Department and Program Open House Schedule

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Academic departments and programs are hosting open houses for prospective majors in the Class of 2018 from October 6 through November 13.  Please check this page often for updates.

Department/Program Place/Date
 Notes
African American Studies 11/10/15
Center for African American Studies Lounge
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM		 Ice cream social and hot chocolate
American Studies 11/3/15
Center for the Americas, 255 High Street
12 PM – 1 PM		 Great Typhoon Thai Food will be served, plus Superb Apple Cider from Lyman’s Orchards, plus Amazing Almond Cookies from the Famous Lucibello’s Bakery in New Haven.
Anthropology 11/11/15
Anthropology. 281 High Street.
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM		 Cookies and soda.
Archaeology 11/4/15
200 Downey House Lounge, 294 Hight Street
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch will be provided
Art History 11/3/15
Davison Art Center, Print Reference Library
12 PM – 1 PM		 Pizza lunch provided. Also open to prospective minors.
Art Studio 11/3/15
Zilkha Gallery Room 202
4:30 PM –		 Refreshments. This more of an informational meeting and the program director will be speaking to everyone at one time, so please arrive at 4:30.
Astronomy
Prospective majors are urged to speak at their earliest convenience with any members of the Department
Biology 11/4/15
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
12 PM – 1 PM		 Pizza and salad
Classical Studies 11/5/15
200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street
12 PM – 1 PM		 Pizza lunch
College of East Asian Studies 11/12/15
Usdan 110
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM		 We will have dumplings from Tibetan Kitchen.
College of Letters 10/12/15
COL Library (third floor) 41 Wyllys Ave.
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM		 Refreshments will be provided.
Computer Science 10/21/15
Math Lounge, 601 Exley Science Center
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch will be served. Undergraduate CS majors, graduate students and professors will be present.
Dance 10/15/15
247 Pine St/Schonberg Dance Studio
12 PM – 12:50 PM		 Serving variety of pizzas, salads and cider. All are welcome to stop in to hear important information and overview of the Dance Department as a major. Talk with our Chair, Nicole Stanton, other Dance Department faculty and hear our current Dance majors’ experiences.
Economics 11/4/15
CSS Lounge (PAC 406)
12:15 PM – 1 PM		 Pizza and drinks
English 11/3/15
Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM		 Light Refreshments will be served.
Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 11/3/15
ALLB 215 (FGSS Lounge)
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch (pizza) will be provided
Film Studies 11/10/15
Goldsmith Family Cinema CFS100
8 PM – 9:30 PM		 Light refreshments. The November 10th Open House is designed for Sophomores who intend to apply to Film Studies as either a Major or Minor.The Film Studies department additionally requires face-to-face meetings with Professor Scott Higgins for all students who intend to apply.
German Studies 11/6/15
Fisk 403
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM		 Refreshments will be served.
Government 11/10/15
PAC 002
12 PM – 1 PM
History 11/3/15
CSS Lounge, PAC
12 PM – 1 PM		 Pizza Lunch
Jewish and Israel Studies Certificate 11/5/15
Allbritton 311
12 PM – 1 PM		 Food and drink will be provided
Latin American Studies TBA
Mathematics 10/20/15
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch will be served. Undergraduate math majors, professors and graduate students will be present.
Medieval Studies 11/2/15
200 Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM		 Snacks
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry 11/11/15
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch will be provided.
Neuroscience and Behavior 10/14/15
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch
Philosophy 11/5/15
Russell House
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch. The open house will be held in the Millet Room on the first floor.
Physics 10/13/15
Physics Lounge (ESC 255)
4:15 PM – 5 PM		 We will be providing pizza, soda, chips and a cheese platter.
Psychology 10/6/15
Judd Hall 116
12 PM – 1 PM		 Pizza. PSYC Majors Meeting – Overview for New and Prospective Majors.
Andrea Patalano (Department Chair) will provide an overview of the major to sophomore prospective majors and to review requirements with junior and senior majors. This meeting is not appropriate for first year students (due to a change in major requirements). The chair will be available before and after the meeting to sign forms (e.g., study abroad, transfer credits).
Psychology Majors manual: http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/about/psychman_pre2019.pdf
Religion 10/15/15
Religion Department Seminar Room, 171 Church Street
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM		 Snacks and drinks
Romance Languages & Literatures 10/12/15
300 High Street
The Highwaymen Common Room
12 PM – 1 PM		 Pizza & Soda. Information about the French, Italian, Spanish and Romance Studies Majors, as well as information about the French Minor
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 10/15/15
Fourth floor of Fisk (405-8)
12 PM – 1:10 PM		 There will be hot pizza at noon in the hallways of the Russian Studies department offices. Everyone interested in things Russian is welcome!
Science in Society 10/30/15
ALLB 311
12 PM – 1 PM		 Lunch (pizza) will be provided
Sociology TBA
Theater 11/2/15
Theater Studios, Jones Room (TST-101)
12:15 PM – 1 PM

Overview of Psychology Major on October 6

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Overview for New and Sophomore Prospective Psychology Majors
Oct. 6th (Tues.), 12-1pm, Judd 116
Andrea Patalano (Chair of the Psychology Department) will provide an overview of the major to sophomore prospective majors and to review requirements with junior and senior majors. This meeting is not appropriate for first year students (due to a change in major requirements). The chair will be available before and after the meeting to sign forms (e.g., study abroad, transfer credits). Helpful handout: Psychology Majors Manual, Class of 2018 and earlier. Pizza will be provided.

Work during Family Weekend

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Hey ’18!

Family Weekend 2015 is fast approaching (November 6th-November 8th), and we need student employees! Aside from getting paid, you’ll also have the unique opportunity to help out with one of Wesleyan’s most important events, make lasting connections with alumni, and represent the student body to hundreds of visitors and guests. Potential jobs include working at the registration site, escorting guests around campus in shuttle vans, and much more!

To apply for a position, please fill out and submit the student employee application, available here. Applications will be accepted until Friday, October 16th at 5:00 PM, and we will notify you of your employment status no later than Tuesday, October 20th.

There will be a mandatory student employee meeting on Wednesday, November 4th in Exley Science Center 150, at 5:00 PM. If you are hired, you must attend this meeting to receive your work schedules, event staff T-shirt, and other important event information.

If you have any questions, please contact us at aprinterns@wesleyan.edu.

Thanks for your interest!

Best,
The Interns

Catherine Marquez ’16, and Avva Saniee ’17
Family Weekend and Homecoming 2015 Interns
Office of Alumni and Parent Relations
330 High Street
aprinterns@wesleyan.edu
(860) 685-2802

Fair Trade Study Abroad Workshop TODAY!

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Fair Trade Study Abroad Workshop
Interested in a study abroad program that serves and empowers local communities by acting as a decolonizing force? Do you believe in the arts as a means of producing knowledge and creating community? Come find out more about Fair Trade Study Abroad and how the Rehearsing Change program in Ecuador embodies these goals.

Tuesday, September 29
4:30pm, Usdan 108
Workshop by Daniel Bryan
Executive Director, Pachaysana Institute
http://www.pachaysana.org/#!rehearsing-change/c1ylq

Florian Sedlmeier: American Studies/American Literary Studies beyond the U.S. 9/30

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This Wednesday, Sept. 30, 4:30-6:00, Downey Lounge, the American Studies major and English major will be hosting a very special guest, Florian Sedlmeier, a young professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Free University (Freie Universitat), Berlin, Germany.  (Delicious treats will be served.)  He is really eager to meet Wesleyan students and faculty.  The “JFK” is the greatest American Studies center in Europe.  I am going to have a dialogue with him about the kind of critical edge one can develop by doing American Studies and American literary studies outside (yes, outside) of the U.S.!  This subject is close to my heart because my first full immersion in American Studies–my intellectual conversion–was when I did an M.A. in American Studies at the University of London.  Several Europeans–Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, D. H. Lawrence, Antonio Gramsci–have given us some of the most astute analyses of how America “ticks” as a power structure and culture (and popular culture, for instance, Francois Truffaut on Westerns).  And many Americans–Gertrude Stein, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and others–went to Europe to bust out of the American bubble critically and artistically.  Florian Sedlmeier and I want to spark a conversation–that we will open up to everyone once we raise some concerns and questions–about what’s at stake in thinking about this.  American Studies became a big deal in Europe after World War II as part of America’s–the U.S. Information Agency’s–“free world” Cold War propaganda campaign.  But European American Studies has had a way thinking critically about the U.S., partly because of its own radical traditions.

Florian will also tell us more about the famous “JFK.”  This amazing institute is located in the gorgeous neighborhood of Dahlem, in Berlin, and ALL CLASSES–undergraduate and graduate–ARE IN ENGLISH.  You might wish to consider being an exchange student at the “JFK” at some point.  And if you consider doing graduate work in American Studies there–say, an M.A.–you should know that THE TUITION IS FREE (you just have to pay for your lodging and food).  It was my privilege to be a visiting professor at the “JFK” in 2012 and I loved it.  It’s very comprehensive.  There are five departments within American Studies:  Culture, Literature, History, Political Science, and Economics.  The faculty–as you’ll see when you meet Florian–are brilliant, accomplished, and a lot of fun.  The courses that each department offers are wide-ranging and fascinating.  And Berlin is an absolute BLAST!

So please come and please bring any friends!  You’ll learn some surprising stuff.  Florian is really psyched about coming to Wes!

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Be a Peer Health Advocate!

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The Peer Health Advocates (PHA) are the student voice of WesWELL’s health education outreach efforts and integral to the development and implementation of those efforts.
Involvement in the group is intended to impact your own understanding and behaviors around health as well as educate and promote health to the entire Wesleyan community.
We welcome students with interest in all health topics who wish to have a positive impact on the well-being of Wesleyan to apply to be a PHA.
Please visit the WesWell website  for more information and to apply.

Writing Tutor Schedule

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At the Writing Workshop a staff of trained peer tutors is available to meet with you at every stage of the writing process. You can meet with a tutor to discuss ideas for an upcoming assignment, edit a rough draft of a paper, or review a professor’s comments on completed work. Tutors meet with first-year students, senior thesis writers, and even faculty members. Everyone is welcome and all services are free.

Here is this semester’s schedule:
Sunday:
Drop-in – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 77 – Rachel Earnhardt – HIST/ENVS
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Olin 106 – Isabel Fattal – COL/RELI
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 266 – Justin Greene – ENGL/ANTH
Monday:
Appointment – 1:45-4 pm – Downey 104 – Sophia Franchi – FELLOW/ENGL/FRST
Drop-in – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 77 – Alison Denzer-King – PSYC/CSED
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Olin 106 – Leah Bakely – HIST/HISP
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 266 – Giordana Martino – PSYC
Tuesday:
Drop-in – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 77 – Gabriel Borelli – CSS
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Olin 106 – Jenna Shapiro – HIST
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 266 – Penny Snyder – ENGL
Wednesday:
Appointment – 1:45-4 pm – Downey 103 – Elana Rosenthal – FELLOW/COL/FRST/WRCT
Drop-in – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 77 – Rebecca Brand – ARHA/ARST
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Olin 106 – Hein Jeong – PHIL/GRST
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 266 – Aryeh Lieber – ENGL
Thursday:
Drop-in – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 77 – Alexandra Ricks – HIST/LAST
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Olin 106 – Sarah Mininsohn – SOC/DANC
Appointment – 7-11 pm – Sci Li 266 – Jeremy Crimm – CSS

And here is the link to their page with all of the above information:
http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/index.html

French and Francophone Theater in Performance

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Sharpen your French in a fun way: for the first time in many years, you can take a theater course in French!
There are still spaces available.

French and Francophone Theater in Performance
FREN 281
Fall 2015 Section: 01
Crosslisting: THEA 291

This course offers students the opportunity to put their language skills in motion by discovering French and Francophone theater in general, and acting in French in particular. This transhistorical course will introduce students to acting techniques while allowing them to discover the richness of the French and Francophone dramatic repertoires. A particular emphasis will be placed on improving students’ oral skills through pronunciation and diction exercises. The course will culminate in the performance of the students’ work at the end of the semester. Based on the “cours d’interprétation,” and offered exclusively in French, this course gives French language students a chance to improve language skills and discover the art of acting.
Instructor(s): Meere,Michael Times: .M.W.F. 02:40PM-03:30PM; Location: FISK414

Memorial Service: In Honor of 9/11 TONIGHT

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Friday, September 11, 2015
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Memorial Service: In Honor of 9/11
Flag in front of South College

Students will be gathering with flashlights and phones to take a moment to remember the tragedy of 9/11 and support one another in that remembrance.

The Mash, a celebration of Wes musical talent, TODAY!

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A reminder that The Mash, the fourth annual celebration of Wesleyan’s student music scene, with non-stop music from 2-7:30pm today. Due to weather, we had to move the events inside today, so please stop by the Patricelli ’92 Theater, the Usdan Café and Crowell Concert Hall today to see bands, a cappella groups and other music ensembles.

The full schedule is here: http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events/2015/09-2015/09112015the-mash.html

And to give a nod to all of the the faculty/staff who make music too, you can see Smokin’ Lillies featuring our own Louise Brown, Barry Chernoff, Rob Rosenthal, Luanne Benshimol, Evan Glass; Paul Horton and special guest Michael S. Roth on keyboards at 5pm in Crowell Concert Hall. Please come by!