ENTREPRENEUR ALUMNUS JEFF NG SPEAKS AT WHITE HOUSE
Parsons alumnus and designer Jeff Ng was recently invited to speak at the White House as one of the country’s top young industry leaders. Better known to some as jeffstaple, the mastermind behind Staple Design and founder of Reed Pages magazine, Ng was one of 25 top young entrepreneurs invited to a March 6 meeting with senior officials from the Obama administration to discuss strategies for pulling the country out of the recession. The meeting included representatives from a number of offices, including: the policy division for youth issues, the new media team, the stimulus package team, and the National Economic Council.
Ng (BFA CD ’97) currently teaches a course at Parsons jointly offered with Columbia Business School. He is the founder and creative director of Staple Design, a firm that combines strategic design consulting, fashion design, retail, and art curation. For more information, please visit Staple Design on the web.
PRESIDENT'S FORUM: AN EVENING WITH CHARLES STROUSE
On Thursday, March 26, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., New School President Bob Kerrey speaks one-on-one with Charles Strouse, acclaimed composer, lyricist, and arranger.
Charles Strouse’s music has been an integral part of American culture for more than 40 years. His first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (written with longtime collaborator Lee Adams), won him a Tony Award for best score. In 1970, Strouse’s Applause (starring Lauren Bacall) won him his second Tony, and his 1977 hit, Annie, earned him a third Tony and two Grammy awards. Other musicals include: Golden Boy, It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman, and Rags. Film scores include Bonnie & Clyde, The Night They Raided Minsky’s, and All Dogs Go to Heaven. In addition to composing for musicals and film, he has written orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos, and opera. He also wrote the theme song “Those Were the Days” for the television show, All in the Family.
Strouse studied under Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger. In 1977, he founded the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop in New York. He is the recipient of both the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein awards and a member of the Theater Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. His new book, Put on a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir, was released in June 2008.
This event will take place in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson / J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but space is limited, so online registration is required.
You will receive a confirmation email containing a link to your admission ticket(s); the link reads, "Click here to print your tickets." Please print out and present the ticket(s) at the check-in desk when you arrive at the event. For additional program information, please contact Stephen Kimmerling (kimmerls@newschool.edu) or Lindsey Jochets (jochetsl@newschool.edu) in the Office of the President at The New School.
LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY:
SEMINAR ON THE NEW SCHOOL
The Seminar on the University is a series of discussions designed to inform The New School community of university policies and initiatives. The speakers’ papers are meant as springboards for further discussion.
The third paper for this academic year, Developing the 2009-10 Operating Budget will be presented by Steve Stabile, assistant vice president for Budget and Planning. The paper will review the sources of The New School's revenues, how funds are spent, and the decision-making process within the University that determines the allocation of resources.
The seminar will take place on Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in the in the Theresa Lang Community & Student Center, 55 West 13th Street 2nd floor. The seminar is open to the university community.
Discussion Papers are available in the Dean's offices and on the university website one week before the Seminar.
The remaining seminar scheduled for the 2008-2009 academic year is: The University Annual Report, presented by James Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Nancy Donner, vice president for Communications and External Affairs; and Doris Suarez, vice president and secretary of the Corporation, on Thursday, April 23, 2009.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES
SPANNING THE DECADES:
100 YEARS OF STUDENT WORK FROM THE KELLEN ARCHIVES
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| Color wheel in student notebook, c.1906, Roy Fleming papers / Kellen Archives |
An exhibit of student work from 1906 to 2007, culled from the many treasures in the Kellen Archives is currently on display at the Gimbel Library, 2 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, until May 1, 2009.
The exhibit includes sketches, travel diaries, homework exercises, presentation drawings, fashion croquis, photographs, and more. It represents work done within various Parsons departments and disciplines, including Advertising Design, Communication Design, Costume Design, Environmental Design, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Architecture & Design, Product Design, and Printmaking.
Viewers will also find examples of work done by a few students who made it big after graduation, including Albert Hadley, dubbed the "Dean of American Design" by the New York Times and fashion designers Marc Jacobs and Willi Smith.
The mission of the Kellen Archives is to document the history of Parsons, as well as the work of its students, faculty, alumni, and associates.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
DIGITAL DESIGNERS HONORED BY NOKIA, SXSW
Three Parsons students took an all-expenses-paid trip to the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco this week, their prize for winning the Forum Nokia Mobile Games University Competition. Design + Technology students Drew Cogbill, Yumi Endo, and Rabia Malik won a trip to the leading gaming conference for Weekness, a mobile game they developed during Parsons’ recent 24-hour Game Jam.
Organized by Forum Nokia, the competition invited students from seven leading international design schools to design, prototype, and showcase new ideas for the future of games. Weekness was one of only two games recognized of 44 submissions. The other winner was MooLan, a space shuttle pilot simulation game developed by the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences. The students will have a chance to demonstrate their winning games for industry leaders at the Nokia booth on Wednesday, March 25.
In other honors, alumna Ariel Newland (IDC, ’08) was nominated for an Interactive Web Award at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival. Her project, a website educating visitors on the history of immigration in New York titled From Ellis Island to Orchard Street, was one of five finalists in the prestigious festival’s Educational Resource category, which recognizes interactive projects used for education. From Ellis Island to Orchard Street, which she designed in partnership with the New York City Tenement Museum, grew out of Newland’s thesis project at Parsons. For more information on the project, please visit www.tenement.org/immigrate.
INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENTS SET TABLE FOR CHARITY
This week, Parsons AAS Interior Design students will present an installation at Dining By Design, an annual exhibition of dining environments at Manhattan’s Pier 94 (12th Avenue at 55th Street) Students designed one of several dining environments on view at the event, organized by DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. A special public viewing of the designs will be held on March 26-28 from 10 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Admission is free for students with a current ID, and $10 at the door for all others.
Described as a “feast for the eyes, body, and heart,” Dining by Design is DIFFA’s weeklong benefit celebrating culinary and interior innovation. Dining By Design is held in timing with the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94. For more information on Dining By Design, visit the DIFFA website.
NEWS FROM THE INDIA CHINA INSTITUTE
DEPUTY MAYOR OF XI’AN, CHINA, SHARES GROWING CITY’S SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLANS
The New School’s India China Institute will host a lecture by Deputy Mayor Wang Jun of Xi'an, China, on on March 31, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in the Kellen Auditorium at 66 5th Avenue. He will talk on the city’s urban development and environmental planning.
Xi’an is the capital of the Shanxi province in China and one of the oldest cities in Chinese history. Since the 1990s, as part of the economic revival of interior China, Xi'an has reemerged as an important cultural, industrial, and educational center of the central-northwest region.
As Deputy Mayor, Wang is utilizing ideas of modernization, fashion, and environmental awareness in the building of a new Xi'an. He will talk about his proposed concept of creating Tri-brands for Xi'an: building a new Xi'an that reflects the culture, history, science, and innovation of such a historically important city.
In September 2007, Mr. Wang led the Xi'an government delegation to London and won the bidding for 2011 World Horticultural Expo to be held from April to October in the Chanba Bio District of Xi'an, China. Now Wang is head of the preparation committee for the upcoming event, which is expected to bring over 10 million visitors to the city. Both the India China Institute and Parsons New School of Design are involved in the expo and are co-sponsoring Wang's talk.
The event is free and open to the public.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
THE MANNES ORCHESTRA AT ALICE TULLY HALL
On Monday, April 6, at 8:00 p.m., the Mannes Orchestra will perform at the newly reopened Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
This concert will feature David Hayes, conductor and director of orchestral and conducting studies leading a performance of Dukas' L’apprenti sorcier, Ibert's Concertino da Camera for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, featuring saxophonist Scott Litroff; and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op. 70.
Admission to the concert is free and tickets can be picked up at Alice Tully box office by calling 212.875.5050.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
OULIPO IN NEW YORK: A WORKSHOP IN EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE
In a rare New York City appearance by Paris-based writers group Oulipo, members of this "Workshop of Potential Literature" will read their own work both in English and in French, kicking off a week-long celebration on Wednesday, April 1, at 7:00 p.m., in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Introduced by Jean-Jacques Poucel, who curated a feature on Oulipo writers for the literary magazine Drunken Boat, the Oulipians will demonstrate the diversity and beauty of work written under constraint.
Featuring Marcel Bénabou, author of Jacob, Menahem, and Mimoun: A Family Epic; Anne F. Garréta, author of Not a Day; Jacques Jouet, author of Une Mauvaise Marie; Herve LeTellier, author of Esthétique de l’Oulipo; Harry Matthews, author of Oulipo Compendium; Ian Monk, author of Family Archeology and Other Poems; and Jacques Roubaud, author of Some Thing Black. The event will be hosted by Honor Moore, faculty, the Writing Program and Jean-Jacques Poucel, associate professor of French at Yale University.
Oulipo stands for "Ouvroir de littérature potentielle," which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature." It is a loose gathering of French-speaking writers and mathematicians, and seeks to create works using constrained writing techniques. It was founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and Francois Le Lionnais. Other notable members include novelists Georges Perec and Italo Calvino, the poet Oskar Pastior, and the poet and mathematician Jacques Roubaud. The group defines the term “littérature potentielle” as: "the seeking of new structures and patterns which may be used by writers in any way they enjoy" (rough translation).
This free event is cosponsored by the French Embassy, Columbia University, Drunkenboat, and The New School Writing Program. Oulipo in New York is being held from April 1-4, 2009 at several venues throughout New York City. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on this and other events, please visit www.frenchculture.org.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
On Tuesday, April 7, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, will deliver The New School for Social Research’s Annual Hans Maeder Lecture titled, "The Limits of Free Speech."
Ian Buruma books include God's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Missionary and the Libertine, Playing the Game, The Wages of Guilt, Anglomania, Bad Elements, and Murder in Amsterdam, which won a Los Angeles Times book prize for the best current interest book. He was awarded the 2008 Shorenstein Journalism Award, which honored him for his distinguished body of work and the 2008 Erasmus Prize. His most recent book is The China Lover.
The lecture will take place in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by emailing mcnamard@newschool.edu.
EIGHTH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON PHENOMENOLOGICAL AT NSSR
This two-day conference examines contemporary and historical phenomenological approaches to the body and embodiment and offers alternative accounts that engage with or criticize the phenomenological approach.
The conference will be held on Thursday, March 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; and Friday, March 27, from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. at 6 East 16th Street, room 906/913. Admission is free; but seating is limited and reservations are required by emailing: nssrphilconference@gmail.com.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
SPRING NEW SCHOOL JAZZ PRESENTS: MINGUS MUSIC AMERICA
A tribute to Charles Mingus continues in the second of two concerts being held at The New School on Thursday, March 26, at 8:00 p.m., featuring New School Jazz faculty Andy McKee.
The band includes Andy McKee on bass, New School Jazz alumni Mike Moreno on guitar and Jason Marshall on baritone saxophone, Idris Muhammad on drums, Ivan Renta on tenor saxophone, and current New School Jazz student Ilana Worrell on vocals.
The concert will take place at the Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor. Admission is $10; and free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA PLAYWRIGHT NOMINATED FOR LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD IN DRAMA
New School for Drama playwright, Dan Bernitt, class of 2011, has been nominated for a 21st Annual Lambda Literary Award for his one-man play, Phi Alpha Gamma. The Lambda Literary Awards seek to recognize excellence in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Each year, over 80 judges—writers, booksellers, librarians, journalists—assess the entries. This year, 105 finalists representing 72 publishers are competing for awards in 22 categories; Phi Alpha Gamma is one of five finalists in the drama category.
Phi Alpha Gamma explores the effects of a gay bashing on a group of young men in a college fraternity. Using the structure of a Greek tragedy, the play weaves together the voices of four fraternity brothers as they grapple with the remnants of the hate crime and their own fears, painting a haunting portrait of panic that focuses a compassionate eye on the complicated threads of brotherhood embedded in Americana.
Dan has performed his work in festivals across the United States, from Minneapolis and Cape Cod to Cincinnati and New York. He is a recipient of grants and fellowships from the Kentucky Center for the Arts, the University of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Arts Council. His first book, Dose: Plays & Monologues, also was a past finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Drama.
DRAMA’S RANDOM ACTS ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL AT HALF-WAY MARK!
The New School for Drama’s RANDOM ACTS One-Act Play Festival continues with its third week of productions Thursday, March 26. Audiences are invited to experience work by some of the best of the school’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free and open to the public, the plays are presented every other week and include both classic and contemporary works, ranging from Brian Friel’s Lovers to Romulus Linney’s Komachi. The festival will also feature six new works by Drama’s third-year playwrights, to be presented in the final two weeks.
The third weekend runs March 26-28 and will feature these plays:
Blind Date by Horton Foote, directed by Kathy MacGowan with Connor Carew, Brynne Kraynak, Dana Mazzenga, and Patrick Williams
Selected scenes from Bent by Martin Sherman, directed by Sherri Eden Barber with Nate Faust, David Marshall and Jason R Stroud
A Ringing of Doorbells by Thorton Wilder, directed by Web Begole with Jennifer Lagassé, Valerie Lonigro, Adrienne C. Moore, and Bridget Ori
Spain by Romulus Linney, directed by Sabina Ptasznik with David Bly, Marco Formosa, Sara Gozalo, Aidan O’Shea, Guillermo Ulysses, and Kirill Vaal
The festival will run through April 26, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free, and seating is first come, first served. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances will take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.
Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for the complete schedule and more information.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
THE NEW NEWARK PART II: CREATING A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS
On Thursday, March 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the Center for New York City Affairs and Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administrationpresents the second eventin a two-part series, “The New Newark,” with: Hon. Cory Booker, Mayor, City of Newark, New Jersey at Rutgers University in Newark.
In the third year of his administration, Newark Mayor Booker continues to learn new lessons about creating a culture of accountability in government. How do urban leaders inculcate new values and entrepreneurial passion in city bureaucracies that have long been unmovable and dependent on political appointments and patronage? What can other cities learn from Newark’s experience? And what challenges remain for civic reform in Newark?
A panel discussion, moderated by Bob Curvin, distinguished public policy fellow, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, and will include Paula Franzese, professor, Seton Hall School of Law; Celia King, executive director, Leadership Newark, Inc.; Harry Pozycki, chair, Center for Civic Responsibility; and Michelle Thomas, business administrator, City of Newark, NJ.
The event will take place in the Essex Room, Paul Robeson Campus Center, Rutgers University, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark, NJ. For directions to the Rutgers-Newark campus including mass transit options go to their website. Parking will be available.
Admission is free; but seating is limited, and reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
The New Newark eventseries has been generously supported by Edison Properties. Additional support provided by the Sirus Fund and the Milano Foundation.
CHILD WELFARE WATCH ISSUES NEW REPORT ON CARING FOR CHILDREN OF MENTALLY ILL PARENTS
The Center for New York City Affairs and the Center for an Urban Future issued a joint report documenting the issues facing poor and working class parents with mental illness and their children. Child Welfare Watch, Vol. 17, “Hard Choices: Caring for the Children of Mentally Ill Parents,” looks at issues facing parents with psychiatric problems who come in contact with the city’s child welfare system.
Today, adults who struggle with mental illness are as likely as anyone else to become parents. Yet the city’s human services programs are neither structured to support single and low-income parents with mental illness who are trying to raise their children, nor able to systematically evaluate their ability to provide proper childcare despite mental illness.
Highlights of the report’s findings include:
- In New York City, as many as one-fifth of parents who come in contact with the foster care system have a diagnoses of mental illness.
- Last year, New York City children were removed from their homes in 56 percent of Family Court abuse and neglect cases that involved an allegation of mental illness—while in cases that did not include such an allegation, children were removed and placed in foster care only 35 percent of the time.
- Some parents with mental illness can safely care for their children if given the proper support, but necessary programs are rare, and there is little coordination between the mental health system geared to adults and the child welfare systems designed to protect children.
In light of the rising wave of municipal and state budget cuts, which will hit human services hard—including many preventive family supports—this issue of Child Welfare Watch looks at how the stress of poverty has profound implications for a parent’s mental health—as well as for the brain development of young children. The report contains policy recommendations aimed at helping policymakers address issues of mental illness and parenting. The full report is available online at the Center for New York City Affairs www.centernyc.org.
Child Welfare Watch is published jointly by the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School and the Center for an Urban Future. This issue is made possible thanks to generous grants from the Child Welfare Fund, the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation, the Viola W. Bernard Foundation and the Sirus Fund.
WOMEN AND THE FULBRIGHT EXPERIENCE:
IN CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY—MARCH 4, 2009
On March 4, International Student Services and the office of Intercultural Support hosted “The Fulbright Experience” an inspiring panel—featuring women Fulbrighters at The New School.
The event began with a brief description of International Women's Day in Colombia by Camila Ronderos, ISS Ambassador. The first speaker on the panel, Gema Santamaria, a Social Research PhD student studying Sociology from Mexico, presented a paper that reflected on her role as an international PhD and her academic journey, which followed her parents' example of study abroad. Banu Eksi, a MA student studying International Affairs from Turkey focused on the cultural transformation that she has undergone after arriving in the United States replete with soccer games in her living room with her roommates. Lang graduate Rosse Taveras studied dance in Brazil in 1999-2000. She shared her path that included a short period of study abroad in Brazil, which ignited her passion to continue studying dance there and has since led to her establishing a company exploring dance as a form of expression.
Josephine Dorado studied Installation Art in The Netherlands in 2003-2004. A graduate of the Media Studies program at The New School for General Studies, she described two projects that she is working on in virtual reality. Her programs bring together performers in cyberspace that are physically located in different parts of the world. An impromptu guest speaker, Kim Foote, currently the study-abroad advisor at Lang, joined the panel to describe her Fulbright visit to Ghana.
For more information on upcoming Fulbright information sessions please email iss@newschool.edu
A POWERFUL NOISE DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, 15 New School students were able to purchase special discounted tickets to join thousands of people gathered in theaters across the United States to watch A Powerful Noise on March 5. The documentary, produced by Sheila Johnson, a trustee of The New School, featured the story of three women in Vietnam, Mali, and Boznia Herzegovina and their struggle to help and empower other women while changing the world.
The film screening was followed by a thought provoking discussion that featured Secretary Madeleine Albright, actress Natalie Portman, writer Nicholas Kristof, Christy Turlington, and Dr. Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE USA. The panel discussion ended on a positive note inviting every American watching the movie to engage in social change and actively participate in changing the world one person at a time.
CHOOSE YOUR ROOM FOR NEXT YEAR:
STUDENT HOUSING SELECTION PROCESS TAKES PLACE THE WEEK OF APRIL 13
The annual student housing selection process will take place during the week of April 13. Students should submit their housing applications and deposits by March 25 in order to choose a room for the 2009-2010 academic year.
For more information, please visit the Housing website, and click on “Apply for Housing.” If you have any questions, please email myhome@newschool.edu.
PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENT VOLUNTERS NEEDED
Psychological testing volunteers are needed for an ongoing experiment in visual perception being conducted in the visual perception lab at the New School for Social Research Psychology Department. In just 5 minutes volunteers can earn $2.00 or credit for those who are required to participate in psychology research for their degree.
If you would like to participate, go to 80 Fifth Avenue, room 720, on Tuesdays 12:00-5:00 p.m., Wednesdays. 12:00-3:00 p.m., and Thursdays 12:00-5:00 p.m. For more information email Clarissa at slesc399@newschool.edu; or call 212.229.5727 x3176.
Walk-ins are welcome.
DEMOCRACY & DIVERSITY GRADUATE SUMMER INSTITUTE, WROCLAW, POLAND JULY 9-26, 2009
The eighteenth Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute, organized by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) of The New School for Social Research, will take place in Wroclaw, Poland, from July 9-26, 2009. TCDS will welcome 40 junior scholars from the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world for this intensive three-week program of study in society, culture and politics.
Building on the achievements of our Krakow Institute (1991-2008), our new transatlantic laboratory in Wroclaw will offer a full semester’s worth of studies under the working title: “The New World Meets the New Europe.” The program is designed to facilitate intellectual and experiential insights into a momentous experiment now under way: the peaceful construction of transnational Europe. In an increasingly interdependent world fraught with violent conflicts, wars, and ethnic and religious tensions, it is vital to understand the past and present lessons involved in this extraordinary experiment in transborder institution-building. Located between Berlin, Prague and Warsaw, and saturated with the history and memory of these three distinct cultures, Wroclaw (formerly Breslau) is a beautiful and booming city that uniquely conveys both the challenges and the promise of a united Europe.
Known as an intimate international forum for lively but rigorous debate on critical issues of democratic life, the Democracy & Diversity Institute brings an interdisciplinary, comparative, and highly interactive approach to the social, political, and cultural challenges facing today’s world. Courses offered at this year’s Institute include Cosmopolitanism and its Discontents taught by Professor Andreas Kalyvas (NSSR/Lang); Globalization and the Politics of Public Memory taught by Professor Elzbieta Matynia (NSSR); Europeanization taught by Professor Sigrid Meuschel (Former Heuss Professor at NSSR; University of Leipzig); and Gender Stable & Unstable: Case Studies in the Changing Meaning of Gender taught by Professor Ann Snitow (Lang/NSSR).
Core faculty will be joined by other distinguished scholars and guest speakers. Upon completion of the Institute, U.S. graduate students receive full course credits and non-U.S. participants receive Institute certificates.
Full program information including course descriptions, program fees, and application form is available at the TCDS Web site at www.newschool.edu/tcds. Applications are due by Monday, March 23, 2009.
USE YOUR FREE ADMISSION TO DROP IN ON MOMA’S AFTER HOUR MONDAY NIGHTS
Monday, December 8, 2008, marks the first of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA’s) Monday Nights, a series of Monday evenings over the next six months when the Museum will remain open until 8:45 p.m. We encourage New School students and employees to drop in after work and enjoy access to the entire Museum. 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.
There will be live entertainment as well as drinks and cocktails available for purchase. MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street, New York City. Enjoy!
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: 13-A New Musical, The 39 Steps, Absinthe at the Spiegeltent, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Ballet NY, Beast, Big Apple Circus, Boeing Boeing, The Fantasticks, Flamingo Court, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Fueerzabruta, Gypsy, Hairspray, Irena's Vow, Legally Blonde, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Marvelous Wonderettes, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Speed the Plow, Spring Awakening, The Seagull, To Be Or Not To Be and Xanadu.
So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
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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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