SPRING 2008                                    

January- February

 

Below are events coming up this Spring 2008.  If you are interested in attending any of these events, please contact me as soon as possible.

 

Welcome Back Social:  Hot Cocoa & Cookies

Sunday, January 27^th  7.30 – 8.30 PM  Hewitt Lounge

Dean Melendez will be there to welcome you back to another semester.

 

Faculty/Sophomore Supper Series for the spring.  On Monday, February 4^th at 5.30 PM meet for an intimate dinner with President Michael Roth.  Location:  East Asian Studies Building.  Free to the first 20 sophomores, must reserve a space ahead of time.  Email Dean Melendez, mmelendez@wesleyan.edu  if interested.

 

"Choosing a Major Workshop"

Wednesday, February 6th at 7 PM  Location:  PAC 002

Sponsored by the Dean's Office and the Career Resource Center.

If you are still questioning what department to declare a major in this is for you.  How does the major tie into a real job?  Come find out before the deadline.

 

Interested in becoming a Peer Advisors

The Office of the Dean of the College is looking for talented and motivated students to become SARN Peer Advisors for the 2008-2009 academic year. SARN Peer Advisors are juniors and seniors who work throughout the academic year to support Wesleyan’s faculty advising program, enhance student access to academic resources through the Student Academic Resource Network (SARN), and give peer advice on time management and academic skills strategies. Please urge any students who you think may be good candidates to apply or apply yourself! A job description and application are found on-line at www.wesleyan.edu/deans/peeradvising/. Applications, which include a faculty reference form, are due Friday, March 7, 2008. Questions should be directed to the Associate Dean for Student Academic Resources, Sarah E. Lazare (x2332, slazare@wesleyan.edu).

 

 

Info Session:  Urban Education Semester 

Tuesday Feb. 12, Usdan 110, 5 – 6 PM 

Interested in Teaching? Fall 08 in NYC in a WES ACCREDITED program?  

Interested in Current Issues in Urban Policy and Education?

 

The URBAN EDUCATION SEMESTER (UES) is an interdisciplinary, academic immersion program that introduces students to the theory and practice of urban public education.  UES provides real world experiences in community development, teaching, urban issues and public education and is offered in both fall and spring semesters.  UES is one of a handful of domestic-approved programs that Wesleyan students may attend for credit.

 

The program combines supervised fieldwork in the NYC schools with course work and an advisement seminar at Bank St. College of Education.  The program also provides real world experiences in community development.

 

Come hear Wes graduates of UES tell you how great their UES semester was!!!!!!

 

Major Madness:  Monday, February 18, 2008  4.30PM, Usdan 108

Student Senior Panel will discuss how they chose their major, the resources they used, the classes they took, the professors that helped, and the jobs/internships they found.

 

 

Departmental/Program Open Houses:  Monday, February 18 - Friday, February, 29, 2008

http://www.wesleyan.edu/deans/major_declaration/

 

Find out more about different departments and programs as you consider what major to declare.  Meet with faculty members and get your major questions answered. 

March

 

Faculty/Sophomore Supper Series for the spring.  On Wednesday, March 5th at 6.00 PM meet for an intimate dinner with Professors Barth and Juhasz from the Psychology Department.  Location:  TBD

Free to the first 20 sophomores, must reserve a space ahead of time.  Email Dean Melendez, mmelendez@wesleyan.edu  if interested.

 

Summer Opportunities:  Davenport Study Grants

Limited funds are available to support student research and other student scholarly projects in public affairs to begin this summer.  Only current sophomores and juniors are eligible.  These funds are made available through a gift to Wesleyan University from the Surdna Foundation in honor of Frederick Morgan Davenport, Wesleyan University Class of 1889, and Edith Jefferson Andrus Davenport, Wesleyan University, Class of 1897.  for more information: Davenport Study Grants

 

 

Major Declaration- Registrar’s Office

March 7 by 5 P.M.

Deadline for submitting your major declaration form to the Registrar’s Office.