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The Resource Center is beginning a brown bag lunch series this semester called “Sharing our Stories.” They are looking for LGBT faculty and staff members willing to impart their personal story of life, loves and coming out to students in an informal lunch time setting in the Resource Center. If you'd like to participate or have any questions please contact Patrick Connelly at pconnell@smith.edu
On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the two Zipcars from the Tilley Hall parking lot were moved to their new home in the parking lot between Chase-Duckett and Northrop-Gillett. The new parking spaces are at the southwest corner of the lot adjacent to Elm Street. The Zipcar Web site, http://www.zipcar.com/smith/, reflects the change in location. Smith College has changed banks for travel & procurement cards (Pcard) and will be implementing an Expense Reporting Management system (ERM). The new cards and system will roll out in two phases. In phase I, we ask that you pick up your new card and hand in your existing card during your scheduled appointment time; please click link to see schedule, http://www.smith.edu/purchasing/Travel-Pcard_Pick-up_Schedule.pdf. Pick-up is February 9-16 at the Purchasing Office, 126 West Street, second floor (use side door of Facilities Management/Campus Police building). Please email Lynn Pelland, LPelland@smith.edu or Linda Hiesiger, LHiesige@smith.edu with any scheduling/special needs concerns. Continuing its work of promoting respectful workplaces, the Five College Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) Committee is pleased to invite you to register for a Sustained Dialogue program on one of three campuses this spring. Staff and faculty members may register for a six-week program in Race/Ethnicity (Hampshire campus), Class/Rank (Smith campus), or Gender (UMass campus) and would be expected to attend each Friday (except March 23) from February 17 through March 30, from 9 a.m. to noon. Spaces are limited. If you are interested in this unique opportunity to engage in dialogue with Five College colleagues, contact Ana Gorman at agorman@smith.edu by February 7. Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out and The Curse of the Good Girl and co-director of the Girls Leadership Institute, will be conducting a four-part workshop. In her work, Simmons gives students tools for self-awareness, clear communication and conflict negotiation. The workshops include dinner (and a lot of fun games) and will be limited to twenty students. The workshop sessions are February 8, 15, 22, and 29 from 6:30-9 p.m. in Neilson Browsing Room. Please understand that if accepted into the workshop, you are expected to attend all four sessions. Apply by Monday, Feb. 6, at http://www.smith.edu/cwl/passport This semester, making appointments for writing counseling at the Jacobson Center will be done on-line. You won't have to trudge up to the third floor of Seelye to make an appointment or leave a hard copy of your paper. Just go to http://smith.mywconline.com to create an account, then follow the directions to make an appointment and upload your paper. You may do this from any computer, anywhere, at any time. The My Writing Center Online system will help you remember, cancel, or change appointments. So, create an account today at http://smith.mywconline.com
Join fellow students working in schools and in after school programs for lunch on Friday, Feb. 10, at noon in Wright Hall 013. This forum is an excellent opportunity to meet fellow students and to engage in conversation about your experiences or questions you may have in a relaxed, cooperative environment. Please RSVP by Tuesday, Feb. 7, by contacting Sue Sheppard, Community Fellow Northampton Schools, at msheppar@smith.edu, or Allison Reid, Outreach & Community Partnership, at areid@smith.edu. Artisan sandwiches, salad, dessert, and hot chocolate will be offered. If you have certain dietary needs or if you have further questions, please let them know. This year SACSA is sponsoring the non profit organization, Hope for Haiti. All proceeds will be sent to Haiti as an effort to help the country with their struggles. The dinner is a great way for others to interact and to create change in the world. There will be an array of Caribbean food and a Haitian dish, plus a great chance to mingle with others on and off campus. Email Sacsa@smith.edu for tickets and other information. Prices: $5 in advance; $7 at the door. The Libraries invite everyone to visit the new site at http://www.smith.edu/libraries, and provide reactions and comments c/o neilref@smith.edu. The redesigned site has a new look, with better navigation and new functionality. On the homepage you’ll find hours for the current day, improved news and events features, and a prominent site search. Also note that the search box which is front and center launches a search using our newly implemented Discover service. This searches across many databases and the Five College Catalog. For more information about Discover, see: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/info/news/discover. What are they talking about when they're talking about Kreayshawn? Join sociology professors Neda Maghbouleh ('04) and Kat Rickenbacker ('04) for the first viewing/discussion event of the 2012 Critical Media Series. By taking on three major items in the last year of pop culture, they will bring the fire from your coursework and activism at Smith to sharpen the collective critical analyses of everyday mainstream and independent media. Snacks provided. (February 16: Kreayshawn; March 15: The Help; April 19: All American Muslim). The Smith Community is invited to participate during a worldwide 40-day period of peaceful, spiritual experience that is called Winter Feast for the Soul. The Smith Office of Religious and Spiritual Life sponsors a 40-minute guided meditation followed by a candlelight dinner on Monday, Feb. 13, 4:45-6:30 p.m. at the Chapel, free of charge to all. Winter Feast was begun five years ago to offer a way for people to express their dreams of the connectedness of all life. The organizers hold a vision of a peaceful world beyond imagined boundaries of creed, culture, belief and nation. All traditions are honored in a practice period of stillness as a global community. To learn more, go to http://www.winterfeastforthesoul.com. For the Smith event or to RSVP (not required) contact Hayat Abuza, Multifaith Program Specialist. habuza@smith.edu Check out the newest addition to Active Minds (the only student organization dedicated to reducing the stigma around mental health on campus), the Active Minds at Smith Website. http://smithactiveminds.blogspot.com/ There, you'll find events planned for this semester, a little bit about what they do, resources and photos. As always, feel free to email them at aminds@smith.edu for more information or if you're interested in joining. Smith Quidditch is welcoming new players for the spring semester. If you're interested, come to an information meeting this Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. in Campus Center 205. No sports experience required, just enthusiasm! On Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. at the Kahn Institute there will be an open information meeting for students interested in applying for fellowships in the Institute's 2012 semester-long project titled Altering Bodies and Minds, organized by Nicholas Horton, Mathematics & Statistics, and Barbara Brehm-Curtis, Exercise & Sport Studies. This project will investigate efforts to alter minds and bodies and the spectrum of practices meant to improve mental and physical health and functioning. A detailed description of the project can be found on the Kahn Web site at http://www.smith.edu/kahninstitute/future.php. On Monday, Feb. 6, at 5 p.m. at the Kahn Institute there will be an information meeting for students interested in applying for fellowships in the Institute's 2012-2013 yearlong project titled Mothers and Others: Reproduction, Representation, and the Body Politic, organized by Ginetta Candelario, Sociology, and Naomi Miller, English Language & Literature. This project will juxtapose representations of actual and mythic mothers in different mediums, societies, and historical periods. It will investigate the spectrum of maternal roles and responsibilities, and the perceptions and outcomes of them. A detailed project description can be found on the Web at http://www.smith.edu/kahninstitute/future.php. Amherst China Initiative Summer Program Info Session. The Amherst China Initiative program is a summer program established by a group of Asia-based Amherst College alumni in 2009. It is designed specifically for Five College students (all classes) to come experience China through teaching English, learning Chinese and traveling. It requires no previous language or teaching experience. Come hear about ACI directly from Amherst alum and program director Jason Kung '08 and previous participants at the information sessions. Are you interested in spending a semester in Washington, D.C., earning school credit? The Smith College Internship Program at the Smithsonian Institution is open to sophomores and juniors. There will be an informational meeting Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 5 p.m. in Seelye 207. The director of the program, Professor Rosetta Cohen, and previous Smithsonian interns will share details and answer questions. The internship is for the fall semester at one of the 19 Smithsonian museums where students assist in creating exhibitions and programming, conduct research with archival and museum materials, and work side by side with preeminent curators and scholars of American culture. If you can’t attend, or have already attended the informational meeting in November, the project descriptions and applications will soon be available in the American Studies office in Wright Hall room 224. The completed applications are due by Friday, Feb. 24, at noon. The Controller’s Office has posted the 2011 W-2 Year End Earnings Statements on BannerWeb. Access this electronic version from the Employee Services menu and the Tax Information page. Paper copies were mailed to employee home addresses Friday, Jan. 27. Current students receive their W-2 Statement in their campus mail boxes. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Payroll Office at x2244 or payroll@smith.edu.
Through lecturing, interactive case exercises, video examples, and group discussion, author Sara Laschever will introduce you to “best practice” negotiation strategy. You’ll learn an approach that is cooperative, not competitive, and problem-solving, not conflict-promoting. You’ll come away with skills to maximize your bargaining power, set the right targets for negotiations, and remain unfazed by the emotional dimensions of negotiation. This event is co-sponsored by the Smith College Center for Work & Life and Mount Holyoke's Weissman Center for Leadership, and will be preceded by a “teach-you-how-to-network” brunch with students from Smith, Mount Holyoke and other women’s colleges, 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Enrollment is limited; registration required at http://www.smith.edu/cwl/passport. Interested in learning more about becoming a Gold Key tour guide? Find out how to be a part of this fun student group. Share your enthusiasm for Smith. Applications to become a Gold Key tour guide will be available. February 8, 4 p.m. in the Neilson Browsing Room. Want to have a positive effect on people's lives without leaving campus? This is your chance. The CSO will be hosting a Blood Drive and Organ/Tissue Registration on February 28 (11 a.m.-5 p.m.) and February 29 (1 p.m.-7 p.m.) in the Carroll Room. Be sure to register for the blood drive with your house representatives in the upcoming weeks. Remember, we make a life by what we give. For more information or to register, contact the Blood Drive Chair at lafranci@smith.edu. The CSO invites you to the first Community Education Luncheon of the semester on Thursday, Feb. 9. Come and listen to representatives from two fantastic organizations that work with youth, Volunteers in Northampton Schools and Girls Inc., of Holyoke. Pizza will be served! Katharine Gratwick Baker Reflections on Reading and Translating "My Journey: How One Woman Survived Stalin's Gulag" by Olga Adamova-Sliozberg (1902-1991). This craft lecture will be presented by poet Patrick Rosal as part of a week-long residency made possible by Smith alumna Tammis Day. Thursday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Poetry Center Join Professor Kaufman for the first session of WFI's popular course "Principles of Investing" and learn the language of investing. Every Tuesday between February 7 and April 10 (except during Spring Break), Professor Kaufman will introduce students to the fundamental concepts of investing, including stocks and bonds, portfolio diversification and asset allocation, and much more. Lunch is provided for the first 50 attendees. Sponsored by the Center for Women and Financial Independence. For more information, visit http://www.smith.edu/wfi. Dr. Thomas completed her undergraduate studies at Cornell and earned her medical degree at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. She is currently a Yale Emergency Medicine resident and has been appointed a Yale Ultrasound fellow for the next academic year. Dr. Thomas’ interests include emergency ultrasound, pre-hospital care, medicine in austere environments, and LGBT issues in medicine. Jieun Shin presents watercolors of motifs culled from IKEA assembly instructions and 18th century Korean folk arts. Through repetition of fragmented patterned heads, the artist suggests the pervasive cultural dislocation and the abstract anonymity of mass subjects as consumers of bland, character-less commodities. The artist will discuss her work on Tuesday Feb. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Oresman Gallery in the Brown Fine Arts Complex. Everyone is welcome to the Museum of Art for Free Second Friday! Ooh La La! Step into a Parisian Café. 4–6 p.m. Hands On! Art making for ages 4+ (while supplies last). 6 p.m. Open Eyes: An informal, guided conversation about an art object (no experience required). Light French fare by Riff’s Café. Museum Shop open: 10–8. Featuring the exhibition: Debussy’s Paris, Art, Music & Sounds of the City. Come an hour before the show and watch the performance for free. Email the Box Office (boxoffice@smith.edu). Ushers needed for each night, February 2-4. The MFA Thesis Dance Concert features original performances and cutting-edge choreography by second-year graduate students from the Smith College Department of Dance. This year, these new and innovative works will be presented by Rebecca Hite, Donna Mejia, Stephanie Simpson, Stephen Ursprung and Autumn Welt. Patrick Rosal thrills with speed and tenderness and daring. Blending a New Jersey childhood with a Filipino heritage, he brings irrepressible heart and intelligence to tales of love, violence, and identity. These riveting performer’s books, including the recently-released Boneshepherds, embody the fierce stories and rhythms of the streets, but as Junot Diaz observed, we emerge from his work “shaken, heartbroken, annealed, made new.” Tuesday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., Stoddard Auditorium.
Featuring original performances and cutting-edge choreography by second-year graduate students from the Smith College Department of Dance. This year, these new and innovative works will be presented by Rebecca Hite, Donna Mejia, Stephanie Simpson, Stephen Ursprung and Autumn Welt. Order Tickets Online: $9 general, $5 students/seniors, reserved seats. http://www.smith.edu/smitharts. Smith College Music Department and Music in Deerfield (MID) present a series of concerts by internationally renowned ensembles and solo artists. All concerts begin at 8 p.m. in Sweeney Concert Hall with 7 p.m. pre-concert talks in Earle Recital Hall. In their 10th season, the Boston-based Quartet presents works by the three great composers: Haydn, Beethoven, and Bartók.Tickets: $28 in advance, $32 at the door, $5 children, $10 undergraduate students. To order tickets call the MID box office, 413-774-4200 or order online at http://www.musicindeerfield.org. Features single movement sonatas by John Harbison (b.1938) and Alban Berg (1885-1935) framed by preludes of Debussy (b. 1862-1918) and multi-movement works of Stravinsky (1882-1971) and J.S. Bach (1685-1750). Free and open to the public. Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello, and Judith Gordon, piano, will perform the Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915). Free and open to the public.
Celebrations Dance Company will hold auditions for new company members on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in Berenson B3 dance studio located in the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts. Company members will lead warm-up and teach choreography in a handful of different styles. Please prepare to perform a short solo, choreographed or improv. Precious Knowledge, a documentary film, follows the year-long journey of high school teachers and students in Tucson, Arizona's embattled Ethnic Studies classes while state lawmakers attempt to eliminate the program. Followed by discussion with filmmakers and student activists from Tucson High. The event is co-sponsored by the Departments of History, Spanish and Portuguese, Latin American and Latina/o Studies, Afro-American Studies, Education, Sociology, American Studies, Film Studies, the Program for the Study of Women and Gender, Nosotras, the Smith College Lecture Committee, and the Smith Association of Class Activists. February 13, 4:30 p.m., Stoddard auditorium. Prism: Queer Students of Color is seeking out students interested in planning Sexibition 2012. If interested, please attend the interest meeting on Friday, Feb. 3, at 3 p.m. It will be held in the Resource Center for Sexuality and Gender (Wesley Basement). If interested but cannot attend, please email Prism (prism@smith.edu). Patrick Rosal will conduct an Open Workshop on Friday, Feb. 10, from noon-2 p.m. in the Poetry Center, Wright Hall. Bring a poem along or simply come to listen. Copies of your poems will be made before the workshop. In the case of a large turnout, poems will be workshopped on a first-come/first-served basis; however, any students who have had one-on-one workshops with Rosal earlier in the week will be asked to wait until the end of the session. This workshop is open to the Smith Community. All members of the Smith community are invited to participate in these monthly lunch forums to share updates on various campus initiatives, discuss concerns, and celebrate successes. One topic of discussion for this month's meeting will be on what it means to be a "proactive ally." Wednesday, Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m.: Weekly Buddhist Meditation, Sanctuary, Chapel. Zen priest and teacher Ryumon G. Baldoquin, Sensei, will lead the meditation. All are welcome. Friday, Feb. 3, noon: Soup, Salad, and Soul, Bodman Lounge, Chapel. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a student-led soulful dialogue over delicious home-made soup and salad. At 5:15 p.m., student-led Hillel Shabbat Services will be held at the Chapel, Bodman Lounge, followed by a Kosher Shabbat dinner at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 1 p.m.: Western Mass House Church, Sanctaury, Chapel. You're invited to visit this new Presbyterian congregation that welcomes all people. For more information contact the preacher, Heather Reichgott, 535-6645 / heather.reichgott@gmail.com. For more information on Newman, Radical Catholics, Al-Iman, Hillel and other student organizations, consult http://www.smith.edu/religiouslife. Come celebrate the environment with Smith Hillel! Events for Tu B'Shvat ("the new year of the trees") will include eating delicious fruits, planting your own seeds, listening to tree-themed folk tales, and hearing stories of Israeli Tu B'shvat celebrations. 10% off and more on all accessories in stock, including speakers, carrying cases, headphones, iPhone/iPad/iPod covers, flash drives and much more (excluding printers, ink, hard drives and Apple and Dell branded products).
One day only. Thursday, Feb. 2. Not applicable on previous purchases. The Spring CSO Community Service Fair will take place on Wednesday, February 8, in Campus Center 103/04, 4-5:30 p.m. It is a great way to learn about volunteering opportunities in the local area and gives you a chance to meet agency representatives who will be able to shed light on any queries you have, plus there will be free pizza and refreshments! Questions? ext. 2793. The Astronomy Department will hold an open house on Thursday, February 2, 8-9 p.m. Kick off your semester by seeing Jupiter, the moon, and other celestial objects through our telescopes on the roof of McConnell Hall. All are welcome - dress warmly! President Carol Christ welcomes Smith students, faculty and staff members to stop by her office, College Hall 201, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 4-5 p.m. to discuss college issues during this open hour. UMass Athletics would like to extend a special offer of $6 group rate discounted tickets to all Smith College faculty, staff, and students for the February 18 UMass men's basketball game vs. La Salle at 6 p.m. and for the February 25 UMass ice hockey game vs UNH at 7 p.m. Both games are played at the Mullins Center in Amherst. Tickets can be purchased by calling or e-mailing Craig Boivin at 413-577-7252 or cboivin@admin.umass.edu. The Office of Admission would like to thank you for all you have done to help Smith achieve another record-breaking year for first-year applications--over 4,300 and still counting. Come and enjoy a piece of cake on Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Campus Center (outside the Café) from noon to 2 p.m.
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