Lowell House News Monday 29 September 2008 Volume 32, Issue 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter Format Guide: Announcements from Advising Tutors will always follow the Ask Beth column each week. Announcements regarding *Events* and Attractions will always be in the last section. Please remember to scroll down to that last section for event announcements and details if you are looking for them. If you'd like to place an announcement in the newsletter, email your 'blurb' to lohonews@fas.harvard.edu by Saturday noon to make the Monday newsletter. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR Monday, September 29: * Last day upon which undergrads may drop or add a course without a fee * Last day upon which undergrads may submit a cross-registration petition without a fee * Italian Language Table, 6:00-7:00pm, Dining Hall Thursday, October 2: * You are warmly invited to TEA, Masters' Residence, 5:00-6:00pm. * BGLTS outing to Boston Symphony, 6:30pm, meet under bell tower. Friday, October 3: * BGLTS Drive-in Musical "RENT", 9:00pm, Lowell Monday, October 6: * Makeup exams for Spring term 08 begin * Dining Hall closed for SOPHOMORE DINNER, 6:00pm Masters' Residence, 6:30pm Dining Hall Thursday, October 9: * You are warmly invited to TEA, Masters' Residence, 5-6pm *********************************************************** FROM THE RESIDENT DEAN * Ryan Spoering, Allston Burr Resident Dean Room A-22, 5-2283 (lo-abrd@fas.harvard.edu) - ADD/DROP DEADLINE. In the next week, remember to take a look at your course listing on my.harvard.edu and make sure that you're enrolled correctly. The deadline to add and drop courses is OCTOBER 14TH, the "fifth Monday" (actually a Tuesday due to Columbus Day). Add/drop forms are available in the hallway outside the House Office. - SIMULTANEOUS ENROLLMENT. Pay close attention to your class schedule -- if you have a conflict in course times, please read the policies on simultaneous enrollment on pg. 51 of the Handbook for Students, then come and see me if you still have questions. - ON-LINE UHS APPOINTMENTS. You can now schedule certain UHS appointments online! To make appointments for 20 minute initial intake conversations or for medication follow-up visits, go to their website at huhs.harvard.edu, and click on "making an appointment" under the "Our Clinicians and Teams" menu. - BUREAU PEER TUTORING. Feeling a little daunted by a class? Consider hiring a peer tutor through the Bureau of Study Counsel. Tutors are paid with a subsidy and the cost is very reasonable. Interested in tutoring other students taking a class that you loved? Sign up as a tutor! For more information, see the Bureau website: http://bsc.harvard.edu/tutor.html - OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK. I will have walk-in office hours this week MWF 10:00am-noon. For other times, please contact Kit in the House Office (5-2283, lowell@fas) to set up an appointment with me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASK BETH, the HOUSE ADMINISTRATOR * Beth Terry, A-22, 5-2283 (lo-admin@fas.harvard.edu) Dear Beth, Who are you, why are you here, and what do you do? Signed, Clueless in C-entry Dear Clueless, I am so glad you asked. These same questions have bothered me for years now. (Who are these people? Why are there so many? Why is my office pink?) The House Administrator's office is here to assist the Masters, the Resident Dean, and to help Lowell House occupants wend their way through the bureaucracies of university administration. My work will affect the room in which you sleep, the fees you are charged, the events you will hear about, and that Facebook you'll thumb through.... one of these days...whenever it gets here..... I'll give good advice on housing deadlines, lottery strategies and how to play nice with our Building Manager. I'll even be the one to *personally* reject the proposal to reserve our dining hall for some LoHo Food Fear Factor (an event concept that I know is gestating out there, somewhere, in somebody's all-too- fertile imagination. ~Beth ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM THE FELLOWSHIPS TUTORS * Josh Goldman (jdgoldm@fas.harvard.edu) * Courtney Peterson (cmpeters@fas.harvard.edu) * Susanna Mierau (susanna_mierau@post.harvard.edu) NEW LOWELL HOUSE FELLOWSHIPS WEBSITE We've redesigned the Fellowships section of the Lowell House website, featuring an all-new list of common fellowships designed to make it easy to find fellowships that will fund whatever it is that you're hoping to do. Check it out at http://lowell.harvard.edu/fellowships LOWELL FELLOWSHIPS MAILING LIST Want to know what fellowships are out there? Want to know about them before the deadlines appear in the newsletter? Want more information on the fellowships listed below? Subscribe to the fellowships mailing list to get notices about once every week or two of upcoming deadlines and things to think about (relevant for sophomores, juniors, and seniors). To subscribe, go to http://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/lowell-fellowships . OFFICE HOURS We hold office hours on Sunday evenings in the dining hall, during which we'd be happy to discuss your plans and look over your application essays. To visit us during office hours, you need to sign up at least one day in advance on the sign-up sheet next to the fellowships bulletin board, right next to the entrance to the JCR. If you have specific questions, please email us at any time. UPCOMING INFOSESSIONS - 08 October: Introduction to Fellowships, 3:00pm @ OCS Conference Room - 09 October: Truman Scholarships (panel discussion), 4:00pm @ OCS Conference Room - 14 October: Traveling Fellowships, 3:00pm @ OCS Conference Room - 15 October: Fellowships Proposal Writing Workshop, 3:00pm @ OCS Conference Room * * * UPCOMING FELLOWSHIPS * * * FOR GRADUATE STUDY ABROAD: - 06 October: Mitchell Scholarship. Funds one year of graduate study at any university in Ireland or Northern Ireland. Also known to come with backstage passes to a U2 concert (seriously). - 10 October: Churchill Scholarship. Funds one year of graduate study in science/math/engineering at Cambridge University. Must have a 3.7 or higher. - 15 October: Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Funds 1-4 years of graduate study at Cambridge in any field. Must have strong academic record. Open to citizens of any country except the U.K. - 17 October: DAAD Scholarship. Funds 1 or 2 years of study in Germany. - 24 October: St Andrew's Society Scholarships. Funds one year of graduate study in Scotland. You must have at least one Scottish ancestor. - 03 November: Ecole Normale Superieure Fellowship, Tower Fellowship, Williams-Lodge Scholarship to the Sorbonne. Funds one year of study in France. ENS and Williams-Lodge fellowships fund study at ENS and the Sorbonne, respectively; the Tower Fellowship is for any university in France. You can get the common application by emailing cgs@fas. - 13 November: first deadline for other Harvard-specific fellowships to the UK. FOR PURPOSEFUL TRAVEL (seniors only): - 17 October: Michael C. Rockefeller Fellowship. Funds a year of purposeful travel in a foreign country. ATTENTION ROCKEFELLER APPLICANTS: Please remember that there is a special Lowell House procedure for the House evaluation form! All the details are in an email you received (or will shortly receive) on the fellowships mailing list or from Josh directly. FOR GRADUATE STUDY AND/OR OTHER POSTGRADUATE ACTIVITIES: - 21 October: Merage institute for the American Dream. $10,000/year for two years for study, travel, internships, etc. Must have a green card or be a naturalized citizen. - 24 October: Luce Scholarship. One-year internship in Asia (no prior experience with Asia required). - 31 October: Hertz Fellowship. Funds 5 years of graduate study in the applied physical sciences. - 01 November: Soros Fellowship. Stipend + tuition grant for graduate study of any kind (including law & medicine). Must be a naturalized citizen, have a green card, or be the children of naturalized citizens. - 03-12 November (depending on field): NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Funds 3 years of graduate study in any field of science or engineering, including economics, psychology, and history of science. - 05 November: Carnegie Fellowship. Provides a one-year fellowship at the Carnegie Institute for International Peace. FOR UNDERGRADUATES: - 08 October: HCRP grants for fall 2008. Funds research with Harvard faculty during the fall semester. - 28 October: Goldwater Scholarship. Prize for outstanding sophomores or juniors in science/math/engineering. Also comes with funding toward your remaining undergraduate years. - 09 November: Truman Scholarship. Money for senior year of college and graduate school (and prestige). Open to juniors who plan to go into government or public service (broadly construed). FOR MORE INFORMATION: See the Lowell House fellowships website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM THE PRE-LAW COMMITTEE Website: http://www.lowell.harvard.edu/advising/pre-law/index.php Pre-Law Committee (LoHoLaw@fas.harvard.edu) * Jean Han (jeanhan@fas.harvard.edu) * Sandy Alexander (sandy_alexander@post.harvard.edu) * Karl Procaccini (karlprocaccini@gmail.com) IMPORTANT: If you are applying to law school this Fall, visit the Pre-Law website and e-mail the Pre-Law Committee immediately. I. Important Dates for Applicants *October 4, 2008 (Sat): The October LSAT. *October 12, 2008 (Sun): Last day to submit personal statements to the Lowell House Pre-Law Committee for review. Email your statement to: LoHoStatements@gmail.com *October 31, 2008 (Fri): Last day to submit application materials to Pre-Law committee. If you wish the Pre-Law Committee to submit a Dean's Certification Letter for your applications, you must submit your application materials to the Committee by this date. Materials include: release form; questionnaire; resume; transcript and GPA; final personal statement; letters of recommendation; and list of schools. II. Lowell House Pre-Law Events: *September 30, 2008 (Tue): Informal Pre-law Dinner. Join the Pre-Law tutors for dinner! Non-resident Pre-Law Tutor Catherine McCaw can answer questions about criminal law and working for state and federal government. She can also give advice about seeking law-related jobs between college and law school. Lowell House Dining Hall, 6:15 - 7:00pm. *October 7, 2008 (Tue): Supreme Court Discussion. Harvard Law School Professors Noah Feldman and Ron Sullivan will join us to discuss and answer questions about two cases to be argued before the Supreme Court on October 14, Bartlett v. Strickland (a voting rights case) and Pearson v. Callahan (a 4th amendment case). Lowell House Library, 7:30-10:00pm. *October 13-14, 2008 (Mon-Tue): Supreme Court Trip. Lowell House is taking a trip to the Supreme Court of the United States! We will hear the arguments in two cases: one about voting rights and one about police searches of the home. We will also meet with Associate Justice Souter. Interested students should contact Sandy Alexander (sbalexander@gmail.com). *October 16, 2008 (Thur): Lowell House Discussion with Toby Stock, Harvard Law School Dean of Admissions. Dean Stock will meet with interested Lowellians to talk about HLS and the admissions process. SCR, 5:00-6:00pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM YOUR CAREER AND PRE-BUSINESS ADVISING TUTORS * Russell Miles - Resident Tutor (rmiles@oxfamamerica.org, 3-2990) * Christopher Laconi - Non-Resident Tutor (claconi@mba2009.hbs.edu) Thinking about what you will do after Harvard? It's never too early or too late to start!! As a Harvard graduate, the world truly is your oyster and there are so many options. Working in the private, government or NGO sector, further study, travel abroad!? Sadly, over 70 percent of the recruiters that come to Harvard are in Investment Banking or Consulting, so there is not a lot of diversity. However, this is great if this is the area in which you want to work and there are many resources easily available to you. The best place for resources and information is the Office of Career Services http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/students.htm. The website is fabulous with a lot of great information. The OCS office is just around the corner from Lowell House at 54 Dunster Street and there are many people there who are available to help with all of your specific needs. OCS also has a very full program of events throughout the year - from career fairs to resume clinics, interview workshops and meet-the-recruiter nights. Check out the website regularly for the latest event calendar. But consulting and banking is not necessarily the career for everyone and the General Career Adviser is here to help you think through that decision and work out what you really want out of life and your career! There are so many interesting and valuable options available to you which are worth exploring. The Lowell Resident General Career Advising Tutor is Russell Miles. He can be contacted on rmiles@oxfamamerica.org or call 617-493-2990 to make an appointment. Or you can find in him J-11. Drop in times are: Weekdays 6:00pm - 10:00pm and Weekends 10:00am - 10:00pm. Christopher Laconi is a Non-Resident Tutor from the Harvard Business School and he can specifically help on Pre-Business discussions and exploring careers in banking and consulting. He may be reached at claconi@mba2009.hbs.edu or call 207-344-8923 for appointments. In addition to helping you think through your career decisions, Chris and Russell can also help get you on the path to further resources and can also help you finalize your resume and prepare for interviews. Russell is creating an e-mail list in order to send out messages about key dates and events. Please contact him if you are interested to have your name on this mailing list - rmiles@oxfamamerica.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM YOUR RESIDENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ADVISER * Russell Miles (rmiles@oxfamamerica.org, 3-2990) Interested in international relations, international aid and development? Want to discuss international issues raised in class? Need help thinking about research paper topics? Want to meet and talk with people working in the development or humanitarian sector? Interested in an international career in public service, government or private sector, or simply wanting to travel to other regions of the world? E-mail me or come and talk with me about all these questions. If you would like to make an appointment to talk for a longer period, I am available for meetings on Saturday afternoons from 2.00pm-5.00pm. We will meet in the SCR. I am creating an e-mail list in order to send out messages about key dates and events related to international development and international relations. Please contact me if you are interested to have your name on this mailing list - rmiles@oxfamamerica.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FROM YOUR WELLNESS TUTOR * Amanda Kowalski (akowalsk@MIT.EDU) As you begin the new semester, please be aware of all of the support resources available to you at the Bureau of Study Counsel. Be well! Bureau of Study Counsel M-F, 8:30-5:30 p.m. 5 Linden Street 617-495-2581 bsc@harvard.edu http://bsc.harvard.edu The Bureau serves students in many capacities, including academic and personal counseling, peer tutoring, groups and workshops, and the Reading Course. Pre-group consultations are required for some groups. Please call 617-495-2581 to register or for more information. You are also welcome to pick up free hand outs of study strategy materials from our office in the Cranium Corner. * ADD/LD Group With Jennifer Page. Eight weekly meetings: Mondays, 4:00-5:00pm, anticipated to begin Oct. 6. This group provides a supportive space to talk with other students with Attention Deficit Disorder and/or Learning Disorders (ADD/LD), and to learn coping skills to manage difficulties in three core areas: organization/planning, reducing distractibility, and developing adaptive thinking. To register, email Jennifer Page (jpage@bsc.harvard.edu). * Creative Relating With Suzanne Renna & SungLim Shin. Full-semester weekly meetings: Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00pm, beginning in Oct. A group to try out new ways of communicating and relating to others in our lives. We address staying present and centered when under stress; speaking to be heard and understood; verbal and non-verbal cues; and communicating authentically. Creativity, openness, and risk-taking is encouraged. Call for a pre-group consultation. * Exam-taking Workshop With Suzanne Renna. One session: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2:00-3:30pm. A review of strategies for effective exam preparation and for taking exams with a minimum of anxiety. * Learning Styles Workshop With Jennifer Page & Claire Shindler. Two sessions: Wednesdays, Nov. 5 & 12, 1:00-2:30pm. We all have different learning styles: characteristic strengths and preferences in the ways we take in and process information. This two-part workshop focuses on helping you identify your own learning style and develop learning strategies that work for you. To register, email Jennifer Page (jpage@bsc.harvard.edu) or Claire Shindler (cshindler@bsc.harvard.edu). * Making the Best Use of Reading Period With Diane Weinstein. One session: Monday, Jan. 5, 2:00-3:30pm. The group discusses making good use of unstructured time, studying for and taking exams, and coping with anxiety and stress. * Mindfulness, Balance, and Academic Life With Ghazi Kaddouh. Six weekly meetings: dates & times to be determined, beginning in Oct. This group guides students in practicing mindfulness techniques to help them find and maintain balance in their busy lives. Topics include guided imagery, body scan, progressive muscle relaxation, and other mindfulness meditation practices. To register, email Ghazi Kaddouh (gkaddouh@bsc.harvard.edu). * Perfectionism: A Double-Edged Sword With Jennifer Page. Two sessions: Wednesdays, Oct. 22 & 29, 1:00-2:30pm. Many students struggle with the fine line between striving for excellence vs. suffering from perfectionism. Through discussion and practical exercises, this workshop helps students to begin to distinguish motivation for healthy achievement from perfectionism and overcome some of the pitfalls of perfectionism. To register, email Jennifer Page (jpage@bsc.harvard.edu). * Procrastination Group With Diane Weinstein. Three sessions: Tuesdays, Oct. 28, Nov. 4 & 18, 3:30-5:00pm. Through discussion and practical exercises, this group works on understanding the experience of procrastination and on freeing ourselves to use our creative processes in moments when we feel resistant, blocked or paralyzed. Call for a pre-group consultation. * Public Speaking With Ghazi Kaddouh. Six weekly meetings: dates & times to be determined, anticipated to begin in Oct. This group provides opportunities for students to learn practical skills and strategies for becoming more confident, clear and effective at public speaking, and to explore the discomfort that often accompanies it. Discussion topics include participating in class discussions, managing anxiety, and organizing and practicing presentations. Call for a pre-group consultation. * Roots: Where Are You Coming From? And Where Are You Going? With Frank McNamara & Sheila Reindl. Weekly meetings: Friday afternoons, beginning in Oct. Families can be sources of support and inspiration, or of obligation and conflict. This group provides an opportunity to explore points of connection and disconnection with your family and reflect on how past and present relationships at home affect your life, goals, and aspirations here and now. Call for a pre-group consultation. * Seasons of Grief With Sheila Reindl & SungLim Shin. One session: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 3:00-4:30pm. For students who have experienced a significant loss, whether the loss occurred recently or years ago. This group provides an opportunity to talk about dealing with emotions, facing the loss itself, understanding the grieving process, finding ways to cope, and communicating with others. To register, email Sheila Reindl (sreindl@bsc.harvard.edu) or SungLim Shin (sshin@bsc.harvard.edu). * Speaking Up in Class With SungLim Shin & Diane Weinstein. Three sessions: Tuesdays, Oct. 21, 28 & Nov. 4, 12:00-1:30pm. This group provides strategies for students who wish to have more of a voice in classes. Through discussion and exercises in a supportive group context, we focus on increasing self-confidence and managing anxiety in academic settings. Call for a pre-group consultation. * Time Management With Claire Shindler. Two sessions: Wednesdays, Nov. 5 & 12, 4:30-5:45pm. Through exercises and discussion, this workshop offers an opportunity to build and develop time management strategies and to work towards understanding the priorities in your life in order to make time for what is important to you. To register, email Claire Shindler (cshindler@bsc.harvard.edu). * What Should I Do? A Workshop for Friends, Lovers, and Roommates of People with Eating Disorders With Sheila Reindl & Suzanne Renna. One session: Monday, Nov. 3, 3:30-5:00pm. This workshop offers support and guidance to students who think someone they know has an eating disorder and who are concerned about how to speak with that person, as well as what their responsibility and role regarding that person should be. No advance registration required. * What We May Be: Body, Mind & Spirit With Suzanne Renna & Jennifer Page. Eight sessions: Tuesdays, 3:00-5:00pm, anticipated to begin in Oct. This workshop is designed for women who wish to increase self-knowledge and build a more dependable sense of self-esteem in a supportive group setting. Call for a pre-group consultation. * Returning To Harvard: A Discussion Group With Diane Weinstein. Dates & times to be determined. Coming back to Harvard after time away can sometimes be surprisingly unsettling. Despite familiarity with the Harvard community, students might feel out of step with their cohort or taken aback by the renewed academic or social demands. This group provides a context for discussion and support. Call for a pre-group consultation. * Senior Thesis Workshop With Sheila Reindl & Craig Rodgers. Upon request to departments and Houses: typically 1 to 1.5 hours. Topics include discerning the governing question of the thesis; using writing in the service of creative, careful thinking; writing a literature review, methods section, and other chapters; managing your time; and making good use of the adviser/advisee relationship. To schedule a workshop, email Sheila Reindl (sreindl@bsc.harvard.edu) or Craig Rodgers (craig@post.harvard.edu). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS MASTER CLASS WITH ANDRE PREVIN Sir Andre Previn has held chief artistic posts with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, LA Philharmonic, and Royal Philharmonic. As a pianist, Previn records and performs son recitals, chamber music and jazz; his compositions have been acclaimed by critics and audiences throughout the world. Monday, Oct 6, 3:pm Kirkland House JCR Free and open to the public Information: 617-495-8676, www.fas.harvard.edu/ofa IRMA BAILEY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW & SALE 2 Oct – 5 Oct, 9:00am-5:00pm daily Peabody Museum Opening reception 3 Oct, 5:00-7:00pm CURATOR’S TALK: Remix: Indigenous Identities Today Tanner Amdur-Clark, Caitlin Finch and LeRenzo Tolbert-Malcom Peabody Museum, Room 14A, 5:30pm NBCU UNIVERSAL ACCELERATED DIGITAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM The Accelerated Digital Management Program (ADMP) was created in 2008 to help accelerate NBC Universal's (NBCU) business initiative of "Digital Expansion". Through 3 challenging-eight month rotations, program participants will be exposed to 360-degrees of the digital world from creation to sale. Rotations will take place in divisions such as Digital Strategy, Digital Distribution, Digital Ad Sales, Digital Local Media, etc. While on the program, participants will be given an opportunity to refine and further develop their technical, analytical and strategic skill set. ADMP participants will be exposed to and mentored by key digital NBCU business leaders. Upon completion of the program, participants will have developed a business mastery and both operational and commercial expertise. The program's objective is to build a robust talent pipeline for future senior leadership roles at NBCU. http://www.nbcunicareers.com/entry_leadership/accelerated_digital_management_program/ ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1ST