RETHINKING POVERTY: MAKING POLICIES THAT WORK FOR CHILDREN
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UNICEF and the graduate program in International Affairs at The New School present a three-day international conference, “Rethinking Poverty: Making Policies That Work for Children.” The conference will take place Monday through Wednesday, April 21-23, in the Theresa Lang Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.
This is the fourth international conference organized by UNICEF and International Affairs. Conferences held in 2004, 2005, and 2006 covered a wide range of topics that were presented by more than 300 experts from nearly 50 countries. The aim of the 2008 conference is to discuss ways of implementing the policy agenda for combating child poverty and economic disparity.
The United Nations’ 2000 conference and its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) marked an international commitment to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and fostering global collaboration. Although some progress has been made toward meeting the MDG targets, millions of children remain outside of the policy agenda. The conference will provide a venue for peer consultation among UNICEF’s international staff, New School faculty and students, academic and research institutions across the globe, NGO practitioners, and other external experts. It will also generate input and feedback for UNICEF’s Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities, currently being carried out in 40 countries.
For more information, contact Alberto Minujin, the conference director, at aminujin@gmail.com or Amy Paul, the conference coordinator, at childpoveryconference08@gmail.com. To register, visit www.equityforchildren.org.
WHEN WILL AFRICAN ECONOMIES DEVELOP?
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On Friday, May 2, the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and Project Africa present a one-day conference on economic development in sub-Saharan Africa at The New School for Social Research.
The conference will explore the connections between intersecting domestic, global, economic, and political forces constraining economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. The conference kicks off with a keynote speech, “Institutional Reform for African Development: Why, When, and How?,” by Thandika Mkandawire, director of the UN Research Institute for Social Development and author of Our Continent, Our Future. Two panels of international experts then discuss the economic and political challenges facing countries in sub-Saharan Africa today.
Panelists include:
Kwesi Botchwey, professor of development economics at Tufts University, executive chairman of the African Development Policy Ownership Initiative, and author of Financing African Development
Richard Kozul-Wright, senior economist in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and author of The Resistable Rise of Market Fundamentalism: Rethinking Development Policy in an Unbalanced World
Carol Lancaster, associate professor of politics at the School of Foreign Service, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government; director of the Mortara Center for International Studies; and author of Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics
Berhanu Nega, visiting professor of economics at Bucknell University; former mayor of Addis Ababa and former political prisoner
Nicolas Van de Walle, professor of international studies, director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, and author of African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis
Leonard Wantchekon, professor of politics and economics at NYU and author of The Paradox of “Warlord” Democracy: A Theoretical Investigation
The conference will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Wollman Hall, Lang building, 65 West 11th Street (enter at 66 West 12th Street). Admission is free, but seating is limited; RSVP to scepa@newschool.edu or call 212.229.5717 x3044.
UNIVERSITY NEWS
STUDY AROUND THE CLOCK IN ARNHOLD HALL
Don’t want to go home? New hours are in effect at Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, so you don’t have to.
Lobby and Student Activities Space: Open 24 hours Monday through Thursday, with extended hours Friday through Sunday.
Computer Labs: Extended lab hours (3rd, 4th, 8th, and 9th floors) begin April 27.
See posted schedule in all New School academic buildings for lab and lobby hours.
THE NEW SCHOOL SPONSORS 2008 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
From April 23 to May 4, The New School will open its Greenwich Village campus to Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) attendees for screenings, registration, and hospitality. The venues include The New School’s historic Tishman Auditorium and the new Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons The New School for Design, where the festival’s 2008 Artists Awards Program exhibition will be on display. In addition, two New School faculty members and New School trustee and Parsons Board Chair Sheila Johnson are premiering films at the festival.
The Artists Awards Program exhibition will feature the work of 13 major contemporary artists. Each piece will be presented to a filmmaker whose film is selected by the jury as the winner in its category. Participating artists include some of the industry’s most dynamic and recognizable names: Francesco Clemente, Ross Bleckner, Don Gummer, Timothy White, John Alexander, Stephen Hannock, Renee Cox, Brandon d’Leo, Donna Ferrato, Ralph Gibson, Ryan McGinness, and O Zhang. The public will have the opportunity to view the artworks-paintings, photographs, prints, and sculpture-before they are presented at the TFF Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 1. The works will be on exhibit from April 23 to May 1, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue.
New School trustee Sheila Johnson is the executive producer of one of the films in competition, A Powerful Noise, which is screening at theaters throughout the city. The documentary features three women, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mali, and Vietnam, who are working to effect social change. The documentary follows each woman as she goes about the daily business of educating others, fighting poverty, and seeking justice. Adjunct faculty member Nina Paley, who has taught Visual Narrative and Flash for Film at Parsons for five years, has a film premiering at the festival entitled Sita Sings the Blues, which she wrote, directed and animated. Teslamania, a short film by Joel Schlemowitz, an adjunct faculty member at The New School for General Studies, is also being screened. The film features a live Tesla coil performance and biographical information about the inventor Nikola Tesla.
Among the films being screened at the Tishman Auditorium are The Caller, a neo-noir thriller about an energy executive struggling to expose his corporation’s corrupt practices; Guest of Cindy Sherman, in which videographer Paul H-O assesses his relationship with reclusive artist Cindy Sherman; Man on Wire, a documentary about French daredevil Philippe Petit, who walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers without a safety net; and The Wild Man of Navidad, about a Texas community terrified by a mysterious creature inhabiting the nearby woods. See the festival guide for information on film showings and tickets.
THE NEW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD ON MAY 16
Conceptual artist, architect, and landscape architect Vito Acconci will deliver the address at the university’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. President Bob Kerrey will address the graduates and confer honorary degrees on Acconci, sociologist Zygmunt Bauman; theater director Elizabeth LeCompte; and management educator Henry Mintzberg. Women’s reproductive rights activist Wanda Nowicka will receive the University in Exile Award.
For more information about the 2008 commencement, visit the university website.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
BIG IDEAS, BIG GIFTS, BIG IMPACT:
ABIGAIL DISNEY, PETER G. PETERSON, AND ANDREA SOROS COLOMBEL
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On Monday, April 21, Milano will host the fourth in its series Big Ideas, Big Gifts, Big Impact: A Conversation with Today’s Philanthropists. The event will feature Abigail Disney, founder and president of the Daphne Foundation; Peter G. Peterson, senior chairman and co-founder of the Blackstone Group; and Andrea Soros Colombel, president and founder of Trace Foundation.
Founded by Abigail Disney in 1991, the Daphne Foundation is a progressive organization that makes grants to grassroots community-based groups working with low-income communities in New York City. The foundation has provided millions of dollars in grants in areas ranging from women’s rights to AIDS advocacy, children’s health, labor conditions, religion, and environmentalism. Ms. Disney has worked with a number of philanthropic organizations in addition to the Daphne Foundation. She recently retired as chairwoman of the New York Women’s Foundation, of which she was a board member for more than 14 years. This organization has raised and dispersed millions of dollars for community organizations devoted to economic empowerment for women and girls in New York City. Ms. Disney serves on the boards of the Roy Disney Family Foundation, the White House Project, the Global Fund for Women, and the Fund for the City of New York, as well as the advisory boards of a broad range of organizations working in the areas of poverty, women’s issues, education, and the environment.
In February 2008, Peter G. Peterson announced the formation of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and his commitment to funding at least one billion dollars over the next few years to carry out its mission: enhancing public understanding of sustainability challenges that threaten the future of the United States, proposing workable solutions to address these challenges, and building public will to do something about them. Mr. Peterson is the senior chair and co-founder of Blackstone and a member of the board of directors of its general partner, Blackstone Group Management LLC. He is chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and chairman of its International Advisory Board. He is also founding chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, founding president of the Concord Coalition, and former co-chair of the Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.
Andrea Soros Colombel is the founder and president of the Trace Foundation. Established in 1993, the foundation supports the preservation of Tibetan culture and language and offers assistance to Tibetan communities within China. The foundation funds and implements projects that integrate culture and development goals and respect environmental principles. Ms. Colombel is also a founding partner and member of the board of directors of the Acumen Fund, a global venture fund that employs an entrepreneurial approach in addressing the problems of global poverty. Investments focus on delivering affordable critical goods and services-including health, water, housing, and energy-through innovative market-oriented approaches.
This event will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium, Johnson/Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are required and can be made online.
MAINTAINING MOMENTUM:
CAN NEW YORK’S AMBITIOUS DEVELOPMENT AGENDA SURVIVE AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN?
New York City’s economy is slowing and construction costs remain extraordinarily high, but the Bloomberg administration is still planning a number of ambitious development projects. Will New York be able to maintain its fast pace of residential and commercial development? How are neighborhoods responding to zoning changes? What are developers doing about increased costs, tightened credit, and flattening property values?
On Wednesday, April 30, the Center for New York City Affairs presents Greg David, editor of Crain’s New York Business, who will moderate a discussion on these issues. Panelists include Robert Lieber, deputy mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding of the City of New York; William Thompson, comptroller of the City of New York; Gregory Heym, executive vice president and chief economist at Terra Holdings, LLC; Brad Lander, director of the Pratt Center for Community Development; Rafael Salaberrios, president of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation; and Julia Vitullo-Martin, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and director of the Center for Rethinking Development.
This event will take place from 9:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required; call 212.229.5418 or email centernyc@newschool.edu.
This event is supported by Edison Properties, the Milano Foundation, and the Sirus Fund.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
DOCUMENTARY STUDIES/MEDIA STUDIES FACULTY MEMBER WINS PEABODY AWARD
Peter Schnall, who teaches cinematography at The New School, served as executive producer and cinematographer for Silence of the Bees, the recipient of a 2008 Peabody Award. Shown on the PBS series NATURE, the film is an in-depth investigation of the alarming worldwide die-off of honeybees, exploring the critical role of these pollinators in our food supply and surveys the research into the mystery of their disappearance.
Schnall is the president of Partisan Pictures in New York City. This is the company’s ninth Emmy Award.
MICHELLE MATERRE CURATES SERIES OF INDEPENDENT FILMS AND VIDEOS BY AND ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR
Michelle Materre, assistant professor of Media Studies and Film, will curate this year’s Creatively Speaking series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Now in its second year, the program carries on the tradition of the original series, which began at Aaron Davis Hall in Harlem 12 years ago, offering a forum for works that convey a realistic, universal portrayal of people of color. The series, co-curated and produced by Neyda Martinez, runs from Friday, April 25, to Sunday, April 27.
Creatively Speaking includes premieres, sneak previews, shorts, documentaries, and independent feature films. Highlights of this year’s program include the world premieres of two documentaries: Scott Macklin’s Masizakhe: Building Each Other and Stafford and Judy Bailey’s Blacks without Borders: Chasing the American Dream on Foreign Soil. New School alumna Joyia Bradley’s short film Black Woman, a stylized homage to and commentary on the historical role of Black women in American society and the blaxploitation movies of the 1970s, will be shown on Friday, April 25.
All programs are followed by Q&As with the filmmakers. Tickets to the screenings are $11 for the general public and $7.50 for students 25 and under with valid ID.
GINA LURIA WALKER CO-EDITS ANTHOLOGY ON WOMEN AND SCHOLARSHIP
Broadview Press has released Rational Passions: Women and Scholarship in Britain, 1702-1870, co-edited by associate professor of women’s studies Gina Luria Walker. This anthology, consisting primarily of nonfiction works by British women, introduces readers to a range of lesser-known texts and examines their authors’ scholarly ambitions and often groundbreaking achievements. Despite being denied civil and political rights and formal academic training, each of the writers profiled in this unique collection strove to make a serious contribution to what was regarded as a male intellectual domain.
The anthology will reacquaint students of women’s history with Harriet Martineau’s and Mary Hays’ political writings and introduce them to such figures as Priscilla Wakefield, Jane Marcet, Ada Byron, and Mary Somerville, who wrote on science and mathematics. Mary Shelley and Anna Jameson will intrigue readers with their innovative offerings to the expanding print culture. The anthology includes a historical introduction, a biographical profile and short commentary for each author, and a chronology.
Gina Luria Walker is also the author of Mary Hays (1759-1843): The Growth of a Woman’s Mind (2006) and The Idea of Being Free: A Mary Hays Reader (2005). She is co-editor of William Godwin’s Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (2001) and has published widely on Romantic literature and Enlightenment feminism.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
LANG ON THE HUDSON
Where oh where are Lang students headed next? The Hudson River, of course! On Friday, April 25, at 9:30 a.m., weather permitting, students in the course Lang on the Hudson will move their boat from the place where it has been on display, the Albert List Building on 14th Street between Fifth Avenue and University Place. After removing a window and extracting the boat, the students will roll it down 11th Street, making a brief stopover at Lang at around 10:30 a.m. and then taking it to Pier 40, at the end of West Houston Street, for a launching.
Over the past several months, students in the class have constructed a Whitehall gig, a four-oared rowing vessel. They have also heard experts discuss aspects of the contemporary harbor: history, geography, estuary science, commercial shipping, and waterfront development.
All are welcome to join in the procession. After a noon launch, the boat will be moved into Pier 40’s Village Community Boathouse alongside the Quixotic, the gig built by last year’s class.
The new boat still needs a name. To suggest one, or to get more information, contact the class at langonthehudson@gmail.com.
NEWS FROM PArsons THE NEW SCHOOL FOR design
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Parsons The New School for Design recently announced the schedule for its 2008 thesis shows, which celebrate the work of its graduating students. Throughout the month of May, Parsons will present a series of exhibitions showcasing the final works of its undergraduate and graduate students in venues across Manhattan. Work by students from the architecture, design and management, fashion studies, fine arts, illustration, integrated design, interior design, lighting, photography, and product design programs will be on view.
For detailed information on individual thesis exhibitions, visit the Parsons event calendar.
NEWS FROM MANNES THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
2008 CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
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The Mannes Orchestra presented the New York premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Concerto for Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on February 19, 2008 in what the New York Times described as a “lustrous, driven performance.” Now, New York audiences will have several more opportunities to enjoy Ms. Higdon’s works, as well as a number of world premieres by Mannes faculty and students, when Mannes College The New School for Music presents the 2008 Mannes Contemporary Music Festival from April 28 through May 1.
Students from Mannes’ acclaimed music program are the performers at this annual celebration of contemporary works. Each of the festival’s four concerts will feature at least one work by Jennifer Higdon, the 2007–08 Mannes composer-in-residence and one of America’s most frequently performed living composers. All performances will take place at the Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street and are free, with no tickets required. For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817
- Monday, April 28, 8:00 p.m., Percussion Ensemble—James Baker, director
The opening features the performance of new percussion works.
- Tuesday, April 29, 8:00 p.m., NewMusicMannes—Madeleine Shapiro, director
The second concert consists of a variety of chamber ensembles dedicated to performing new music. - Wednesday, April 30, 8:00 p.m., CIRCE (Composer-in-Residence Chamber Ensemble)—Keith Fitch, director
The third concert will feature works by Jennifer Higdon and world premieres of new works written for this concert by Mannes faculty member David Tcimpidis, and Mannes composition students Alex Stein and Brian McCune. - Thursday, May 1, 8:00 p.m., Mannes Orchestra—Under the direction of guest conductor Michael Adelson
The closing concert features new works by Mannes composition faculty and students and composer-in-residence, Jennifer Higdon.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
In celebration of JAM!, Jazz Appreciation Month, New School students, faculty, and staff are offering radio audiences a special performance.
On April 23, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Reggie Workman Improv Ensemble will perform “Music from the International Matrix” live on WBGO (88.3 FM). Directed by faculty member Reggie Workman and guided by New School Jazz executive director Martin Mueller, this ensemble features musicians from all over the world performing both original tunes and creative arrangements of jazz standards
The ensemble consists of Alon Albagli on guitar, Alexis David on bass, Cem Misirlioglu and James Muschler on drums, Jose Pereira Valente on viola, Oleksiy Pryrodnyy on piano, Ilia Skibinski on alto sax, and Yonatan Voltzok on trombone.
SPRING RECITAL AND ENSEMBLE SERIES
Hear talented young artists play original music and classic and modern jazz in the Spring Recital and Ensemble Series, which runs through May 14. Seventy-five performances will be given. Performances will take place in the Jazz Performance Space, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor. All performances are free and open to the public. To view the full schedule, go to the Jazz website and click on “Events.”
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA’S PLAYWRIGHTS FEATURED IN FINAL WEEK OF RANDOM ACTS FESTIVAL
The New School for Drama’s Random Acts One-Act Play Festival gives audiences the opportunity to experience some of the best work of the school’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. This week, April 24-26, the sixth and final weekend of the festival, original plays by Drama’s graduating playwrights will be presented. Performances are free and open to the public.
The following plays will be performed this week:
The Awesome Dance-NEW work!
by Nick Starr, directed by Malinda Sorci; with Jenni Bannerjee, Ross Beshear, Julie Cavaliere, and Rachel Cornish
Three women seeking a guru’s grace are caught up in a fanatic’s quest for glory. A man’s wife and sister accidentally force him into the path of a distracted driver on the day of his father’s funeral. A man pursuing the love of a woman he barely knows must first fulfill her sisters’ terrifying demand. The Awesome Dance is a karma passion play about people so deeply wounded they can never be healed-but might be transformed.
Sundown-NEW work!
by Andrew Rosendorf, directed by Diana Basmajian; with Erica Scanlon and Robert Patrick Allen
After years apart, Keri drags her brother Seth to the middle of the woods. Alone with her for the first time in years, Seth is forced to understand why she’s brought them there. Sundown is a poignant but humorous depiction of two estranged siblings’ struggle to become brother and sister again.
Millicent the Magnificent: An Origins Story-NEW work!
by Jennie Contuzzi, directed by Samantha Shechtman; with Robert Patrick Allen, Francesca Bove, Mark Cajigao, Kathleen Choe, Gina Leon, and Federico Trigo
Thirteen-year-old Millicent is on a quest for another identity-preferably one with sexy curves, someone who can win her father’s approval and capture the heart of the school soccer star with a single sultry glance. Will she transform herself into the “perfect woman” or discover that her body already harbors a soul of superhuman proportions?
Juniper; Jubilee-NEW work!
by Janine Nabers, directed by Alexandra Hastings; with Mark Cajigao, Grace Evans, Rena Krumholz, Brittany Bellizeare, Ben Schnickel, Ayo Cummings, Lachrisha Brown, Mia Kristen Smith, and Adrienne Moore
Juniper is a thirteen-year-old South African girl who has just moved to the United States and is homesick for the country she left behind. Then, at school, she meets Matt, a drum-playing yarmulke-wearing kid, and the two hit it off. A series of sexual encounters with Matt bring back suppressed memories of her childhood in Sudan, and Juniper is forced to confront the ghosts of her past.
The festival runs 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 take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.
Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for a complete schedule and more information.
JOIN THE NEW SCHOOL AND THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE AIDS WALKS NEW YORK CAMPAIGN!
Did you know that between 40,000 to 60,000 people are newly infected with HIV in the United States every year? That 50 percent of those newly infected are under the age of 24? That 25 percent of those newly infected do not know it? That New York accounts for approximately 18 percent of all HIV cases in the United States?
This year, The New School will form its first team to support the AIDS Walk New York campaign, helping people in our community struggling with HIV and AIDS.
Please join The New School AIDS Walk team (#1463) on Sunday, May 18, at 9:00 a.m. in Central Park. To register to walk or to donate online, go to www.aidswalk.net/newyork/. Click on “Register to Walk,” then “Join a Team”; then select our team name, The New School - 1463, from the pull-down menu.
Fliers and donation forms for the walk will soon be available at the following campus locations: 66 West 12th Street; 55 West 13th Street; 135 East 12th Street; 66 Fifth Avenue; 65 Fifth Avenue; 150 West 85th Street; 80 Fifth Avenue, 4th floor; and 79 Fifth Avenue, 18th floor.
If you would like to volunteer, contact any of the following New School AIDS Walk NY Committee members: Adam Reale, Design and Construction; Laura Cosgrove, Office of Finance and Business; Katie Scheidt, Office of Information Technology; Stephen Serwin, Raymond Fogelman Library; and Sheila Slaughter, Office of Human Resources.
Help The New School demonstrate our commitment to ending AIDS and promoting awareness and show our support for family members, friends, and neighbors who are facing the reality of AIDS every day.
FULBRIGHT PROGRAM FOR U.S. STUDENTS
It’s easier than you think to apply for a Fulbright grant, but you need to start soon! Apply early for the October 2008 deadline to go abroad in 2009–10.
Fulbright Application Information Session
Wednesday, April 30, 12:00–2:00 p.m.
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue, room 101
- Hear a description of grants available for study, research, or teaching assistantships abroad.
- Learn how to apply.
- A representative from IIE/Fulbright will be on hand to answer your application questions.
The sessions are open to all New School students from the United States. Refreshments will be served. To RSVP and for more information, contact Heather Beaton at beatonh@newschool.edu or 212.229.5592.
Sponsored by International Student Services.
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, Dance, and concert TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting spring theater, music and dance season is under way: Why pay $100 or more, when you can pay $20-$36 for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows, dance performances and concerts? 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 $27.50, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for $20-36 per ticket include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Bronx Tale, A Chorus Line, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Big Apple Circus, Celia, The Color Purple, Come Back Little Sheba, Crimes of the Heart, Curtains, The Fantasticks, The Farnsworth Invention, Forbidden Broadway, Gypsy, The Homecoming, In the Heights, Is He Dead?, Les Miserables, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, November, Passing Strange, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, The Ritz, Rock 'n' Roll, The Seafarer, Sunday in the Park with George and Xanadu.. So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
NEW YORK TIMES DISCOUNTS
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.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.
FICTION FORUM: KATE CHRISTENSEN
Monday, April 21, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 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 Kate Christensen, who will read from The Great Man: A Novel and discuss her work with Helen Schulman, fiction coordinator, the Writing Program.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM: DEEM LARGE DIRECTED BY CHARLI PERSIP
Monday, April 21, 10:00 p.m.
Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue (south of Christopher Street)
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID
For reservations call the Sweet Rhythm box office at 212.255.3626.
Gideon Van Gelder,piano; Earl Travis, bass; Dustin Kaufman, drums; Ross Clark, guitar; Mike McGarril, sax; Lucas Pino, tenor sax; Malec Heermans, trombone; Emanuel Harrold, drums; and Melanie Charles, voice.
THE ERNST C. STIEFEL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - MANNES DOWNTOWN
Tuesday, April 22, 1:00 p.m.
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
For more information call 212.580.0210 x4817
Mannes College chamber music ensembles present a series of free lunch-time performances at The New School. Repertoire TBA.
Receptions with refreshments follow each concert.
FENCE BOOK LAUNCH
Tuesday, April 22, 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
Fence Books and the New School Writing Program present four authors reading from their latest works, published by Fence. Jibade-Khalil Huffman, winner of the Grolier Poetry Prize, will read from 19 Names for Our Band; Kaisa Ullsvik Miller will read from Unspoiled Air, winner of the 2008 Motherwell Prize; poet Carl Martin will read from his collection Rogue Hemlocks; and Aaron Kunin will read from his novel The Mandarin. Moderated by Rebecca Wolff, editor and publisher of Fence.
PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY ANNUAL COLLOQUIUM
Wednesday, April 23, 2:00-4:00 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
For more information contact Grace Hunt, PSWIP coordinator.
People in Support of Women in Philosophy (PSWIP) is pleased to announce its first annual philosophy colloquium. The speaker is Seyla Benhabib, who will talk on “Is there a Human Right to Democracy? Beyond Interventionism and Indifference.” The respondents will be Marianne LeNabat and Grace Hunt, and the moderator will be Alice Crary.
Seyla Benhabib is aTurkish Jewish professor of political science and philosophy at Yale and director of the program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, and a well-known contemporary philosopher. She previously taught in the departments of philosophy at Boston University, SUNY- Stony Brook,The New School for Social Research,and the Department of Government at Harvard University. She is the author of several books, most notably those concerning the philosophers Hannah Arendt and Jurgen Habermas. She has also worked with many important philosophers and scholars including Herbert Marcuse. Benhabib is well known for combining critical theory with feminist theory.She is married to well-known author and journalist Jim Sleeper, who is currently also a political-science lecturer at Yale University. She also serves on the editorial advisory board for the Ethics & International Affairs.
* Seyla Benhabib biography from Wikipedia.
CAVE CANEM PRESENTS: CORNELIUS EADY
Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 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
Come to a reading and book signing celebrating the release of Hardheaded Weather, a collection of poems by Cornelius Eady. In full control of his considerable skills-and displaying a new maturity as he enters midlife-Eady writes sly, unsentimental, witty poems that reveal intimate and profound truths. Encompassing a wide territory, Eady’s poems show a depth of compassion rare in our polarized age and a brand of humor that is both sophisticated and demotic, a rare combination.
Co-sponsored by Cave Canem and The New School Writing Program
12 STREET LAUNCH PARTY AND READING
Thursday, April 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
66 West 12th Street, room 510
Admission is free and no tickets are required
The New School Writing Program is proud to announce of re-launch of The New School’s undergraduate literary magazine 12th Street, last published in 1950. The inside cover includes a work of art from the spring 1949 issue, but everything else is new work from students currently enrolled in The Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy. 12th Street is made possible by the Leonard and Louise Riggio Writing and Democracy Initiative at The New School and will be nationally distributed by Barnes & Noble.
The Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy is an innovative sequence of writing workshops and close-reading seminars designed to offer gifted undergraduate writers in the New School Bachelor’s Program a balanced and substantial literary education. As one part of the Leonard and Louise Riggio Writing and Democracy Initiative at The New School, the honors program accents “the writer in the world,” and extends the mission and accomplishments of The New School's well-known graduate program in creative writing to undergraduates.
LOOKING BACK NOW. PERFORMANCE OVER THREE DECADES: 1960S-1980S
Thursday, April 24, 6:30 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Art historians Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Johanna Burton, and Barbara Clausen discuss their research on performance from the 1960s to the 1980s and the place of performance art in the contemporary cultural landscape. They analyze the relationship between gesture and time, mediality and performativity, and appropriation and activism and the changing role of performance art in society over the last three decades. Carrie Lambert-Beatty is assistant professor in Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture and Visual and Environmental Studies departments. Johanna Burton, a doctoral candidate in Princeton University’s Department of Art and Archaeology, writes on appropriation in American art of the 1980s. Barbara Clausen is a curator who lives in Vienna. Sponsored by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics.
SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATION SERIES - RICHARD SENNETT
Thursday, April 24, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 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
Guest speaker: Richard Sennett (NYU and London School of Economics), The Craftsman
Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
GPIA DOCUMENTARY SERIES PRESENTS A DREAM IN DOUBT
Friday, April 25, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
66 West 12th Street, rm. 404
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
A Dream in Doubt is an immigrant story of survival as a wave of deadly hate crimes terrorizes the Sikh American community in Phoenix, Arizona. The film features Rana Sodhi, an Indian immigrant whose life is forever altered by the 9/11 terror attacks, not because he knew someone who died in the rubble, but because Rana’s turban and beard—articles of his Sikh faith—now symbolize America’s new enemy.
Rana’s eldest brother Balbir Singh Sodhi—who also wore a turban and beard—was America’s first post-9/11 hate crime murder victim, gunned down at his gas station by a man named Frank Roque, who claimed he was rooting out a terrorist. A Dream in Doubt travels to Rana’s hometown to explore post-9/11 America from his perspective, telling a personal story of national tragedy, murder, family, community, and the American Dream.
THE CRITICAL THEMES IN MEDIA STUDIES 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Saturday, April 26, 10:30 a.m.-9:00 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
For complete conference information, visit www.criticalthemes.com. General inquiries can be made to criticalthemes2008@gmail.com
The New School for Social Research Department of Sociology and Media Studies at The New School present the eighth annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference, being held in New York City on Saturday, April 26, 2008.
The conference is a venue for students to present interdisciplinary, theoretical, and critical approaches to a broad range of topics in media studies. Since the initial conference was held in 2000, Critical Themes has grown into a leading forum for presentation of research papers by graduate students worldwide. A series of panels showcase academic presentations by graduate students of the New School Media Studies program, the New School for Social Research Department of Sociology, and other programs and schools.
The conference will conclude with a keynote presentation by Harvard professor Giuliana Bruno, author of Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture and Film, winner of the 2004 Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award. Professor Bruno’s most recent book, Public Intimacy: Architecture and the Visual Arts, examines the relationship between architecture and art by exploring museum culture, visual technology, and the boundary between public and private space.
The keynote presentation will take place in the Theresa Lang Student Center on the second floor of Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street.
Sponsored by the New School graduate program in Media Studies, The New School for General Studies, Parsons The New School for Design, and the Department of Sociology of The New School for Social Research.
60TH ANNUAL PARSONS BENEFIT AND FASHION SHOW
Monday, April 28, 6:00 p.m.
For more information, contact the New School Special Events Office
Admission: Tickets: individual tickets from $1,500, tables from $15,000
For more information, contact the New School Special Events Office at 212.229.5662 x3568 or specialevents@newschool.edu or visit www.newschool.edu/parsonsbenefit.
Parsons’ annual Benefit and Fashion Show is a black-tie gala that raises funds for scholarships and academic programs at the school. This year, Parsons honors two powerhouses of the fashion industry: Diane von Furstenberg, Barneys New York Chairman and CEO Howard Socol, and founder and president of the Trace Foundation Andrea Soros Colombel. A highlight of the event is a runway show featuring the top thesis collections of Parsons’ graduating BFA Fashion Design students, including its Designers of the Year. The Designer of the Year Award has launched the careers of such famous alumni as Marc Jacobs and Prenza Schouler’s Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough.
PAST AND FUTURE IN CONTEMPORARY DEBATES: THE ROLE OF MEMORY FOR PROGRESSIVE POLITICS
Monday, April 28, 6:00 p.m.-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
For more information email nssrmemoryconference@gmail.com or call 212-229-5580 x3136.
Daniel Levy (SUNY Stony Brook) and John Torpey (CUNY Graduate Center) discuss the constructive and obstructive uses of memory in contemporary debates focusing on human rights and progressive politics.
STEPHAN WEISS VISITING LECTURESHIP: DANNY FORSTER
Monday, April 28, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 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 212.229.5391. or email maligi@newschool.edu.
After graduating from Wesleyan University, Danny Forster started an Internet company, Urban Filter, with the goal to cut the middle man out of the great apartment search. He then went on to graduate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a degree in architecture, which allowed him to start his own firm, dkfARCHITECTURE, in January. Danny now hosts Discovery Channel’s Build It Bigger, where he tours very large buildings.
The annual Stephan Weiss Visiting Lectureship was launched to commemorate the life of the late artist and sculptor, Stephan Weiss, husband and business partner of fashion designer Donna Karan.
PUBLISHING TRIANGLE AWARDS
Monday, April 28, 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
The Publishing Triangle will present the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction, the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, and the Publishing Triangle Award for Gay Poetry. The Publishing Triangle partners with the Ferro-Grumley Literary Awards to present awards in gay and lesbian fiction. The Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement is also presented at that time, as are awards in playwriting from the Robert Chelsey Foundation. Hosted by the Writing Program.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ AT SWEET RHYTHM
Monday, April 28, 8:00 p.m., Charles Ferguson Latin Jazz Quintet; 10:00 p.m., Anton Pyvavarov "From Ukraine with Love"
Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue (south of Christopher Street)
Admission: [Sweet Rhythm]$10 cover + $10 food and drink minimum, no cover + $5 food and drink minimum for students with ID
for reservations call the Sweet Rhythm box office at 212.255.3626.
Charles Ferguson Latin Jazz Quintet will perform modern, original arrangements of Afro Cuban Classics. The group consists of Charles Ferguson on drums, Yeisson Villamar on piano, Mike McGarril on alto saxophone, Paul Brana on trumpet, and Karl McComas-Reichl on bass.
Anton Pyvavarov "From Ukraine with Love" expands the range of musical dialogue, structure and sound via free tonal improvisation.Jazz music has a built-in conflict between structure and freedom, the pre-conceived and the spontaneous. Too much structure makes music cerebral and lifeless, while unfettered freedom leads to anarchy. This Ukraine-born piano and saxophone duo and their special guests find this elusive balance, creating music that reflects their unique background and identities. The group consists of Anton Pyvovarov on saxophone, and Alex Pryrodny on piano, with special guest artists to be announced.
THE ERNST C. STIEFEL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES - MANNES DOWNTOWN
Tuesday, April 29, 1:00 p.m.
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served.
For more information call 212.580.0210 x4817
Mannes College chamber music ensembles present a series of free lunch-time performances at The New School. Repertoire TBA. Receptions with refreshments follow each concert.
CAVE CANEM PRESENTS: THE RINGING EAR
Tuesday, April 29, 6:30-8:30 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
Join host Simone White and contributors Linda Susan Jackson, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, David Mills, and Sheree Renee Thomas for a reading from The Ringing Ear, a collection of works about the South by black poets. Co-sponsored by Cave Canem and The New School Writing Program.
NSSR PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT SPEAKER SERIES: MAILA MASON PH.D.
Wednesday, April 30, 12:30-2:00 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
The Department of Psychology at The New School for Social Research is hosting a seminar speaker series. The first speaker is Professor Maila Mason Ph.D., Columbia Business School, New York, who will give a talk entitled ""Wandering Minds.""
FINE ARTS LECTURE SERIES: KIKI SMITH
Wednesday, April 30, 3:15-5:00 p.m.
Swayduck Auditorium, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue
Admission: Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served
Sculptor and conceptual artist Kiki Smith is known for her depictions of the human body, fragmented and whole, which she uses to express the hidden sides of our physical and psychological selves. Her work is in numerous prominent museum collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Major solo shows have been organized by the Centre d’Art Contemporain in Geneva (1990); Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, Massachusetts (1992); Whitechapel Art Gallery in London (1995); and the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2003). Smith lives and works in New York City.
SKYBRIDGE EXHIBIT: SENIOR WORK WEEK
Wednesday, April 30 - Monday, May 12, 4:00 p.m.
Skybridge Art Space, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 3rd floor
Admission: Free and Open to the Public.
Through a wide range of media, this exhibition celebrates the creative projects of the 2007-08 seniors. The exhibit will open on Wednesday, April 30, at 4:00 p.m. and run through May 12.
MILANO CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT SERVICES:
CAREER CHANGE/ SECTOR SWITCHERS
Wednesday, April 30, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Henry Cohen Conference Room, 72 Fifth Ave, 3rd floor
This Event is Open to all New School Students and Alumni
Thinking about changing what you do for a living? Looking for more meaning in your work? Whether you want to do your current work, i.e. marketing, in a different sector (corporate, nonprofit, government), or change your professional role to a completely new line of work, this workshop will help you get started. How does one go about identifying alternative careers, exploring them, learning what additional education or training or experience might be required, and assessing marketability and career fit? This workshop will cover such exploration, salary differentials, and gaining credibility in a new field.
PUBLIC ART FUND TALKS AT THE NEW SCHOOL WITH PAUL CHAN
Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $5; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Paul Chan lives and works in New York. Most recently, he collaborated with the Classical Theatre of Harlem and Creative Time to produce a site-specific outdoor presentation of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot in New Orleans. Other recent solo exhibitions have been presented at Serpentine Gallery, London (2007); Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong (2006); UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2005); and ICA Boston (2005); and “The 7 Lights” will have its U.S. premiere at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York from April 9-June 29, 2008.
The Public Art Fund Talks is an ongoing series of discussions and presentations by some of today’s most influential artists, critics and curators. The program is organized by the Public Art Fund in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics.
SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATION SERIES - MICHAEL BURAWOY
Wednesday, April 30, 8:00-9:30 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
Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
Guest speaker: Michael Burawoy (UCLA Berkeley): “The Struggle for Public Sociology: a Bourdieusian Approach”
NEW SCHOOL INVITATIONAL FILM SHOW
Thursday, May 1, 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
The Department of Media Studies and Film presents a juried selection of outstanding films made by New School students in the past year and previewed at open screenings in February and November. The films were selected in competition by a panel of distinguished filmmakers and industry professionals. An awards ceremony and a reception with the filmmakers and judges follow the screenings.
SOCIOLOGY IMAGINATION SERIES - DIANE VAUGHAN
Thursday, May 1, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 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
Guest speaker: Diane Vaughan “How Theory Travels: Analogy, Models, and the Diffusion of Ideas”
Refreshments willbe served after the lecture.
ADMINISTRATIVE REMINDERS FOR STUDENTS
COMMENCEMENT TICKETS
If you indicated on your graduation petition that you will attend the university commencement ceremony, you may receive up to three tickets for guests to attend the ceremony. Tickets may be picked up beginning Monday, April 21 through Wednesday, May 14 at the Registrar’s Office, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, ground floor during these hours: Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-5:45 p.m. and Friday, 10:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. You must bring your newcard when you pick up your tickets. For more information about commencement, please visit http://www.newschool.edu/commencement.
Please note: Students who do not pick up their tickets by May 14 will forfeit their tickets..
DEGREE STUDENTS: PREPARE FOR SUMMER AND FALL 2008 REGISTRATION
It’s time to start thinking about registering for your summer and fall 2008 classes. Web registration begins as early as March 31 for some programs.
To prepare:
* Check with your department or advising office for registration dates.
* Check your MyNewSchool account often for holds that will prevent you from registering.
* Check fall course offerings in MyNewSchool. Under the Student tab, click Class Finder.
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 April 8, 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
2008-09 Student Health Insurance
All degree, diploma, online, visiting, mobility (study abroad), Lang and Parsons consortium, graduate certificate, and graduate and undergraduate degree program non-matriculating students are automatically charged a Student Health Services Fee and a Student Health Insurance Fee. Milano branch campuses and Parsons Decorative Arts program, 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 September 29, 2008.
Students may access the Online Waiver Form starting April 21, 2008, (select the “New School” link). Students may also access the Online Waiver Form via a link in their MyNewSchool Online Account located in the “Forms” box under the “Student” tab. For additional information on fees, deadlines, policies, and procedures regarding the Student Health Insurance program, please visit the www.newschool.edu (click on “Student Services”, then “Health Services”).
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 Thursdays 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.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE OFFICE OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES (OSDA)
OSDA
55 West 13th Street, ground floor
Mondays–Thursdays, 9:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Fridays, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
WEEKLY STUDENT ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
Mondays
The New Tunes A Capella Group rehearses.
7:15–8:45 p.m.
Student Activity Space, Multipurpose Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 East 13th Street, ground floor
Wednesdays
Join Adventure Force to watch cartoons, movies, play video games, and-best of all-enjoy free pizza!
6:00–8:40 p.m.
Parsons West, 2 West 13th Street, room 301
Manhattan Cornerstone Artists’ Fellowship meetings.
7:00–9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m.: Korean; 8:30 p.m.: English)
Student Activity Space, Conference Room, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor
Fridays
Remnant Christian Fellowship meets.
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 405
DiverCity Works Presents: Our Lady of 121st Street
Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 p.m.
Richmond Shepard Theatre, 309 East 26th Street at 2nd Avenue
New School students, faculty, and staff - free with newcard
General Public - suggested donation of $10
Email DiverCityWorks@gmail.com for reservations.
This stage play by Stephen Adly Guirgis is set in present-day New York City. The Ortiz Funeral Home has been struck by catastrophe: the body of Sister Rose, a beloved community activist and nun, has been stolen. The news of her disappearance unites a group of neighborhood friends whom she taught. The reunion forces many unsettled issues to come to the surface and the friends to face the reality of who they have become instead of who they had intended to become. In this emotionally charged dark comedy, twelve individuals try to settle their grievances, come to terms with their sordid pasts, and work through their uncertain futures.
Latin America Forum Immigration Panel
Friday, April 25 at 5:00 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 101
A conversation between distinguished panelists and students on immigration issues affecting Latin America and the United States.
BECOME AN ORIENTATION LEADER-APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW
The Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA) is recruiting students who are interested in working as orientation leaders (OLs) for the fall 2008 New Student Orientation. OLs act as ambassadors for The New School by helping introduce new students to the university, the community, and New York City. This is an exciting leadership opportunity for students looking for a dynamic, rewarding, and FUN experience! OL applications are available in the Office of Student Development and Activities or by emailing Steve McAllister at mcalliss@newschool.edu.
REGISTER FOR SPRING RECREATION 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.
Re-registration and first-time registration for the months of April and May has begun. New School ID and health insurance information are required for first-time registrants. Students can sign up at the Office of Student Development and Activities, located in Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, ground floor.
INTRAMURAL INDOOR SOCCER
Come out and show your support for the eight teams playing indoor soccer this semester. All games are played in the gym at the YMCA, 125 West 14th Street (photo ID is needed to gain entry to the building). Grab a friend or two and come cheer the teams on Wednesday, April 23:
7:30 p.m. Toxic vs.Sao Pablo
7:50 p.m. Joga vs. Yinania
8:10 p.m. Space Kids vs. The Jazz
8:30 p.m. Bonito vs. FC Camela
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.
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.
The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 25, 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 meetings but want to help plan programs and events for your peers and the New School community, email SAB at studentactivitiesboard@newschool.edu.
SAVE THESE DATES:
Seek Relief Week
May 5–9
Look out for a week of fun activities in ALL schools: FREE massages, trail-mix snack stations, and workshops on stress relief. We help you seek relief right before finals!
Spring Extravaganza
Thursday, May 8, 4:30–8:00 p.m.
SAB is sponsoring a carnival, which will take place in the Lang Courtyard. Be sure to stop by for all-you-can-eat goodies, massages (in conjunction with Seek Relief Week), and henna artists who will create fabulous artwork on your hands.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STUDENT DISABILITY SERVICES
Student Disability Services Newsletter
The spring 2008 Student Disability Services newsletter has been posted online. This issue features a story about our new governor, David Paterson, who is legally blind. The newsletter also includes information about new technology available at the office for students with difficulty reading and writing, as well as contact information for the Learning Disabilities Resources Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to assisting people with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Job Search Workshop
Thursday, April 24, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 204
Career counselors discuss job and internship search strategies for those from all levels, backgrounds, and sectors.
Advanced Media Careers Workshop
Wednesday, April 30, 6:00-8:00 p.m
Parsons West, 2 West 13th Street, room 1210
Are you about to graduate and looking for a job in media? This workshop will show you how to handle the job search and develop a career.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES (ISS)
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES COFFEE AND TEA
Every Thursday, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Union Square Building, 6 East 16th Street, lobby
In need of an energy boost? Stop by anytime for a cup of coffee or tea and snacks. Come have coffee and make friends!
All are welcome!
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.
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