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Week of December 5th

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1. Finals Week Office Hours!

2.HOLIDAY GALA

3. BMS/EHS GSO 2nd Movie Night

4. Social Welfare Student Association Speaker ART RGSO MOVIE SCREENING

5. Initiatives for Women(IFW) Awards

6. Bengali Translators Needed Summer Job 2012 in Mexico Coordinating Teaching English to Maya

7. Office of Graduate Studies, Brown Bag Luncheon Series: Seeing the Light: It’s About the Journey

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1. Finals Week Office Hours!

Starting THIS Thursday, December 8th through Friday the 16th, the GSO will be open from 11 - 5pm. We will be closed throughout winter break and reopen at the start of the Spring semester. See you all then!

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2. HOLIDAY GALA

There will be a Holiday Gala for all graduate students on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in the Campus Center room 375 from 3:00pm-5:00pm. There will be games, prizes, and food! Please RSVP by Monday, December 5, 2011. We hope to see you there! Co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Organization

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3.BMS/EHS GSO 2nd Movie Night

The BMS/EHS GSO presents the 2nd Movie Night of the fall semester. Movie: Christmas Vacation Date: December 7th at 6pm Location: Massry Conference Center, Cancer Research Center, East Campus Refreshments will be provided. Join us for movie and Pizza. Your GSO funds at work!

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4.ART RGSO MOVIE SCREENING

The Collector Thursday, December 8th, 6pm Boor Sculpture Studio, All Purpose Room (main gallery) The Collector explores the 46-year career of Allan Stone, the famed New York City gallery owner and art collector. Producer and director Olympia Stone reveals her father’s compulsive collecting genius while telling the parallel story of his lifelong journey through the art world from the 1950s to 2006. Viewers are taken on an extraordinary path inside one man’s obsessive submersion in art and its influence on the artists, art dealers and family members with whom he worked and lived. ****************************************************************************

5. Initiatives for Women(IFW) Awards

Initiatives For Women (IFW) benefits women students, faculty, and staff - and the University at Albany and our community as a whole - by providing them the means to advance their educational and professional goals. IFW awards, generally $500. to $1500., enhance the educational and career opportunities for women students, staff and faculty. These awards provide monetary awards for women pursuing education or research in any discipline. Some awards are specific for individuals planning a career in medicine, science, law, government, social welfare, and other areas. IFW awards also support any University person or group developing a program for the advancement of women or women concerns. Past recipients have used IFW funding to support a variety of endeavors including study abroad projects, research travel, speakers' fees and training attendance at conferences or training workshops. IFW applications are available online at http://www.albany.edu/ifw/ The 2012 due date is March 2, 2012. If you or someone you know has questions about the IFW application process, please contact Carol Anne Germain - via email at cgermain@albany.edu or phone 442-3590.

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6. Summer Job 2012 in Mexico Coordinating Teaching English to Maya

Job Opening in TESL / Teaching English Service Learning* Position: Program Coordinator or Assistant Director for Summer 2012 Title, responsibilities, and wage dependent upon qualifications and potential OSEA is the Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology. SELT is the School of Experimental Language Training. Remuneration includes: Housing & food during program, stipend, travel to location Ideal Candidate: Graduate student in Second Language Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Bi-Lingual Education, Anthropology, Latin/American Studies, Spanish, Performance Studies or related fields Work Activities are ideal to be developed into a MA Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation Period of Employment: On-site: Full time during program plus 1 week prior to start date & 5 days post-program Off-site prior to summer program : variable. Application: Please send a current vita, three letters of recommendation, and a cover letter explaining your interest in and qualifications for the position, including discussion of any relevant experiences and how this position fits into your larger professional goals and personal agenda. If available please send any relevant publications, research prospectus/proposals, drafts of thesis/dissertation chapters, or other audio/visual products or documentation that demonstrates your experience, expertise or qualifications. Materials that must be returned will be at the cost of the applicant and should be sent with instructions for such. Follow up interviews will be scheduled and conducted via skype video call. Please send hard copies to Quetzil Castañeda, 2244 Martha Street, Bloomington IN 47408. In addition, an electronic version of your cover letter and vita must be sent to quetzil@osea-cite.org The position for Summer 2012 is now open until filled. Applications are being accepted and reviewed upon receipt. Summer 2012 Program dates are: June 17 through July 28, 2012 ___________________________ Quetzil E. Castañeda Lecturer, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Indiana University Research Associate in Anthropology, Indiana University Director and Associate Professor, OSEA 812.669.1369 quetzil@osea-cite.org www.osea-cite.org

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7. Office of Graduate Studies, Brown Bag Luncheon Series: Seeing the Light: It’s About the Journey

Presenter: Betty P. Shadrick, Ph.D, Assistant Dean Graduate Studies Rm: Terrace Lounge December 7, 12 - 1:30pm The semester is drawing to a close, and now you are coming down to the finish line. Papers, research projects, class presentations, and exams all loom ahead. During this time, you may questioned if you can stay the course, and complete all the requirements without losing your sanity and peace of mind. Come to this workshop and acquire some techniques to help you finish strong, healthy and in control. Refreshments will be served courtesy of the GSO.

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