December
12 , 2003
Nota
Bene
Winterfest
Great food and great conversation highlight the annual Winterfest
celebration, Mount Holyoke's holiday party of food and fellowship
for faculty and staff. Set for Wednesday, December 17, from 11:30
am to 1:30 pm in Mary Woolley Hall's Chapin Auditorium, the
event also offers the opportunity for members of the Mount Holyoke
community to support some of the College's neighbors in need.
Offices will close during Winterfest so that all staff may attend.
Kendall and the library will be kept open, since Winterfest is
held in the middle of exam week. The Office of the President and
Staff Council sponsors the celebration, which includes a hearty
lunch buffet.
As in past years, the College is encouraging donations to local
charities. This year, the College urges you to support the Food
Bank of Western Massachusetts, Open Pantry, and Providence Ministries
by donating canned or other nonperishable food items.
Greetings to Students
from the Staff in the Office of Financial Assistance!
It is time once again to begin the process of reapplying for financial
assistance for the next academic year. If you are a domestic student
who applied for aid last year, we have mailed letters to your
campus PO Box and to your home address detailing how to reapply
for financial assistance. Please be sure to read the information
carefully, follow all due dates, and be in touch with us if you
have any questions. You can reach us on campus at x2291 or finaid@mtholyoke.edu.
You may visit us in Skinner Hall Monday through Friday from 8:30
am until 5 pm.
Scholarships
Please contact Katya King at the Career Development Center (kpking@mtholyoke.edu,
x2080) if you wish to apply for any of these awards:
National Security Education Program
David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarships NSEP Scholarships
can be applied to study abroad in all countries except those in
western Europe and Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Preference
will be given to applications for study in areas deemed critical
to national security. All recipients of NSEP awards incur a requirement
to enter into an agreement, in order of priority, to work for
an agency of the federal government with national security responsibilities
or to work in the field of higher education in the area of study
for which the scholarship was awarded. Applicants must be U.S.
citizens. Those wishing to apply for junior-year-abroad funding
should apply as sophomores. NSEP can also fund summer study. For
more information and application materials, go to http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/nsephome.htm.
Campus deadline: Monday, January 26.
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship This program
offers a competition for awards for study abroad, for U.S. citizen
undergraduate students who are receiving federal Pell Grant funding
at a two-year or four-year college or university. Those wishing
to apply for junior-year-abroad funding should apply as sophomores.
For more information, go to www.iie.org/programs/gilman/index.html.
Deadline: Applicants should consult with Katya King, Career Development
Center, by Monday, March 15.
Udall Scholarship The scholarship offers tuition support
($5,000 renewable stipend) for those interested in environmental
studies (for U.S. students) or Native Americans and Alaska Native
students in fields related to health care or tribal policy. The
applicant must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent U.S. resident.
Mount Holyoke may nominate up to six sophomores or juniors for
this award. For more information, go to www.udall.gov.
Campus deadline: Wednesday, January 28.
Beinecke Scholarship The scholarships funds two years of graduate
study ($32,000 toward tuition) in the arts, humanities, or social
sciences. Must be a U.S. citizen who is receiving need-based financial
aid. Winners will receive $2,000 prior to entering graduate school
and $30,000 while in graduate school. Mount Holyoke may nominate
one junior for this award. For more information, go to www.beineckescholarship.org.
Campus deadline: Monday, February 2.
Extensions/Incompletes Faculty legislation stipulates
that "an instructor may report a student's work as incomplete
only if the student has been given an excuse by the director of
the health center or the dean of the College because of an emergency."
This means that instructors may not accept exams, or papers due
in lieu of exams, after noon on Thursday, December 18, unless
authorized by the director of the health center for medical reasons,
or by one of the academic deans in the dean of the College's
office for unforeseen emergencies. All other course work must
be turned in by the last day of classes. Again, the deadline for
students to request an extension for incomplete work is Thursday,
December 18, at noon.
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