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MONDAY MORNING MAILING
October 17, 2005
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- Important Announcements for ALL Students
- * HGSE Orientation Program student poll
- * Find It @ Harvard citation linker
- Announcements & Reminders
- * How to submit an announcement to MMM
- * Introducing your Student Government Association officers!
- * Relief for earthquake victims in Pakistan
- * Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund (DDIF) deadline on October 19
- * Student organization training/info sessions - Weeks of Oct. 17 & 24
- * Are you looking for a new dinner spot in the square?
- Events, Presentations, & Workshops
- * Louisiana BEFORE Katrina: The Teaching Experience - Oct. 17
- * Psychological and Social Development of Latino Immigrant Adolescents - Oct. 17
- * Collective Punishment, Occupation, and the Palestinians - Oct. 17
- * Afterlife: Works by Jason DeWaard - Oct. 17-29
- * Ed School Capture the Flag! - Oct. 19
- * Can we reconcile science and religion? - Oct. 19
- * Towards a Fair Health Movement - Oct. 19 & 20
- * Who was Jean Piaget, anyway? - Oct. 21
- * HGSE Annual Multicultural Festival - Oct. 21
- * City Year's Serve-a-thon - Oct. 22
- * HGSE at Hoffa's - Oct. 22
- * "Retracing the Struggle" MARCH in Boston - Oct. 30
- * Implications for Mental Health in Asian Americans - Nov. 4
- * EndNote Basics
- * APA Exposed: Everything you always wanted to know about APA format but were afraid to ask!
- * Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop
- * Finding Books: HOLLIS Catalog Workshop
- * E-Research @ Harvard
- * Bureau of Study Counsel
- Clubs, Organizations, & Committees
- * Crossroads - Oct. 17
- * Common Ground - Oct. 18
- * ALANA - Oct. 18
- * Asian Pacific Alliance - Oct. 20
- * Caribbean Interest Group-CRIOLE - Oct. 20
- * Pinoise: Filipino-American student organization
- Job & Volunteer Opportunities
- * Adjunct Instructor needed for Spring, 2006
- * Job available with Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at HGSE. Deadline, October 21
- * Find It @ Harvard citation linker
QUICK LINKS
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS
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HGSE Orientation Program student poll
Dear Student,
We would like to hear about your impressions of the HGSE Orientation Program. If you took part in our Orientation, please take a few minutes to visit our brief poll (the URL is below) and comment on that period when you were just starting the year at HGSE. Your responses and suggestions will help us better understand your experiences during this important time.
The link to the poll is:
http://poll.icommons.harvard.edu/poll/taker/pollTaker.jsp?poll=1-3657-58018
The poll opens at 7 p.m. tonight and and closes at 11 p.m. on Monday, October 24. Please make sure to have exactly the URL above as the address on your browser. An additional space or a missing character will give you a "poll not found" message. If you are having problems, you can also access this poll by going to: http://my.gse.harvard.edu. The link can be found inside the "Student Services News" box on the "my.gse.harvard.edu" page.
All information on the poll (including your name) is anonymous and confidential. While you do not need to answer every question (and not all may apply), we appreciate your participation on a voluntary basis. We thank you for your time in answering this brief survey, which will be very helpful as we plan for next year's class, and we wish you a very rewarding semester!
The Office of Student Affairs
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Find It @ Harvard citation linker
Some students have reported problems connecting to resources when they use Find It @ Harvard Citation Linker outside of the library. This problem can occur because Citation Linker currently uses port 82, a port that is sometimes blocked by Internet security software or not open to wireless traffic.
If you are having problems with Citation Linker, try the following:
1. adjust your home wireless router to allow traffic on port 82, or
2. lower your security settings.
To lower Security Settings (and to enable cookies) in IE:
Windows - Must use Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 or greater (6.0 recommended)
Mac - Safari browser preferred
Open IE
Select Tools
Select Internet Options
Select Privacy tab
Move slider to Medium or Lower
Select Apply to save changes
The Harvard Libraries plan to move Citation Linker to a more accessible port as soon as possible.
If you have questions about Find It @ Harvard Citation Linker, please contact the Gutman Research and Instruction Services staff at reference@gse.harvard.edu or 617-495-3421.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS
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How to submit an announcement to MMM
To submit an announcement to the Monday Morning Mailing, please e-mail the text and the title (which we will use as the e-mail link) to sga@gse.harvard.edu by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before it is to appear. Your title should be to the point and should include any pressing deadlines. We request that you make your announcement as brief as possible and direct interested students to an e-mail address, phone number, or web site through which they can obtain more detailed information.
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Introducing your Student Government Association officers!
The Student Government Association has now officially formed! Elections occurred between September 22 and 27, after which candidates were officially notified of the results. Appointments to vacant positions were completed on October 7.
Elected
President: Roy Quinto
Vice President: Nadia Khan Pierce
Vice President for Academics: Shannon Houston
Vice President for Diversity: Lolita Paiewonsky
Vice President for Finance: Kali Thorne
Finance Officer: Hermé Santiago
Finance Officer: Matthew Pellish
Vice President for Health, Wellness and Athletics: Eugenia Garduno
Vice President for Student Life and Social Activities: Ali Weller
Appointed
Secretary: Christina Cipriano
Academics Officer: Katherine Bourne
Academics Officer: Grace Cho
Academics Officer: Shannon Shaper
Vice President for Communications: Mike Fishback
Communications Officer: Kysha Doss
Communications Officer: Devon Pearce
Diversity Officer: Janey Pearl
Diversity Officer: Martha Ferede
Health, Wellness and Athletics Officer: Michael Fauteux
Health, Wellness and Athletics Officer: Ben Neumann
Student Life and Social Activities Officer: Ashley Busby
Student Life and Social Activities Officer: Laura Szabo-Kubitz
Join us for our kick-off event, SGA WEEK, October 25-27! More information coming soon.
Contact us at sga@gse.harvard.edu.
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Relief for earthquake victims in Pakistan
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:
* DONATE money or goods (see below); every contribution counts.
* SPREAD THE WORD; forward this to others.
* REMEMBER the casualties and survivors in your thoughts and prayers.
If you would like additional information, or would like to help in specific activities being planned in the larger Harvard community (charity concert, raffle, vigil, etc), please contact: bilal_malik@gse.harvard.edu
DONATION INFORMATION:
1.
Tax-exempt contributions can be made online (to a charity of your choice)
through the Association for the Development of Pakistan:
http://www.developpakistan.org/Default.aspx?tabid=149. The web page
provides updates on the humanitarian crisis, and also gives links to other
charities collecting donations online (Red Crescent, UNICEF, Oxfam, Mercy
Corps, etc).
2.
You may contact the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington:
202-243-6500
or visit the embassy's web site:
www.embassyofpakistan.org
or send a check addressed to the Embassy of Pakistan for the President's
Relief Fund:
3517 International Court, NW Washington DC 20008
Email: info@embassyofpakistan.org.
3.
Association of Pakistani Physicians, New England:
http://www.appne.org
is accepting donations online or by check:
15 Diamond Rd., Lexington, MA 02420
4.
You may donate clothes and blankets, including:
--Warm Clothes (Ensure that it is winter clothing & washed)
--Medicines
--Blankets / Comforters
--Bedding
--Foot wear
The Goods should be properly packed in cartons for its dispatch through
CARGO of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) free of charge, but you
must pay to ship the good to PIA in New York and first clear the shipment
with the Consul General of Pakistan in Boston: Barry Hoffman.
Tel: 617-267-9000
Email: pakistan@tiac.net
Thank you for all your help, support, and prayers.
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Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund (DDIF) deadline on October 19
The first deadline for funding for the Dean's Diversity Innovation Fund is Wednesday, October 19 at 5 p.m. Proposals must be dropped off in hard copy, with a cover sheet, in the Office of Student Affairs, Larsen 101. The cover sheet for proposals, sample proposals, and additional information are available on-line in the OSA web page at this URL: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/osa/ma/ddif.html. Please allow up to two weeks after the deadline to receive a response to a proposal. Accordingly, the scheduling of your event should take this timeline into consideration.
Recognizing that students have ideas for programs or activities that would enhance HGSE's attention to diversity, the Dean's Office established the Diversity Innovation Fund to support, with small grants, student-initiated ideas that are designed to broaden the conversation at HGSE and allow for more varied perspectives, experiences, and fora for exchange. This fund is available to students through a short proposal process.
For questions or additional information, please contact Laura Arena in the Office of Student Affairs at 617-495-8035.
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Student organization training/info sessions - Weeks of Oct. 17 & 24
A reminder that all student organizations seeking recognition by the Student Government Association (and thus eligible to request funds from the SGA), must have at least one member complete an information/training session with Tina Hansar in the Office of Student Affairs (and several primary officers should attend a session if possible). The sessions scheduled during the next two weeks are listed below. It would be appreciated if you would rsvp by emailing tina_hansar@harvard.edu or by coming into room 101 Larsen to sign up.
Sessions scheduled for the week of October 17:
Tues., October 18, 2:00-4:00 Larsen room 402
Wed., October 19, 4:00-6:00 Gutman room 404
Sessions scheduled for the Week of October 24:
Monday, October 24, 12:00-2:00 Larsen 212
Wednesday, October 26, 5:00-7:00 pm Larsen 402
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Are you looking for a new dinner spot in the square?
The Cronkhite Dining Room is open for dinner Monday - Friday from 5:00pm - 7:30pm. The Cronkhite Center is located at 6 Ash Street - just minutes from the GSE campus. We have hot entrée options ($12.00) and a la carte options available.
We accept cash, crimson cash and the "Commuter Meal Plan" (see link below for more information on the plan): http://www.dining.harvard.edu/campus_restaurants/commuter.html
For more information on the Cronkhite Dining Room or to view the current
week's menu, please go to:
http://www.dining.harvard.edu/campus_restaurants/restaurants_cronkhite.html
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EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, & WORKSHOPS
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Louisiana BEFORE Katrina: The Teaching Experience - Oct. 17
CROSSROADS
Meeting 10/17, 7pm, Conroy Commons
"Louisiana BEFORE Katrina: The Teaching Experience"
Come to hear what it was really like to teach public school in
Louisiana--the inspiration, hilarity, trials, and tribulations of a panel of
real-life teachers. Ask questions about relocating, experiencing a new
culture, and hear the stories they probably didn't mention in their
Harvard applications. Contemplate how the experiences of these
teachers can inform renewal and rebuilding efforts.
FREE FOOD AND (non-alcoholic) DRINK!
(Crossroads is a student group dedicated to increasing awareness about the vast array of opportunities available to educators who are interested in working in diverse regions of the United States. All are welcome!)
Contact: Ben Marcovitz (marcovbe@gse.harvard.edu) or Meredith Summerville (summerme@gse.harvard.edu)
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Psychological and Social Development of Latino Immigrant Adolescents - Oct. 17
October 17, 4-5PM, Gutman Conference Center
Presenter - William Perez
William Perez is an Assistant Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Before joining CGU, he worked at various research institutes including the RAND Corporation, the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research, and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). His research agenda has been a continuing effort to understand how immigration functions as cultural mediator of child and adolescent development across a wide range of social, cultural and educational contexts. He has studied how immigration affects social development and how these developmental trajectories play out in schools. More specifically, he has examined how sociocultural processes that are a direct result of immigration such as cultural brokering, sense of family obligation, acculturation and biculturalism, are related to academic engagement among immigrant adolescents. In a parallel line of work, he has also studied how minority adolescents' experiences with discrimination and social stereotypes influences their academic identities.
For more information on the Speaker Series on Latinos and Education please visit http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic12676.files/SpeakerSeriesOnLatinosAndEducation.pdf or contact Amanda Wellum (wellumam@gse.harvard.edu)
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Collective Punishment, Occupation, and the Palestinians - Oct. 17
Justice for Palestine at Harvard Law School,
co-sponsored by the Harvard Human Rights Journal and the HLS Advocates for Human Rights,
Presents:
Collective Punishment, Occupation, and the Palestinians
A Lecture and Discussion with
Randa Siniora
General Director of the Ramallah-based Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq
http://asp.alhaq.org
Monday, October 17, 2005
Harvard Law School, Pound Hall room 204
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Dinner will be provided.
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Afterlife: Works by Jason DeWaard - Oct. 17-29
On display at Harvard University's Gutman Library
October 17th through 29th
(the corner of Brattle Street and Appian Way)
Opening Reception: Monday October 17th, 5-7:30 pm
Refreshments and snacks will be served
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Ed School Capture the Flag! - Oct. 19
Rescheduled from last week!
Wednesday Oct. 19th
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Cambridge Common (just across Garden Street from Appian Way)
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Can we reconcile science and religion? - Oct. 19
Award-winning journalist and author Larry Witham discusses his new book, The Measure of God: Our Century-Long Struggle to Reconcile Science and Religion, at Cambridge Forum on Wednesday, October 19th, 7:00 p.m. at First Parish, 3 Church Street, in Harvard Square. A book signing courtesy of Harvard Book Store follows the program.
Science and religion present competing visions of the meaning of life and man's place in the universe. The tension between their competing claims was felt particularly keenly in the nineteenth century as Charles Darwin articulated his theory of natural selection and evolution and it still lies at the heart of contemporary debates on stem cell research, cloning, and teaching evolution in the school curriculum. Author Larry Witham explores the brilliant and provocative conversation between science and religion over the past century from the vantage point of the Gifford Lectures, founded in Scotland in 1887 to take the measure of God using reason, science, and human experience as their tools. What can we learn from the astonishing roster of thinkers--including Albert Schweitzer, Carl Sagan, and Iris Murdoch--“who tried to reconcile science and religion?
Larry Witham is the author of Where Darwin Meets the Bible and By Design: Science and the Search for God. As a journalist, he is a three-time winner of the Religion Communications Council's Wilbur Award, as well as a Templeton Foundation award and prizes from the Religion Newswriters Association.
Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public. Open discussion follows speaker presentation. Events are taped and edited for public radio broadcast throughout the nation. Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting 617-495-2727. Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand by visiting our website at www.cambridgeforum.org and clicking on the WGBH Forum Network.###
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone/fax: 617-495-2727
email: director@cambridgeforum.org
website: http://www.cambridgeforum.org
"Bringing People together to talk again . . ."
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Towards a Fair Health Movement - Oct. 19 & 20
The Department of Society, Human Development and Health (Harvard School of Public Health), the Division of Adolescent Medicine (Children's Hospital Boston), and the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University cordially invite you to the seminar series, "Towards a Fair Health Movement."
All seminars will take place at the Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge Building, Room 722, Boston, MA 02115
Our first speakers will address the connections between fair housing and health:
Philip Tegeler, JD
President/Executive Director:
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
"Fair Housing and Fair Health"
Wednesday October 19
12:00-1:30pm
Xavier De Souza Briggs, PhD, MPA
Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning
Department of Urban Studies & Planning
MIT
"Findings from the Three-city Study of Moving to Opportunity: Causal Mechanisms and the Next Generation"
Thursday October 20
12:00-1:30pm
Lauren Smith, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Family Advocacy Program
Boston Medical Center
"Afordable Housing and Child Health: A Child Health Impact Assessment of the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program"
Monday November 28
Time: TBD
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Who was Jean Piaget, anyway? - Oct. 21
He loved logic, feared psychic and emotional instability, felt religion and science could be united through a belief in an Immanent (and logical) moral force. He considered the specifics of his stage theory less central and certain than other aspects of his theoretical frame and he invented a method with which Western developmental psychology has never entirely come to terms.
Come find out more on Friday, October 21st at 2:00PM in Larsen G06
Presented by Susan Mayer, a doctoral student at HGSE who has focused on Piaget's method and the classroom implications of Piagetian method and developmental theory more generally.
Audience appreciation program: Students who attend four biographies will be eligible for a treat from Burdick’s Chocolate Shop. Please see the website for information on upcoming talks: http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~hgsebio
Please contact Mary Kiesling for more information: mary_kiesling@harvard.edu
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HGSE Annual Multicultural Festival - Oct. 21
Come join us for an evening of cultural performances from all over the world put up by talented members of the HGSE community, and learn more about other cultures at our exhibition! You'll also get to enjoy delicious delicacies prepared by HGSE members. Family members of the GSE community are most welcome.
Date: Friday, 21st Oct 2005
Time: 6pm - 10pm (dinner provided)
Venue: Washburn Auditorium, Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street
Directions: You can reach the Episcopal Divinity School by continuing down Brattle Street after HGSE, in the direction away from Harvard Square. After 5 - 10min you will see Mason Street intersecting Brattle Street on your right. The school is after that junction. Walk onto the grassy courtyard on your right, and follow the path. Washburn Auditorium is a low grey building towards the back of the site.
Any problems or questions, please contact Donna (vivardo@gse.harvard.edu) or Leah(awzh@gse.harvard.edu)
We hope to see lots of you there!
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City Year's Serve-a-thon - Oct. 22
Hello fellow grad students
I am writing to invite everyone in the Ed School to join in on a public service outing and come to City Year's Serve-a-thon on Oct 22nd. This is an opportunity for you to do good, socialize with graduate students from various departments, and take a break from research and work. Lots of fun, and meaningful too =) Serve-a-thon itself is a neat concept, it's is like a walk-a-thon, except that instead of walking to raise money, you are performing physical service (painting, renovation, etc) instead. Basically, two types of service in one =) City Year's Serve-a-thon has at least 3,000 from all around Boston participate, and all the service will be focused on 15 neighborhoods throughout Boston. The proceeds from the event will be split between City Year Boston and Hurricane Katrina.
Dudley's service will be awesome: we will be painting the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House (in central square) the community center for Area IV, one of the less affluent areas of Cambridge. We will also be donating our cans from the canned food drive there, so it'll be cool to be doing on-going service with them throughout the year. It'll also be really inspiring to see a physical change in the center and see the difference you have made to the community.
Come sign up (and invite your research group)!! Here's how:
1. go to http://www.cityyear.org/serveathon
2. click on 'register' (in the left hand column) and then 'join a team'
3. join 'Harvard - Team Dudley'.
4. fill out the form. there is a $25 registration fee. If you for
whatever reason don't want to pay this, please use the pay later button and
send me an e-mail. then, don't worry about it.
5. mark the date/time in your calendar =)
6. invite your friends because you're excited and it'll be lots of fun:
seriously, the more the merrier =)
7. meet at 7:15am in front of Dudley on Oct 22, and have an awesome day of
service!!
Let me know if you have any questions.
hope to see you there =)
Linda Liang - Dudley Public Service Fellow
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HGSE at Hoffa's - Oct. 22
APA & O+ Productions presents
Saturday October 22, 2005
HGSE TEP's own:
Kevin Bau (the "Chinese Al Green")
&
Dave Borrelli (blues/folk)
from 8.00pm – 9.30pm
after party with
HGSE EPM's own:
d.j.o.g.
(hip hop, funk, soul, r&b, reggae, etc.)
from 9.30pm until the break of dawn,
or until 1 am, whichever comes first!!
Do not miss this rare opportunity to check out this very special performance. Support your fellow HGSE members and stay for the after party. There will be no studying tonight, but before and after… but definitely not during!!!
NO COVER the whole night!!
It's all @
Hoffa's Swiss Alps
(between the Kennedy School and Ed School)
114 Mount Auburn St
Cambridge, MA
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"Retracing the Struggle" MARCH in Boston - Oct. 30
Co-Sponsored By The Civil Rights Project
Sunday, October 30th, 1pm
5,000 Will March in Boston to Commemorate 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
Groups and Individuals Encouraged to March!
http://www.mfh.org/retracingthestruggle
MARCH with CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS
10/30 - On Sunday, October 30, 2005 at 1:00pm, Congressman John Lewis of Georgia will lead a march from the First Church in Roxbury (about half way between Dudley Square and the Reggie Lewis Center) to Boston Common. More than 5,000 people are expected to participate in an effort to increase awareness and understanding among young people, and all people, of the struggle for civil rights.
BACKGROUND - In March 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest voting restrictions for blacks. John Lewis was there with him. Five months later, Congress passed the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 enforcing the right granted to all Americans by the 15th Amendment to the Constitution. Also, in April 1965, Dr. King led Boston marchers on a five-mile walk from Roxbury to a rally at Boston Common to protest de facto school segregation in Boston. In June, the state legislature passed The Racial Imbalance Act outlawing "racially imbalanced" schools.
For more info and to register for the March, go to:
http://www.mfh.org/retracingthestruggle/march.html - or call 617-445-3700.
Honor our nation's ongoing fight for civil rights and demonstrate your commitment to the critical importance of political engagement by walking with us from Roxbury to Boston Common on October 30th!
This event is co-sponsored by The Civil Rights Project; if you are interested in volunteering at this event with CRP staff, please contact Jennifer Blatz at blatzje@gse.harvard.edu.
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Implications for Mental Health in Asian Americans - Nov. 4
"Families, Acculturation, and Resilience: Implications for Mental Health in Asian Americans" – November 4th, 2005, at the Holiday Inn, Government Center
This symposium will be a multidisciplinary event, and both the symposium and poster session will reflect a diverse range of perspectives from psychiatry, psychology, social work and nursing.
The deadline for individual registration, organization registration (for organizations that work with Asians), and poster session submissions will be October 15th, 2005.
For additional information about the goals and mission of our symposium, please refer to our website (in progress): www.massgeneral.org/asianmentalhealth.
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EndNote Basics
EndNote is a software program for storing and managing bibliographic references. With it, you can create your own database of references, including ones you import from library catalogs and online databases. These can include links to full text when available. Use EndNote to sort, search, and format references, and to insert them into Word documents to create in-text citations and reference lists automatically. Note: Students usually purchase EndNote to work on long-term research projects, such as a dissertation or comprehensive literature review.
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to create an EndNote library and add records to it. You'll be able to search and sort those references and use EndNote's Cite While You Write feature to insert them into a Word document. You'll know how to set preferences, what EndNote filters and connection files are, how to find and install these for HOLLIS Catalog, and how to import/export references from Harvard's e-resources into EndNote.
Monday, October 24th, 10:00am - 11:30am
Wednesday, November 2nd, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Friday, November 18th, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Monday, December 12th, 10:00am - 11:30am
Location: Gutman 302
All sessions are 1 1/2 hours
No sign-up necessary
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk, 617-495-3421, reference@gse.harvard.edu
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APA Exposed: Everything you always wanted to know about APA format but were afraid to ask!
Presenter: Wendy Mages
Do you know the correct way to format citations, quotations, or references?
Do you know the correct typeface, font size, and margin width?
This painless one-hour workshop provides a quick and easy way to learn the
fundamentals necessary for successfully formatting your research papers at
HGSE.
Monday, October 17th, 3:00pm - 4:00pm, Special Collections (Gutman ground floor)
Thursday, October 20th, 10:00am - 11:00am, Gutman G05
Wednesday, October 26th, 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Gutman G05
Questions? Contact the Gutman Reference Desk, 617-495-3421, reference@gse.harvard.edu
WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN
NO SIGNUP REQUIRED
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Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop
Learn about and learn how to use a group of EBSCO journal article databases (ERIC, Education Abstracts, and Academic Search Premier) that are major resources for education researchers.
At the end of this workshop, you will understand the content, strengths, and weaknesses of these three databases. You will also be able to find articles by specific authors, search efficiently and effectively for topics, print, download or email yourself full text (when available), and set up your own personal folder on the EBSCO server to store citations and searches.
Thursday, October 20th, 10:00am - 11:00am
Friday, October 28th, 10:00am - 11:00am
Tuesday, November lst, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Thursday, November 17th, 10:00am - 11:00am
Friday, December 2nd, 10:00am - 11:00am
Thursday, December 8th, 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Gutman 302
All sessions are 1 hour
No sign-up necessary
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk, 617-495-3421, reference@gse.harvard.edu
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Finding Books: HOLLIS Catalog Workshop
HOLLIS Catalog contains information on materials in all of Harvard's 90+ libraries - over 15 million books, journals, manuscripts, government documents, microforms, scores, recordings, visual materials, and data files. Learn to search this huge database efficiently; you'll save yourself time and avoid frustration. HOLLIS is a fundamental tool for doing graduate-level research.
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to construct author, title, and topic searches. You'll be able to tell if something you want is available in a specific library, how to find that library, its hours, and whether there are any restrictions on the use of the item you want. You will know how to check your personal HOLLIS account to see what you've got checked out, and renew items.
Tuesday, October 18th, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Tuesday, October 25th, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Wednesday, November 9th, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Monday, November 28th, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Tuesday, December 6th, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Friday, December 16th, 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Gutman 302
All sessions are 1 hour
No sign-up necessary
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E-Research @ Harvard
Learn about and learn how to use the E-Research @ Harvard Libraries web site.
Using E-Research you can identify, locate, and connect to Harvard's growing collection of e-resources and e-journals.
You can also use new tools that allow you to search multiple resources at one time, save sets of e-resources, create a personalized list of e-journals, and save and sort citations.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Thursday, October 27th, 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Gutman 302
All sessions are 1 hour
No sign-up necessary
Scheduling Conflict? Questions? Contact the Research Services Desk, 617-495-3421
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Bureau of Study Counsel
M-F, 8:30-5:30 p.m.
5 Linden Street
617-495-2581
bsc@harvard.edu
http://www.bsc.harvard.edu/
The Bureau serves students in many capacities, including academic and personal counseling, tutoring, groups and workshops, and the Reading Course. The following programs are being offered by the Bureau. Pre-group consultations are required for some groups. Unless otherwise indicated, all groups and workshops are free and are open to graduate and undergraduate students. Call to register or for more information.
Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies
Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read
more purposively, selectively, and with greater speed and comprehension. A
14-day course, for one hour a day over a period of a few weeks. Cost:
$150. The fall sessions will be held: October 3-November 4, Mon., Wed.,
Fri., 8 a.m. and October 17-November 3, Monday-Friday, 4 p.m.
To register, please come to the Bureau at 5 Linden Street, or call 495-2581
for more information.
Creative Relating
Conducted by Suzanne Renna and Carline Jean-Baptiste. Full-semester group:
Wednesdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m., anticipated to begin in October. A group for
those who wish to learn new ways of relating to people who are important in
their lives ? be they friends, roommates, teachers, or family members. We
will focus our energy on the relationships that form within the group and
use them as a springboard for thinking about other relationships.
Creativity, openness, and risk-taking will be encouraged. Pre-group
consultation necessary.
Sex at Harvard
Conducted by Ariel Phillips and Mike Basseches. Mondays, 2:00-3:30 p.m.,
beginning in October. Hooking up, waking up, breaking up, making up. This
group provides a place for students to talk with one another about
similarities and differences in expectations and experiences regarding sex
at Harvard. It is an opportunity for frank discussion about hopes,
disappointments, frustrations, confusions, and discoveries. The pre-group
consultation (15-25 minutes) is a chance to help shape the group before it
begins?to talk about your hopes and suggestions for the group. Pre-group
consultation necessary.
Meditation Drop-in Workshop
Conducted by SungLim Shin. Full-semester weekly drop-in workshop: Mondays,
4:30-5:15 p.m., while classes are in session. Meditation can be an
effective resource for managing stress, for enhancing performance, and
living a mindful and balanced life. This drop-in workshop is for students
and staff and faculty who work with them. Each meeting will include brief
instructions about meditation and 15-20 minutes of meditation. No
pre-registration is required. Some Monday meetings may not take place, so
please call ahead of time to confirm.
Returning To Harvard: A Discussion Group
Conducted by Diane Weinstein. Dates/times to be arranged. Coming back to
Harvard after time away can sometimes be surprisingly unsettling. Despite
familiarity with the Harvard community, we might feel out of step with our
cohort or taken aback by the renewed academic or social demands. This
group will create a shared environment in which members can discuss and
support one another in their return to Harvard. Pre-group consultation
necessary.
Time Management
Conducted by Claire Shindler. Three weekly meetings: Wednesdays,
4:00-5:15 p.m., anticipated to begin Wednesday, October 19. This
three-part workshop, with exercises and discussion, 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, please email cshindler@bsc.harvard.edu
What Are You Doing with Your Life?
Conducted by Sheila Reindl and Frank McNamara. Eight weekly meetings:
Dates/times to be arranged, anticipated to begin in October. A group to
explore purpose, passion, and potential, along with the conflicts and
challenges you feel in defining who you are, what you are doing, and where
you are going in life. Limited to graduate students. Pre-group consultation
necessary.
What We May Be: Body, Mind & Spirit
Conducted by Suzanne Renna and Susan Dubois. Full-semester group:
Thursdays, 1:00-3:00 p.m., anticipated to begin in October. An
eight-session workshop for women who wish to increase self-knowledge and
build a more dependable sense of self-esteem in a supportive group setting.
Pre-group consultation necessary.
Cultural Transitions Group
Conducted by Christine H?rot. Eight weekly meetings: Dates/times to be
arranged, anticipated to begin in October. A group for newly arrived
International students interested in sharing their culture and finding
their own place at Harvard. Transitioning to a new culture can be
disorienting and this group will aim at providing a safe place for students
to share their cultural background, their questions, and their wonders.
Discussion themes may include but are not limited to: friendships and
cultural expectations in the US, food and eating habits, writing papers and
understanding "plagiarism", sexuality on campus, nostalgia and
homesickness, balancing academics and life, feeling lonely and isolated.
Pre-group consultation necessary.
Returning From Abroad: When a new person returns to an old world...
Conducted by Frank McNamara and Susan Dubois. Four weekly meetings:
dates/times to be arranged. Living abroad can expose you to a range of
experiences that affect your sense of self and/or your view of the world.
In returning home you may expect to adapt seamlessly to the old lifestyle.
Yet, time may be needed to assimilate recent experiences before regaining
your sense of direction. This group is for those who would like to discuss
how experiences abroad have influenced their understanding of themselves
and their ways of seeing the world. It is a chance to share your stories -
the difficulties as well as the joys - with others who have recently
returned from abroad. Pre-group consultation necessary.
On-Line Forum for Asian and Asian-American Men
Conducted by SungLim Shin and Susan Dubois. Full-semester group: Beginning
date to be arranged. This semester-long group provides a confidential,
on-line forum for Asian and Asian-American men to explore issues unique to
their experience. Topics might include (depending on participant interest)
ethnic identity, masculinity, competing identities and roles,
relationships, racism, and cultural adjustment. To facilitate open and
supportive discussions, participants will be anonymous to each other (by
using aliases) and known only to the forum moderators. Discussions among
participants can occur at any time on the restricted access, Web-based
bulletin board. Pre-group consultation with a moderator is necessary.
Please email Sung (slshin@bsc.harvard.edu) or Susan
(sdubois@bsc.harvard.edu) to arrange for a consultation.
Time Management
Conducted by Claire Shindler. Three weekly meetings: Wednesdays, 4:00-5:15 p.m., anticipated to begin Wednesday, October 19. This three-part workshop, with exercises and discussion, 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, please email cshindler@bsc.harvard.edu
Speaking Up in Class
Conducted by SungLim Shin. Three weekly meetings: Tuesdays, 1:00-2:30 p.m., October 25-November 8. This group will provide strategies for students who wish to have more of a voice in classes. Through discussion and exercises in a supportive group context, we will focus on increasing self-confidence and managing anxiety in academic settings. Pre-group consultation necessary.
Support Group for Women in the Sciences
Conducted by Claire Shindler and Katesy Townsend. Fridays, 2:00-3:30 p.m., anticipated to begin in early November. This group provides an opportunity to confidentially share a full range of personal and academic experiences and challenges with fellow women students studying across all scientific disciplines at Harvard. Pre-group consultation necessary.
Please call 495-2581 or email cshindler@bsc.harvard.edu or
ktownsend@bsc.harvard.edu with questions or for an appointment. If the day/time does not work for you, please contact one of the co-leaders.
Creativity
Conducted by Sheila Reindl and Ariel Phillips. Three weekly meetings: Wednesdays, 3:00-4:30 p.m., anticipated to begin November 2. An exploration of how we bring our creativity, zest, curiosity, and playfulness to bear upon our endeavors as students. Pre-group consultation necessary.
Procrastination Group
Conducted by Diane Weinstein. Three weekly meetings: Thursdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m., anticipated to begin November 3. Through discussion and practical exercises, we will work on understanding the experience of procrastination and on freeing ourselves to use our creative processes in moments when we feel resistant, blocked or paralyzed. Pre-group consultation necessary.
What Should I Do? A Workshop for Friends, Lovers, and Roommates of People with Eating Disorders
Conducted by Sheila Reindl and Suzanne Renna. A one-time workshop: Friday, November 4, 4:00-5:30 p.m. This workshop will offer support and guidance to students who think someone they know has an eating disorder and who are concerned about what their responsibility and role regarding that person should be. No advance registration required.
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CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, & COMMITTEES
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Crossroads - Oct. 17
Crossroads is a student group dedicated to increasing awareness about the vast array of opportunities available to educators who are interested in working in diverse regions of the United States. All are welcome!
Click here to read about the next Crossroads meeting: 10/17, 7pm, Conroy Commons
Contact: Ben Marcovitz (marcovbe@gse.harvard.edu) or Meredith Summerville (summerme@gse.harvard.edu)
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Common Ground - Oct. 18
Common Ground is holding a second intro meeting for people who could not make the first meeting last week. We have a great group of people interested in getting going. So, hope you too will come learn to about Common Ground! Tuesday, October 18th at 5 pm, Larsen 710 (Appian Way).
Common Ground is a new, University-wide student organization dedicated to exploring and supporting the needs and interests of immigrants, refugees and asylees. Although the United States is built almost entirely on immigration, refugees and asylees in particular and, in fact, most immigrants face systemic prejudice and overwhelming cultural, linguistic and economic barriers that make life in the US very difficult. Common Ground joins the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international non-profit organization dedicated to humanitarian aid and refugee resettlement, in helping to ease the transition. IRC Boston is currently helping such disparate groups as Sudanese Lost Boys, Somali Bantu mothers, and now, evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.
Common Ground members will have the opportunity to work with the IRC in any one of a number of ways that suit their skills and interests. Some members may choose to tutor Somali mothers in literacy and basic life skills. Others may organize (or simply show up to hear!) lectures by speakers with expertise in immigration and refugee issues. Still others will serve as consultants to Rita Kantarowski, director of IRC Boston, to advise in strategic planning, cognitive development, accountability, ethics, legal issues or other areas of expertise or study.
If you are interested in working with students across the University who share the goal of helping to create common ground for all those living in the US, please join us. Tuesday, October 18th at 5 pm, Larsen 710 (Appian Way). Questions? Email Shannon Shaper shapersh@gse.harvard.edu
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ALANA - Oct. 18
ALANA will have a meeting on Tuesday, October 18 at 6:30, room TBA
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Asian Pacific Alliance - Oct. 20
How does "Model Minority" mask diversity?
How does NCLB affect Asian Pacific American youth?
Asian Pacific Alliance
Gutman 350
Thurs Oct. 20
6:00pm
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Caribbean Interest Group-CRIOLE - Oct. 20
Caribbean Interest group-CRIOLE will have a meeting on Thursday, October 20 at 7pm in Read House
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Pinoise: Filipino-American student organization
Interested in building a community of Filipino-American students and friends at HGSE?? Then join Pinoise! Pinoise is the new Filipino-American student organization at HGSE, and we plan to have occassional meetings and events during the term. We'll be planning social events and study breaks, a few dance performances (tinikling and/or binasuan), and trips to see Filipino guest speakers and conferences.
Keep an eye out for the first official meeting of Pinoise!
For more information, or to join the Pinoise mailing list, please contact Michelle at tiumi@gse.harvard.edu.
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JOB & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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Adjunct Instructor needed for Spring, 2006
Suffolk University
Department of Psychology
Instructor needed to teach graduate level multivariate statistics to first year Ph.D. students in Clinical Psychology Doctoral program.
Course Description: The goals of the course are to introduce students to the most common multivariate statistics used in social science research. The focus should not be on complex mathematics, but rather on coverage of the theoretical issues underlying multivariate analyses and practical explanations of how to use and interpret the techniques. Students are expected to develop proficiency with conducting analyses using SPSS.
The instructor may choose his/her textbooks and ancillary materials for the class. In the past, students were assigned:
* Tabachnick, B. & Fidel, L. (2001). Using Multivariate Statistics, 4th ed.
* Mertler, C. & Vanatta, R. (2005). Advanced and Multivariate Statistical Methods, 3rd ed.
* Norusis, M. (2002) SPSS Guide to Data Analysis
Timing: The course is scheduled for Fridays in the Spring, 2006 semester. Spring Semester runs January 17 -- May 5. The course should meet for 3 hours, starting at a time to be determined by the successful applicant.
Location: The course will meet at Suffolk University on Beacon Hill in Boston. Suffolk is easily reached by a variety of public transportation routes.
Qualifications: Advanced level doctoral student (minimum of 2 years post-masters, A.B.D. preferred) or Ph.D./Ed.D. Applicants must have some teaching experience and provide evidence of significant experience in the area multivariate statistics.
Salary: Commensurate with experience, minimum of $4000.
To Apply: Please electronically submit a letter of interest and most recent C.V. to:
Elisabeth Hollister Sandberg, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Psychology Curriculum
elisabeth.sandberg@suffolk.edu
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Job available with Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at HGSE. Deadline, October 21
One person is needed to assist with updating the online EndNote library for the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers. With the supervision of an advanced doctoral student, individual would work with existing EndNote library to spell-check references, merge duplicate references, and check citation information. A familiarity working with references, as well as a keen attention to detail would both be beneficial in this position. No content knowledge is necessary for this job.
Work-study preferred, but not required.
Project should take a total of approximately 30-40 hours and can be done from home. Ideally, individual would spend 5-8 hours a week on project.
Rate: $14-16/hour
Questions? Contact Megin Charner-Laird charneme@gse.harvard.edu
To apply, forward a statement of interest to Megin at the address above. Deadline for applications is October 21.
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Please e-mail sga@gse.harvard.edu with submissions, comments, suggestions, or questions.