SPRING DANCE PERFORMANCE
The Eugene Lang College Dance Department presents its annual Spring Dance Performance on Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, at 8:00 p.m., with a Saturday matinee at 2:00 p.m. The performance will include premieres of original works conceived and directed by Lang faculty members Eric Jackson Bradley, Rebecca Stenn, Takehiro Ueyama, Karla Wolfangle, and special guest choreographer Wally Cardona.
The recipient of a 2006 Bessie Award, Wally Cardona has been recognized nationally and internationally for his epic yet intimate works, in which the performance setting itself plays an integral part in creating a unique movement language.
The performance will take place at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street (at Ninth Avenue). General admission is $5, and tickets can be purchased at the New School Box Office, 66 West 12th Street. A reception will follow the Saturday evening performance.
MANNES OPERA PERFORMS POULENC’S DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES
The Mannes Opera, conducted by Joseph Colaneri, will perform a fully staged production of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites featuring two international casts of singers from the Mannes Opera program backed by The Mannes Orchestra.
Joyce Castle, the guest artist for this production, will play the part of the Old Prioress. A noted opera singer, Castle brings a passion to the production that is contagious. “When the students see the intensity with which she approaches the role, they learn so much and quickly realize how high the bar is set,” observed Colaneri. An extraordinarily versatile mezzo-soprano with a repertoire of 132 roles, Castle is recognized internationally for her richly nuanced singing, excellent acting skills, and superb musicianship.
Joseph Colaneri, an acclaimed conductor of opera, oratorio, and symphonic works, has served as artistic director of the Opera Program at Mannes since 1998. He is also in his 11th season as a member of the conducting roster of the Metropolitan Opera. Regina Resnik, master artist-in-residence at Mannes, coached the student performers in vocal technique and style along with other aspects of operatic performance during four weeks of intensive rehearsals in the spring. The team of professionals behind the production also includes Laura Alley, the stage director, and Roger Hanna, the set designer.
Performances will take place on Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 4, at 3:00 p.m. at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on East 68th Street (between Park and Lexington Avenues). To purchase tickets, call the Kaye Playhouse Box Office at (212) 772-4448. Tickets are $30 for general admission and $10 for seniors and students with valid ID.
PARSONS HOLDS ANNUAL BENEFIT AND FASHION SHOW
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On Monday, April 28, Parsons presented its 60th Annual Benefit and Fashion Show at the Grand Hyatt New York. The event, hosted by New School President Bob Kerrey and Parsons Dean Tim Marshall, honored Diane von Furstenberg, the designer and president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and Howard Socol, chairman and CEO of Barneys New York, and raised nearly $2 million for scholarships and academic programs at Parsons. At the event, Diane von Furstenberg announced a gift of $250,000 to fund a new scholarship at the fashion school at Parsons. The event drew a number of leaders from the worlds of fashion, media, and business. Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper presented the honors to Howard Socol and Diane von Furstenberg, respectively. Other guests included Vogue editors Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley, Oscar de la Renta, Parsons honorary fashion chair Tim Gunn, and Parsons alumni and designers Reed Krakoff, Narciso Rodriguez, Peter Som, and Derek Lam.
A highlight of the benefit is a fashion show featuring the best of the graduating student collections, including the much-anticipated Designers of the Year in womenswear, menswear, and childrenswear. “The fashion show is an opportunity for the students to put their talents on display for some of the most influential people in the fashion design industry,” said Parsons Dean Tim Marshall. “It gives students a platform to promote their creative visions while showcasing the unparalleled design education that Parsons offers.”
This year’s Womenswear Designer of the Year is Stephanie Suberville, 22, of Monterrey, Mexico, who designed a dark and romantic collection inspired by the life of the artist Frida Kahlo; Menswear Designer of the Year is Aiden Yoo, 24, of South Korea, whose collection plays on the idea of a young boy wearing his father’s suit; and Childrenswear Designer of the Year is Nayeon Lee, 21, of San Diego, California, whose bright and playful collection was inspired by the forms and colors of poisonous frogs.
UNIVERSITY NEWS
NEW SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTEND SUPERLOVE AT THE SUPERDOME
Eight New School students and two Student Services staff members made their way to the Superdome in New Orleans for the Superlove festival, which took place April 11 and 12. The event was part of V to the Tenth, celebrating the tenth anniversary of V-Day, a movement dedicated to ending violence against girls and women. During the festival, almost 30,000 women and men from across the United States and around the world attended workshops on ending systematic violence against women. Among the countries represented at the festival were Kenya, Guatemala, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Superdome was chosen as the festival location to bring attention to New Orleans and other areas still in urgent need of resources and support after Hurricane Katrina. One of the many moving highlights of Superlove was the participation of the Coastal Women Coming Home Project, which brought 1,200 women displaced by the storm to attend the festival, some of whom were returning for the first time since August 2005.
“V to the Tenth was an amazing experience for us,” said David Benzaquen, a Milano graduate student. “It brought together a whole spectrum of activists, from students to families to Hurricane Katrina survivors to celebrities like Jane Fonda and Rosario Dawson to Dr. Denis Mukwege, a doctor who performs lifesaving treatment for abused women in the Congo. Attending as a survivor and as an ally, the experience for me was both comforting and empowering.”
The New School students also visited the Activist Lounge, a meeting point where they gathered information on organizing around women’s rights, environmental preservation, and other international issues. The students plan to organize a program on campus to share information from the event and encourage other students to get involved in V-Day at The New School.
For more information about Superlove at the Superdome and the V-Day movement, visit http://v10.vday.org/homepage
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) began 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 THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
PARSONS AND JAZZ STUDENTS COLLABORATE ON “VISUAL MUSIC WORKS”
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Animation students from Parsons The New School for Design and composers from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music will take the stage on Sunday, May 4, to present “visual music works,” which bring music and animation together in new and compelling ways. The event marks the culmination of the university’s first studio course in jazz and animation, in which students from the two schools worked together at a high level of collaboration to create original work.
The class, called Jazz and Animation, is taught by Parsons faculty member Ben Katchor, an award-winning and widely published illustrator, and Parsons and Jazz faculty member Ernesto Klar, a media and sound artist whose work was recently featured at the PULSE Contemporary Art Fair in New York. Among the works to be presented are an animated ecosystem that changes and grows in response to a musical score; a piece that brings to life children’s dreams, with the music and animation depicting the movement from consciousness to unconsciousness; and a performance in which the musicians are transformed into on-screen avatars who act out virtual stories through the music played onstage.
“From Wassily Kandinsky to Oskar Fischinger, artists have long been exploring the relationship between image and sound,” said Klar. “Today’s technology brings the work of visual artists and musicians to a whole new level, and over the past several months our students have experimented with a variety of analog and digital technologies to create innovative audiovisual works.”
The course harks back to founding decades of The New School, when it was a major center for modernist visual and performing arts. Artists such as Martha Graham and John Cage resided at the school and worked in egalitarian, collaborative ways, challenging traditional divisions between the arts. Jazz and Animation reflects the direction of the university today as it strives to weave together arts disciplines.
The performance will take place at 4:00 p.m. in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. It is free and open to the public.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
WHEN WILL AFRICAN ECONOMIES DEVELOP?
On Friday, May 2, the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and Project Africa present a one-day conference on economic development in sub-
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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.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
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 PArsons THE NEW SCHOOL FOR design
PARSONS APPOINTS NEW DEAN OF FASHION
Parsons The New School for Design has announced the appointment of Simon Collins, a creative director with more than 20 years of experience in all facets of the fashion industry, as the new dean of fashion at Parsons. Collins will oversee all areas of fashion studies, including the BFA degree program in fashion design; AAS degree programs in fashion studies and fashion marketing; and the new MFA program in fashion design and society, which was initiated through a gift from Donna Karan and is expected to launch in 2010.
“Simon Collins is the ideal candidate to lead Parsons’ fashion programs into the 21st century,” said Parsons Dean Tim Marshall. “With a truly international perspective and a background that extends from design to business and from luxury to mass market, Simon brings a level of experience that will greatly benefit Parsons as we look to forge even greater connections across the disciplines taught at The New School.”
Collins has worked with some of the world’s leading brands, including Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, Fila, Zegna, and Marks and Spencer. As creative director for Nike’s Asia Pacific division, he led a $900 million apparel business that included the launch of collections created in collaboration with Junya Watanabe of Comme des Garcons and Naoki Takizawa of Issey Miyake, among others.
The appointment of the new dean of fashion comes at a critical time in the development of fashion education at Parsons as the school moves forward with its ambitious plans for restructuring its academic programs. Earlier this year, Parsons announced the appointment of designer Shelley Fox as the first Donna Karan Professor of Design. Fox will develop the new MFA program in Design and Society, the first of its kind in the United States. Global in scope, the program will draw on connections with other areas of study at Parsons and The New School, from the social sciences to business, marketing, media, technology, and sustainability. This integration of disciplines reflects the future direction of all design studies at Parsons. In addition, this fall the school will be offering its first fully online degree when it launches its online AAS Fashion Marketing program for career changers.
“The opportunity to provide a creative vision for Parsons’ extraordinary fashion design programs at such an auspicious time in the history of the school is incredibly exciting,” said Collins. “Parsons holds an unrivaled place in the development of American fashion design and has the unique advantage of being part of The New School. I am looking forward to working with the superb faculty at Parsons to lead a fashion design school that responds to the distinct challenges and opportunities of today’s global environment.”
Parsons launched the first fashion design program in the United States in 1906; since then, it has been associated with the rise of Seventh Avenue as the center of American fashion. In addition to Donna Karan, notable alumni of the program include the design legends Adrian, Claire McCardell, and Norman Norell; industry leaders Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi, Narciso Rodriguez, and Anna Sui; and rising talents Chris Benz, Doo.Ri, Derek Lam, Proenza Schouler, Behnaz Sarafpour, Peter Som, Vena Cava, and Ashleigh Verrier.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
12TH STREET LITERARY MAGAZINE RELAUNCHED AFTER 58 YEARS
On April 24, the New School Writing Program relaunched the undergraduate literary magazine 12th Street, last published in 1950. The magazine consists of new work by students currently enrolled in the Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy; a work of art from the Spring 1949 issue appears on the inside cover.
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. A part of the Leonard and Louise Riggio Writing and Democracy Initiative at The New School, the program focuses on “the writer in the world” and extends to undergraduates the mission and accomplishments of the New School’s renowned graduate program in creative writing.
The relaunching of 12th Street will be marked with a celebration on Tuesday, May 13, at 7:00 p.m. at the Union Square Barnes and Noble, 33 East 17th Street. Faculty members Shelley Jackson, Zia Jaffery, and Paul Violi and students from the Riggio program will read from the magazine, which will be nationally distributed by Barnes and Noble.
Publication of 12th Street is made possible by the Leonard and Louise Riggio Writing and Democracy Initiative at The New School.
2008 PEN WORLD VOICES FESTIVAL
The PEN World Voices Festival is an annual event showcasing writers from all over the world in a series of public panels, literary conversations, readings, and tributes over several days. The theme of the 2008 festival is “Public Lives/Private Lives.”
The festival comes to The New School on Saturday, May 3, with an event hosted by actor, comedian, and writer Todd Barry and featuring a musical performance by John Wesley Harding, and Rick Moody; a Vladmaster screening, in which every attendee will simultaneously watch a “picture story” on his or her own View-Master, presented by filmmaker Vladimir; and a panel discussion with Scandinavian authors Halfdan Freihow, Christian Jungersen, Jo Nesbø, and Kristín Ómarsdóttir.
The event will take place from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free and no tickets or reservations are required; seating is first come, first served. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.pen.org/worldvoices.
This event is presented by the Believer and sponsored by PEN and the New School Writing Program.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
NEW SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM SCORES WINS IN SPRING SEMESTER
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This spring was a success for the New School debate team. The team began the semester at Baruch College’s Gotham Debate Tournament in February. Team members Josh Imes and Aiden Gardiner advanced to the quarterfinals round in the novice division, with Imes earning the title of fourth-best speaker in his division. In March, the team followed up its victory with wins at the National Western Novice Championship Debate Tournament, earning individual speaker awards for first, second, fifth, and sixth place, second place in the junior varsity division, and third place in the novice division.
The New School debate team participates in 2v2 cross-examination-style debate, also known as policy debate. Teams debate the costs and benefits of particular policy proposals or present philosophical arguments on a global issue. This year, teams were assigned to debate “constructive engagement with various nations of the Middle East.” The Imes and Gardiner team argued for a critical examination of the relationship between the Middle East and the United States.
Initially a student-run organization, the team now has two coaches and a manager, Ella Turenne, the director of Special Projects in the Dean’s Office of Lang College.
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
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.”
UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
BUILDING LATIN AMERICAN BICENTENNIALS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
The New School’s Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and the Programa Bicentenarios of the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA) are launching a research project, Building Latin American Bicentennials in the Age of Globalization. A number of Latin American countries will be celebrating the bicentennial of their national independence, including Argentina, Chile, and Mexico in 2010 and seven other countries in the next 15 years. These bicentennials offer an excellent opportunity for comparative and multidisciplinary research on how governments and civil society in these countries are constructing their commemorations and how they will use this historical moment to address urgent issues of social inclusion and institutional reform.
As part of this project, the OLA and FADU, in collaboration with the Centro de Estudios del Patrimonio (CEPAT) of the Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Paisaje, Universidad Central de Chile, are issuing a call for submissions of papers and visual presentations to the Latin American and English-speaking scholarly community and to civil society. The intention is to stimulate thinking and action on the Latin American bicentennials as well as communication and interaction among peoples in the region.
An evaluation committee will review the submissions and select the recipients of five awards for the most distinguished works, along with seven honorable mentions. The award winners will receive flight and accommodations for four days to participate in an international conference to be held at The New School in New York on February 26 and 27, 2009. In addition, their works will be included in the forthcoming book Construir Bicentenarios Latinoamericanos. Works by the winners of the honorable mentions will also be included in the book.
The deadline for abstracts is June 17, 2008. Final presentations must be received by September 29, 2008. For submission information, visit the Observatory on Latin America website.
RESULTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS ARE IN
Voting for the University Student Senate for the 2008-09 academic year ended at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 18. Listed below are the 16 students who were elected and the school each one represents:
Kate Griffin —Eugene Lang College
Dan Schulman—Eugene Lang College
Jason Mellow—Mannes
Heather Sheridan—Milano
Yonaton Sunshine—Milano
Aleksandra Malejs—New School Drama
Peter Ian Cummings—The New School for General Studies
Sarah Cunningham—The New School for General Studies
Barbara Teed—The New School for General Studies
Elizabeth Loran—The New School for Social Research
Atlee McFellin—The New School for Social Research
Ben Fox—New School Jazz
Ida Benedetto—Parsons
Renee Blundon—Parsons
Stephanie Cohen—Parsons
Sarah Lopez—Parsons
A referendum for a proposal to institute a University Student Senate fee was part of the election. The referendum passed, with 345 students in favor and 221 students against.
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.
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.
FRIDAYS@ONE/LEARNING FROM THE RECENT PAST:
CHOOSING THE NEXT PRESIDENT AFTER THE ELECTIONS OF 2004 AND 2000
Friday, May 2, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Admission: Free; seating is limited; reservations required by emailing. Email irp@newschool.edu.
Sondra Farganis (PhD, Australian National University), director of the Wolfson Center for National Affairs, leads a conversation with Eyenga Bokamba, a fellow of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard; Margaret Henoch, retired CIA analyst; and Sidney Plotkin, professor of Political Science, Vassar College.They will discuss the direction of American politics in this presidential year and whether the lessons learned from the last two national elections can teach us something for 2008.
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Retired Professionals and the Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
SCHNEIDER CONCERTS - GUARNERI STRING QUARTET
Sunday, May 4, 3:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $20.00-General Admission; $15.00-Senior Admission $5.00; Stand-by tickets for high school and college students with ID
The Guarneri String Quartet consists of
Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley on violin; Michael Tree on viola; and Peter Wiley on cello.
The program will include:
Bartok String Quaret No. 2, Op. 17
Haydn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4
Smetana String Quartet in E Minor “From My Life”
The renowned Guarneri String Quartet "is among the most revered and enduring ensembles of its kind in the world" (National Public Radio) and has circled the globe countless times since it was formed in 1964, playing in the most prestigious halls in North and South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia and Australia. Their 40th Anniversary was celebrated during the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons, in which they continued touring extensively throughout the United States, Europe and in May 2005 to South America. The Quartet has been featured on many television and radio specials, documentaries and educational presentations both in North America and abroad. All four musicians currently continue their longstanding series and residency at the University of Maryland where they are on the faculty.
WRITING FOR CHILDREN FORUM: CHARLIE PRICE
Tuesday, May 6, 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 Charlie Price, who will read from Dead Connection and Lizard People and will discuss his work. Moderated by Deborah Brodie, executive editor, Roaring Brook Press and coordinator of the Writing for Children reading series.
"BONG HITS 4 JESUS": WHAT'S LEFT OF STUDENT FREE SPEECH
Wednesday, May 7, 7:00 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
Nearly 40 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that students do not shed their right to freedom of speech “at the schoolhouse gate.” Administrators, therefore, could not prohibit them from wearing black armbands in silent protest of the Vietnam War. Over the next three decades, the court chipped away at the case, and last year, it ruled that administrators could punish a student for displaying the message, “Bong Hits 4 Jesus.” This discussion examines what’s left of student free speech, thorny issues such as offensive speech by students on blogs, and how to balance different philosophies of education in the context of the First Amendment.
Joan Bertin, moderator, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship; Marjorie Heins, founder of Free Expression Policy Project, former fellow at Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and author of Not in Front of the Children; and Frank LoMonte, Executive Director of Student Press Law Center. Sponsored by The Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
SENIOR THEATER PRODUCTION - "THE TRUTH IS RARELY PURE AND NEVER SIMPLE."
Wednesday and Friday, May 7 and 9, 7:30 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $5 general admission
The Lang Senior Seminar in Theater is pleased to present Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Wilde's comic depiction of the Victorian bourgeoisie goes beyond simple farce and continues to challenge social norms with its withering political and social commentary.
Come enjoy the culmination of Lang Theater Students' final work. Sponsored by the Eugene Lang College Arts Program.
SENIOR DANCE PRODUCTION
Thursday and Saturday, May 8 and 10, 7:30 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: $5 general admission.
Join us for the premiere of an exciting evening of new work created by emerging choreographers in the first ever Lang Senior Dance Production.
The program debuts five fresh, original works, which consider a range of contemporary concepts. The pieces will explore the intersection of ancestral heritage and individual identity, the blurred domain of psychic space where reality and imagination converge. Works will also look at the lived bodily experience by manipulating notions of sensory perception, reaction to touch, and the material relation between subject and object.
Sponsored by the Eugene Lang College Arts Program
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
Tuesdays
RenewSchool meets.
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Albert List Academic Center, Tishman Environment and Design Center Conference Room, 65 Fifth Avenue, room 320
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
STUDENT ORGANIZATION EVENTS
Archiving Intimacy: Temporality, Narrative, and Memory in a Digital Age
Friday, May 2, 6:00 p.m.
80 Fifth Avenue, room 802
Join Imagining Global Asia in listening to Dr. Orit Halpern, assistant professor of Historical Studies, and Tal Halpern, artist and writer, discuss this topic in detail. They will focus on re-imagining digital space through new practices at the boundaries of art, technology, and scholarship. Refreshments will be provided
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.
INTRAMURAL INDOOR SOCCER- COME WATCH THE PLAY OFFS!
Come out and see the four teams with the highest scores play against each other in hopes of making it to the championship circle. Both the play offs and the championship game will be played in the gym at the YMCA, 125 West 14th Street (photo ID is needed to gain entry to the building). The playoffs will be on Wednesday, April 30, 7:30 p.m., and the Championship Game will be on Wednesday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. So grab a friend or two and come cheer the teams on!
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.
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
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.
The Weekly Observer, The New School online publication, is sent to everyone with a University email account. It is also available on the University web site. To add an external address to the email list, please send a message from the account you wish to add to majordomo@newsite.newschool.edu. In the message, on a line by itself, type "subscribe observer".
To submit at item for publication in The Observer, please email observer@newschool.edu.
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