CULTURE WEEK BEGINS TODAY

• April 15     5:30 PM      Sunken Lounge of the DC!                            ALAS: Latino Dance Lessons

ALAS is having mini-dance lessons in Latino genres like salsa, bachata, cumbia and merenegue! Come and learn a few steps to prepare for the BIG closing event for Culture Week: La Fiesta!!!!
For more Info:      Melissa Reyes     mreyes@haverford.edu

• April 15   9:30 PM        MCC                           MSA Ice Cream Social
  

Come to the MCC to enjoy delicious ice cream while the Mulsim Students Association  shares its current plans for the rest of the semester and for next year!              For More Info:                  Nabeel Akhtar       nakhtar@haverford.edu

• April 19     6:00 PM           Whitehead Campus Center Room 313          Learners Shabbat                 
  

This is the perfect opportunity to learn a little more about Shabbat services, what they are, how they work, what the bowing and singing and responses are all about. PLUS we’ll be providing yummyummy food. Please come, please bring your friends, yourFor More Info:       Eliana Kohrman-Glaser   ekohrman@haverford.edu

• April 19       8:00 PM      Founders Great Hall     BSL Presents: THE UNCOMMON FREEDOM FASHION SHOW!

This show will be featuring models from Haverford, Bryn Mawr College and Villanova University.
Our designers include: Sameer Wingfield of Momo Larue Odunayo Adeoye of OYATO Designs Quoina Faust and Toni Carter from Drexel University’s school of Fashion Come out and show your support for one of BSL’s biggest events of the year.

For More Info:      Dawit Habtemariam               dhabtema@haverford.edu

• April 20        5:00 PM             DC West Wing       Pan-Asian Cultural Show

• April 20       10:30  PM       Founders Great Hall                     ALAS La Fiesta

Spring Room Draw Sign-Up

April 16, 11:00AM – 2:00PM             DC Foyer     

The place to drop off your Room Draw Forms and to ask questions of the ResLife Committee.

IS THERE RACIAL INEQUALITY IN THE BI-CO?

April 17, 6:00PM                  DC Bryn Mawr Room

Is There Racial Inequality In The Bi-Co? Where do you feel safe on campus? Where do you feel the least comfortable on campus? How has diversity either been fostered or discouraged in the Bi-Co community? Bryn Mawr College’s Tri-Co NAACP Chapter hosts a discussion on race in the Bi-Co Community.

WHITE BOYS: ARTISTS AND CURATOR PANEL  

Rufus Jones Leadership Institute – Spring Class

April 18, 4:30PM – 6:00PM                                Stokes 018

Link: www.haverford.edu/activities/leadership/index.php

Reading Strategies: OAR Workshop

April 18, 5:30PM                Stokes 118K Large Conf. Rm.

Want to read faster while retaining more information?  Eager to retrieve information instead of relearn it for exams and papers?  This highly interactive workshop is for you.  Through hands-on exercises you will learn concrete strategies for prioritizing, integrating and applying information, and reading more efficiently and effectively.  Space is limited, so email hc-oar@haverford.edu to reserve your space today.  Food will be provided.

For More Info:                    Kelly Wilcox                                        hc-oar@haverford.edu

Don’t look now, but there are 5 weeks of classes left and 2 weeks of exams.  Much to be accomplished in the month of April.

But, this week you want o keep an eye on…………….

“Current Conflicts in South Asia and the Middle East: Is there a Gandhian Perspective?”

April 2, 4:30PM                             Chase Auditorium

Rajmohan Gandhi, Research Professor, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Description

Rajmohan Gandhi, a historian, leading public intellectual, and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has been engaged for half a century in reconciliation, democracy, and human rights efforts. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian Parliament), and he is the author of ten books and countless articles, with a focus on the Indian independence movement, non-violence, and Hindu-Muslim relations.

OAR WORKSHOPS | APRIL 2013

Presenting with Confidence

Wednesday 04/3/13     5:00 p.m. – 6:30p.m.   Stokes 118K

Join us for a fun, interactive discussion on: Getting Your Point Across, Managing Your Audience and Effectively Channeling Your Anxiety and Charm when presenting individually or as a group!

Reading Workshop

Thursday 04/4/13      8:00 p.m.- 9:30 p.m    Stokes 118K

Thursday 04/18/13   5:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. Stokes 118K

Want to read faster while retaining more information?  Eager to retrieve information instead of relearn it for exams and papers?  This highly interactive workshop is for you.  Through hands-on exercises you will learn concrete strategies for prioritizing, integrating and applying information and reading more efficiently and effectively.

TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS SPONSORED BY YOUR PEERS

       SpeakOut

April 3, 9:30PM                                                Founders Hall Common Room

SpeakOut is a pluralism-style safe space to share, reflect and speak out about sexual assault and harassment. We invite you to join us as a speaker, a listener, and/or a supporter. All genders are welcome.

BSL presents:                           We Speak

April 4, 7:30PM                                                  KINSC Sharpless Auditorium

Annual We Speak, sponsored and hosted by BSL. This event is open to everyone!

President’s Social Justice Series: “Transfigurations” with Peterson Toscano

April 5, 7:00PM                                               Stokes Auditorium

Drawing on inspiration from interviews with transgender and genderqueer individuals, Peterson Toscano weaves their experiences into the stories of transgender and gender-variant people from the Hebrew and Christian scriptures

Transfigurations:  Transgressing Gender in the Bible.

A one-person performance piece by  Peterson Toscano, 2013 Friend in Residence at Haverford College, sponsored by the President’s Social Justice Series, and funded by the Shoemaker Foundation.   Hilarious and moving, Toscano explores well-known (and lesser-known) Bible stories as he presents an array of characters with an array of genders.  Touching and inspiring, the play opens new understandings of the spiritual life.  You will be surprised and delighted.

For More Info:   Walter Hjelt Sullivan   610-896-1020    wsulliva@haverford.edu

Snow may be in the forecast for this week, but Spring Break will still take place next week.   But, before you go…………

Description

Poetry Reading Group

Thursdays, Woodside Cottage 9–10 PM

PRG discusses poetry the way we all found it first: outside of the classroom. Open to students, faculty and staff. Bring a few copies of a poem that you like/don’t like/want to talk about by a poet other than yourself.

Contact: cfiedler@haverford.edu, jramirez@haverford.edu,nlandiss@haverford.edu

And in case you don’t have other plans yet………

Interfaith Alternative Spring Break

March 9, 9:00AM – March 16, 9:00AM

Greater Philadelphia region

A transformative week-long experience for college students who wish to acquire an understanding of major world religions, dialogue with members of those faith communities and collectively serve the common good.

Interfaith Alternative Break is an exciting and transformative weeklong experience offered by the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia for college students who wish to acquire an understanding of major world religions, dialogue with members of these faith communities and serve the communities with them. Over six days, participants encounter such divergent faiths as Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Protestantism and Baha’i, attending worship services and interacting in the Greater Philadelphia region. It’s a great opportunity for interfaith dialogue in a way that doesn’t usually happen at Haverford, and we’d love to have you join us!

For more information: interfaithspringbreak.wordpress.com/

Haverford is sponsoring five student participants, and the application is on the website. If you have any questions, please email Walter Sullivan,  Haverford’s Coordinator of Religious and Spiritual Life at wsulliva@haverford.edu

Link: interfaithspringbreak.wordpress.com/

For More Info

Walter Hjelt Sullivan
610-896-1020
wsulliva@haverford.edu

REGISTRATION is the work for the week.  Try to have your schedule set by Friday and contact your faculty adviser then to get the required approval.  Remember:

• Final registration is due January 30
• Last day to drop a class is February 8th
• You must register now for both halves of the 1/2 credit courses (typically Fine Arts, Perspectives in Bio, some BM Psych courses)
• Don’t forget the Phys Ed classes (don’t register for them on your academic registration form)

Campus Leadership Opportunities + Resume Workshop  – WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23,

The first MSP Workshop for the Spring semester –

5:30 for Dinner at the Bryn Mawr room of the  DINING CENTER

Learn how to apply to Customs, Students’ Council and other important campus committees, and hear about the Rufus Jones Leadership program. Bring a printout of your current resume, or a list of activities if you don’t yet have one, and representatives from the Career Development Office will help get yours in shape for applications to internships, summer jobs, etc.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS LAST FALL. 

If you are interested in improving your performance or getting the most our of your college experience, make sure you make an appointment at the Office of Academic Resources.  In addition to workshops and individual consultations with amazing staff, you can avail yourself of their expertise by checking out the web site.  www.haverford.edu/oar/learning_and_study_tools/index.php

CHECK THIS OUT……….

Semester at a Glance | Fall 2012 | Spring 2013

• Keep abreast of important academic deadlines and requirements
• Chart all major assignments and deadlines
• Strategically map out study timelines, campus resources (writing center appointments, OAR workshops, review sessions, etc.)
• Set short and long term goals

Weekly Planning Calendar

• Chart weekly standing commitments
• Strategically plan study sessions according to deadlines, priorities, personal strengths and preferences as well as external resources
• View weekly commitments in one place (academic, personal, etc.)

Weekly Planning Sheet

• Consider personal strengths and values when listing and prioritizing tasks
• Accurately plan out study sessions according to time needed to complete tasks
• Prioritize tasks and assignments
• Fill in weekly calendar with tasks specific to that week

Time Management Tool (Prioritizing Tasks and Assignments)

• List and prioritize all tasks for an upcoming time period
• Accurately predict time needed to complete task(s) based on personal strengths and past history
• Plan ahead if external resources will be needed to complete assignment or task

MSP workshop-  Summer Internships – Now is the time to plan.

5:30 pm, Wednesday, November 28 in the Bryn Mawr room of the Dining Center

Explore a variety of programs available to Haverford students through the Career Development Office, the Humanities Center, the CPGC and opportunities in the Natural Sciences.  Learn how to prepare the perfect application.  You will leave with a list of things you need to accomplish during the winter break to complete the applications.
As usual, A delicious catered Dinner is served at 5:30 PM. This workshop is open to all students.
Questions?  Contact Prof. Zach Oberfield (zoberfie@haverford.edu), Prof. Jeff Tecosky-Feldman (jtecosky@haverford.edu), Dean Raisa Williams (rwilliam@haverford.edu)

Office of Academic Resources Workshops      

Procrastinating again– and want to beat the habit?

Looking for a better way to enhance your presentation skills and manage your audience?

Are you feeling the natural pressures of the coming of final exams?

Check the next series of workshops at the OAR.

Visit www.haverford.edu/oar/workshops_and_events/index.php for upcoming workshop information. All inquiries, please email hc-oar@haverford.edu!

Refreshments will be provided! All workshops are held in Stokes 118K.

1. Pidgeons Playing Ping Pong
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2. SAUCE!
www.facebook.com/saucebandthe/timeline?filter=2

MSP – MULTICULTURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM

MSP is a student-run networking and mentoring program dedicated to the goal of academic excellence.  Student coordinators, in collaboration with faculty and deans, plan workshops designed to communicate the wisdom and experience of upperclassmen to new students. Open to all students in all disciplines, MSP sponsors workshops, panel discussions, trips to graduate school fairs, and monthly dinners open to all students.  Check the MSP web site at  www.haverford.edu/msp for the current schedule of meetings

THE RUFUS JONES LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

The Rufus Jones Leadership Institute is Haverford College’s leadership development program. In accordance with the mission of the College, the program will encourage students to utilize the diverse resources on-campus, in the surrounding communities, and around the world to build the necessary skills, knowledge, and understanding to become positive change agents in our increasingly global society.  Please explore their curriculum and exciting activities at:  www.haverford.edu/activities/leadership/

WOMEN IN SCIENCE -an on-campus group that seeks to encourage involvement from women in the sciences at all interest levels — from students planning on majoring or minoring to non-majors.  In addition to acting as a supportive social space, Women in Science is involved in mentoring, providing advice on career and academic opportunities, and building connections with women in science in the Tri-Co.  Incoming women interested in the sciences can learn more about the group, sign up for a mentor, or join the group’s mailing list by e-mailing the co-heads Dorothea Letner (dletner@haverford.edu), Mary Morgan (mmorgan@haverford.edu), and Kenny Likes (klikes@haverford.edu) or the heads of the mentoring program Ana Nourmahnad (anourmah@haverford.edu), Maggie Perkoff (eperkoff@haverford.edu), Audrey Holmes (aholmes@haverford.edu), and Phoebe Miller (pmiller@haverford.edu).

The summer is flying by and there are some deadlines that you must keep in mind:

(June 29) If you have not sent the Faculty Adviser Survey, HERE IS THE LINK.    Your Faculty Adviser needs to know a bit about you before you arrive.  Please fill out the adviser survey which you can find at: www.admin.haverford.edu/servlet/reality/hcadmin/introletter

(July 21) Confidential Health Record -    www.haverford.edu/healthservices/services/forms.php Must be submitted by July 21, 2012. Students under 18 may need assistance/information from their parents when completing the form.  There is a fee penalty if the form is late so, take a look at all the information in the Health Center web site to make sure you are ready to make a healthy transition. www.haverford.edu/healthservices/services Don’t forget the Physical!

August 1st – Health  Insurance www.haverford.edu/healthservices/services

Placement exams:

Mathematics: news.haverford.edu/survey/index.php?sid=99896&newtest=Y&lang=en

Physics: www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/placement.php.

Chemistry: www.haverford.edu/chem/dept/placement/exam.php

Economics:  www.haverford.edu/economics/docs/economics-placement.doc

Chinese Placement Exam: There are two parts to this exam.  One part needs to be completed online by August 10, 2012. The second part will be completed on Thursday, August 30th, the day after you arrive on campus.  Please read the instructions at:   www.brynmawr.edu/eastasian/chinese.html You will find the placement instructions at the bottom of the page.

Spanish Placement Exam – will be available online from Sunday, August 12th until Sunday, August 26th at midnight through Moodle at Spanish Placement Test Fall 2012 .

French Placement Exam -  Available at:    webcape.byuhtrsc.org/?acct=haverford (the password is: paris-dakar).

ALL students in the Class of 2016 must complete the Academic Integrity Tutorial Academic Integrity Tutorial (Class of 2016) and             before they arrive.   These are not optional.

Jennifer Barr, jbarr@haverford.edu,  will work with you to support your interest in pre-law.  Become actively involved the the Pre-Law Society at Haverford  where you will have more opportunities to learn about law and have the opportunity to contribute to the Bi-College Law Journal.

Pre-law is housed in the Career Development Office.  Fill out your profile on OCEAN and select Law as one of your career interests.  This will allow you to receive targeted emails regarding programs that have a focus on law-related careers and interests.

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The Pre-Health Office serves Haverford students and alumni who are interested in the health professions, including medicine, osteopathy, public health, dentistry, nursing, podiatry, physical therapy and more.

At Haverford College students can develop a particularly strong foundation for careers in these professions because of our academic excellence, opportunities for research and service, and humanistic Quaker values.  In addition, given our convenient location outside of the city of Philadelphia, our students take advantage of numerous opportunities to volunteer and work in hospitals, clinics, and research facilities in the area. Haverford alumni have distinguished themselves as physicians in all areas of medicine and dentistry, as leaders in public health, and in satisfying practices as nurse practitioners, nutritionists, genetic counselors, physical therapists, and more.

Michele Taylor, mtaylor1@haverford.edu, provides guidance and support to our students as they plan their pre health curriculum and extra curricular activities. We help them think through their schedules to fulfill admissions’ prerequisites for medical schools and other programs in the health sciences; plan for summer and extracurricular activities; and strategize for when and how they will apply to medical or other health professions schools.  For a more in depth view at this resource please consult the Pre-Health Advising web site at:  www.haverford.edu/deans/prehealth/

Proficiency in a language other than one’s own, ancient or modern, serves many ends. It deepens an appreciation of one’s own language, increases sensitivity and understanding of the nature of language itself, and enables the student to gain a far more intimate understanding of different cultures than is possible through translations.  Further, with regard to specific disciplinary ends, many graduate programs require a reading knowledge of at least two languages other than English.

For all these reasons, Haverford College requires all of its students to complete two semesters of college-level study of a language other than English by the end of their junior year. Beginning with the Class of 2016 this requirement may be satisfied in one of the following three ways:

(a) One full year of language study in one language at the level in which the student is placed by the appropriate Haverford College language department; or

(b) Language study in a course conducted under Haverford College’s approved International Study Abroad Programs, and as certified in advance by the relevant language department chair at either Haverford or Bryn Mawr, or by the Educational Policy Committee when the language has no counter department at either Haverford or Bryn Mawr; or

(c)  Language study in a summer program administered by Bryn Mawr College in the country of the language if that program is an intensive, total-immersion program, fully equivalent to a full year of language study, and certified as such by the chairperson of a Haverford or Bryn Mawr language department. (CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE)

Language courses may be taken at Haverford or at any of the cooperating colleges: Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and with advisor and registrar permission, the University of Pennsylvania. The Haverford department, however, must determine placement. Other restrictions which apply to the language requirement are as follows:

Courses taken to fulfill the language requirement do not meet divisional distribution requirements and may not be taken NNG (non-graded option) at Haverford, CR/NCR at Bryn Mawr or Swarthmore, or P/F at the University of Pennsylvania

FOR INFORMATION ON THE LANGUAGE PLACEMENT EXAMS:

Please keep in mind that in order to help us place you at the level which is best suited to your preparation and potential, you are expected to give your best effort while taking the exam, under the principles of the Haverford Honor Code.

Students who have never taken these languages do not need to take the placement test.

Chinese Placement Exam: There are two parts to this exam.  One part needs to be completed online by August 10, 2012. The second part will be completed on Thursday, August 30th, the day after you arrive on campus.  Please read the instructions at:   www.brynmawr.edu/eastasian/chinese.html You will find the placement instructions at the bottom of the page.

Spanish Placement Exam – will be available online from Sunday, August 12th until Sunday, August 26th at midnight through Moodle at Spanish Placement Test Fall 2012 .

Students who are planning or just considering enrollment in a Spanish course at Haverford or Bryn Mawr College at any point in the future must take the Placement Test.     The online Spanish Placement Test must be taken before arriving on campus, even if students are not planning on taking Spanish during the first year.

Students who have never taken Spanish do not need to take the placement test.   There will be an Elementary Spanish section reserved for absolute beginners.

French Placement Exam -  Available at:    webcape.byuhtrsc.org/?acct=haverford (the password is: paris-dakar).

German Placement Exam – Will be available on campus on Thursday, August 30th at 8:30 AM.   Consult your Customs Week Schedule for the exact time and place.

Japanese Placement exam – Will be available on campus on Thursday, August 30th at 8:30 AM. Consult your Customs Week Schedule for the exact time and place.

Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin and Russian – There are no formal placement exams for these languages.  Students will be able to speak with faculty representing these departments at the Academic Fair taking place on Monday, September 3rd. or by arranging an appointment to meet with the faculty teaching the introductory class during the shopping period, Sept.4-7.  Students who have never taken these languages do not need to take the placement test.

When choosing your courses for the first semester, you will probably need information about the level at which you should enter a particular field of study. This process is known as “Placement.” In areas where you are particularly well prepared, you may be placed into intermediate rather than beginning level courses. Where no placement exam is given, an interview with the department chair can determine your status.

Most of the placement exams and surveys are available on line this summer and should be completed by August 9.   I encourage you to complete them before you arrive on campus so  your adviser has the placement results when you meet and you can take advantage of all that Customs Week offers and.    Some language placement exams are only available when you arrive at Haverford during Customs Week.  If you are not able to complete the online tests, please contact your Dean, Raisa Williams (rwilliam@haverford.edu) or 610-896-1293.

One other thing to keep in mind about placement exams and their results is that credit and placement are separate issues at the College.  High scores on AP exams will carry credit but will not automatically assure advanced standing in a particular subject.  Such placement depends upon judgments made by the departments concerned after testing or interviews.  Advanced placement on exams administered during Customs Week or on line does not carry credit.  In other words, although students may receive both credit and advanced placement in a given subject, it is perfectly common to receive one without the other.  The two processes are independent of each other.

Please remember that in order to help us place you at the level which is best suited to your preparation and potential, you are expected to give your best effort while taking the exam, under the principles of the Haverford Honor Code.

Information on Language Placement Exams will be coming soon via a blog next week.

Other placement exams available:

Mathematics: blogs.haverford.edu/survey/index.php?sid=99896&newtest=Y&lang=en

Physics: www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/placement.php.

Chemistry: www.haverford.edu/chem/dept/placement/exam.php

Economics:  www.haverford.edu/economics/docs/economics-placement.doc