Trumbull College

Dean’s Office

TC Sophomore Advising Night: Monday, October 6, 8 pm to 9 pm, TC Dining Hall.  The representatives from the Undergraduate Career Services, study abroad program, Yale Summer Session Abroad and Fellowship Office along with selected seniors will talk about employment, study abroad choices, summer and fellowship opportunities. The attendance is required, so please let me know if you cannot attend.

ACADEMICS

 Academic Deadlines:

October 15:  Deadline to apply for a spring-term 2009 Term Abroad.

October 17:  Deadline to complete applications for financial aid for the spring term, for students not enrolled in the 2008–2009 fall term.

October 24:  Midterm.  Last day to withdraw from a fall-term course without having the course appear on the transcript.  Deadline to apply for double credit in a single-credit course.  Withdrawal from Yale College on or before this date entitles a student to a rebate of one-quarter of the term's tuition.

November 7: Last day to convert from CR/D.\/Fail option in a fall term course to a letter grade.

Freshmen
Listening and Note-Taking Skills workshop:  Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 pm, LC 101, and repeated on Wednesday, October 1, at 4:00 pm, LC 101. The presentation lasts one hour.  The presenter, Mark Schenker, Associate Dean of Yale College, has offered this very popular workshop for many years to help students develop strategies for taking more useful notes during class. No sign-up or registration is required, but bring a notebook, and a pen or pencil with you. The presentation lasts one hour.

STUDY ABROAD

PKU-Yale Joint Undergraduate Events for the Week of 9/29

Learn about the program at events this week.

1. Tuesday, September 30th
International Experience Table
1-2pm
Location: Bass Library

Tuesday, September 30th
Study Break in MorseCollege
8-9:30pm
Location: Dining Hall

2. Wednesday, October 1st
Study Break in SaybrookCollege
8:00-9:30 pm
Location: Common Room and Dining hall

3. Thursday, October 2nd
Study Break in TD College
8-9:30pm
Location: South Common Room

Yale-in-London for the Spring 2009 term  deadline is October 10.  Full course descriptions and application forms are online at the Yale Center for British Art website:  http://ycba.yale.edu/education/edu_yil.html .  Questions to yaleinlondon@yale.edu .

FELLOWSHIPS

Seniors
Fully funded 1 yr MA in Urban Education Studies including CT Teaching Certificate Gr 7 -12 followed by 2 yr teaching commitment in New Haven.  Application due January 2.  Interested seniors should make an appointment to see Kendra Mack at urbanteaching@yale.edu. 432-4631. More information: http://www.yale.edu/tprep/urban/

Juniors (and possibly seniors)
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies / Yale College Five-year Joint Degree Program Information Sessions: Friday, October 3^rd at 2:00pm and on Thursday, October 16^th at 4:00pm in the Timothy Dwight South Common Room. This program is designed to provide well-prepared Yale College students with accelerated graduate training in environmental science and management.  Five-year joint degree students earn a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master of Environmental Management or Master of Environmental Science Degree in five years.  More information at  http://www.yale.edu/evst/master's%20degree.html . This joint degree program is open to all Yale College majors.  Pizza will be served.  For more information, contact Debbie Broadwater, Program Manager of the Environmental Studies & Five-year Joint Degree Programs; 432-9868 or at deborah.broadwater@yale.edu.

OTHER

Interfaith Day of Service
Friday, October 3rd
1:45-5:15 PM (after Muslim Jumma prayers and before Shabbat services)
Chaplain's Office (lower level of Bingham Entryway D)
Serve your neighbors in New Haven and reflect on service with other students. Meet at the Chaplain’s Office, break into groups, and walk to a nearby locale to put in a few hours of work on the Interfaith Day of Service.  All are welcome. To register, email nathaniel.deluca@yale.edu by Tuesday, September 30. Food will be served.  Further information from Altaf Saadi, altaf.saadi@yale.edu

Exhibition of summer work by Yale College students who studied in the United States and Abroad this past summer.  The Exhibition is called "Working Vacation" and opens on Tuesday, September 30, through Wednesday, October 8.  The opening reception is scheduled for Thursday, October 2, from 6:00-8:00. This show is being held in the Yale School of Art Gallery, 1156 Chapel Street.  Hours are daily from 10 am - 6 pm. 

Peer Health Educators: PHE is a volunteer group under the supervision of the health educator at YUHS. PHE’s usually meet once every other week over dinner with her, discuss new health-related topics as they come up, and prepare for several large events throughout the year, as well as ongoing projects. They put out monthly newsletters, help coordinate Stress Down Day in December, send a delegate to Safety Net (an umbrella group comprised of representatives from student health/safety groups), and conduct workshops: Connections (during freshmen orientation), Eroticizing Safer Sex (in February), and others. The role includes lots of outreach, educating, and of course being an at-home resource for TC students on a wide variety of health-related topics and issues. Further information:  http://www.yale.edu/uhs/med_services/student_health.html