DOCUMENTARY STUDIES FACULTY MEMBER NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARD
Freeheld, a film by faculty member Cynthia Wade, has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Short Documentary category.
Freeheld chronicles Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester’s struggle to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. A 25-year veteran of the police force of Ocean County, New Jersey, Hester spent the last year of her life battling for justice for the woman she loved.
Cynthia Wade teaches cinematography in the graduate Certificate program in Documentary Media studies at The New School. She directed and shot Shelter Dogs, an award-winning HBO documentary that was broadcast in seven countries, and directed and edited the award-winning 1999 Cinemax documentary Grist for the Mill. Wade was also coproducer and cinematographer of the 1998 PBS documentary Taken In: The Lives of America’s Foster Children, winner of the prestigious duPont Columbia Award for Excellence in Journalism. She has worked as director of photography for PBS, HBO/Cinemax, A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, MTV, AMC, Oxygen, and TNT. Wade has made dozens of films for corporate and nonprofit clients, including Intel, the National Guard, and the Job Corps.
THE INDIA CHINA INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE NEW 2008-2010 FELLOWS
The India China Institute has appointed its second round of 20 distinguished fellows who will work together over the next two years to reshape the discourse on India-China relations, collaborating about common problems to produce creative solutions.
This year’s distinguished fellows include emerging leaders from academia, the media, environmental activism, legal fields, and the private and public sectors. There are five fellows from both India and China, five faculty experts from The New School, and five students.
Between 2008 and 2010, the fellows will participate in two-week intensive residencies in each country to examine prosperity and inequality. The first residency will take place this March at The New School in New York City in conjunction with the upcoming international conference, “Prosperity and Inequality: Debates in India and China.”
To learn more about the fellows, visit the India China Website.
University News
THE CREDIT CRISIS AND CENTRAL BANKS: FUTURE RISKS
The crisis of summer 2007 involved hugely successful financial instruments and new markets. These arose from the credit sector, which has been the center of financial innovation since 2000. How did such liquid markets and successful instruments create so much volatility all of a sudden? Financial engineering explanations of this puzzle have been put forward, but the real answer lies not in finance but in monetary policy.
On Tuesday, February 12, Bob Kerrey, President of The New School, and Professor Salih Neftci, director of the Global Finance master’s program at The New School for Social Research, discuss these innovations and the way monetary policy has shaped the dynamics of this crisis.
The talk will take place in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are required; call Alicia King at 212.229.5662 x3568 or email specialevents@newschool.edu.
Information on the Global Finance program can be found on The New School website.
LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY:
SEMINAR ON THE NEW SCHOOL
The Seminar on the University is a series of discussions designed to inform the New School community about university policies and initiatives. The presenter of the seminar prepares a paper intended as a springboard for discussion.
The second paper for this academic year, entitled “Overview of Information Technology: Operations and Questions and Answers with IT Staff,” will be presented by Shelly Reed, senior vice president for Information Technology.
The seminar will take place on Thursday, February 21, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.
No discussion paper will be available for this seminar.
The remaining seminars scheduled for the 2007–08 academic year are “Developing the 2008–09 University Operating Budget,” presented by Nancy Stier, vice president for Budget and Planning, on Thursday, March 20, and “Campus Security: Crisis and Continuity Program,” presented by James Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Tom Iliceto, director of Security; and Gabrielle Sbano, assistant director of Security, on Thursday, April 17.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
FACULTY MEMBER NINA L. KHRUSHCHEVA PUBLISHES NEW BOOK
Nina L. Khrushcheva, associate professor in the graduate program in International Affairs at The New School, has published a new book, Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics.
Vladimir Nabokov’s exile to the West after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution allowed him to take a crucial literary journey, leaving behind the closed society of nineteenth-century Russia and arriving in the extreme openness of 20th-century America. In works such as Pale Fire, Pnin, and Ada, or Ardor, Nabokov reinterpreted the traditions of Russian fiction, shifting emphasis from personal misery and communal life to the notion of forging one’s own “happy” destiny.
In her book, Khrushcheva offers the novel hypothesis that the work of this Russian-turned-American is highly relevant to the political transformation underway in Russia today. She contends that Nabokov’s work suggests ways to cope with the advent of democracy, capitalism, and open borders. She discusses the cultural and social realities of contemporary Russia that Nabokov foresaw a half-century earlier, finding in his novels a useful guide for Russia’s integration into the globalized world.
Nina L. Khrushcheva is associate professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs and senior fellow of the World Policy Institute at The New School. She is also a contributor to and an editor of the Window on Russia monthly series for Project Syndicate: Association of Newspapers Around the World (www.project-syndicate.org/series/6/description). [Is this URL going to be turned into a hyperlink?] After receiving her PhD from Princeton University, she had a two-year appointment as a research fellow at the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Khrushcheva’s articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, The Nation, the Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, the Financial Times and other international publications. She is is currently working on a new book, Russia’s Gulag of the Mind.
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA CELEBRATES ALICE QUINN’S 20 YEARS AT THE NEW YORKER
An evening celebrating the poet Alice Quinn and her two decades as poetry editor of the New Yorker will be held on Thursday, February 21, at 7:00 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Poetry Society of America, the Academy of American Poets, and the New School Writing Program; participants include Henri Cole, Deborah Garrison, Eamon Grennan, Dennis Nurkse, Vijay Sheshardi, and Jean Valentine.
The event will take place in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free; no tickets or reservations are required; seating is first come, first served.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
THE ROBERT HEILBRONER MEMORIAL LECTURE ON THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM:
HOW THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST UNDERMINES COMMUNITY
Robert Heilbroner wrote, “Capitalism’s uniqueness in history lies in its continuously self-generated change, but it is this very dynamism that is the system’s chief enemy.” In recognition of what Heilbroner identified as “the deep human need to be situated with respect to the future,” The New School sponsors an annual lecture series in his memory that focuses on the future of capitalism.
On Thursday, February 14, the third annual Robert Heilbroner Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Stephen Marglin, Walter S. Barker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and author of The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community.
The event will take place from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required; call 212.229.5901 x4911 or email cepa@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIbERAL ARTS
LANG FACULTY MEMBER PAUL KOTTMAN PUBLISHES NEW BOOK
A Politics of the Scene a new book written by Paul A. Kottman, assistant professor of comparative literature at Eugene Lang College, was published by Stanford University Press last month.
Juxtaposing readings of three plays by Shakespeare and two major treatises in political philosophy—Plato’s Republic and Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan—Kottman contests the figural ground from which political philosophy emerges and suggests that a Shakespearean sense of the “scene” might open up new avenues for thinking about politics. A Politics of the Scene builds on the reflections of Hannah Arendt and offers a speculative approach to politics that abandons taxonomical and scientific ambitions in order to finally reckon with the world as a stage.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
CAMPAIGN 2008: URBAN ISSUES AND THE NATIONAL AGENDA
Are urban issues on the national agenda? If not, how can we get them there? Join the Center for New York City Affairs and Milano for a breakfast conversation about urban policy and the presidential race on Wednesday, February 20 from 9:00–10:30 a.m. in the Henry Cohen Conference Room, Fanton Hall, 72 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor.
Moderated by Bob Hardt, political director, NY1 News. Speakers include Representive Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH); Tom Kamber, adjunct professor of poltics and advocacy, Milano; and Hank Sheinkopf, president and CEO, Sheinkopf Communications.
Admission to this event is fre,; but seating is limited. Reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
MANNES ORCHESTRA PRESENTS CONCERTS AT CARNEGIE HALL AND BARD COLLEGE
Renowned pianist and Mannes faculty member Vladimir Feltsman will perform as soloist with the Mannes Orchestra in the second of its two Carnegie Hall appearances in the 2007–08 season. The first portion of the program on Tuesday, February 19 at 8:00 p.m. will feature Mr. Feltsman in J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor (conducted by Mr. Feltsman from the piano) and Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and Strings.
The second portion of the program will be the New York City premiere of 2007–08 Mannes composer-in-residence Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto for Orchestra, under the direction of Mannes’s director of orchestral and conducting studies, David Hayes. The Times of London said, “It is rare to witness a big new orchestral piece being acclaimed as Concerto for Orchestra was cheered on Friday after its first British performance.” Tickets to the concert are free, and can be obtained by calling CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800.
The Mannes Orchestra will also perform Higdon’s Concerto for Orchestra and Mozart’s Wind Serenade No. 10 “Grand Partita,” K. 361 at a free performance at the Fisher Center of Bard College on Saturday, February 16 at 8:00 p.m. under the direction of David Hayes.
For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
RANDOM ACTS KICKS OFF THIS MONTH
The New School for Drama’s RANDOM ACTS One-Act Play Festival begins its six-weekend run on Thursday, February 14. Audiences are invited to experience work by some of the best of the school’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free and open to the public, the plays are presented every other week and include both classic and contemporary works, ranging from Tennessee Williams’ 27 Wagons Full of Cotton to Julia Cho’s 100 Most Beautiful Names of Todd. The festival will also feature seven new works by Drama’s third-year playwrights, to be presented in the last two weeks.
The opening weekend will feature these plays:
- Katie and Frank by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Malinda Sorci; with Kathleen Choe and Mark Thomas
- Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen by Tennessee Williams, directed by David T. Little; with Ross Beshear and Eleanor Handley
- The Lover by Harold Pinter, directed by Andreas C. Tselepos; with Jenni Banerjee, Lawrence George, and Federico Trigo
- Trifles by Susan Glaspell, directed by Daniel Fischer; with Mike Keller, Brad W. Kirton, Betsy Sanders, Danielle Treuberg, and Patrick Williams
- Bedtime Story by Sean O’Casey, directed by Moira Boag; with Robert Patrick Allen, Francesca Bove, Axy Carrion, and Faust Checho
The festival will run through April 26, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free, and seating is first come, first served. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances will take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.
Schedule and plays are subject to change on the basis of rights availability. Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for the complete schedule and more information.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
FEBRUARY IS STUDENT ENSEMBLE MONTH AT SWEET RHYTHM
New School Jazz musicians take the stage every Monday night at Sweet Rhythm, an historic Greenwich Village jazz club. February is Student Ensemble month.
This exciting series of performances features:
- February 11: Jose Valente’s NY Quintet at 8:00 p.m., Purple Blues at 10:00 p.m.
- February 18: Dancing Wu at 8:00 p.m., Luke Schneiders’ Off The Wagon at 10:00 p.m.
- February 25: Claude Rosen Trio at 8:00 p.m., Michael Stein and Thana Pavelic at 10:00 p.m.
Sweet Rhythm is located at 88 Seventh Avenue (between Bleecker and Grove Streets). General admission is $10 cover with a $10 food and drink minimum. There is no cover and a $5 food and drink minimum for New School students with ID. For reservations and more information, contact Sweet Rhythm at 212.255.3626.
UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
CLASS SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 18
In observance of Presidents’ Day, the university will be closed on Monday, February 18. Please note: this does not apply to Mannes.
There will be an additional class schedule change during the week of February 18. This change is necessary in order to satisfy the required number of class sessions for the academic semester.
Please note the following change:
Tuesday, February 19: Tuesday classes will not meet. Instead, any class that regularly meets on Monday will meet on Tuesday, February 19 at the regular times and locations. Please confirm class schedules with your instructors.
Please note: this also does not apply to Mannes.
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
THE BEST DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE THEATER TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting fall theater season is about to get under way: Why pay $100, when you can pay $28-$32 for Broadway shows and $22-$24 for Off-Broadway shows? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $25, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for less than $32 per ticket include: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, Martin Short, The Wedding Singer, 42nd Street, Aida, American Ballet Theatre, Anna in the Tropics, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Barbara Cook's Broadway, Beauty & the Beast, Beckett/Albee, Big Apple Circus, Cabaret, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, Golda's Balcony, Gypsy, Hamburg Ballet , I Am My Own Wife, Intimate Apparel, Jazz in July, Johnny Guitar, Lincoln Center Summer Festival, Little Shop of Horrors, London Symphony Orchestra, Lypsinka!, Match, Matt and Ben, Menopause: The Musical, Mostly Mozart, NYC Ballet, NYC Opera, Our Lady of 121st Street, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sexaholix, Take Me Out, Talking Heads, Tea and Five, The Retreat From Moscow, Twentieth Century, and Wonderful Town. So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
NEW YORK TIMES DISCOUNTS
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.00 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
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CATCH THE LATEST EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FOR FREE
Did you know that you could get into this exciting museum for free? In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests. Enjoy!
UPCOMING EVENTS
TICKETS: In person purchases can be made at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday–Friday 1:00–7:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester.
THE SCULPTURECENTER LECTURES AT THE NEW SCHOOL:
A SUBJECTIVE HISTORY OF SCULPTURE WITH HUMA BHABHA
Monday, February 11, 6:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, presents The SculptureCenter Lectures at The New School, a 3-part series on the history, conventions, and legacy of sculpture. The first of three presenters is Huma Bhabha. Born in Pakistan and based in Poughkeepsie, New York, Bhabha creates sculptures which evoke primeval, ritualistic personae and depict inhabitants of a post-apocalyptic world. Her work was featured in Greater New York 2005 at P.S. 1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center and in the New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 2006.
FICTION FORUM: MARTHA MCPHEE AND MICHAEL LOWENTHAL
Monday, February 11, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Martha McPhee, author of L’America, and Michael Lowenthal, author of Charity Girl read and discuss their work. Moderated by Helen Schulman, fiction coordinator, the Writing Program
POLITICAL SCIENCE TUESDAY NIGHT COLLOQUIUM: ANNA MARIE SMITH
Tuesday, February 12 - Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-7:45 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served.
Anna Marie Smith, Cornell University, will speak on DuBois's "Black Aristocracy' as the Legislator: The Dilemmas of Race Leadership in the Philadelphia Negro and the Souls of Black Folk".
The talk will lastapproximately 40 minutes followed by questions and discussion.
POETRY FORUM: NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER
Tuesday, February 12, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Nicholas Christopher, poet, novelist, and author of Atomic Field: Two Poems, reads and discusses his work. Moderated by David Lehman, poetry coordinator, the Writing Program.
ECSTASY: MDMA AS A PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC ADJUNCT
Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Machinist Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served.
Wine and cheese will be served.
Dr. Julie Holland, assistant professor of psychiatry at NYU medical school, speaks about MDMA (Ecstasy) and its uses in psychology and psychiatry. She discusses MDMA's objective and subjective effects, and how these effects lend themselves to the psychotherapeutic experience. Current MDMA research from around the world will be presented.
The event is sponsored by The New School Psychology Society
AAS EVENING INFO SESSION
Tuesday, February 12, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Swayduck Auditorium, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served.
Please register, if you are planning on attending. If you can’t make it to the event, you can attend one of our regular information sessions, held every day except Thursday at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. For more information contact email Parsons Admissions at parsadm@newschool.edu, or call 212-229-8989.
Join us for an evening event offering information on our AAS programs, including the new online program in Fashion Marketing.
Find out everything you need to know about our courses in Interior Design, Graphic Design, Fashion Studies, and Fashion Marketing. Meet with AAS faculty and representatives from Admissions, Financial Aid, Career Services, and Housing. Parsons faculty will discuss the AAS degrees and our programs in Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion Studies, and Fashion Marketing. You can also learn about the online AAS program in Fashion Marketing, being offered at Parsons for the first time.
Parsons staff will be on hand to discuss the application process and requirements, financial aid, living in our dorms, and working with Career Services and to provide information for international students.
We’ll take your questions while warming you up with coffee, pastries, and other refreshments.
INDIA AND CHINA: CHANGING GIANTS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM
Wednesday, February 13, 5:30-8:00 p.m.
Henry Cohen Conference Room, Fanton Hall, 72 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor
Admission: Free; seating is limited; reservations required by emailing. Email indiachina@newschool.edu.
Sanjay Reddy discusses the global implications of India’s changing economic position. Jeffrey Wasserstrom presents a cultural analysis of the current situation in China, at a time when the forces of economic and cultural globalization have been transforming patterns of urban life in numerous ways.
FICTION FORUM: LEE SIEGEL
Wednesday, February 13, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The Writing Program presents a reading and discussion with Lee Siegel, author of Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. Moderated by Robert Polito, director, the Writing Program.
APERTURE FOUNDATION AT THE NEW SCHOOL PRESENTS CONFOUNDING EXPECTATIONS:
PHOTOGRAPHY IN CONTEXT - PARALLEL WORLDS EXPLORATIONS IN “SECOND LIFE”
Wednesday, February 13, 7:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Presented in association with the first of a series of articles in Aperture wherein Fred Ritchin explores “postphotographic” media and emerging technology, this discussion focuses on the 3D virtual world Second Life, created entirely online by its residents. Panelists include Fred Ritchin, NYU professor and a contributing editor of Aperture; Michael Van Horn, curator of the Joseph Monsen Collection in Seattle, who has organized shows about and within Second Life; and other artists creating work within (and beyond) this space. This panel is presented by the Aperture Foundation in collaboration with the Photography Department of Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, with generous support from the Kettering Family Foundation and the Henry Nias Foundation.
This program is made possible in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
LANG COLLEGE'S COFFEE HOUSE CABARET
Thursday, February 14, 6:30 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Take a few hours out of your study or work schedule and join Lang College at the first monthly Coffeehouse of 2008. The Coffeehouse Cabaret features evenings of music, dance, poetry, visual art, and video shorts by Lang students. Bring your friends and join the New School community in a casual coffeehouse atmosphere, with great performances, raffled prizes, food, and café drinks. After the show, the floor is open for all to perform individually or spontaneously mix! Joinus for the first Coffeehouse Cabaret with a special Valentine’s Day theme.
THE NEW SCHOOL CELEBRATES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Thursday, February 14, 8:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $10;$7 for all New Schoolstudents, faculty, staff, and alumni with ID.Ticket package available with New School ID only: $10 for both A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer and The Vagina Monologues.
For more information about these events, please email vday@newschool.edu or call 212.229.5687.
V-Day Performances at The New School
Come see the all-star New School ensemble cast in performances of The Vagina Monologues, in celebration of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of founder Eve Ensler’s award-winning play.
To date, the V-Day movement has raised more than $50 million and educated millions about violence against women and efforts to end it. The movement has created international educational and media campaigns; launched Karama, a partnership with nine Middle Eastern and North African countries; and funded thousands of community-based antiviolence programs and safe houses in places ranging from South Dakota to Kenya, Egypt, and Iraq. The V in V-Day stands for victory, valentine, and vagina.
The V-Day events at The New School are made possible by the generous support of Career Development, the Lang Student Union, the Office of Intercultural Support, the Office of the Vice President for Student Services, the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, the Student Activities Finance Committee, the Office of Student Development and Activities, Student Disability Services, Student Support and Crisis Management, and the University Diversity Initiative.
FRIDAYS@ONE/LIBERAL POWER: DOROTHY SCHIFF AND THE NEW YORK POST
Friday, February 15, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; seating is limited; reservations required by calling or emailing. Phone 212-229-5682. or email irp@newschool.edu.
For almost four decades—from 1939 to 1976—Dorothy Schiff was the owner of the New York Post, the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the United States. Under Schiff, the Post was a dedicated supporter of New Deal liberalism in the country while maintaining its distinct personality as a chatty, somewhat parochial New York tabloid. Born in 1903 into a distinguished German Jewish banking family in New York City, Schiff used her charm, fortune, and social connections in the service of her paper, becoming one of the most dynamic newspaper publishers of her day.
Marilyn Nissenson has written and produced television documentaries and co-authored six books. Nissenson moved to New York right after college. She remembers reading the New York Times for its news coverage and Dorothy Schiff’s Post for everything else.
VEXED URBANIZATION: DESIGN AND THE SOCIAL
Friday, February 15, 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Wolff Conference Room, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; seating is limited; reservations required by calling or emailing. Phone 212 206-3524. or email gpiaevents@newschool.edu.
A panel of architects and social scientists explore the phenomenon of Shenzhen, China's fastest-growing city, and other cities being created around the world. Participants include David Harvey, geographer and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York (CUNY); Keller Easterling, architect and associate professor, Yale University School of Architecture; Grahame Shane, architect and faculty member, Columbia and Cooper Union Schools of Architecture; Mary Ann O’Donnell, anthropologist and research associate, College of Arts, Shenzhen University; Brian McGrath, architect and associate professor, Parsons The New School for Design; Jonathan Bach, associate director and associate professor, graduate program in International Affairs, The New School; Vyjayanthi Rao, assistant professor of anthropology, The New School for Social Research; and Adriana Abdenur, assistant professor of International Affairs, The New School. This event is sponsored by the graduate program in International Affairs and is presented in conjunction with an exhibition on urban villages at the Parsons Architecture Gallery.
MEDIA STUDIES VIDEO SHOW
Friday, February 15, 8:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Each semester, students in the Master of Arts in Media Studies program screen their works, ranging from documentaries to experimental video. To see excerpts of works from previous semesters, visit http://newschool.edu/mediastudies/video.
THE NEW SCHOOL CELEBRATES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Friday, February 15, 8:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $10 general public; $7 for all New School students, faculty, staff, and alumni with ID. Ticket package available with New School ID only: $10 for both A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer and The Vagina Monologues. For more information about these events, please email vday@newschool.edu or call 212.229.5687.
V-Day Performances at The New School
Come see the all-star New School ensemble cast in performances of The Vagina Monologues, in celebration of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls that raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of founder Eve Ensler’s award-winning play.
To date, the V-Day movement has raised more than $50 million and educated millions about violence against women and efforts to end it. The movement has created international educational and media campaigns; launched Karama, a partnership with nine Middle Eastern and North African countries; and funded thousands of community-based antiviolence programs and safe houses in places ranging from South Dakota to Kenya, Egypt, and Iraq. The V in V-Day stands for victory, valentine, and vagina.
The V-Day events at The New School are made possible by the generous support of Career Development, the Lang Student Union, the Office of Intercultural Support, the Office of the Vice President for Student Services, the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, the Student Activities Finance Committee, the Office of Student Development and Activities, Student Disability Services, Student Support and Crisis Management, and the University Diversity Initiative.
SCEPA WORKSHOP SERIES: MARY O'SULLIVAN
Tuesday, February 19, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
6 East 16 Street, 10th Floor, room 1009
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served. For more information call 212=229-5901 x4911 or email cepa@newschool.edu.
Mary O'Sullivan, associate professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, presents her new paper “Regulating Corporate Governance in the United States: Energized Government, Attenuated Politics.”
The Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis holds workshops throughout the academic year to promote discussion of contemporary policy and applied research issues. Workshops begins with a presentation and end with questions and discussion. Workshops are open to the public and background research papers are usually posted in advance on www.newschool.edu/cepa
WRITING FOR CHILDREN: GETTING PUBLISHED PANEL
Tuesday, February 19, 6:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Edite Kroll, literary agent; Jeanne McDermott, marketing director, Farrar Straus Giroux; and Susan Van Metre, editor, Abrams Books for Young Readers, discuss how to publish your children’s book. Moderated by Deborah Brodie, executive editor of Roaring Brook Press and visiting faculty member of the Writing Program.
NONFICTION FORUM: KENT JONES
Wednesday, February 20, 6:30 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
The New School Writing Program presents Kent Jones, author of Physical Evidence: Selected Film Criticism. Moderated by Robert Polito, director of the New School Writing Program
THE NEW SCHOOL ART COLLECTION: SELECTED WORKS
Wednesday, February 20 - Friday, June 20, 9:00 p.m.
Aronson and Kellen Galleries, Parsons South, 66 Fifth Avenue, ground floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served.
Gallery hours are: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 12:00 noon-6:00 p.m.
The New School Art Collection, reflecting the progressive philosophy of its founders, has always endeavored to explore the aesthetic and cultural concerns of our times by acquiring works produced by innovative and provocative contemporary artists. Culling from current installations throughout the campus, as well as rarely displayed works, collection curators Silvia Rocciolo and Eric Stark have selected a group of works that are seminal to the New School Art Collection. While dynamically integrated in public and private spaces within the university, the collection has not been brought together in a gallery setting in years. This exhibition is a unique opportunity to view the quality and scope of works in the collection and to bring greater visibility to the important role of the collection in the university’s academic life and the greater community.
The collection has its origins in the 1930s with the José Orozco and Thomas Hart Benton mural commissions, but was substantially augmented in the 1980s by the university’s active acquisitions policy and by generous donations from the late trustee Vera List and additional gifts from other well known collectors such as Jay Chiat
AN EVENING WITH MARIANNE WEEMS
Thursday, February 21, 6:00 p.m.
Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Marianne Weems is artistic director of the Builders Association, a cutting-edge multimedia performance company that she founded in 1994. Working with architects, engineers, visual artists, and performers, the Builders Association combines video, text, sound, architecture, and live performance to explore the interface between technology and human presence. The company is one of the most internationally active American experimental theater companies; their work has been featured at the Singapore Arts Festival, London’s Barbican Centre, the Romaeuropa Festival, the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá, and the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Weems has directed all the company’s productions, including Super Vision, featuring live actors and a virtual actor, and Alladeen, set partly in a Bangalore call center, both of which have been presented as part of the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
Weems created Jet Lag with the architects Diller and Scofidio, a team involved in the redesign of Lincoln Center. A forthcoming project is Continuous Cities, to be performed at BAM next fall. In addition to working on Builders Association productions, Marianne Weems recently collaborated with David Byrne and Fatboy Slim on a new theater/music event and conducted a multimedia performance workshop with Disney Imagineering. Weems is also the co-author of Art Matters: How the Culture Wars Changed America and a former dramaturge of the Wooster Group.
STUDENT SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIVE REMINDERS FOR STUDENTS
DEGREE STUDENTS: SCHEDULE CHANGES
To make schedule changes, get a signed add/drop form from your advisor and present it in person to the Registrar’s Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue. You must submit the form to the Registrar’s Office by the deadlines listed below:
- Last day to add a class: Monday, February 4
- Last day to drop a class: Monday, February 11
- Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W:
Graduate students at Parsons and Mannes and all undergraduates: Monday, March 10
Graduate students at all other schools: Tuesday, May 13
Want to avoid waiting in line at the Registrar's Office? Come see us in the morning, starting at 9:00 a.m.
REMINDER FOR STUDENTS COMPLETING STUDY THIS SEMESTER
Students expecting to complete their studies in May 2008 must file a Graduation Petition with the Registrar’s Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor. The university cannot confer degrees or certificates for students who have not filed a petition. Filing should be done as soon as possible. No fee will be charged to students who file by February 15. Forms are available at the Registrar’s Office and online at MyNewSchool (select the Student tab and download the Graduation Petition, which is listed under the forms section).
STUDENT ACCOUNTS INFORMATION
To ensure that you receive correspondence from The New School in a timely manner, please review your official address in MyNewSchool to make sure that it is current. If it is not, you can change your address online. This is especially important for students who are expecting to receive a refund.
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Student Employment Office has partnered with New York City Public Service Corps to provide students with off-campus Federal Work-Study opportunities in the public sector. NYC Public Service Corps is an internship program of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services committed to providing students with meaningful experiences to enhance their academic and career objectives. Law, graphic arts, education, journalism, research, and office administration are just a few of the areas available to interns. If you are eligible for Federal Work-Study and are interested in developing professional skills in a meaningful community service experience, stop by the Student Employment Office at the Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 105M.
STUDENTS: HOW TO PROVIDE VERIFICATION OF YOUR SPRING ENROLLMENT
Health insurance agencies, housing authorities, banks, or other third parties may ask you to provide verification that you are enrolled at The New School. If you registered for the
spring term prior to January 10, you can print an Official Enrollment Verification Certificate at MyNewSchool. To do this, log in to MyNewSchool and click the Student tab; then in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information. The certificate, produced by the National Student Clearinghouse on behalf of the university, serves as official evidence of enrollment at The New School.
STUDENTS: ACCESS GRADES AND REGISTRATION FEES THROUGH MYNEWSCHOOL
The New School does not automatically mail copies of semester grades. If you need a printed copy of your grades, you can request a copy through MyNewSchool (click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Your semester grades will be mailed within two weeks. You can also access registration fees through MyNewSchool.
STUDENTS: REQUEST YOUR OFFICIAL ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT ONLINE
Students can request an official transcript through MyNewSchool. Click the Student tab; then, in the Self Service channel, click Student Academic Information). Transcript requests are processed five business days after they are submitted. There is no fee for regular five-business-day service. Next-day transcript service is available only to students who submit requests in person. Transcripts of students with library or financial holds of any kind will not be released.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
FEBRUARY 19, —FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT A STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE WAIVER!
Attention NEW students—the last day to submit a waiver for the Student Health Insurance Plan for the 2007-2008 academic year is February 19.
All students—degree, diploma, online only, visiting, mobility (study abroad), Lang and Parsons consortium, graduate certificate, non-matriculating graduate and undergraduate students—are automatically charged a Student Health Services Fee and a Student Health Insurance Fee. The Milano branch campuses and the Parsons Decorative Arts program in Washington, D.C. are excluded. Depending on course load and status, students may be eligible to decline these services by submitting a completed Online Waiver Form by February 19. Students may access the Online Waiver Form by going to www.chickering.com (click on “Find Your School” and enter 812804 as your Policy Number). Be sure to read the “Important Information” section of the online waiver application carefully prior to completing the waiver.
NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS AWARENESS WEEK—FEBRUARY 24 TO MARCH 1
Counting calories, exercising excessively, spending hours in front of the mirror . . .
In college, maintaining a healthy weight and a positive body image can be challenging, especially when academic pressures blend with social expectations. Stress can often translate into skipping meals, compulsive exercising, or eating uncontrollably.
In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 24 to March 1, The New School is offering an anonymous online mental health questionnaire, available free to all students. If you are concerned about your eating habits, weight, or body image—or those of a friend—just click on this link and choose the eating disorders questionnaire.
The questionnaire is confidential and provides immediate feedback and information on how to get help. Questionnaires are also available for alcohol and depression.February is the month of love and friendship, and The New School Counseling Services staff is here to listen and help. 212.229.1671, option 1.
FLU SHOTS
The single best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year.
Student Health Services will be providing flu shots while supplies last. Call 212.229.1671 (option 2) to make an appointment.
A $25 fee for the flu shot will be charged to your student account.
A FEW MINUTES FOR YOUR LIFE: TAKE THE HIV TEST FOR FREE—SPRING 2008 HOURS
Hispanic AIDS Forum, in collaboration with New School Student Health Services and the Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), will be offering FREE confidential HIV testing every week on Mondays 4:00-6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays 3:00-5:30 p.m. The testing site will be at Loeb Residence, 135 East 12th Street, 2nd floor. For further information, please contact Student Health Services at 212.229.1671, option 1 or 2.
ANNOUCEMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES (OSDA)
WEEKLY STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
Rehearsals for the New Tunes A Capella Group
Mondays, 7:15–8:45 p.m.
Student Activity Space, Multi-Purpose Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor
Manhattan Cornerstone Artists’ Fellowship Meetings
Wednesdays, 7:00–9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. in Korean, 8:30 p.m. in English)
Student Activity Space, Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor
BECOME AN ORIENTATION LEADER (OL)
Were you nervous about moving to New York City or starting college classes and making new friends? If you were. you probably met an Orientation Leader the first day you arrived on campus and he or she helped to get you acclimated to The New School. So why not give back and become an Orientation Leader?
An Orientation Leader (OL):
Conveys information to new students and their families about New School programs, services, and the college experience.
- Assists at all -orientation events
- Plays a vital role in facilitating new students’ adjustment to the campus and community.
The OL position is an ideal opportunity for any student interested in developing leadership skills and enhancing marketability for future positions.
Look out for information sessions and applications soon! Come to the Office of Student Development & Activities (OSDA) located at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th, ground floor if you are interested.
SPRING REGISTRATION CLASSES
Salsa: Mondays, 5:45–7:00 p.m.
Yoga: Tuesdays, 1:00–2:15 p.m.
Capoeira: Wednesdays, 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Sign-up now in the Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor. New School ID and health insurance information is required at time of sign-up. Recreation classes begin the week of February 11.
INTRAMURAL SOCCER
Do you miss playing sports? Start or join an intramural soccer team. Each participant receives a free t-shirt. Team registration is now under way and ends at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 15. Games are played on Wednesdays from 7:30–9:00 p.m. beginning on March 12. Each participant must attend an orientation session on Tuesday, February 26, 4:00–5:00 p.m. or Wednesday, February 27, 5:00–6:00 p.m.
Sign-up in the Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
DISCOUNTED KNICKS TICKETS
The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA) will sell discounted Knicks tickets for the following games:
Wednesday, February 27, 7:30 p.m.: New York Knicks vs. Charlotte Bobcats
Sunday, April 6, 7:00 p.m.: New York Knicks vs. Orlando Magic
Tickets are available one week before the games. Tickets are $20 each, with a maximum of two per student with New School ID. OSDA is located at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
MOVIE TICKETS AVAILABLE
AMC and Regal Movie tickets are available for $7 each. Students can purchase 2 tickets every 3 weeks with a New School ID. The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
WOULD YOU LIKE INFO ABOUT PROGRAMS, ACTIVITES, AND FREE EVENTS EMAILED TO YOU EVERY FRIDAY?
If so, then email studev@newschool.edu and write "Add me, please" in the subject line and we'll add your email address to our listserv. You'll get weekly info on workshops, leadership opportunities, as well as meeting times and locations for student organizations. Even better, you'll receive a listing of FREE events in New York City such as film screenings, readings, gallery openings, and book signings.
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD PRESENTS:
PRE-VALENTINE’S EARLY ’90S THEME PARTY!
Wednesday, February 13, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Wear your favorite or most memorable ’90s gear. You may win a prize!
The Student Activities Board (SAB) wants you to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community. If you are interested in helping to plan the Spring Extravaganza, a carnival event planned for early May, e-mail SAB at: studentactivitiesboard@newschool.edu.
RECOVER FROM THOSE TGIF'S WITH ALL HEALTH BREAKS LOOSE!
Are you a student or employee who would benefit from a weekly tip to improve your health? Maybe your TGIF activities have led you to seek recovery on Monday?
Contact Eric Garrison, one of our health educators, and ask to be put on the All Health Breaks Loose email list.
Every Monday, you will get a brief email with a weekly suggestion to boost your mental, physical, environmental, spiritual, social, and occupational health.
THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD (SAB) WANTS YOU!
The Student Activities Planning Board wants you to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community. Meetings are scheduled for Fridays, February 15, 22, and 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the Office of Student Development & Activities (OSDA) at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, room 102. If you can’t make the meeting, but are still interested in making things happen, email us at studentactivitiesboard@newschool.edu
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF INTERCULTURAL SUPPORT (OIS)
DIVERSITY DISCUSSION: JUNGLE FEVER
Wednesday, February 13, 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Student Activity Space, Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor
Is there still a stigma attached to interracial dating? Please join us while we view clips from movies (old and new) and discuss the cultural shifts depicted related to interracial dating. Lunch will be served and all are welcome.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM Career Development
WALK-IN COUNSELING HOURS
Every Monday (except February 18), 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 214
Open to students and alumni of The New School for General Studies, Lang, Jazz, and Mannes.
COVER LETTER WRITING WORKSHOP
Thursday, February 14, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 204
Learn how to write a cover letter that will “wow” employers! Open to all New School students and alumni. Sponsored by The New School Office of Career Development.
RESUME AND COVER LETTER WRITING WORKSHOP
Wednesday, February 20, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, room 101
Learn how to write a cover letter and a resume in this two-for-one workshop! Open to all New School students and alumni. Sponsored by The New School Office of Career Development.
PANEL: CAREERS IN HUMAN SEXUALITY
Wednesday, February 20, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 501
Speakers from organizations celebrating sexuality in the form of art, media, and education discuss their experiences and career paths. Speakers include:
• Sarah Jacobs, Curator, Museum of Sex and New School Alumna
• Jamie Bufalino, “Get Naked” Columnist, Time Out New York
You MUST RSVP to careers@newschool.edu or 212.229.1324. Admission is $5 for the general public; free to all New School students, faculty, staff, and alumni with ID.
JOB AND INTERNSHIP SEARCH WORKSHOP
Thursday, February 21, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 204
Learn search tactics to land that dream internship or full-time job! Online resources and materials will be distributed. Open to all New School students and alumni. Sponsored by The New School Office of Career Development.
“HOW TO CHOOSE A CAREER” ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP
Monday, February 25, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
79 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets), room 501
Career counselors will conduct various interest assessments to assist in career planning and college major
selection. Open to all New School students and alumni. Sponsored by The New School Office of Career
Development. RSVP to careers@newschool.edu or 212.229.1324.
CAREERS WITH A CONSCIENCE FAIR
Wednesday, February 27, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Student & Community Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, second floor
Employers from organizations devoted to social and environmental responsibility present employment
opportunities. Come prepared with resumes and proper attire! Peace Corps Information Session to follow at 72
Fifth Avenue at 4:30 p.m. See below for more information. Open to all New School students and alumni.
PEACE CORPS INFORMATION SESSION
Wednesday, February 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Fanton Hall, 72 Fifth Avenue, Henry Cohen Conference Room, 4th floor
Learn how the Peace Corps can fit into your career path. Peace Corps Volunteers provide technical assistance to
non-profits/ NGOs, local governments, communities, schools, health posts, and small businesses in more than 70
countries around the world in the fields of business, health, education, agriculture, urban youth development,
forestry, NGO development, social work, community development, and the environment. Positions are available
for U.S. citizens with a wide variety of backgrounds. Open to all New School students and alumni. Sponsored by
The Office of Career Development
INTERVIEWING PREP AND PRACTICE WORKSHOP
Thursday, February 28, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 204
Develop your interviewing skills to land that job or internship! You may choose to follow the session with a one-
on-one mock interview with a career counselor by appointment. Open to all New School students and alumni.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES (ISS)
LIMITS TO ONLINE CLASS REGISTRATION
As you register for spring 2008, please be advised that no more than the equivalent of one online class or three credits per semester may be counted in calculations of full-time enrollment for F-1 international students. This restriction does not affect registration for students studying outside the United States. If you have any questions about online class registration, contact iss@newschool.edu.
I-20 END DATES
Section 5 on your I-20 indicates the date when the validity of your I-20 ends. If you will be completing your studies by that time, please be advised that you will have a 60-day grace period after the program end date on your I-20 in which to either depart from the United States or transfer to another college or university. You will not be able to reenter the United States using your current I-20 during this grace period. If you find that you will not be able to finish your current degree by the completion date on your I-20, you can request a program extension. You must make your request at least 30 days before the completion date. Visit the student services website to find out what documents you need in order to request a program extension. If you plan to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), you must attend an OPT workshop before you apply and USCIS must receive your application before the last day of class. If you have been admitted to pursue a different degree at the New School, you must apply for your new I-20 before the end date on your current I-20. Contact iss@newschool.edu if you have any questions.
CHANGE OF MAJOR OR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL REQUIRES NEW I-20
Please note that if you change your major (e.g., from a BA in Fashion Design to a BA in Product Design) or your educational level (e.g., from MA to PhD), you MUST request an update to your I-20 to reflect your current degree and program information.
Deadlines:
Change of major: By the end of the add period (for spring 2008, this date is Monday, February 4)
Change of education level: You must apply for the new I-20 BEFORE you begin your new program.
Failing to request the changes in your I-20 for a change of major or educational level in a timely manner may jeopardize your I-20 status.
OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS
F-1 international students in their final semester may apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), a year of employment for which you may be eligible upon completion of your studies. Please note that attendance at one workshop is mandatory.
- Tuesday, February 12, 3:00–4:30 p.m., Student Activity Space, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor
- Wednesday, February 13, 12:00–1:30 p.m., Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street, room 527
- Friday, February 22, and Thursday, March 6, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, Machinist Conference Room, mezzanine level
- Monday, March 10, 5:00–6:30 p.m., Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, Machinist Conference Room, mezzanine level
- Wednesday, March 12, 12:00–1:30 p.m., Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street, room 603
- Tuesday, March 18, 5:00–6:30 p.m., 80 Fifth Avenue, room 802
- Wednesday, April 16, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street, room 606
Space is limited; RSVP to iss@newschool.edu. Bring your passport (with I-94 card) and I-20. Please arrive on time for your sessions. The information is so important that we cannot allow latecomers.
SEMINAR ON IMMIGRATION
Thursday, February 21, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Location will be disclosed after you RSVP.
Space is limited, and reservations are required. RSVP to iss@newschool.edu.
Come speak with an immigration attorney and ask all of your questions about subjects like work sponsorship and visa options after graduation.
ATTENTION: NEW STUDENTS WHO MISSED ISS ORIENTATION
International student make-up orientation sessions will take place on these dates:
- Monday, February 11, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., Union Square Building, 8 East 16th Street, room 734
- Tuesday, February 19, 4:00–5:00 p.m., Union Square Building, 8 East 16th Street, room 734
Attendance at one of these sessions satisfies the international student orientation requirement. If you fail to make up the orientation session, a hold will be placed on your account, preventing you from registering for classes.
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