Communication Email: January 26, 2009
January 26, 2009
Hey students,
Ever been to a hockey game? If not, GAPSA is offering half price Phantoms tickets, Philadelphia’s minor league hockey team. Be prepared for tons of actions including some fighting! Also be sure to come out to SASgov’s happy hour this Thursday at 3619 Locust Walk for free beer and wine.
-Carla
VP of Communications for SASgov
SASgov Weekly
1. Happy Hour January 29th
2. Position open as a GAPSA representative
1. Happy Hour- This Thursday! 5-7 at 3619 Locust Walk. Bring your friends and relax with free beer and wine. Admission is free with a SAS grad ID and and ID of proof of age. $5 for non-SAS people.
2. Position open as a GAPSA represenative
Are you interested in what is going on around the school? Do you want to represent the interests of your fellow students? SASgov is seeking candidates for the professional seat within GAPSA as the SASgov represenative. You must be a professional student and be able to attend meetings which convene every other week on Tuesdays from 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m. (SASgov) and Wednesdays from 6:00p.m.-9:00p.m. (GAPSA). This is an excellent way to get involved if you would like to run for positions next year or would like to meet more people. Food is always provided, too! If you are interested in running, please e-mail SASgov president Caroline Bishop (sasgov-pres@sas.upenn.edu) with your name, e-mail and department. You will then give a speech to the SASgov general body meeting on February 3rd at 6:30 after which time the representatives will vote on the candidates.
1. Upcoming Events
1. * Rock Climbing at Pottruck Center
Where: Pottruck Center (3701 Walnut Street)
Cost: Free! But you must reserve your spot online: http://www.gapsa.ticketleap.com Limit 1 ticket per Graduate PennID.
Join other Penn Graduate Students to experience the thrill of climbing Pottruck’s 40 foot climbing wall. Space is limited–reserve your spot today at http://www.gapsa.ticketleap.com. You must have a PennCard to get into the building, however, you do not need to be a Pottruck member to go to this event. No experience necessary-instructors will be on hand to guide you. Questions? Email gapsa.sp@gmail.com
* Wine Tasting Social at Pinot Boutique (SOLD OUT!!)
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009
Time: 7PM-9PM
Location: Pinot Boutique
Address: 227 Market St, Philadelphia PA 19106
Details: This real wine tasting event will feature tastings of 2 red wines, 2 white wines and a champagne complemented with Pinot’s re-known Cabernet Chocolate covered strawberries and Chardonnay Wine brittle! There will be a short informal wine introduction and tasting presentation by a sommelier followed by plenty of time to taste and socialize. Pinot Boutique (www.pinotboutique.com) is a unique wine accessories boutique that holds wine tastings regularly and will host this event exclusively for UPenn Grad students!
Cost: $10. Tickets go on sale at the Graduate Student Center on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11AM.
Limit 4 per person, per ID card. You and your companions MUST BE 21 at the time of the event with the legal state or country ID on you! Tickets will sell out fast!
* Dinner at Del Frisco’s of Philadelphia
Date: Friday, January 30, 2009
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Address: 1426 Chestnut St. Philadelphia , PA 19102
Details: 3-Course Dinner
Cost: $20 Tickets go on sale at the Graduate Student Center on January 22, 2009 at 11 a.m.
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Levine Hall Mezzanine
Address: Levine Hall, 3330 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104
Details: Free Beer and Food
* Philadelphia 76ers vs. Indiana Pacers Basketball Game
Join 150 graduate and professional students as we cheer on the Philadelphia 76ers against the Indiana Pacers.
Date: Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: The Wachovia Center
Cost: $15 (includes a ticket to the game and a food voucher for a hot dog, popcorn, and a soda)
Ticket Information: Tickets go on sale at the Graduate Student Center at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Limit of four tickets per graduate student Penn ID.
* Maya Angelou speaking at Penn!
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Time: TBD (evening)
Location: Irvine Auditorium
Details: GAPSA is co-sponsoring Women’s Week 2009. Dr. Angelou will be the keynote speaker, and GAPSA has purchase a substantial block of tickets in advance for graduate and professional students.Graduate and professional students will only be able to purchase tickets through GAPSA at the discounted rate of $8/ticket. Tickets will be sold out of the Grad Student Center (two per PennCard) - more information coming soon!
Time: 6:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m.
Location: Cohen Auditorium and Terrace Room
Hosted by PGWISE (Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering), GSEG (Graduate Student Engineering Group), Co-sponsored by GAPSA
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.
* 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
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
4. * Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium
All applications can be submitted electronically by emailing the Vice Chair of Finance at gapsa.finance@gmail.com
The deadline for applications is Sunday February 1st.
Please direct all questions to the VC finance email.
Wednesday, February 11th @ 4:30pm (JMHH 245) – Learn about legal aspects of entrepreneurshipWednesday, February 18th @ 4:30pm (JMHH 260) – Practice pitching and recruit members to your teamWednesday, February 25th @ 4:30pm (JMHH 260) – TBDFirst week of March @ 4:30pm (JMHH 265) - Get your business reviewed by a legal professional!
Date: Wednesday, February 4
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
Location: G-12 Meyerson Hall, 210 S. 34th Street
Come to this reception for urban-focused Ph.D. students and their advisors to share your joint scholarly pursuits and imbibe a little cheer! We anticipate colleagues from many fields including history, anthropology, education, city planning, sociology, political science, criminology, engineering, architecture, communications, social policy and practice, and others. Visit the Penn IUR website for more information http://www.upenn.edu/penniur/events_upcoming.shtml#Feb4
Please RSVP for the reception by January 25th by emailing penniur@pobox.upenn.edu.
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.
Course dates: February 18th to Feb 22nd, 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.
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.
For more information, please visit the web site at <http://www.sas.upenn.edu/wstudies/rethinkingsex/>.
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
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
Won a grant or fellowship? Want to make some money helping out fellow grad applicants? Sign up to be an advisor at http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navgrant/advisor.php
PREPARING for CAMPUS INTERVIEWS & NEGOTIATING a JOB OFFER
January 26; 4:00PM
Get more info on these Career Services workshops at http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navdiss/index.php
* EVOLUTION EXHIBITION– CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline: February 15
The Grad Center is calling for artistic submissions for our spring exhibition focused on ideas and concepts related to the University-wide Year of Evolution. We encourage submissions conveying the theme of evolution, as interpreted by the individual artist. Works of art can be from the areas of painting, drawing, photography, lithography or other print media. Read more at http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/activities/exhibitions.php
Help an undergrad learn first-hand about preparing for, applying to, and succeeding in graduate school. http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/mentoring
