Communication Email: April 6, 2009
April 6, 2009
Hey SAS grads,
We are coming up on the end of another great year. If you enjoyed all the SAS and GAPSA events you have attended, please consider running for a position in SASgov or as a SAS representative in the GAPSA general assembly. You get to meet lots of people, eat free dinners and you are clued into everything that is going on around you. No experience necessary, just a desire to be a part of a student government that wants to improve the experience of SAS graduate students. E-mail me at sasgov-comm@sas.upenn.edu if you are interested. Have a great week!
Carla
VP of Communications for SASgov
SASgov Announcements
1. SASgov Elections
2. SAS Happy Hour April 16
3. SAS representatives needed for GradFest competitions
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1. SASgov Elections
Are you interested in becoming more involved in what goes on around school? Want to meet more people from all different departments around SAS and get a free dinner every week? Think about joining running for a SASgov executive position. There are six positions available including President, VP of Public Affairs, VP of Communications, VP of Finance, VP of Policy, and VP of Social Activities. For more information on the positions you can go to the following website:http://www.sasgov.org/news/sasgov-elections-april-7/ or e-mail sasgov-pres@sas.upenn.edu for more information. Once you have decided to run, email Carla at sasgov-comm@sas.upenn.edu. You will be asked to come to the SASgov general body meeting on April 7 (tomorrow) at 6:30 in 3619 Locust Walk in order to give a speech and answer the representative’s questions.
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2. SASgov Happy Hour next Thursday 5-7, April 16
Same time, same place and still free! Come by 3619 Locust Walk next Thursday, April 16, from 5-7 for another great happy hour. Great for food, drinks, and relaxing from a hard week.
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3. SAS representatives needed for GradFest competitions
We need competitors for the following announcement from GAPSA. If you are interested, please e-mail Caroline Bishop atsasgov-pres@sas.upenn.edu. You will be in a team of 8-10 SAS students. You do not need to put the team together yourself but if you would like to come and do it with another friend, please feel free to e-mail both your names. You will not be competing in all of the events. Each school will be asked to create a team of up to 10 graduate and/or professional students to participate in a variety of activities and events. The team with the most points at 4:45pm wins. And that’s not all…the winning grad school will also earn the bragging rights to proudly display the Super “Grad School” Bowl Trophy!!
FIVE EVENTS
Grad School Fun Shops 12-2pm
Pie Eating Contest @ 12:30
Mechanical Bull @ 1:00
Relay Race @ 1:30
Poker @ 2:00
The winning team will be announced and prizes will be distributed at 4:45pm in Wynn Commons.
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GAPSA Announcements
1. Upcoming Events
2. GAPSA Executive Board Elections: Wednesday, April 8th
3. GAPSA-UA Public Safety Award
4. GradFest 2009: May 2nd
5. School Sponsored Events Open to All Graduate and Professional Students
6. Working-Class and First-Generation Grad Student Barbecue
7. 1st Annual Oral Cancer Walk Philadelphia: April 18th
8. National Public Health Week: April 6-12
9. Graduate Student Center Programs
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1. 1. * Happy Hour at Chickie’s and Pete’s in South Philly
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Location: 1526 Packer Avenue
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Cover: Free for students who purchased Phillies tickets through GAPSA; $10 cover for all Penn grad students and their guests who did not purchase tickets to the game.
Details: Includes all-you-can-drink domestic beers and unlimited famous Crab Fries.
Must show valid 21+ ID and Penn grad card.
* Tequila Tasting Event
Learn about tequilas from the best tequila bar and restaurant in the city!
Location: Tequila’s
Address: 1602 Locust Street
Date: April 9, 2009 Time: 8:00-11:00 p.m.
Details: There are altogether 6 different tequilas for you to try (2 blancos, 2 reposados, 2 anejos) paired with three amazing courses.
Cost: $40 (value of $84) Tickets may be purchased at gapsa.ticketleap.com starting March 20, 2009. Must be 21+.
* GAPSA Dinner at Fogo de Chao
Date & Time: Monday April 13, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Place: Fogo De Chao, 1337 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Join GAPSA for a churrasco dinner at Fogo De Chao, a Brazilian restaurant in Center City. Churrasco is the Gaucho way of roasting meats over pits of open fire for delicious barbecues, always present at every festive occasion, especially family gatherings.
Menu includes: salad bar, vegetables, and choice of 15 meats (unlimited), as well as a beverage (beer/wine)
Cost: $26 for meat; $16 for vegetarian (Regular retail value: $50 + tax & tip). Tickets are available online at:https://gapsa.ticketleap.com/GAPSA-Dinner-at-Fogo-De-Chao-04-13-2009-08-00. Questions? Emailgapsa.sp@gmail.com
GAPSA Sponsored Nursing School Happy Hour @ Mar Bar
All graduate students welcome! Date: April 16, 2009
Location: 200 S 40th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (40th and Walnut)
Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Free for Penn graduate and professional students with valid Penn ID and 21+ ID. Guests are $10 at the door.
Details: First two hundred students get two free drink tickets for domestic beers and house wines. Hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Must show valid 21+ ID and Penn grad card.
* GAPSA Etiquette Dinner Co-hosted by the School of Veterinary Medicine
The Etiquette dinner is an opportunity for students across Penn’s Graduate and Professional Schools to network with each other while learning the rules of etiquette for business and other formal occasions. A full meal with wine will be served over the course of a presentation and discussion.
Event Restrictions: must be 21+ to drink. Dress is business casual. Please be prompt to arrive, late guests will not be allowed in the venue or seated for food service after 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $16 at gapsa.ticketleap.com (max of 1 ticket/student)
Date: April 16, 2009
Start Time: 7pm
End Time: 10pm
Location: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
* Phillies vs. Braves Tickets (4/17 and 4/19)!!!!
Come get your tickets to the first set of home games at Citizens Bank Park. Watch the 2008 World Series champs play the Atlanta Braves! Tickets are on sale online at www.gapsa.ticketleap.com or you may purchase them in person on April 6 between 5-8PM from the GAPSA office located on the 2nd floor of Graduate Student Center. In-person ticket purchases are not guaranteed and are sold only on first-come, first-serve basis.
Details: Tickets are $10 for 4/17 (game only) and $15 for 4/19 (game plus $10 food voucher). All GAPSA Phillies ticketholders may attend the Chickie’s and Pete’s happy hour on April 7 at 5PM for free!
Those who purchase tickets online MUST pick up their actual tickets and/or food vouchers on April 6, 2009 between 5-8PM from the GAPSA office.
Tickets are on sale this week for the following events. Please visit http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/engage/events for the full list of upcoming GAPSA events.
* GAPSA Volunteering at Red Cross Walk to Save Lives
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009 Time: TBD (participants will receive an email when our volunteer time is confirmed)
Place: Fairmount Park, 4231 North Concourse Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19131
Join fellow Penn graduate and professional students as we volunteer at the Philly Red Cross Walk. Volunteers will help with the prize distribution, route set-up, water stops, signage, collection of pledges, and registration. You will get a t-shirt in exchange for volunteering.
You must reserve a spot online at: https://gapsa.ticketleap.com/GAPSA-Volunteering-at-Red-Cross-Walk-to-Save-Lives-04-18-2009-05-00
Questions? Email gapsa.sp@gmail.com
Tickets are on sale this week for the following events. Please visit http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/engage/events for the full list of upcoming GAPSA events.
*Rock Climbing at Pottruck, Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com
* Asian Pacific Celebration with the Phillies and the Padres, Friday, April 17, 2009, 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com
* GAPSA Trip to Morris Arboretum, Saturday, April 18, 2009, 1:oo-5:00 p.m. Tickets are available atgapsa.ticketleap.com
* Wine Tasting at Supper, Friday, April 24, 2009, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com
* Annual GAPSA Moonlight Boat Cruise, Saturday, May 2, 2009, 11:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Tickets are on sale now at the Graduate Student Center. Don’t miss the boat! Only 40% of tickets are left! They sell out every year!
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2. * 2009-2010 GAPSA Exec Board Elections: Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Announcement: Elections for positions on the 2009-2010 Executive Board of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly will be held on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 6pm in the Bodek Lounge of Houston Hall.
Call for Nominations: Any current graduate or professional student at the University of Pennsylvania may make a nomination or be nominated. Self-nominations are encouraged. All nominations should be sent, by way of e-mail, to the current Vice Chair for Equity and Access, Esther Agbaje (gapsa.vcpluralism@gmail.com). Nominations will remain open until the start of each election.
Information: For election rules, please refer to Article V and Appendix A of the GAPSA Constitution. Note that only School Representatives to the Assembly are eligible to vote. For description of general Executive Board member responsibilities, see Article VI. For descriptions of each Chair and Vice Chair position, see Article VII. To contact a current Board member with questions about their position, see the Membership page.
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3. * 2009 GAPSA-UA Public Safety Award
GAPSA and the Undergraduate Assembly (UA) team up each year to present an Award to a member of the Penn community, and specifically the Department of Public Safety (DPS), who has shown outstanding service during the course of the most recent academic year.
This year the GAPSA-UA Award will be presented at a DPS Ceremony on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Nominations for Award recipients (e.g. Police detectives, Police Officers, Allied Barton Guards, etc) must be made before Monday, April 13, 2009. Please send all nominations to GAPSA Chair Andrew Rennekamp (gapsa.chair@gmail.com).
4. * GradFest 2009
Date: Saturday May 2, 2009 from 12:00pm – 5pm.
Location: Wyn Commons and Houston Hall.
Tickets are available at the Graduate Student Center and online at https://gapsa.ticketleap.com/ . If you purchase your ticketbefore April 17th you are automatically enrolled to win a Flip Video Camera from your friends at Computer Connections!
Graduate Student Center: Tickets are on sale at the Graduate Student Center Your ticket entitles you to a Gradfest09 T-Shirt, raffle ticket, food voucher and of course access to all of the fun games, festivities and Happy Hour!
Gradfest09 is also looking for Volunteers! Sign up to be a volunteer and enter our exclusive volunteer raffle, a special volunteer T-Shirt, and a of course a free ticket!
For more information visit http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/engage/gradfest
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5. * Whartones Spring Concert
Tuesday April 7th, 2009
Houston Hall, Hall of Flags
8:30 pm
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at http://wga.wharton.upenn.edu/index.php?option=com_calendar&view=events&month=04&day=07&year=2009&Itemid=49 or at the door.
* 2008 - 2009 DCC (Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism) GRADUATE WORKSHOP SERIES http://www.sas.upenn.edu/dcc/workshops/graduate.html
The DCC Graduate Workshop aims to stimulate interdisciplinary research on the challenges and opportunities that the spread of citizenship in constitutional democracies poses. If you would like to join a growing group of graduate students from Penn and surrounding universities committed to helping each other on this exciting research agenda (presenting papers, serving as a discussant, reading each other’s papers, contributing to discussion), please email any of the following graduate fellows: Phillip Buckley (buckleyd@dolphin.upenn.edu), Jo Cohen (cohenjo3@sas.upenn.edu), or Willie Gin (wgin@sas.upenn.edu). Coffee, cookies, beer, and pizza will be served at all meetings!
April 8 (3:00 pm, Rm 205 College Hall–NOTE, DIFFERENT TIME FROM USUAL)
Erik Mathisen, “Schools of Citizenship: Allegiance, Obligation and State Formation in the Confederate Army, 1861-65”
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6. * Working-Class and First-Generation Grad Student Barbecue!
If you are a first generation or working-class graduate student at UPenn, please join us for a BBQ! Meet other working-class students and learn about the formation of a group specifically for working-class and first-generation grad students next year!
Date: Thursday, April 9th
Time: 4:45-5:45
Location: Grad Student Center, 3615 Locust Walk
Questions? Can’t make it but interested in the group? Contact jenagris@law.upenn.edu !
7. * 1st Annual Oral Cancer Walk Philadelphia
Date: April 18, Saturday, 2009
Time: 8:30am-2pm
School: School of Dental Medicine
Oral and pharyngeal cancer affects thousands of Americans and causes over 8,000 deaths each year! It is a disease that warrants much attention yet seldom gets it. The School of Dental Medicine brings you the 1st Annual Oral Cancer Walk in Philadelphia! Please help us increase awareness about oral cancer and with this goal in mind, we hope you will join us in this great cause. Registration/sponsorship fee is $20, which benefits the Oral Cancer Foundation. The 3.1-mile walk starts and ends at Penn Dental. Free oral screenings, refreshments, and live entertainment will be provided. Oral cancer survivors walk for free! Please visit our website for complete details and registration info: http://www.oralcancerwalkphilly.org
8. * National Public Health Week: April 6-12
Celebrate National Public Health Week with the Penn Community, April 6-12. For a complete list of events please visithttp://www.cphi.upenn.edu/NPHW.shtml.
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9. * Graduate Student Center Programs
Navigating the Dissertation
Peer Statistics Advising http://gsc.upenn.edu/register/
Monday, April 20, 2009, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 23, 2009, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Navigating the Classroom
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navclass/index.php
Are Your Students Using the Internet for Good or Evil? Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Navigating the Grant
Peer-to-Peer Grant Application Advising
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navgrant/advisee.php
Upcoming Grants & Fellowships
Apply Now!
