Communication Email: February 16, 2009
February 16, 2009
Hey SAS grad students,
We had an awesome turnout at last week’s SAS happy hour. Be sure to check out our next one on March 19th. As many of you have heard, three students have been hospitalized with meningococcal infection. If you are experiencing any symptoms of meningitis, you should go the the clinic held today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Student Health Services at 3535 Market. The university is holding two great events regarding the economic crisis. Be sure to check them out in the SASgov announcements. Finally, if you have thought about taking a self defense class, look at #16 in GAPSA’s announcments for a FREE self defense class. Have a great week!
Carla
VP of Communications for SASgov
SASgov Announcements
1. GAPSA/SASgov Research Student Representative
We will be holding an election for a spot on GAPSA’s general assembly as a SASgov research student representative. If you are interested in running for the position you will need to be available every other Tuesday from 6:30-7:30 and every other Wednesday from 6-9. It is a great way to get involved and know what is going on around the school. Additionally, you get to interact with students from all 12 schools at Penn. Contact Caroline Bishop at sasgov-pres@sas.upenn.edu if you are interested.
2. Economic Crisis and it’s Aftermath University Wide Forum
University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann and a panel of Penn faculty will explore the causes of the economic and financial crisis, as well as its short- and long-term impacts on the world, at the inaugural David and Lyn Silfen University Forum. “After the Fall: A World Transformed?” will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Zellerbach Theater in Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. To read more about the forum you can click on the following link:http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1541
3. “The Economic Challenges Ahead” featuring Paul Krugman
Wednesday, February 18, 4 p.m., Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street
This program is free and open to the public. Paul Krugman has been dubbed “the most celebrated economist of his generation” by The Economist magazine. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, and he is the author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 professional journal articles—many of them on international trade and finance. His most recent book is The Conscience of a Liberal, and his previous work, The Great Unraveling, was a New York Times bestseller.
Do you know the difference between SASgov and GAPSA? SASgov is the student government for the graduate students of the School of Arts and Sciences. Every school (i.e. Law, Medical, Wharton, etc.) has it’s own student government. GAPSA is the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly which represents all graduate and professional students at the University of Pennsylvania. It is made up of students from all 12 graduate schools.
GAPSA Announcements
1. Upcoming Events
2 GAPSA Professional Student Travel Grant
3. GAPSA Leadership Retreat
4. Call for Nominations for the 2009 Citation for Commitment to Graduate Student Life Award (Deadline: February 18, 2009)
5. Wharton Programs
6. United Communities Clinic (UCC) Fundraiser Bar Night
7. Equal Justice Foundation Auction
8. Ethnography in Education Research Forum: Ethnography for Social Justice in Education
9. Apply to be a GA in a College House
10. A Course for Penn Graduate Students
11. Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference
12. Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross $5,000 Doctoral Research Grant - Applications Due March 31st
13. Unspoken Borders Conference 2009
14. 2008 - 2009 DCC (Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism) Graduate Workshop Series
15. 1st Annual Oral Cancer Walk Philadelphia
16. Penn’s Division of Public Safety offers two excellent FREE self-defense classes for Penn women
17. Graduate Student Center Programs
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1. *Inaugural David and Lyn Silfen University Forum
Want to learn more about the causes of our current economic downturn and what we can expect moving forward?
Join us for the Inaugural “David and Lyn University Forum”: “After the Fall: A World Transformed?” President Amy Gutmann and five distinguished members of the Penn faculty - Jennifer Amyx (SAS/PoliSci), Harold Cole (SAS/Econ), Don Kettl (SAS/PoliSci), Richard Marston (Wharton), and David Skeel (Law) - will address these issues and answer your questions.
Date: February 17, 2009
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center
Learn more about the Silfen University Forum at http://www.upenn.edu/silfenforum
* Maya Angelou speaking at Penn! (SOLD OUT)
GAPSA will co-sponsor the keynote address of Women’s Week 2009 at Penn, to be given by American poet Dr. Maya Angelou. In addition, GAPSA has purchased a block of 300 tickets, for graduate and professional students, to the event, which will take place at 6:30pm on Tuesday February 17, 2009 in Irvine Auditorium (doors will open at 6:00pm).
* Medical School Happy Hour Sponsored by GAPSA
Date: Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: Dunlop Auditorium Lobby
Address: 3450 Hamilton Walk; Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Dunlop Lobby on Ground Floor of Stemmler Hall)
Details: Free Beer and Food
* GAPSA Dinner at El Vez Restaurant (SOLD OUT)
Date: February 19th, 2009 at 7 PM Location: El Vez Restaurant (121 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104)
This is a group dinner to enjoy a three course family-style, Mexican-American meal and meet other Penn Graduate and Professional Students.
Tickets: $35. Ticket only available online at gapsa.ticketleap.com. Limit two tickets per PennID. You must be at the restaurant by 7 PM. You do NOT have to make a reservation–GAPSA has made a reservation. The cost of this dinner is $35. The regular price of this dinner would be $65 (includes appetizer, main course, dessert, beverage, tax, and tip).
Directions: You are responsible for providing your own transportation to the restaurant. Take the SEPTA Market-Frankford Line (Blue Line) to the 13th Street stop and walk south to Sansom Street.
* Korean-Style Happy Hour
Place: Nagwon Garden
Address: 7650 W Chester Pike Upper Darby, PA 19082
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009
Time: 9-11:30 p.m.
Cost: $15 (includes unlimited beer and Korean BBQ)
Tickets are available Feb 13, 2009 online through TicketLeap. Visit gapsa.ticketleap.com
* Jorge Cham of PhD Comics comes to Penn Campus!
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m.
Location: Houston Hall, Hall of Flags
Please register in advance at http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/register/
Hosted by PGWISE (Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering), GSEG (Graduate Student Engineering Group), Co-sponsored by GAPSA
* Turandot Opera (SOLD OUT!)
Location: Academy of Music (corner of Broad and Locust)
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 25 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets can be purchased at the Graduate Center starting on January 26 for $25 each
Description: This epic opera is centered around a beautiful Mandarin princess who possesses dazzling beauty, but a heart of stone. As countless suitors attempt to answer the mystifying riddles she poses, they meet their ruin. Can one brave, noble man beat her at her own dangerous game and at last ignite her passions? Puccini’s final opera and ultimate romantic masterpiece features a heartbreakingly-beautiful score anchored by the lavish melody “Nessun Dorma,” perhaps the most famous aria in all of opera. Unforgettable international star debuts are in store for this breathtaking opera’s triumphant return after 15 years.
* Wine Tasting at Supper
Date: February 26, 2009
Time: 7-9PM
Location: Supper Restaurant
Address: 926 South Street, Philadelphia 19147
Details: Sommelier will present a wine tasting event of 2 red wines and 2 white wines at Supper, a beautiful, upscale modern American restaurant. Each wine will be paired with chef’s specially made hors d’oeuvres to bring out and accent each wine. Come taste the delicious wine, hors d’oeuvres and experienceSupper’s (http://www.supperphilly.com/restaurant.shtml) urban farmhouse atmosphere that is inviting and cozy!
Cost: $15. Limit 4 per person, per ID card. Each participant MUST BE 21 years old. Bring your passport or state ID that validates your age to the event! Tickets can be purchased through TicketLeap at gapsa.ticketleap.com starting February 18.
* Philadelphia Phantoms Hockey Game with GAPSA
Come join 50 other graduate and professional students as we cheer on the Philadelphia Phantoms Hockey Team! Date & Time: Friday, February 27, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM at the Wachovia Spectrum Ticket sales begin: January 28, 2009 at 11 AM at the Graduate Student Center (3615 Locust Walk) Ticket price: $5 each (regular price $10) (Ticket limit per PennID: 4) Total number of tickets for the event: 50 Questions? Email gapsa.sp@gmail.com
* Philadelphia Kixx Indoor Soccer Game with GAPSA
Come join 50 other graduate and professional students as we cheer on the Philadelphia Kixx Soccer Team! Date & Time: Sunday, March 1, 2009 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Wachovia Spectrum Ticket sales begin: February 2, 2009 at 11 AM at the Graduate Student Center (3615 Locust Walk) Ticket price: $5 each (regular price $15) (Ticket limit per PennID: 4) Total number of tickets for the event: 50 Questions? Email gapsa.sp@gmail.com
* Graduate School of Education Happy Hour (sponsored by GAPSA)
When: Thursday, March 5, 2009
Where: New Deck on Sansom between 34th and 36th
Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Details: Free domestic beer and appetizers.
Must be 21+ with Grad Penn ID and 21+ ID.
* Cezanne Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The ticket price includes museum admission and admission to the “Cezanne and Beyond” Exhibit. You may also choose to stay for Art after Five, a unique blend of entertainment from 5:00–8:45 p.m. in the Great Stair Hall. The featured artist on March 20th is Tim Ries, an extraordinary jazz musician and a member of the Rolling Stones touring band since 1999, who translates the Jagger-Richards songbook with his Stones World Project.
The “Cezanne and Beyond” Exhibit is TIMED. Our tickets are for 1 PM. Please plan to arrive at the museum early. If you arrive after 1 p.m., you may not be allowed into the exhibit. You must provide your own transportation to the museum.
When: Friday, March 20, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. Where: Philadelphia Museum of Art (26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway) Cost: $15 each (Regular price for “Cezanne and Beyond” tickets is $24 for adults and $20 for students.) Ticket Information: Tickets will go on sale at the Graduate Student Center on February 20, 2009 at 11 AM. Tickets cost $15 each. There is a limit of 2 tickets per PennCard.
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2. * GAPSA Professional Student Travel Grant
Presenting at or attending a conference? GAPSA wants to help!
Did you know that the GAPSA Professional Student Travel Grant GAPSA provides funding for professional students presenting at or attending an academic conference? Eligible graduate students may request individual travel grants for up to $300 or half of their total travel expense, whichever is less. Conference registration fees, transportation (by the most economical means available) and lodging (excluding meals) may all be included when calculating total travel expense.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. For more information on how to apply, including application forms visit: http://www.gapsa.upenn.edu/engage/funding/travel-grant-for-professional-students or contact gapsa.travelgrants@gmail.com
3. * GAPSA Leadership Retreat
GAPSA, the Vice-Provost of University Life, and the Office of Student Life will be hosting a two-day Leadership Retreat open to all graduate students interested in enhancing leadership skills. This two-day retreat is designed to strengthen leadership skills among graduate students across disciplines or from across campus by exploring facets of effective leadership, problem solving with one another, and engaging in various training exercises.
The focus areas of the retreat program are:
• Group Dynamics: Recognition of group development and functioning
• Power Dynamics: Understanding the uses and abuses of power. How privilege, wealth and status affect group formation and inter-group relations.
• Leadership Styles and Skills: What type of leader are you? How does an individual leadership style affect group performance, cohesion and interaction.
• Conflict Resolution: Techniques to deescalate intense situations between adversarial parties.
This leadership program accomplishes these tasks through a combination of a conceptual framework and experiential learning.
As part of the application there are a few brief essay questions that are required. These question should not take more 20 minutes of your time and it helps the committee get a better understanding of who you are and what you wish you to get out of the retreat.
The program will consist of structured activities facilitated by trained and experienced professionals. Networking opportunities will be available. There is no cost to participants; all meals, sleeping arrangements, and transportation is covered. The retreat will be from March 13th-14th, at the Fellowship Farm located in Pottstown, PA.
Students who participated in last year’s Initiative are not, generally speaking, eligible to participate this year. If you were on last year’s Initiative and feel that you have extenuating circumstances entitling you to re-attend, please contact GAPSA before applying.. Alumni of previous past Penn undergraduate leadership retreats must contact us.
Applications must be submitted by midnight, February 20th 2009.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=o9ipPrElCwak510IoxqV_2bw_3d_3d
4. * The President’s and Provost’s Citation for Exceptional Commitment to Graduate & Professional Student Life, Deadline: February 18, 2009
Nominations are now being accepted for graduating students to receive the 2009 Citation for Commitment to Graduate Student Life. Please see details at http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/resources/alumni.php#awards
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5. Wharton Programs
*GAPSA SPEED DATING HOSTED BY THE WGA
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 25 at 9:00pm
Location: Roosevelt’s Pub (2222 Walnut St.)
Cost: Free
Bad Valentine’s Day date? Looking to meet new people? Then sign up for the GAPSA speed dating event hosted by the Wharton Graduate Association (WGA)! It will be a great opportunity to meet students from all graduate and professional programs at Penn. Spaces are limited, so please RSVP by emailing Peter Sizgoric (sizgoric@wharton.upenn.edu) by midnight on Sunday, February 22. Specific event details will be provided to those who respond by the deadline.
* Wharton Charity Fashion Show
Date: Thursday, February 26th
Location: The Trocadero Theatre, 1003 Arch St
Time: 9 pm - 2 am (doors open at 9 pm, show starts at 10)
Tickets will be sold in the MBA Cafe in Huntsman Hall from 12 to 1:30 every day and online. They cost $25 in advance and $30 at the door.
Buy tickets here:
http://wga.wharton.upenn.edu/index.php?option=com_calendar&task=view&id=138&Itemid=49
Buy raffle tickets for the pearl and diamond Tiffany earrings (worth $2000) here:
http://wga.wharton.upenn.edu/index.php?option=com_calendar&task=view&id=139&Itemid=49
Reasons to attend the show:
*Proceeds benefit the Mazzoni Center, which provides healthcare to Philadelphia residents
*Chance to win a pair of PEARL AND DIAMOND TIFFANY EARRINGS
*Chance to win a FREE one night STAY AT THE RITZ CARLTON and a SPA TREATMENT
*Generous GOODIE BAGS with discount cards from Nicole Miller, many cosmetics samples, and lots of other cool stuff!!!
*Wine OPEN BAR all night long!
*Cocktail party until 2am
*Silent auction
Questions: Contact Alison Graham (alisonng@wharton.upenn.edu)
* Philly Fight Night!
Date: February 28th, 2009, Arena: The Legendary Blue Horizon
You may have heard about it…
1. It is one of the highlights of the Wharton calendar.
2. It is an amateur boxing event between Wharton and other Penn students at the legendary Blue Horizon.
3. It is the signature fundraising event of Fighting for Philly Kids, a 501(c) 3 not for profit organization, donating 100% of the fundraising contributions to The Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia.
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6. *United Communities Clinic (UCC) Fundraiser Bar Night
Saturday, February 21, 2009 at Noche, 1901 Chestnut Street at 8 p.m.
Co-hosted by the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Social Policy & Practice
A spectacular evening jointly hosted by the Medical School, Nursing School, and the School of Social Policy & Practice. Cover is $10 and gets you one free drink, and specials for the rest of the night include $2 domestic drafts, $3 domestic bottles, $4 mixed drinks, and $5 wine. Come meet students from outside your departments!
UCC is a student run free clinic operated by medical, nursing, and social work students. Last year, UCC saw around 575 patients, over two-thirds of whom do not have health insurance. We are able to do a great deal with a surprisingly small budget but the proceeds from this event will help to maintain and expand our services this year. All of the money we collect at the door is going straight towards UCC’s operating budget (blood drawing supplies, glucose and lipid strips, office supplies, education sessions, etc). We look forward to seeing you there!
7. *Equal Justice Foundation Auction
The Equal Justice Foundation at the Law School would like to invite you to attend its annual Auction, taking place on Thursday, February 26 from 6:00-10:00 at the Law School. EJF is a student-run non-profit organization that raises money for students who are working in public-interest law over the summer and after graduation. The Auction is its main fundraising event, and every year hundreds of people from the university and the area attend.
This year items include…
- $250 gift certificate to Starr Restaurants
- Four tickets to the Philadelphia Orchestra
- Poconos weekend stay at five-bedroom house (with fireplace and jacuzzi!)
- All six seasons of “24″ on DVD
- Tickets to see the 76ers
- And much more!!
Tickets are $10 for all students and $20 for non-students. They can be bought at the door or from February 23-26 between 10:00 and 2:00 at the Law School. Price includes drinks and food. For more information, see our website,www.law.upenn.edu/groups/ejf, or contact us at ejfauction2009@gmail.com.
8. *Ethnography in Education Research Forum: Ethnography for Social Justice in Education
Penn’s Center for Urban Ethnography is pleased to announce:
30th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum: Ethnography for Social Justice in Education.
February 27 & 28th 2009 at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania
Friday Morning Keynote Address - Shirley Brice-Heath, Brown University
Friday Evening Plenary - Kris Gutiérrez, University of California at Los Angeles
Saturday Morning Plenary - Patricia Carini, Prospect Ctr. and Margaret Himley, Syracuse University
Saturday Evening – “A Conversation About Ethnography and Education” with Shirley Brice-Heath, Kris Gutiérrez and Brian Street, King’s College.
Free admission to Philadelphia School Employees and UPenn Students, Faculty and Staff. For registration information:www.gse.upenn.edu/cue/forum
9. * Apply to be a GA in a College House
College Houses and Academic Services is seeking graduate and professional students to become Graduate Associates for 2009-2010 in the undergraduate dorms. APPLY ONLINE BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2008. Complete information and the 2009-2010 application is available on-line for GAs athttp://www.collegehouses.upenn.edu/. GA selection is a rolling application process.
The next information session will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 7:00 PM, Graduate Student Center, Room 305
10. * A Course for Penn Graduate Students
YES+ is being offered at UPENN through the Art of Living Foundation(AOLF), a UN recognized NGO http://us.artofliving.org/index.html.
Course dates: February 20th -24th, 2009
Weekday Timings: 6:30-9:45pm Weekend Timings: 1:00-7:00pm Venue: UPENN campus (location to be emailed) Student Fee: $250 Further details/registration: kanand@wharton.upenn.edu / 215 301 4429
YES!+ course at the University of Pennsylvania*
YES!+ is an innovative, educational life skills program over five days, that provides the individual with techniques and processes that aim to decrease baseline stress, reduce negative emotions, heighten awareness and increase mental focus. The program includes the presentation of novel breathing and meditation techniques, yoga exercises, as well as interactive processes to increase confidence during problem-solving and conflict resolution. A video description can be found here:http://www.change.org/art_of_living_foundation/videos.
* YES!+ is being offered at UPENN, but is not a university accredited course.
11. * Rethinking Sex: Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference
Date: March 4-6, 2009
Location: University of Pennsylvania
The conference will feature panels, conversations, and roundtable sessions on Wednesday evening, Thursday, and Friday. Topics will include activism and scholarship, sexuality studies and academic disciplines, global sexualities, the relations between feminism and LGBT/queer studies, queer of color critique, historiography, sexual practice and community, scholarly generations, new forms of kinship, transgender studies, queer media, gay neoliberalism, disability studies, queer diasporas, affect, and pedagogy.
Sponsored by Penn’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center, Women’s Studies, and the Alice Paul Center for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality.
12. * Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross $5,000 Doctoral Research Grant - Applications Due March 31st
Elderhostel invites applications from doctoral candidates researching lifelong or later-life learning for the Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant. This $5,000 grant is awarded annually to a student in various disciplines including, but not limited to, psychology, education, gerontology, cognitive studies, neuroscience, leisure studies, aging and social work. Because the selection committee requires an abstract and description of your current research, you must already be engaged in your dissertation research.
The application deadline is Tuesday, March 31, 2009. For further information, including requirements and the online application, please visit: www.elderhostel.org/grants. Should you have any questions about the Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Grant, please email grants@elderhostel.org.
For more information, please visit the web site at <http://www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/rethinkingsex/>.
13. * Unspoken Borders Conference 2009
3rd Annual Unspoken Borders Conference
ECOLOGIES OF INEQUALITY
The Future of Design in Race, Space and Politics
April 3-4, 2009
Location: Penn School of Design, 210 S. 34th Street
Keynote Speaker: Teddy Cruz, Estudio Teddy Cruz
This year’s Unspoken Borders Conference theme, “Ecologies of Inequality”, takes on an investigation of the systems, which create or maintain inequity within societies and of how these systems interrelate to each other. In the face of the growing global necessity for sustainability in all undertakings, the conference asserts that inequalities are unsustainable, not only in terms of socio-economic injustices, but also in regards to the amount of resources invested in maintaining or creating these inequalities.
We propose a three-tiered approach: 1) Expose concealed systems, existing and historical, that reinforce or promote stratification of society; 2) Examine the mechanisms of recognized systems; 3) Recommend proposals to re-engineer existing systems or to create alternative systems that promote socio-economic and environmental sustainability. These investigations are organized around five topics:
-The Environment (constructed, cultivated or untended)
-Public Health
-Mobility and Access
-Communication
-Race, Class, and Culture
For more information, please visit http://www.design.upenn.edu/unspokenborders09
****Registration begins February 15th****
Unspoken Borders is brought to you by PennDesign Black Student Alliance and UB09 Student Conference Committee, University of Pennsylvania.
14. * 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!
February 18 (4:30 pm, Rm 205 College Hall)
Anne-Marie D’Aoust, “Love Stops at the Border: Marriage, Citizenship, and the Mail-Order Bride Industry”
March 18 (4:30 pm, Rm 219 College Hall–NOTE, DIFFERENT ROOM FROM USUAL)
Sourabh Singh, “Locating a Short Lived Authoritarian State in Postcolonial India”
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″
May (date, TBA): Forum—Information, Deliberation, and Oversight
C. Daniel Myers, “Information Sharing and Democratic Deliberation”
Meredith Wooten, “Overlooked or Out of Sight? Congressional Oversight of Intelligence, 1945-2000″
15. * 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.
16. * Penn’s Division of Public Safety offers two excellent FREE self-defense classes for Penn women
1) Self-defense Awareness & Familiarization Exchange (S.A.F.E.) is a 2-hour educational awareness, crime-victim prevention program. The purpose is to prevent crimes of sexual violence in our communities through programs of education and training, focusing primarily on awareness and prevention and to educate women about realistic options that will help them avoid, escape, and survive assaults if they do occur. S.A.F.E classes are held at Penn on the 8th of every month during the Fall and Spring semesters. They are for women only and are FREE of charge. For a schedule go to: http://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/downloads/Ad_SS_DP_SAFE_Spring_09.jpg
For more information, contact Susan Dever, Support Specialist, Department of Special Services at 215.898.8762 or sdever@publicsafety.upenn.edu
2) The Rape Aggression Defense System (RAD) is a program of realistic, self-defense tactics and techniques. The RAD System is a comprehensive course for women which begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and avoidance, and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training. RAD is not a martial arts program. Our courses are taught by certified RAD instructors and provide you with a workbook/reference manual. This manual outlines the entire physical defense program for reference and continuous personal growth. Our system of realistic defense will provide a woman with the knowledge to make an educated decision about resistance. For a schedule go to: http://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/downloads/Ad_SS_DP_RAD_Spring_09.jpg
For more information, contact Susan Dever, Support Specialist, Department of Special Services at 215.898.8762 or sdever@publicsafety.upenn.edu
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17. Graduate Student Center Programs
* Mentor a Penn Undergrad
Help an undergrad learn first-hand about preparing for, applying to, and succeeding in graduate school. http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/mentoring
* To “B” or not to “B”: Considering Grading Monday, February 16, 2009; 3:30 pm - 5 pm;
EXPLORING YOUR CAREER POTENTIAL
Tuesday, February 17; 12:00-1:30PM; Grad Center Room 305
Wondering if your career choice is a good personality match for you? Want to learn how to create a flexible career plan and achieve the best fit? Maximize your career satisfaction by taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment to learn more about your personality. http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/activities/personal.php#surv
ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHATS
Tuesday, February 17; 5:00-6:00PM; Grad Center Room 305
Have fun practicing your spoken English! We will play games and have informal conversations to help you improve your speaking skills. Other language chats are also offered. http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/activities/chats.php
The Art of the Lecture
Wednesday, February 25, 2009; 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Refine Your Quantitative Skills
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/register/
Introductory Statistics Workshop
Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Advanced Statistics Workshop
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
* Peer-to-Peer Grant Application Advising
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navgrant/advisee.php
* Upcoming Grants & Fellowships
Apply Now! http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navgrant/rfp.php
