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By popular demand, posters have been made of the Mary Lyon advertisement that appeared in the New York Times earlier this month. Bearing a striking image of the College founder, it is headlined, "She Used Her Wits So Generations of Women Could Use Their Minds." Posters will be sold by the College bookstore and by the Alumnae Association for $3 each (or $5 if you want one mailed). Contact Beverly Clark at x2300 (or email baclark) to order.
The College now regularly transports students for community service projects to South Hadley and Holyoke Monday through Friday, expanding the van service launched last semester. The vans begin trips daily from Blanchard promptly at 12:15 pm; the last van returns at 5:45 pm. To set up a project in these towns or to get more information about the vans, interested students, faculty, and staff may contact the Community Service Volunteer Program at x6039.
On Saturday, March 1, Kendall Hall will be closed. We are proud to be the host site for the 1997 NEW 8 Basketball Championship. The championship game at 4 pm on Saturday will be televised on the New England Sports Network. We welcome you to come watch the game. However, the rest of the facility will be closed for all recreational use on that day. We will be open during regular hours again on Sunday.
March 15 (before break) is the last day to apply for an academic leave of absence for the year 1997-98 or for fall 1997. For study abroad, including Canada, use the study abroad application available in the Study Abroad Library, 309A Mary Lyon Hall. For study in the United States, use the academic leave of absence application available in the registrar's office. Students filing a study abroad application do not have to file an academic leave of absence application.
Students who wish to be Mount Holyoke's contestant in the 1997 Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Competition should submit two copies of their work to the English department office, 201 Clapp Laboratory, by Friday, February 28. The poems submitted should take approximately ten minutes to read aloud. The poet should leave her name off the copies themselves, but identify herself in an attached note. The Mount Holyoke student chosen anonymously by the faculty-student Glascock Committee will read her work in company with students from five other colleges before a public audience including three poet-judges: X. J. Kennedy, Tony Sanders, and Grace Schulman. Any questions should be directed to Robert Shaw, x2444 or x2146.
The Holyoke Professional Development School is sponsoring a full-day field visit to Holyoke High School and William Dean Technical School on Wednesday, March 5. MHC students interested in learning about teaching in an urban setting are invited to attend. During the field visit you will have the opportunity to visit classrooms, meet with teachers and administrators, eat lunch with students, and generally experience an urban high school environment. If you are interested in attending the Holyoke field visit, contact Gayle Higgins, administrative assistant for education, 303 Reese Building by February 26 for further information and reservation details.
Free, anonymous HIV testing and counseling is available to all Mount Holyoke students through April 25. There will be no documentation of this testing in your medical record and your name will not be associated with your test results. However, please be aware that there are Mount Holyoke Health Center employees on the HIV testing staff whom you may know from previous health center visits and whom you may see again. For further information or to schedule an appointment, call x2121 and choose option 3 on the voice mail answering system. No names are required.
The Office of International Affairs invites students to apply for the position of Chinese Language Fellow in Ham Hall for the 1997-98 academic year. Applicants must be native speakers of Chinese. The language fellow is responsible for organizing a weekly language table, an annual Chinese gracious dinner, an annual Chinese New Year celebration, and other related activities. The language fellow will be housed in a studio-bedroom with private bath in Ham Hall, and will receive a stipend of $700 for the year. To apply, submit a resume and a brief essay explaining why you would like to be the Chinese Language Fellow and what you think you could contribute to the position. Applications are due in the international affairs office Friday, March 7.
The Rotary Foundation offers a variety of ambassadorial scholarships for graduate or undergraduate study abroad. Most awards are for a full academic year of study, covering up to $22,000. Some multiyear awards for students who wish to earn degrees abroad and some short-term awards for the study of certain languages are also available. Applications for 1998-99 are due in the spring/summer of 1997, so first-year students looking ahead to junior year abroad and juniors planning for graduate study should apply now. You must apply through your local Rotary Club at home; deadlines vary by club, and range from March to July. Contact your local Rotary Club or see the brochure and handout in the Study Abroad Library, 309A Mary Lyon Hall, for details.
AT&T is offering ten round-trip transportation awards for U.S. residents who plan to study or travel abroad for at least fourteen days during the 1997-98 academic year. Applicants must be students at a U.S. college or university and eighteen or older (as of 2/1/97), and must have or apply for (but not necessarily use) an AT&T Calling Card (available at no charge). To enter, call 1-800-257-5424, x400. Entries must be received by May 1. (Publication of this notice does not constitute endorsement of AT&T products or services.)
The Oxford Associate Student Program (OASP) is offering two awards of $3,000 and six awards of $2,000 for study on the program during the 1997-98 academic year. OASP is an independent undergraduate study program in Oxford, England, that arranges tutorials in a broad range of liberal arts subjects; note that program participants have access to some Oxford University facilities and resources, but are not Oxford University students. For more information, see the box Scholarships and Financial Aid for Study Abroad in the Study Abroad Library, 309A Mary Lyon Hall.
The communications office's main phone number has been automated. Barbara Watkins, who had been answering our phones and those of the development office, is now working in the financial services and financial aid offices. The position of receptionist for development and communications will not be refilled.
To help callers to communications, the main number (x2222) will offer the caller these four automated choices:
Media and public relations--press 1
College Street Journal--press 2
Publications --press 3
All other information--press 4
Of course, if you know whom you want to reach, you can dial that person's extension directly. Because some of our direct lines are not listed in the directory, here is a list of those extensions and our email addresses.
Cheri Cross, director of communications 2136
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Mary Fanelli, administrative assistant, media 2455
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Rick Flashman, multimedia & operations director 2865
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Tanya Lane, associate writer (starts March 3) 2287
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Kevin McCaffrey, news services director 2987
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Sarah McClurg, media relations associate 2030
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Marjorie Otterson, design associate 2021
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Maryann Reno, senior administrative assistant to the director 2899
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Sujeong Shin, editorial services director 2671
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Barry Smith, copyeditor/researcher 2884
bsmith (part time: Mon., Tues.,
Wed.)
Tim Toffoli, design services director 2989
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Emily Weir, periodicals editor 2809
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Dan Wilga, electronic media manager 2480
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Fri.; job runs until June 30)
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