Trumbull College
Dean’s Office
Welcome back from the break, Trumbullians!
ACADEMICS
Deadline: Monday, March 30: Last day to convert from Credit/D/Fail option in a spring-term course to a letter grade. The form is available in your TC Dean’s Office.
Reminder: No credits earned in courses completed on the Credit/D/Fail basis may be used to fulfill any of the distributional requirements for the bachelor’s degree.
TC Events
TC Housing Registration: www.yale.edu/trumbull Deadline: Friday, March 27. Please note that is a binding process. As of this morning, we do not have any confirmed information concerning junior class annex housing. You will receive any details as soon as we have them (hopefully in the next couple of days). For further info please contact your TC Housing Committee members listed on the website.
Lunch with UCS representative, Tuesday, March 31 at noon. Elayne Mazzarella from UCS will join us for lunch in our dining hall. Please feel free to stop by with your resume, cover letter, or questions about your career.
SOPHOMORES
Undergraduate Art Department Sophomore Reviews: Tuesday & Wednesday, April 7 & 8; 1:30–6:30 pm on Tuesday and 9:00-3:30 pm on Wednesday, Room GO-1, Green Hall
Intended art majors please sign up at the of the DUS, School of Art, Green Hall, room 122 as soon as possible. It is important on the day of your review, or when you sign up, to bring a copy of your updated academic record (available at your Dean’s Office). At the time of your review, you must present a cross section of work completed during your undergraduate courses here at Yale. Please come fifteen minutes early for your appointment. If you have any questions, call Nancy Keramas at 432-2608
SENIORS
Research Assistant Position in neuroscience with Dr. Laura Manuelidis, Yale Medical School. She is looking for a thoughtful graduating student to work in a medical school laboratory on models of dementia, especially those related to human Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and BSE (aka "mad cow disease"). Opportunities cover a broad range of approaches including animal and tissue culture models, molecular studies, and immuno- and electron microscopy. Some basic science knowledge needed as well as some lab experience. Students who have taken molecular and cell biology and/or related neuroscience labs would be the best fit. See website for more detailed scientific information ( http://info.med.yale.edu/
Appointment would be as a postgraduate associate for 1-2 years. Start date can be anytime from mid-May to mid-September, 2009. Can be three days a week to full time. If interested, contact Dr. Laura Manuelidis by phone at 54442 or by email, laura.manuelidis@yale.edu
Life After Yale Series, sponsored by Undergraduate Career Services begins Tuesday. Getting from College to Career, Tuesday March 24 - 7 PM - Becton Center, Davies Auditorium
Lindsay Pollack ’96, author of Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World will discuss making the transition from Yale to the workplace. This event kicks off Life After Yale: The Series, a set of panels and events intended specifically for seniors. Future topics will include the Big Issues such as finding a job, personal budgeting, and wraps up on Wednesday, April 15, with a panel of young alumni talking about their experiences in The Real World. Also, for the past several years, Career Services and the Association of Yale Alumni have presented seniors with a brief volume, Life After Yale, at Class Day. Some of your classmates have already discovered it: http://www.yaledailynews.com/
The Delay The Real World Fellowship: Apply for the Delay the Real World Fellowship 2009 and you'll be in the running for a $5,000 grant towards your very own bold, exhilarating, and fulfilling experience of a lifetime. A copy of the book Delaying the World by Colleen Kinder, MC '03 is available in the Yale Office of Fellowship Programs library. See also: www.delayingtherealworld.com/