COMMUNITY

Employee Scholarship Fund Mount Holyoke is pleased to offer the Employee Scholarship Fund, which was established in honor of former President David B. Truman. A minimum of $200 each year is awarded to a qualified daughter, son, or other dependent child of an MHC employee who will not receive any other assistance from MHC for tuition costs for the applicant. Contact Barbara Bunyan at x2834 or Yvonne Nicholson at x2146, cochairs of the Staff Council, to obtain an application. The deadline for submitting the application is May 1.

Celebrating Retirement
The College's semiannual staff retirement program will be held Wednesday, April 4, from 2 to 4 pm in the living room at the Willits-Hallowell Center. Friends and colleagues of honorees Emile Chretien and J. Dorothy Sicard are invited to share in this special occasion.

Give Us Some Space The basement space in Mary Woolley Hall that the College's Office of Communications calls home will undergo a facelift during April and May. The renovation will enlarge the design area, provide badly need new storage areas, and improve working conditions for the staff. Those who work with communications are asked to be patient during the transition period, as staff will be working in temporary quarters in Mary Woolley.

STUDENTS

The Clio-Melpomene Prize
At least $1,500 will be awarded to assist aspiring poets and/or historians in travel or study after graduation. Applicants must be graduating seniors. There are no GPA or citizenship restrictions. There is no requirement that the work have been completed for a course, independent work or major. Peter Viereck, Professor Emeritus of History and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, has endowed this annual prize for “a young woman who follows her private star in poetic style or historical interpretation.” Application materials are due Wednesday, May 2, by 5 pm in the Career Development Center. Applicants should submit a sample of work in poetry and/or history. The sample should be large enough to fully represent the applicant's work. Also required is a short (one to three-page) personal statement, addressing the work, aspirations for continued work in the field, plans after graduation, and any other information that is relevant to the applicant's work and future plans. Optional are one or two recommendations from faculty or other mentors who know the work well. The judging committee is made up of members of the English and history departments. Professor Viereck does not sit on the committee. The prize winner will be announced shortly before commencement.

Become a Sexual Health Educator Teach others about safer sex, women's health concerns, gynecological exams, and sexually transmitted infections. Applications are available outside room 112, Blanchard Campus Center, and room 131, Health Center, as well as online on the Health Services Web site at www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/health. The application deadline is April 4. Formore information contact health education coordinator Karen Jacobus at kjacobus@mtholyoke.edu.

Evelyn Finkbeiner Fellowship
The Department of German Studies invites German studies majors planning to study in Germany in 2001–2002 to apply for the Evelyn Finkbeiner Fellowship for Study Abroad. Application requirements are an up-to-date transcript; information on other funding available for study abroad; and a short statement in German explaining how the fellowship will foster and support academic plans for study in Germany. The application deadline is March 30.