Communication Email: March 30, 2009
March 30, 2009
Hey everyone,
We had a great turnout yesterday at Dock Street. Sorry if you missed it but we do have some more great events coming up. SASgov has another happy hour this Thursday at 3619 Locust Walk. You can’t go wrong with free drinks and food too!
If you have ever thought that you would like to get more involved, please consider running for a SASgov position. Elections are next week. It’s a great opportunity to know the ins and outs of Penn and meet lots of other students. More details below. Have a great week!
Carla
VP of Communications for SASgov
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SASgov Announcements
1. SASgov Elections
2. Design the SAScot and win dinner for 2 at White Dog Cafe
3. SASgov Happy Hour this Thursday 5-7
4. SAS representatives needed for GradFest competitions
5. SAS funding still available
6. Be a part of a focus group and get free food
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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 at 6:30 in 3619 Locust Walk in order to give a speech and answer the representative’s questions.
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2. Design the SAScot and win dinner for 2 at White Dog Cafe
SASgov needs a mascot!! SASgov is currently accepting submissions for its new SAScot. All SASgov graduate students are invited to submit your graphic art creation via email to sasgov-paffairs@sas.upenn.edu anytime between now and March 30. Entries must be original work and will be selected by the SASgov Public Affairs Committee based on criteria of visual impression, functionality, and cleverness. The winner will receive a free dinner for two at White Dog Cafe. Submissions due today!
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3. SASgov Happy Hour this Thursday 5-7
Same time, same place and still free! Come by 3619 Locust Walk next Thursday from 5-7 for another great happy hour. Last week we had Indian food…what will it be this time? Come by to find out!
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4. SAS representatives needed for GradFest competitions
We need competitors for the following announcement from GAPSA. If you are interested, please e-mail Caroline Bishop at sasgov-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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5. SAS funding still available
SASgov Interdisciplinary Event Funding- The deadline for applications for interdisciplinary event funding is approaching. SASgov’s interdisciplinary event funding is dedicated to encouraging interaction between graduate students from different departments. Whether academic or social, if the event is organized by and will bring together grad students from more than one department within SAS and/or LPS, it is eligible for inter-departmental event funding. Deadline: Friday, March 27th at noon. Application and additional information available at: http://www.sasgov.org/funding/interdepartmental-funding/
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6. Be a part of a focus group and get free food
SASgov has been in extensive dialogue with Van Pelt-Dietrich library administrators this year to try to improve the library's ability to meet the research needs of SAS graduate students. As part of this initiative, we will be conducting a number of focus groups with SAS graduate students in order to gather key information about graduate student research habits and about what they expect from the library. Therefore, we will need several volunteers from various SAS disciplines and at various stages of time-to-degree progress. If you're interested in participating in one of these one-to-two-hour focus group sessions, please contact Linda Lee at lindalee@sas.upenn.edu as soon as possible. Food will be served. We will also be convening focus groups as part of our investigation of the effects of SAS's new tuition structure. For these, we will need several Ph.D. students from diverse disciplines and at various stages of their academic trajectories (first-years, second-years, and so forth). If interested in participating in this set focus groups, please, again, contact Linda Lee at lindalee@sas.upenn.edu. Food will be served at these, too. Participation in one set of focus groups certainly doesn't preclude participation in the other, so those who volunteer for both can feast twice! ******************************************************************
GAPSA Weekly 3/30
1. Upcoming Events
2. GAPSA Executive Board Elections: Wednesday, April 8th
3. Grants & Fellowship Opportunities
4. School Sponsored Events Open to All Graduate and Professional Students
5. Cheryl Jacques visits Penn
6. Unspoken Borders Conference 2009: April 3-4
7. National Public Health Week: April 6-12
8. Graduate Student Center Programs
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1. Upcoming GAPSA Events
* 2nd Annual Mental Health Camp
The Mental Health Camp is a chance to learn real-life skills to deal with mental health issues and to become more comfortable talking about mental health. The keynote speaker, Dr. Russ Ramsay, will be speaking about attention, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and the use and misuse of stimulant medication. Dr. Ramsay’s talk will be followed by dinner and breakout sessions covering topics such as depression, perfectionism, minority mental health, and how to help a friend. The event is free to attend and sure to give you the tools to keep the smiles rolling.
Wednesday, April 1st, Huntsman Hall G65
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Please RSVP at http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cEF5aGN6dHIwNXI3emFMdWlQQk9GTlE6MA
* GAPSA Sponsored Dental School Happy Hour: Annual Stop Light Party
Guess what??? It’s that time of the year again!!! SDM is having their annual STOPLIGHT HAPPY HOUR!! Having a tough time finding that special someone? Or having trouble meeting new grads without their only intention of hooking up? Or you wanna just kick back on a Thursday night and have a few drinks? Well here’s your chance…ANNUAL STOPLIGHT HAPPY HOUR at Smokey Joe’s.
Come dressed to impress! So here’s how it works wear the appropriate “stoplight” color to represent your dating status. RED – already taken but ya wanna be friends? YELLOW – feeling the fuzzy zone GREEN – single and ready to mingle Those graduates who come dressed to the theme (a colored T-shirt will work perfectly) will receive an EXTRA DRINK TICKET. Please remember to bring BOTH official government ID & Penn ID. Be ready to have fun and meet some new faces!
Location: Smokey Joe’s (208 S 40th St #2, Philadelphia, PA 19104)
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
* Volunteer with GAPSA at the University City Community Clean-up
Date: Saturday, April 4th 2009
Time: 10 AM - 2 PM (please commit to at least 2 hours, but it’s okay if you can’t stay the whole time)
Where: Check in for tools and t-shirts at 1045 South 50th St (between Springfield & Warrington). It’s near the 49th Street stop on the #13 Trolley.
Join GAPSA as we come together with neighborhood residents, community members and other students to clean up University City. We’ve been assigned a couple of blocks around 50th and Springfield. UCD will provide trash bags, work gloves, and trash/litter pick up tools. You will receive a t-shirt in exchange for volunteering. The event is free, but please sign up online so we know what t-shirt size to bring for you: https://gapsa.ticketleap.com/Volunteer-with-GAPSA-at-University-City-District-Community-Clean-Up-04-04-2009-10-00
* Chaddsford Winery Wine and Cheese Reception with Dinner at Brandywine Prime
Date: Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Time: 1:45 - 9:00 p.m.
Join Penn graduate and professional students for a wine tasting, wine and cheese reception with open bar as well as cheese and fruit plates, followed by dinner. The price of the ticket includes transportation to Chaddsford Winery, the wine tasting/wine & cheese reception, transportation to the restaurant, dinner, and transportation back to campus. Tickets available online at:https://gapsa.ticketleap.com/Chaddsford-Winery-Wine-and-Cheese-Reception-with-Dinner-at-Brandywine-Prime-04-04-2009-01-45. Questions? Email gapsa.sp@gmail.com.
* Phillies Opening Day Happy Hour
Location: Rittenhouse Cavanaugh’s
Address: 1823 Sansom Street
Date: April 5, 2009
Time: 6-8PM
Details: Domestic beers and appetizers.
Cover: $10 for Penn students; $15 for nonPenn students.
Prizes (free tickets to future Phillies games) for those who wear the best Phillies gear!!!
Must be 21+ and Penn Grad Student.
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.
* Chadsford Winery Wine & Cheese Reception with Dinner at Brandywine Prime, Saturday, April 4, 2009, 1:45-9:00 p.m. Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com.
*Tequila Tasting, Thursday, April 9, 2009, 8:00-1:00 p.m. Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com.
* GAPSA Party at Marrakesh Philadelphia, Friday, April 10, 2009, 6:30-10:00 p.m. Tickets are available atgapsa.ticketleap.com.
* Annual GAPSA Moonlight Boat Cruise, Saturday, May 2, 2009, 11:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Tickets go on sale April 1, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Graduate Student Center.
The following event s have been sold out: Wine Dinner at Lacroix Rittenhouse: Part III, Friday, April 3, 2009, 7:30 p.m.; * Phillies vs. Braves Game, Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7:05 p.m.
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2. * 2009-2010 GAPSA Exec Board Elections!
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. * Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross $5,000 Doctoral Research Grant - Applications Due March 31st
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.
* 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.
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
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4. * Penn Health Club at the Vet School Rabies Education Forum
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Location: JMB Reunion Hall - John Morgan Bldg, 3620 Hamilton Walk (visit http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/ for a map of campus)
Details: Merial is hosting an interactive panel on human rabies cases, animal rabies prevalence, exposure surveillance by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, rabies post-exposure prophylaxis and the vaccines we depend on to keep us all protected. All students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Speakers:
Dr Mary Bryant - Senior Veterinary Technical Veterinarian, Merial
Dr Aliza Simeone - State Veterinarian, PA Dept of Agriculture
Dr Ami Patel - Epidemiology Field Officer, Dept of Public Health
Dr Esther Chernack - Medical Director, Acute Communicable Disease Program, Philadelphia Dept of Public Health
Dinner, Dessert & Coffee will be served. All Penn students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Allison Wolosz atawolosz@vet.upenn.edu
* The Wharton Vegetarian Club and Health Care Club Present: Dr. Colin Campbell
World-Renowned Author of The China Study and Nutrition Consultant for NFL Superstar, Tony Gonzalez. Learn How a Plant-Based Diet Can Improve Your Health and Revolutionize the Healthcare System
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:15pm – 7:45pm in Huntsman Hall, Room 250
* Songs, dances, music and fun! Don’t miss the WHARTON INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL SHOW 2009
8:00 PM April 1st and 2nd 2009, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Join us for the after party at The Public House, 1801 Arch St on Thursday, April 2nd. Tickets are now available athttp://pennpresents.org/tickets/ and the Annenberg Box Office. Tickets are priced at $25 per person
Children under the age of 10 can get in for free! However these tickets are not sold online – if you wish to avail of this discount, youmust buy tickets for your entire party at the box office to ensure seats together
* 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.
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5. * LGBT Civil right Leader Cheryl Jacques visits Penn
Wednesday, April 1st, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Gittis Hall (34th/Sansom), Room 1
Let’s give Cheryl Jacques a big Penn welcome on April 1! Cheryl was the first openly gay State Senator in Massachusetts history and served as President of the Human Rights Campaign. She is currently a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Adjunct Professor at Suffolk University School of Law. Cheryl was named by OUT Magazine as one of the 100 influential gay leaders in the country.
Come hear her speak about her wide-ranging experiences as a leader in non-profit management, politics, academe, and public-interest law, and her perspective on the current state of gay civil rights. There will be opportunity to speak to Cheryl and ask any questions in a Q&A session after her formal talk. Reception with food and drink to follow.
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6. * 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.
* Talk20 - On Edge in collaboration with Unspoken Borders 2009: The Ecologies of Inequality
Drinks | Music | Compelling Ideas 6:30 pm, Friday April 3rd, Meyerson Hall Lower Gallery
Talk20 is a series of short presentations, selected and narrated by a hybrid roster of students, educators and professionals working across
fields of art, design, and other technical and humanist disciplines. Talk20 is not a lecture but an informal exchange of ideas that seeks
to instigate a thematic conversation.
This semester’s theme is “On Edge”. Please join us, along with the kick-off of the Unspoken Borders conference on Friday April 3rd
for a fun evening event!
Free beer, wine, and snacks, music, and great presentations. For more information, please visit http://www.talk20.org
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7. * 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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8. * Graduate Student Center Programs
Navigating the Dissertation
Joint Publications: The Art of Co-Authoring and Co-Editing Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM http://gsc.upenn.edu/register/index.php?sessionID=2264#2264
Navigating the Classroom
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navclass/index.php
Syllabus — and Course — Construction, Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Navigating the Grant
Peer-to-Peer Grant Application Advising
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navgrant/advisee.php
Upcoming Grants & Fellowships
Apply Now!
