March 9, 2009

Hey everyone,
   I hope you are having a productive or fun spring break, whichever it may be. If you are still in town, there is a lot to do! Come by Thursday to Pizza Rustica (36^th and Chestnut) for a spelling bee and karaoke with great prizes if you win. GAPSA is having a beer week event at City Tavern on Friday and the social committee is also planning a St. Patrick’s Day pub crawl. Have a great spring break!

Carla
VP of Communications for SASgov

SASgov Announcements
1. SAScot Contest

2. SASgov Happy Hour March 19 where you can buy Phillies tickets!

3. Dock Street Happy Hour

 

1.  SASgov needs a mascot!!

What will this SAScot look like? Will it look be a sassy grad student? Or will it be a sasquatch with an ascot? Or will it be something entirely different. You decide. 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. For more information, please email sasgov-paffairs@sas.upenn.edu.

 

2. SASgov Happy Hour-March 19th

Come by and enjoy free drinks on us. Not only will you be able to get free drinks and hang out with your friends but you will have the opportunity to buy World Champion Philadelphia Phillies tickets for the April 20^th game!

 

3. Dock Street Brewery Happy Hour March 29^th

SASgov will be having a happy hour and pizza-fest at Dock Street Brewery (701 S. 50th St.) on Sunday, March 29, 5-8. Cost: $3 SAS, $5 guests. All must have SAS ID and government ID with proof of age.

GAPSA Weekly 3/9

1. Upcoming Events

2 GAPSA Professional Student Travel Grant

3. Penn Career Services Survey

4. Apply to be a GA in a College House 

5.  DCC (Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism) WORKSHOP

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

7. Call for Entries: Rethinking Recycling in Meyerson Hall (Open to ALL), Deadline 4/22

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. *GAPSA’s First-Ever Spelling Bee!!!

Come out and show off your spelling talent at our first spelling bee ever! Compete to win awesome prizes as well as medals and the highly sought-after grand prize trophy!  Free to compete!  Just go togapsa.ticketleap.com starting March 1 and buy your free ticket and you will be automatically registered.  On-site registration available at the cost of $2. 

Date: March 12, 2009

Location: Pizza Rustica at 36th and Chestnut

Schedule of Events:

7:30-8:00 p.m. - Registration 

8:00-10:00 p.m.- Spelling Bee

10:00PM-12:00 a.m. - Karaoke and Dancing

Details: Cover $5; Free for all registered competitors 

Free drinks and pizza from 7:30-10 p.m.

* Celebrate Philly Beer Week at City Tavern!

Revolution was brewing! Ales & recipes of Washington, Jefferson & Franklin 

Yards Ales of the Revolution paired with the original brewer’s dishes.  Enjoy a 4-course dinner paired with 4 hand-crafted beers.

Date: Friday, March 13, 2009

Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Location: City Tavern

Address: 138 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Cost: $30 (Value: $57.78)

Tickets go on sale on March 2, 2009 on gapsa.ticketleap.com 

For menu details, visit www.citytavern.com.

Must be 21+ with valid ID and Penn Card.

* GAPSA St. Patty’s Day Pub Crawl

Come join your fellow grad students in celebrating the time-honored St. Patty’s day tradition, two days after the official day.

When/where: Thursday, March 19, 2009

Time: 8:00-11:00 p.m.

Schedule: 

8-9 p.m.: Triumph Brewery on Chestnut between 2nd and Front

9-10 p.m.: National Mechanics on 3rd between Chestnut and Market

10-11 p.m.: SugarMoms

Tickets for the pub crawl are on sale for $10 through gapsa.ticketleap.com starting March 1, 2009 and $15 at the door on the day of the event. Tickets are good for 2 drinks at each location (6 max) and appetizers at all locations. Meet at 7:45  p.m. at Triumph Brewery to get your drink tickets. Feel free to join along the way if you can’t make it to the earlier spots (door tickets will be available and prorated).  Prizes will be available for best attires.  Come green!

* 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 p.m. 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.

* An Evening of Wine and Tapas at Amada

Enjoy drinks and exquisite tapas prepared by the illustrious chefs at this 5-star restaurant.   A variety of wines and sangrias will be available.  Tapas include Jamon Serrano Charcuteria, Mancheo Cheese, Artisanal Olives, Albondigas, Gambas con Garbanzos Coca, Escalivada, Chicken Brochettes, and Beef Brochettes.  

Address: 28 Strawberry Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

Date: March 20, 2009

Time: 8:15-10:30 p.m.

Cost: $35 per person (value of over $100)

Details: Tickets are available at gapsa.ticketleap.com on March 5, 2009. 

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. 

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

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

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

The following event s have been sold out: Zythos America - Belgian Beer Festival, March15, 2009, 4:00-7:00 p.m.; Wine Dinner at Lacroix Rittenhouse: Part III, Friday, April 3, 2009, 7:30 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

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3. * Career Services requests your input on programming for 2009

Penn Career Services relies on feedback from graduate students and postdocs to ensure our programming continues to meet your needs for career planning information.

 As we review our upcoming programs for the remainder of Spring 2009, we would appreciate your input. Please click on the link below and respond to our brief survey –your answers will help shape the programs we deliver in the coming months. 

 The survey will take about 2-3 minutes (there are 8 quick questions) – deadline to respond is 3/11/09. Please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=N_2bN_2biABRNF7th2zB9_2fk_2bNQ_3d_3d 

4.  * 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

5. * 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 Post colonial India”

 

6. * 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/>.

7. * Call for Entries: ReThinking ReCycling in Meyerson (Open to ALL), Deadline 4/22!

** The Environmental Planning & Ecological Design Club (EPED) and the Penn Design Department of Architecture are pleased to announce a Design Competition**

ReThinking ReCycling in Meyerson

We are looking for a wide variety of actionable strategies geared toward improving recycling in MeyersonHall.  These ideas should range from Object Redesign (Graphic Designers!) - physical design ideas for recycling receptacles, to System Redesign (Policy People!) - affecting policies and procedures that govern the way our recycling program functions, to finally - Social ReDesign (Activists!) - geared toward raising awareness, changing behaviors, and creating a sustainable culture of reduce, reuse, recycle in MeyersonHall.

Your submission(s) can address one or all of these categories!

* Object Redesign: A better recycling container for Meyerson Hall.

* System Redesign: Meyerson Hall’s waste stream or policy.

* Social Redesign: Changing the mindset of Meyerson Hall’s inhabitants.

FORMAT

24” x 36” Plot or up to Four 11” x 17” Prints.  Submit to the Architecture Department at 207 Meyerson Hall

Please attach your name and email address to the BACK of the boards.  Enter as many times as you would like!

TIMELINE

* 3/19 Thursday 12 pm

Existing Conditions - RECYCLING IN MEYERSON Discussion with Karl Wellman, Meyerson Facilities

Location: B5 Meyerson Hall Basement

* 4/22 Wednesday Earth Day (ENTRIES DUE)

* 4/24 Friday (AWARDS RECEPTION) 

PRIZES: $500 in Prizes and a Chance for YOUR IDEA to be Implemented by PennDesign!

QUESTIONS??  Email  PennEPED@gmail.com

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

* 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

*Statistics Workshop: Refine Your Quantitative Skills
, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM 
http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/register/index.php?sessionID=2278#2278

Navigating the Classroom

http://www.gsc.upenn.edu/navclass/index.php

Teaching Workshop: Designing Effective Exams
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 3:00 PM - 4:30 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