January 25, 2008

[in memory of Heath Ledger]

Fear no more the heat o' the sun,

Nor the furious winter's rages;

Thou thy worldly task hast done,

Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages;

Golden lads and girls all must,

As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.

Fear no more the frown o' the great;

Thou art past the tyrant's stroke:

Care no more to clothe and eat;

To thee the reed is as the oak:

The sceptre, learning, physic, must

All follow this, and come to dust.

Fear no more the lightning-flash,

Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone;

Fear not slander, censure rash;

Thou hast finished joy and moan;

All lovers young, all lovers must

Consign to thee, and come to dust.

No exorciser harm thee!

Nor no witchcraft charm thee!

Ghost unlaid forbear thee!

Nothing ill come near thee!

Quiet consummation have;

And renownéd be thy grave!

--William Shakespeare

In this edition:

Honors news

 * Thesis workshops next week

 * Tales to tell: study abroad celebration (rsvp by Feb. 1)

 * Honors thesis grants: deadline to apply Feb. 1

 * Honors student association: meeting Wednesday

 * Honors experiential event: surgeon/writer Pauline Chen

College news

 * Registration deadline reminder

 * Gender, women, sexuality studies job search candidate presentations

 * Undergraduate research opportunities program; apply by Mar. 3 for summer/fall

University news

 * Cross-cultural leadership retreat (apply by Feb. 5)

Scholarships

 * Reminder: Rotary scholarships info session Thursday

Learning abroad

 * Learning abroad options for health sciences students Wednesday

 * Info session on summer SPAN programs Thursday

Graduate/Professional programs

 * LSAT practice tests and strategy session Saturday/Tuesday

 * Thursday: Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs info session

Internships/Jobs

 * Student job with Homeland Security

Special opportunities

  * Cell phone drive for domestic violence shelters

Lively links

 * Political animals

Events

 * Now playing at Bedlam

 * This week at the bookstore

 * Tomorrow: Chinese new year celebration

 * Monday: free movement workshop

 * Tuesday: free screening of Operation Lysistrata

 * Wednesday: tango!

 * Wednesday: Women's Human Rights film series

 * Wednesday: Climate change webcast and panel discussion

 * Thursday: lecture on agricultural trade policy

 * Thursday: Medieval Studies colloquium

 * Thursday: medical complicity in torture

 * Thursday: an evening with Will Steger

 * Thursday: lute cafe

Honors news

THESIS WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK

If you're completing your junior year (or beginning your senior year), it's time to begin planning your Honors senior project. We will offer two workshops next week to get you started and provide some basic guidelines. If you are interested in attending either, please email Kit (cgordon@class.cla.umn.edu); include your name, major, year in school, and which session you plan to attend. The workshops will be Thursday, Jan. 31, 11:30 am and Friday, Feb. 1, noon; both will meet in 12 Nicholson, and will last about 45 minutes.

TALES TO TELL: A CELEBRATION OF STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCES
Have you studied abroad? Do you want to study abroad? Are you studying abroad right here? You are invited to share your stories, experiences, and advice at the first annual 'Tales to Tell' event hosted by Honors in the College of Liberal Arts and the University Honors Program. The event will be Thursday, Feb. 7, 5-6:30 pm, 135 Nicholson Hall (Fireplace Room). Free Food! Samosas and Curry! Prize for best picture and most compelling/funniest study abroad story. Please RSVP to honors@umn.edu by February 1. If you wish to participate in the photo or story contest, please attach either one photo or a 50-150 word story to your RSVP. Space is limited! Any questions, please contact us through the above email or call the Honors Office at 612.624.5522.

HONORS THESIS GRANTS: APPLICATION DEADLINE FRIDAY, FEB. 1

If you are working on your honors thesis/project and have some out-of-pocket costs, consider applying for an Honors thesis grants; these grants (up to $500) can cover thesis-related expenses. To download a copy of the application, visit http://www.cla.umn.edu/honors/Thesis%20grant%20app%202006.pdf. The deadline for spring semester grants is Friday, February 1.

HONORS STUDENT ASSOCIATION: MEETING WEDNESDAY

First Honors Student Association meeting of the Semester! Wednesday, Jan. 30, 5:30 pm, 325 Coffman Memorial Union. This meeting will be a potluck with a presentation by The Aurora Center on this month's topic of 'Risk and Resilience.' There will be chips, puppy chow, brownies, and more (all free for HSA members!). HSA is a fun way to get involved with your peers in honors while giving back to the community through service opportunities, informative lectures and discussions, and social events.

HONORS EXPERIENTIAL EVENT: SURGEON/AUTHOR PAULINE CHEN

Friday, Feb. 1, 7-9 pm, Coffman Union Bookstore, free. Pauline Chen, noted surgeon and author discusses her book Final Exam. Pauline Chen, a noted transplant surgeon and best-selling author, will discuss her book Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality at the University of Minnesota Bookstore. Final Exam follows Chen's journey through medical school and as a leading transplant surgeon as she shares the experiences through which medical students and trainees first encounter death and ultimately depersonalize it. Chen addresses the many ways death is part of her work and shares how her fears of mortality have incapacitated her, and how she learned to reject what she was taught about suppressing her feelings for her patients--allowing her to carve out a new role for herself as a physician and a human being. Final Exam acknowledges Western medicine's shortcomings in end-of-life care and offers recommendations on how physicians can improve the death experience and enrich the lives of others. For more information, or to order a signed copy visit www.bookstore.umn..edu/genref/authors.html

. Chen will sign copies of her book following the discussion. For a reminder of how experiential events work, see www.cla.umn.edu/honors/aboutexp.htm.

College news

REGISTRATION DEADLINE REMINDER

Through Tuesday, Jan 29: you may add and drop classes, and change your grade base.

Through Monday, Feb. 4: you may add a class with instructor permission, drop a class, or change your grade base. Changes made during the first two weeks do not show on your record.

Through Tuesday, March 18 (note: this is the Tuesday of spring break): you may drop a class without permission; a "W" will indicate your withdrawal on your record. After March 18, you may drop a class using your "one-time-only late drop" option if you have not already done so. This must be done by the last day of classes (Friday, May 9), and requires a petition in the Honors office. You may also petition to drop after the deadline if you can document extenuating circumstances.

GWSS JOB TALKS: ALL WELCOME

Today, 3:15-5 pm, 400 Ford Hall. Zenzele Isoke, PhD in Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University. "Gender, Social Capital and the Problematics of Racial Liberalism in the Hip Hop Generation"

Monday, 3:15-4 pm, 400 Ford Hall. Eric Pritchard, PhD candidate in English, The University of Wisconsin-Madison; minor in Afro-American Studies. "A Litany for Survival: Black Queer Literacies"

Monday, Feb. 4, 3:15-5 pm, 400 Ford Hall. Karen Flynn, Phd in Women's Studies, York University. "It's Not My Blackness That is Important: Gender, Race, and Image in Nursing."

Monday, Feb. 11, 3:15-5 pm, 400 Ford Hall. Margo Natalie Crawford, Phd in American Studies, Yale University. "The Most Local Nation-States: Nationalism and the Black Woman's Burden."

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) provides grants of up to $1,700 for undergraduate students either to carry out a project of the student's own design in close collaboration with a faculty sponsor or work with a faculty member on her/his scholarly or creative project. Over 5,000 students and faculty across the University have already discovered the benefits of these hands-on research opportunities in laboratories, studios, libraries, and field sites. Participating students have developed detailed knowledge of research methods while their faculty sponsors have gained the assistance of enthusiastic and capable students. To find out more about undergraduate research and the UROP program, visit http://www.research.umn.edu/undergraduate/.  Application materials for UROP are available on the web at
http://www.research.umn.edu/undergraduate/UROP/index.html. The application deadline for Summer and Fall 2008 projects is March 3. If you have questions about UROP, please contact Rebecca Rassier at rrassier@class.cla.umn.edu.

University news

CROSS CULTURAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT

Application deadline: Tuesday, Feb. 5. This retreat is for international and U.S. students who want to learn to become more effective in international environments. This highly
interactive, high-energy retreat becomes a living laboratory of what it takes to work with people from vastly different cultures. You will meet other students, begin friendships with people from all over the world, and discover your own leadership potential. A cutting edge cross cultural leadership model, Personal Leadership, will be used to develop participants' cross cultural skill-set that is needed for professional and personal lives in the 21st century. Space is limited; apply online at http://www.isss1.umn..edu/leadership/BRQ.lasso before February 5. If you have questions, please contact Thorunn Bjarnadottir at thorunnb@umn.edu.

Scholarships

REMINDER: ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS INFO SESSION THURSDAY

Thursday, January 31, 3:30-4:30 pm, 101 Walter Library. Learn about the world's largest privately funded scholarship program for international education! Representatives of Rotary International will discuss the Ambassadorial, Cultural Ambassadorial, and World Peace
Scholarships. Opportunities are offered for study abroad in nearly 100 host countries, including academic year scholarships, multi-year scholarships, and scholarships for 3-6 months of intensive language study and cultural immersion. Awards range from $10,000 to $23,000, depending on the type and length of the program. Some of the scholarships have language proficiency requirements. Sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduates may apply. Must be citizen of a country with Rotary Clubs. Applicants should have strong academic records and a commitment to service. Initial application is made through a Rotary
Club in the applicant's hometown or place of current full-time study. Apply this February for scholarships for the 2009-10 year.  For further information, visit http://www.honors.umn.edu/scholarships/ or www.rotary.org.

Learning abroad

LEARNING ABROAD FOR STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, 1:30-2:30 pm, Johnston Hall B33. Get info about study abroad programs that focus on health and health science. Find event details at www.cclc.umn.edu/events
[Apologies for inadvertently including this item in last week's email.]

INFO SESSION ON SPAN SUMMER EXPERIENCES THURSDAY

Thursday, 5-6 pm, 101 Walter Library: Learn about research abroad opportunities in Argentina, Bulgaria and Senegal with the SPAN program. Student Project for Amity among Nations offers students a chance to travel to intriguing destinations while they map out their own, unique research and study abroad experience. How? With help from qualified academic advisors, students select a research topic of their choosing to thoroughly explore and ultimately write extensively about. Attend this info session to learn more about possible research topics and meet the summer 2008 academic advisors.

Graduate/Professional programs

LSAT PRACTICE TEST & STRATEGY SESSION

The Princeton Review will offer LSAT practice tests and strategy sessions Saturday, 9 am-1 pm (test) and Tuesday, 6:30-8 pm (strategy session), Dinkydome suite 302. Free!

RSVP: 800-2Review or PrincetonReview.com/Events.

THURSDAY: HUMPHREY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFO SESSION

Thursday, 5:30-7:30 pm, 205 Humphrey Center. This session will cover graduate programs in Public Policy (MPP) and Urban and Regional Planning (MURP). Beverages and pizza will be served.  Faculty and current students will speak briefly about each of our degree programs and will also be available to answer questions. Information sessions are free and open to the public.  Space is limited, so please have your students RSVP to: HHHadmit@umn.edu, via phone at 612.626.7229, or online at http://www2.hhh.umn.edu/forms/admissions_infosessions.html. This website also includes dates for future sessions, and sessions on the Public Affairs program (MPA). In addition, the Institute is proud to announce its newly endowed Charles R. Krusell Fellowship in Community Development. The deadline to be considered for the Charles R. Krusell Fellowship is February 15. The Krusell Fellowship in Community Development Fellowship is for economically disadvantaged and/or under represented MURP or MPP students interested in the fields of housing and community development.
http://www.hhh.umn.edu/admissions/financial_aid.html#scholarships_incoming_hhh_students

Internships/Jobs

STUDENT JOB WITH HOMELAND SECURITY

The Office of Chief Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is currently recruiting a student for part-time employment, not to exceed fifteen hours per week. Interested students should submit the following: a current (unofficial) transcript copy, resume, and one-two paragraphs stating why the student would like a position with the Office of Chief Counsel, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement. Documents should be mailed to:  
                        Office of Chief Counsel
                        U.S. Department of Homeland Security
                        Immigration and Customs Enforcement
                        ATTN:  Bonnie Lindstrom
                        P.O. Box 11898
                        St. Paul, MN  55111
Closing date for receipt of transcript, resume, and paragraph(s) is February 1. Once a selection is made, a Federal employment package will be forwarded to the student for the required background investigation. Employment would commence 1–2 months from receipt of properly completed and cleared Federal employment documents. Please direct any questions to Bonnie Lindstrom, Mission Support Specialist, 952.853.2764.

Special opportunities

CELL PHONE DRIVE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS

Get a new phone lately? Donate your old one! The Aurora Center for Advocacy and Education will collect cell phones (with batteries) January 28 thru February 8 at 407 Boynton and the Coffman Union Information Desk. The cell phones will be donated to local shelters to be distributed to victims of domestic violence, who can use the phones to call 911 in case of emergency. Your donation can literally mean the difference between life and death for someone in need. If you have any questions, please contact Jackie at 612.626.2929.

Lively links

POLITICAL ANIMALS

Elephants, wolves, dolphins, and more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22angi.html

Events

NOW PLAYING AT BEDLAM

Now through Feb. 3: Maria Irene Fornes's play Mud. Student tickets $12 (or volunteer to work the box office or manage the house and see the show for free: email Kristin Campbell to sign up (camp0515@umn.edu). For more information, see Bedlam's website, http://www.bedlamtheatre.org/display.php?event=169.

THIS WEEK AT THE BOOKSTORE

Tuesday, 4 pm, University Bookstore, Coffman Memorial Union: University Professor Hazel Dicken-Garcia and honors alum Giovanna Dell'Orto (summa cum laude, 1998) will discuss their book, Hated Ideas and the American Civil War Press.

Thursday, 4 pm: Karen Painter, Professor of Music, will discuss Symphonic Aspirations: German Music and Politics, 1900-1945.

Friday, Feb. 1, 7 pm: Pauline Chen, a noted transplant surgeon, will discuss her book Final Exam, A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality. [Note: this is an Honors experiential event; see above under "Honors" for more information.]

TOMORROW: CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

Saturday, 5 pm, Great Hall, Coffman Memorial Union. The Chinese American Student Association of the University of Minnesota is holding its annual Chinese New Year celebration. (The Chinese New Year, a.k.a. the Lunar New Year, officially begins Feb. 7.) The event will feature traditional Chinese dance and music; a Chinese-style dinner will also be served. Free for U students, staff, and faculty; $5 per person for general public. For more information, please e-mail casa@umn.edu.

MONDAY: FREE MOVEMENT WORKSHOP

Monday, noon, 120 Nolte: "A Simple Movement Practice," workshop with Dana Reitz. Wear comfortable clothes.

TUESDAY: FREE SCREENING OF OPERATION LYSISTRATA

Tuesday, 11:15 am, Thrust Theatre, Rarig Center. In January 2003, Kathryn Blume and Sharron Bower organized readings of Aristophanes’ play, Lysistrata, as a protest of the imminent preemptive war on Iraq. The Lysistrata Project quickly gained momentum and became a worldwide happening for peace. On March 3, 2003 over 1,000 simultaneous productions of Lysistrata were performed in 59 countries around the globe. The film Operation Lysistrata shows how two women transformed their individual aspirations for peace into a movement which allowed the global community to share in their vision, using grassroots activism, conflict resolution, community building, and the role of art in a functioning democracy.

WEDNESDAY: TANGO!

Wednesday, 4 pm, 125 Nolte. "It Takes Two to Tango: An Exploration of Argentine Tango through Performance and Analysis," presentation by Bob Barnes and Emily McManus.

WEDNESDAY: WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS FILM SERIES

This on-going series at the Humphrey Institute will screen Killer's Paradise (about the brutal murders of women in Guatemala) Wednesday, 5:30 pm, Humphrey Forum, HHH. For more information, see: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/wpp/women_rights_film_series.html.

WEDNESDAY: CLIMATE CHANGE WEBCAST & PANEL

Wednesday, 7 pm, Bell Museum Auditorium. This national, interactive webcast will feature Stanford climate scientist Stephen Schneider, sustainability expert Hunter Lovins, and green jobs pioneer Van Jones.  Following the webcast, the Bell Museum and University of Minnesota partners will present a panel discussion on local climate change solutions.

THURSDAY: LECTURE ON AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY

Thursday, 3 pm, Cargill Building, St. Paul campus: Ambassador Joseph Glauber will present "Whither U.S. Agricultural Trade Policy" as part of the Minnesota Lectures on Applied Economics and Policy. As chief economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Glauber will discuss the issues surrounding trade and protection related to U.S. interests and those of other countries in the ongoing Doha Round multilateral trade negotiations. (The Doha Round, in the works since 2001, is a means to encourage free trade worldwide.) Free, but registration is encouraged. A reception will follow.

(http://ur.umn.edu/b1/?http://www.apec.umn.edu/CochraneLecture08.html)

THURSDAY: MEDIEVAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM

Thursday, 4 pm, 140 Nolte: Benjamin Liu (University of Connecticut; U of M visiting professor) will speak on "Interfaith Taxation, the Cid, and the Cash-in-Advance Constraint."

THURSDAY: MEDICAL COMPLICITY IN TORTURE

Thursday, 4 pm, 125 Nolte. Dr. Steven Miles, "Medical Complicity with Torture during the War on Terror."

THURSDAY: AN EVENING WITH WILL STEIGER

Thursday, 6-9 pm, First Avenue main room (downtown Minneapolis), free. Please join Will Steger and The Bell Museum of Natural History for Focus Minnesota: climate change solutions, a community event at First Avenue in Downtown Minneapolis. We guarantee you a fantastic time with live music from local bands and speakers-including leaders in the youth climate movement and politicians at the local and state level. Over 20 environmental student and non-profit organizations will provide information and resources on global warming solutions and citizen action.  

THURSDAY: LUTE CAFE IN ST. PAUL

The Twin Cities Lute Cooperative (http://www.twincitieslutecoop.com/) sponsors informal concerts on the last Thursday of each month in the Village View Room at the Hillcrest Recreation Center in St. Paul (1978 Ford Parkway). This month's offering features the duo of soprano Carrie Henneman Shaw and lute dude Phil Rukavina performing a selection of pieces for lute and theorbo by Giovanni Kapsberger. Doors open at 6:30 pm, music begins at 7 pm; no admission but a $10 donation is encouraged.

NEXT FRIDAY: BLACK HISTORY IN MINNESOTA
Friday, Feb. 1, noon, 120 Elmer Andersen Library. The University of Minnesota Libraries invite you to explore and discover new worlds of knowledge. Librarians from the Givens Collection of African American Literature will share stories about contributions of prominent members of Minnesota's black community. Bring your lunch; light refreshments served.