Are you trying to find the path to your career (or just a job after graduation)?

Well, come to Meherry Hall on Monday night, October 9 from 7:30-8:30pm for the GOLDen Paths event sponsored by the GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Council.

A panel of four young alumni will be back on campus to talk about the path their career has taken, and provide their thoughts regarding the on-campus opportunities they found helpful to them while at DePauw.

Our four alumni panelists are:

Kyle Salyers is a 1996 graduate of DePauw, who majored in Sociology. Kyle is the Executive Director of Advancing Indiana and Special Consultant to the President of Indiana University for Economic Development.

Jason Kreag is a 1997 graduate of DePauw, who majored in Economics. Jason recently put his law practice on hold to return to DePauw as the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach.

Ashley Barnett is a 2002 graduate of DePauw University, who majored in Sociology. Ashley is currently a Family Case Manager with the Indiana Department of Family and Children.

Tara Fleck (Bevington) is a 2003 graduate of DePauw, who majored in Communication. Tara is currently the Campaign Director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Michael Bogers, a 2001 graduate of DePauw and current President of the GOLD Council, will moderate the panel. Students will be given the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session following the remarks of the panel.

For more information, please contact Patrick Lane at x4158.

Reminder of deadline to submit letters for Faculty Interim Reviews

The following faculty members will be considered for interim reviews during the fall of 2006.  If you have information you would like to share about your experience with any of these faculty members, please write to the Committee On Faculty (a faculty-governed committee which makes recommendations to the President regarding personnel decision), c/o Carol Cox, Academic Affairs, 305 Harrison Hall, or via email: COFcoord@depauw.edu by Monday, October 9.

Interim Reviews
Jennifer Adams – Communication & Theatre
Robert Dewey – History
Andrew Ellett – Mathematics
Jason Fuller – Religious Studies
Jinyu Liu – Classical Studies
Richard Martoglio – Chemistry & Biochemistry
Lori Miles – Art

Announcement of Faculty Promotion Reviews for 2006-07
The following faculty members will be considered for promotion review this academic year.
 
Professor
James Benedix – Biology
Melanie Finney – Communication & Theatre
Jeffrey Kenney – Religious Studies
Mitch Merback – Art
James Mills – Geosciences
Craig Paré – School of Music
Pamela Propsom – Psychology

Associate Professor
Aaron Dziubinskyj – Modern Languages
Jamie Stockton – Education Studies

With rank of Associate Professor
Caroline Gilson – Library

If you have information you would like to share about your experience with any of these faculty members, please write to the Committee On Faculty (a faculty-governed committee which makes recommendations to the President regarding personnel decision), c/o Carol Cox, Academic Affairs, 305 Harrison Hall, or via email to COFcoord@depauw.edu by Monday, November 13, 2006.

Announcement of Faculty Reviews for Spring 2007
The following faculty member will be considered for review during the spring of 2007.
 
Tenure
Henning Schneider – Biology

If you have information you would like to share about your experience with this faculty member, please write to the Committee On Faculty (a faculty-governed committee which makes recommendations to the President regarding personnel decision), c/o Carol Cox, Academic Affairs, 305 Harrison Hall, or via email to COFcoord@depauw.edu by Monday, January 29, 2007.

Because of the University open file policy, the candidate will see all such submissions. Thus, you are asked either to indicate your awareness of this in your letter, or to complete an open file form which can be obtained at http://www.depauw.edu/acad/facgov/COF.asp or in the Office of Academic Affairs, 305 Harrison Hall. The most helpful letters report first-hand experience and support opinions or judgments with specific details.

Hartman House Alternative Fall Break Service Trip

There is one more interest meeting for the Alternative Fall Break Service Trip at 4:30pm today (Wednesday) in Terrace Room C in the Union Building (by the Ballroom). We're going to Biloxi, MS to gut / rebuild houses to help victims move back into their homes and into their lives.

Come learn how to affect lives in a meaningful way while having a great time. When was the last chance you had to help people by ripping down walls and using sledge hammers on kitchen sinks?

For an application and trip information, email Carter Johnson.

The short application is due by 3pm on Thursday.

From the Bronx to Bahia:
Culture, Democracy and the Struggle for Human Rights in the Black Americas

A speaker series organized by Kwame Dixon, Visiting Professor of Black Studies
Sponsored by Black Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Dr. Donna M. Goldstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Tuesday, October 3
Watson Forum at 4:15pm

Dr. Goldstein is currently working on a long-term project that investigates HIV/AIDS pharmaceutical politics in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, comparing issues of national sovereignty, globalization, and gender politics as they manifest in these three distinct settings. This project has evolved out of her Brazil research and her ongoing interests in nationalism, global capitalism, body politics and medical anthropology. Dr. Goldstein will speak on race, class, sex and violence in a shantytown of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Judaism Unmasked
October 4
Watson Forum at 4:15pm
Adam Cohen, advisor to Hillel, leads this session for anyone interested in ending anti-Semitism and learning more about Jewish faith and culture.

The Hump: Judaisum Unmasked
12:30-1:30pm
October 4
DePauw Union Memorial Lounge (the Fishbwol)
Adam Cohen, advisor to Hillel, leads this session for anyone interested in ending anti-Semitism and learning more about Jewish faith and culture.

The HUMP: A Weekly Program of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Midday, Midweek, Middle of campus. Free Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwiches (Courtesy of Sodexho).

Everyone is  welcome: all students, faculty, staff, and members of the community. 
Stay for an hour or as long as you'd like. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Office of Spiritual Life, and DePauw Hillel.

11:30am-1:30pm: Winter Term & Off-Campus Study Information Table; UB Balcony

4pm: Winter Term Internship Information Session; 210 Harrison Hall

5pm: The Black and Gold Student Alumni Meeting; UB Terrace Room A

8pm - 106 East College - Winter Term Internship Information Session

8am-2pm: Annual Depression Screening Day; Lobby of the Union Building

Noon: Women in Science luncheon; Olin Auditorium

12:15-1:15pm: Leadership Luncheon (Sophomores)/ Who’s Who; Reese Hall Lobby

12:45 - 1:45pm Healthy Living Class Series; Women’s Center

4pm: Dr. Curtis/"Wildlife Forensics: Wildlife Science Meets the Law: A Crossroads or a Roundabout?;" Olin Auditorium

5:30 - 7:30pm: Career Night/Alumni Helping You Succeed; UB Ballroom and Terrace Rooms

7:30 - 9pm: DePauw Chamber Singers ; Free and open to public. FREE FOOD AFTER CONCERT! Thompson Recital Hall, PAC

8pm: Outdoor Recreation Club (interest meeting); outside of the Hub

9 - 11pm: Jazz at the Duck; The Fluttering Duck, Walden Inn. DePauw professor and Indianapolis bassist Jack Helsley leads a performance by his contemporary trio 3rd Man.

9:30pm: Senior Night Live; The Rock House (18 S. Jackson)

1:00 - 3:00 pm: Flu Shots (students); Women's Center

Due by 4 pm : Off-Campus Study Spring 2007 Course Credit Forms due to the Durham House

All day event: Be sure to wear your gold shirt when you support the football team at the
Old Gold game.

1 - 2:30 pm: DePauw University Chorus: Gabriel Crouch, director; Kresge, PAC

2 - 4pm: Music of the 21st Century: Symposium "Music as Politics;" Thompson Recital Hall, PAC

3 - 4:30 pm: Faculty Recital: Hye-Seon Choi, piano; Thompson Recital Hall, PAC

6 - 9pm: Vocal Master Class with Guest Artist and Alumnus Thomas Cooley, tenor; Thompson Recital Hall; PAC

7:30 - 9pm: Guest Artist Recital: Thomas Cooley, tenor; Thompson Recital Hall, PAC

Noon - 5pm: HeiferFest: Charity Putt Putt Tournament (18 hole); Memorial Student Union

1 - 3pm: Flu Shots (students); Women's Center

3pm: Greek Fact-Finding Commission Report, Meeting for Faculty Members; Walden Inn

12:15 pm: Career Services Event/Starting Your Job Search;106 East College

12:15 - 1pm: The computer science department is hosting a pizza lunch for students who may be interested in taking a computer science class this spring. This includes all current majors and minors, students who are currently in a computer science class and who may wish to take another class, and students who may be interested in starting their computer science education this spring. The lunch will introduce faculty members who are new to the department and will give attendees a chance to meet faculty and other interested students while learning about spring course offerings; Julian Auditorium (room 147).

If you are interested in attending please RSVP to Dave Berque by noon on Monday, October 9. Feel free to include a vote for your favorite pizza topping as part of the email.

4pm: Housing Lottery Task Force; Terrace Rooms A & B

6:45pm: Career Services Events/Successfully Applying to Law School; 106 East College

7pm: Greek Fact-Finding Commission Report, Meeting for Students; Meharry Hall

7pm: Rho Gamma Rush Meeting; Reese Hall Lobby. For any upperclassmen women interested in rushing Rho Gamma Meeting. Informational meeting about rushing as an upperclassmen and introduction to your rho gammas. Questions/ Concerns: E-mail khamer@depauw.edu or nholtzinger@depauw.edu.

7pm: Career Services Event/Interview Skills workshop, 301 Harrison Hall

8pm: Winter Term Internship Information Session; 106 East College