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MONDAY MORNING MAILING
October 31, 2005
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- Important Announcements for ALL Students
- Announcements & Reminders
- * How to submit an announcement to MMM
- * Still more student organization training/info sessions - Weeks of Oct. 24 & 31
- Events, Presentations, & Workshops
- * Making it Make Sense: Investigating the Reading Development of English Language Learners - Nov. 1
- * EPM Lecture Series: Robert Corcoran, GE Foundation - Nov. 1
- * What's "Working" in US High School Reform - Nov. 1
- * Transnational Adoption: A human rights obligation or a human rights violation? - Nov. 1
- * Anna Freud: Not daddy's little girl.. - Nov. 3
- * Cycle of violence and education for peace in Colombia - Nov. 4
- * Implications for Mental Health in Asian Americans - Nov. 4
- * Kay Merseth: "Since When Did 3+3=12?" - Nov. 17
- * EndNote Basics
- * Finding Articles: Education Databases (EBSCO) Workshop
- * Finding Books: HOLLIS Catalog Workshop
- * Bureau of Study Counsel
- Clubs, Organizations, & Committees
- * Comunidad Latin@
- Job & Volunteer Opportunities
- * Speakers needed for Multicultural Explorations after school club at Maria L Baldwin School
- Links to archived Monday Morning Mailings
- * October 24, 2005
- * October 17, 2005
- * October 10, 2005
- * Still more student organization training/info sessions - Weeks of Oct. 24 & 31
QUICK LINKS
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS
No announcements this week!
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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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Still more student organization training/info sessions - Week of Oct. 31
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 31:
Tuesday, November 1, 9:00-11:00am location TBA
Friday, November 4, 1:00-3:00pm location TBA
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EVENTS, PRESENTATIONS, & WORKSHOPS
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Making it Make Sense: Investigating the Reading Development of English Language Learners - Nov. 1
Language Lunch
Nonie Lesaux will present her research “Making it Make Sense: Investigating the Reading Development of English Language Learners” at the first Language Lunch on November 1, 2005, from 1:00-2:00 in the Jean Chall Reading Lab (Larsen Lower Level). This event will be hosted by REAL (Reading, Education, and Language) Research, a student organization devoted to providing a forum for quality Language & Literacy research.
Please feel free to bring your own lunch.
For more information about this and future REAL Research events please subscribe to the listserv: http://gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/real-list
To arrange for disability accommodations please contact Eileen Berger (617-495-9608, 121 Longfellow Hall)
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EPM Lecture Series: Robert Corcoran, GE Foundation - Nov. 1
HGSE - EPM Lecture Series
KICK-OFF
Interested in learning about GE Foundation’s education efforts in both the United States and around the world?
Please join us to welcome Robert Corcoran, GE Chief Learning Officer and VP-Corporate Citizenship from the GE Foundation and learn about the exciting education initiatives the GE Foundation is committed to.
When: Tuesday, November 1st
Time: 12:30-2:00 pm
Where: Eliot Lyman Room (Longfellow 2nd floor)
All are welcome!
Bring your lunch!
(desserts will be provided)
"For more than 50 years, the GE Foundation has invested in programs based on a fundamental premise: a quality education ushers in a lifetime of opportunity, which helps build a strong and diverse work force and citizenry. Today, the need for a quality education has never been more urgent, especially for individuals from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds. We continue to address this societal and economic imperative by supporting high-impact initiatives that improve the access, equity and quality of public education in GE communities around the world."
To read more about the GE Foundation, please visit their web site, http://www.ge.com/foundation/index.html
Questions? Email epmsa2006@yahoogroups.com
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What's "Working" in US High School Reform - Nov. 1
THE GATES FOUNDATION
Jim Shelton, Program Director for Education
Askwith Lecture Hall
Tuesday, Nov. 1st. 2pm-4pm
What's 'Working' in US High School Reform
The Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the world. Boosting 200+ employees backed by some $24 billion in assets. Jim Shelton will discuss the Foundation's latest research and some of the successes and challenges they face when working on the most difficult issues in domestic education reform. He's leaving plenty of time for dialog so be sure to come with questions. It should be a fabulous presentation!
For your convenience, I've attached Jim's bio and a link to the Gates Foundation website below. See you there!
Website: www.gatesfoundation.org
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Transnational Adoption: A human rights obligation or a human rights violation? - Nov. 1
Tuesday November 1, 2005 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
http://www.map.harvard.edu
Elizabeth Bartholet, Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law;
Director, Child Advocacy Program, Harvard Law School
Rosa María Ortiz, Paraguayan Journalist, Member of the UN Committee on the
Rights of the Child
Moderated by: Jacqueline Bhabha, Executive Director, Harvard University
Committee on Human Rights Studies
The subject of transnational adoption polarizes child rights advocates and scholars. While both sides of the debate share a commitment to improving the lot of abandoned or neglected children, they disagree sharply about the means necessary. Join us for a panel discussion with experts who explore the issue from multiple perspectives, ranging from those who view the creation of an illegitimate baby market as a neo-colonial process that creates powerful financial incentives for impoverished parents to participate in an exploitative and painful exchange to those who consider transnational adoption an invaluable, if partial, contribution towards improving the lives of desperately vulnerable children.
Questions? Contact humanrights@harvard.edu or visit
http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu for more information.
To subscribe to the Human Rights listserve, send a message to
"humanrights@harvard.edu" with the word "subscribe"
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Anna Freud: Not daddy's little girl.. - Nov. 3
Amazingly, though Anna Freud was a major figure in psychoanalysis and one of the first theorists in child development, she is still known mainly through her close association with her famous father. Through her research, clinical work and writing Anna Freud quietly reshaped psychoanalytic theory by the route she called "altruistic surrender," rather than than by direct assertion or aggressive promotion of her conclusions. Her influence cannot be judged from the headlines of psychoanalytic history, it is found only in the wider world where her work has reached every institution (children and the law, clinical developmental psychopathology, education, programs of risk and prevention) concerned with the welfare of children.
Thursday, November 3rd at 5:30PM in Gutman 303
Presented by Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann, an advanced doctoral student in Human Development and Psychology at HGSE, focusing on issues in mind, brain, and education (MBE). Her research focuses on understanding how early adverse experiences like poverty and abuse organizes children's behavior and biology in the context of child care and preschool.
Part of the HGSE biography series sponsored by Human Development and Psychology and Mind, Brain and Education.
Please contact Mary Kiesling for more information: mary_kiesling@harvard.edu
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Cycle of violence and education for peace in Colombia - Nov. 4
The Colombian Colloquium cordially invites you to a talk about the
"Cycle of violence and education for peace in Colombia: The role of citizenship competencies."
by
Enrique Chaux
Friday, November 4th, 2005, at 6:30pm
Location: Room G01(basement) Larsen Hall, Appian Way, Cambridge.
At the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Enrique Chaux, received his Doctorate from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2001. Since then, he has been working at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Chaux has been conducting several studies about the development of aggression among children living in violent contexts and the role education could have in preventing that development. He was the leader of the teams in charged of designing the Colombian National Standards of Citizenship Competencies and the National Test of Citizenship Competencies. His research group is currently developing an intervention program for the prevention of aggression through the promotion of citizenship competencies among elementary school children.
For further information contact Claudia_Pineda@gse.harvard.edu and \ valenc@fas.harvard.edu
This event is possible with the support of The Graduate Student Council and the David Rockefeller Center through The Colombian Colloquium at Harvard
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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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Kay Merseth: "Since When Did 3+3=12?" - Nov. 17
Since When Did 3+3=12?
Why there are so many math phobic students and teachers in our school and what can we do about it?
Please join the L&T Master's Program for this discussion with Kay Merseth, Senior Lecturer on Education and Director of the Teacher Education Program.
Thursday, November 17th from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Longfellow 225
All are welcome to attend!
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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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.
Dissertation Writers’ Support Group
Conducted by Niti Seth and SungLim Shin. Six weekly meetings: Mondays, 2:30-4:00 p.m., beginning November 14. This group provides an opportunity for GSAS, HGSE, and KSG students to engage with each other in discussion of their dissertation work in a group context and to gain emotional and intellectual encouragement from others struggling with the writing process. The group may elect to continue to meet without the leaders after the planned six weeks. 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.
Seasons of Grief
Conducted by Sheila Reindl and Christine Hérot. A one-session workshop to be held in December. A workshop for students who are struggling with a significant loss in their life, whether the loss occurred recently or years ago. Losses can take many forms – from surviving the death of someone close, to coping with the end of a relationship, to dealing with injury or illness, to missing a place we considered home, to reckoning with changes in our sense of purpose or place in life. We will talk about dealing with our emotions, facing the reality of the loss, understanding the nature of the grieving process, finding ways to cope, and communicating with others during ongoing grief. To register, please email Sheila
(sreindl@bsc.harvard.edu) or Christine (cherot@bsc.harvard.edu).
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.
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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Comunidad Latin@
Comunidad Latin@ at HGSE will be meeting this Wednesday at 5:30 in Larsen 210. Everyone is welcome! Among other things, we will be finalizing details for our Comunidad potluck on Friday, November 4th. For more information, or to be added to the listserve please email Janey Pearl at pearlja@gse.harvard.edu
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JOB & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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Speakers needed for Multicultural Explorations after school club at Maria L Baldwin School
One time volunteer opportunity! Share your culture with kids! Help students learn about the diverse and multicultural world in which we live!
Speak to a group of elementary kids about your culture, teach them games, songs, dances, anything you plan! It'll be a ton of fun!... for you and the kids! Promise!
Pick a Tuesday. 3:15 - 4:00. Only a ten minute walk from HGSE.
Interested? Questions? Email Cathryn: osullica@gse.harvard.edu or Elsie: simpliel@gse.harvard.edu
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Please e-mail sga@gse.harvard.edu with submissions, comments, suggestions, or questions.