Communication Email: February 23, 2009
February 23, 2009
Hey SAS students,
I hope everyone is taking advantage of all the great events that SASgov and GAPSA have to offer. Fat Tuesday is tomorrow! SASgov is having a GREAT Fat Tuesday themed happy hour tomorrow with free alcohol, food and beads! Come by!
-Carla
VP of Communications for SASgov
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SASgov Events
1. Happy Hour
2. SAS T.A. Training 2009
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1. Happy Hour TOMORROW
FAT Tuesday happy hour tomorrow at 3619 Locust Walk from 5-7. Come by with your friends and enjoy free alcohol, food and beads! Free for SAS grad students 21 and over with government ID and $5 for non-SAS students.
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2. SAS T.A. TRAINING 2009
Enjoy Teaching? Good at it? Pass on your wisdom to your fellow grad students & earn $1400 Lead a T. A. Training workshop during the 2009 SAS TA Training Program on: * Grading in the Humanities & Qualitative Social Sciences * Grading in the Science & Quantitative Social Sciences * Leading Discussions * Teaching Recitations in the Sciences & Quantitative Social Sciences *Being an Effective Lab TA This year's workshop will be held Sept. 2nd - 4th. For information and applications please contact: Emma Aronson The Center for Teaching and Learning emmala@sas.upenn.edu Applications are due Friday, March 6th, For application and more information: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ctl/grad/BecomeSASTAtrainer.htm
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GAPSA Events
1. Upcoming Events
2 GAPSA Professional Student Travel Grant
3. GAPSA Leadership Retreat
4. Wharton Programs
5. In Search of the Latin American and Latino/a Community: An Open Forum
6. Equal Justice Foundation Auction
7. Ethnography in Education Research Forum: Ethnography for Social Justice in Education
8. Apply to be a GA in a College House
9. Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference
10. Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross $5,000 Doctoral Research Grant - Applications Due March 31st
11. Unspoken Borders Conference 2009
12. 2008 - 2009 DCC (Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism) Graduate Workshop Series; Fellowship Opportunity
13. 1st Annual Oral Cancer Walk Philadelphia
14. Penn’s Division of Public Safety offers two excellent FREE self-defense classes for Penn women
15. Graduate Student Center Programs
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1. * 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
* 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 experience Supper’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: 5-7 p.m.
Details: Free domestic beer and appetizers.
Must be 21+ with Grad Penn ID and 21+ ID.
* Zythos America - Belgian Beer Festival
Do you like good beer? Do you like museums?
Then join us for at the Penn Museum for the Zythos Belgian Beer Tasting!
Date: March15, 2009, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Location: Penn Museum (3260 South Street)
If you like craft beers, this is the event for you! From 4:00-7:00 p.m. there will be three hours of open beer tasting in the Penn Museum’s Upper Egypt Gallery and the Chinese Rotunda. There will be 50 to 60 beers at the event. Come drink and compare beers! Try new things and find new favorites! Ticket includes open three hour tasting and cheese, sausage, and crackers throughout the event.
Tickets: $20 (a $45 value)
Available for purchase February 23 at 11:00 a.m. at the Grad Center. There’s a limited supply, so buy your tickets early!
* 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
The following event have been sold out:
Turandot Opera on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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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.
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.
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4. 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
It will be a great opportunity to meet students from all graduate and professional programs at Penn. Please contact Peter Sizgoric (sizgoric@wharton.upenn.edu) for additional information.
* 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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5. In Search of the Latin American and Latino/a Community: An Open Forum
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Graduate Student Center, Room 305, 3615 Locust Walk
Is there a graduate Latin American and Latino community here at Penn? Where is it located? LaGAPSA, La Casa Latina, GAPSA, and the Graduate Student Center want to invite you to give voice to our communities. Our goal is to build a welcoming and supportive environment for Penn’s Latin American and Latino graduate and professional students. Share your ideas and engage in a productive conversation with different sectors of the Penn community who might help us build a stronger sense of belonging here at this institution. Come for the food and to make connections. RSVP by registering at the GSC website (http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/register/index.php?sessionID=2221#2221) to ensure that there is enough food for all. Walk-ins are welcome.
6. *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.
7. *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
8. * 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
9. * 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.
10. * 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/>.
11. * 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.
12. * 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!
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″
April 30 (4:00 PM, room 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″
* Call for applications for DCC Grad Fellowships 2009-2010 Academic Year
Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism (DCC) will award 3 graduate fellowships during the 2009-2010 academic year to post-prospectus Penn graduate students with dissertation topics in any discipline relevant to any of the program’s three overarching themes, “Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism.” Applications will be judged chiefly on the quality of the project.
The DCC Graduate Fellowship will provide for the graduate student’s tuition and annual stipend during the 2009-2010 academic year, plus a summer stipend for the summer of either 2009 or 2010. Recipients will also be compensated for administrative work done for the Program. Funds are provided through a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation. The recipients are expected to assist in organizing an interdisciplinary DCC Graduate Student Workshop in which graduate students from Penn and surrounding institutions may present pertinent research. They will also be asked to provide administrative support for the DCC Faculty Workshop Series and Annual Conference and they will be eligible to participate in these events.
After January 1, 2009, applicants should send a description of their dissertation’s aim, current status, and further research plans, not to exceed five double-spaced pages, along with a CV, a copy of their transcript and a letter of endorsement from their Dissertation Supervisor, to:
Professor Rogers M. Smith
Chair, Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
Stiteler Hall
208 S. 37th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215
Questions concerning the DCC Graduate Fellowships should be directed to Professor Smith at: rogerss@sas.upenn.edu, Phone 215 -898-7662
13. * 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 benefts 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.
14. * 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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15. 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
The Art of the Lecture
Wednesday, February 25, 2009; 12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Advanced Statistics Workshop
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
* Know Your (Copy)Rights!
Tuesday, March 17, 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
