSDAY: THURSDAYS AT FOUR PRESENTS ERIC BLACK
Thursday, 4 pm, 125 Nolte Center. Thursdays at Four presentation by Eric Black:
"One
ink-stained wretch's quest for the sweet spot--between the old journalism and
the new--where civil, substantive discourse can occur, even across the
ideological divide." Journalist Eric Black was a journalist for the Star
Tribune for three decades and founder of its blog, the Big Question. He now blogs at Ericblackink.com.
THURSDAY:
HEADLINERS EVENT--PROFESSOR YANGWEI ZHANG ON "THE
Thursday, 7 pm, Continuing Education and
THURSDAY:
CARTOONIST/GRAPHIC ARTIST ALISON BECHDEL
Thursday,
7 pm, Cowles Auditorium: Alison Bechdel delivers the Toni McNaron Lecture in
Arts & Culture. Bechdel, author of the critically acclaimed book Fun Home and of the syndicated comic
strip Dykes to Watch Out For will speak on GLBT-Q arts and culture.
NEXT FRIDAY: STUDENTS & HIERARCHIES AT THE UNIVERSITY
Friday,
March 7, noon-1:30 pm, 235 Nolte. The Institute for Advanced Study hosts the
third in the series of lunchtime talks about identity. The topic for this date
discussion will be "Students and Hierarchies at the University."
Undergraduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. To
facilitate discussion, attendance is limited to the first 15 respondents.. To reserve your spot, please contact ias@umn.edu
or 612.626.5054.
NEXT
FRIDAY: FIRST FRIDAYS AT ANDERSEN LIBRARY
Friday,
March 7, noon, 120 Andersen Library: Computers Once Were Women—Why Did this Change? Through the 1940s, the term
"computer" referred to people, often young women, who labored over
lengthy hand computations. Throughout the early years of computing history,
women played a prominent role, but in the recent years the field has become
increasingly male-dominated. The Charles Babbage Institute sheds some light on
these changes. Light refreshments served; feel free to bring your lunch.
OPENING NEXT FRIDAY: HONORS ALUM JENNA PAPKE DIRECTS TOM STOPPARD'S
NEXT
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY:
The University of Minnesota Law School's Theatre of the Relatively
Talentless (T.O.R.T.) presents the Sixth Annual Law School Musical: Robin Hood, Esq., 7 pm March 7 & 8,
Pantages Theatre, Downtown Minneapolis. Robin
Hood, Esq. tells the story of the hero's triumphant return from studying
abroad. With the help of his new LL.M. friend and other characters he meets in
the Sherwood Rare Books Room, he attempts to save the law school and the fair
Marian from the evil clutches of Interim Dean John. The Law School Musical is
an original, full-length parody written, directed, and performed by