March 3, 2009

Hey everyone,
  I hope you had a great Fat Tuesday and have some nice plans for the spring break. Before you go GAPSA is sponsoring a happy hour at New Deck this Thursday from 5-7 for EVERYONE. Stop by!

Carla

VP of Communications for SASgov

SASgov Announcements
1. SASgov-GAPSA representative election tonight! 

If you are a research student and want to become more involved in school government, run for the SASgov-GAPSA representative seat. You would attend meetings on Tuesday from 630-730 and Wednesday from 6-9 of every other week and represent the graduate students of SAS while meeting people from all the other schools. It’s a great way to represent the school and meet a diverse group of students. Email Caroline at sasgov-pres@sas.upenn.edu and come by the SASgov GA Meeting tonight in 3619 Locust Walk at 6:30 if you would like to run.
GAPSA Announcements

1. Upcoming Events

2 GAPSA Professional Student Travel Grant

3. Apply to be a GA in a College House 

4. Gender and Sexuality Studies State of the Field Conference

5. Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross $5,000 Doctoral Research Grant - Applications Due March 31st

6. 2008 - 2009 DCC (Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism) Fellowship Opportunity

7. 1st Annual Oral Cancer Walk Philadelphia

8. Penn’s Division of Public Safety offers two excellent FREE self-defense classes for Penn women

9. Graduate Student Center Programs

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1. * 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.

* 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. *

* Zythos America - Belgian Beer Festival, March15, 2009, 4:00-7:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the Graduate Student Center

* GAPSA St. Patty’s Day Pub Crawl, Thursday, March 19, 2009, 8:00-11:00 p.m.  Tickets are available atgapsa.ticketleap.com. 

* Cezanne Exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Friday, March 20, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
 Tickets are available at the Graduate Student Center

* Happy Hour at Amada, Friday, March 20, 2009, 8:15-10:30 p.m. Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com beginning March 5, 2009. 

* March GAPSA Rock Climbing, Monday, March 23, 2009, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com. 

* Wine Tasting at Supper, Friday, March 27, 2009, 7:30-9:30 p.m.  Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com beginning March 3, 2009. 

* Wine Dinner at Lacroix Rittenhouse: Part III, Friday, April 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available atgapsa.ticketleap.com beginning March 5, 2009. 

* GAPSA Party at Marrakesh Philadelphia, Friday, April 10, 2009, 6:30-10:00 p.m. Tickets are available atgapsa.ticketleap.com. 

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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

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3.  * 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

4. * 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.

5. * 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/>.

6. * 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.” 

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

Steitler 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

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. * 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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9. 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

* Refine Your Quantitative Skills

http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/register/

* EVOLUTION OF BEER BREWING IN PHILADELPHIA

Friday, March 6; 5:00-7:30PM; Grad Center, 3615 Locust Walk


Price: $10 each, limit 4 per Graduate PennCard (ID)

Brewery historian Rich Wagner will discuss Philadelphia’s long and illustrious brewing industry. Tickets are $10 and cover the lecture and hors d’oeuvres. A complimentary beer tasting is also provided. All attendees must be 21+ and present proof of age at the event. Purchase tickets at the Grad Center; limit 4 per grad ID. http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/activities/personal.php#evoNavigating the Dissertation

* COOKING CLASS at ROY’S RESTAURANT

Sunday, March 15; 2:00-4:00PM; Roy’s Restaurant, 124 South 15th Street

Learn to cook from Roy’s world-class sous-chef! Class size is limited! Purchase tickets for $20 at the Grad Center; limit 2 per grad ID. Ticket price includes lesson, tasting and wine.  http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/activities/personal.php

* 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