APA Office Hours – Starting 3/6
Starting on Monday 3/6, the Class of 2025 Academic Peer Advisors (APAs) will host drop-in office hours. The APAs can help students navigate major/minor/certificate declaration, discuss study strategies and time management tools, as well as get a head start on pre-registration planning. Be sure to stop by!
Call for Papers: 2023 CSGS UG Research Conference
Undergraduate Research Conference
Historical and Current Perspectives on Guns & Society
Friday, April 28, 2023, 10 am – 3 pm.
The Center for the Study of Guns and Society at Wesleyan University is pleased to announce its first annual one-day undergraduate research conference on Friday, April 28, 2023.
Undergraduate students who are interested in presenting at the conference are invited to submit proposals by 5PM on March 20, 2023, at this link. Submissions should include: 1) a brief (one paragraph) abstract of your proposal; 2) a brief (one-paragraph) description of the context of your research project (e.g. short bio, relevant courses, extracurricular activities, etc.); 3) an indication of your preferred format to present your research (a 15-minute presentation; a 5-minute lightning round presentation; or as a poster presentation). Please remember to include in your submission a title for your research, your name, major, and an email address for us to contact you. Submissions will be reviewed by a faculty-student conference committee and presenters will be informed by the end of March 2023.
Research topics in guns and society for this conference may relate to history, religion, literature, visual arts and material culture, public health and medicine, museums/public history/memorialization, business, theater, film and media, government, policy, engineering/design, manufacturing, law, anthropology, lethality, environmental history, animal studies, psychology, and or other relevant scholarly fields.
For questions, please contact Center Director, Prof. Jennifer Tucker (HIST/FGSS/SISP/CSS) at jtucker@wesleyan.edu or Center Associate Director Joseph Slaughter (Religion and History) at jslaughter01@wesleyan.edu.
This event is co-sponsored with students at Trinity College and Amherst College with help from from Prof. Scott Gac (American Studies and History at Trinity) and Prof. Jonathan Obert (Political Science at Amherst). Special guests will include a curator from the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)
The event is free and open to the Wesleyan community. Lunch will be provided.
The Center for the Study of Guns and Society was established in April 2022 at Wesleyan University to foster historical research on guns in society and strengthen academic, museum, and public history collaborations.
Humanities Path to Career Path – Alumni Panel
March 2, 5:00pm, Shapiro Center for Writing
Join Wesleyan alumni to learn more about how academic backgrounds in the humanities can lead to professional opportunities. Panelists career trajectories will demonstrate the adaptability and flexibility of a liberal arts education.
More details and register to attend here.
Ukrainian Folk Dance
Ukrainian Folk Dance: Choreotherapy with Mariia Bakalo
Wednesday, February 22 7-8:30PM
Cross Street Dance Studio, 160 Cross St.
Wesleyan University
This workshop is free and open to everyone! all abilities, ages and curiosities!
Mariia Bakalo, dance artist from Lviv, Ukraine, will introduce Ukrainian folk dance. Working with spatial and rhythmic patterns, stomping and breath, the dances facilitate a sense of wellbeing enhanced by a collective dynamic.
(Masks will be required – We will have extra ones on hand)
Student Academic Resources is Hiring!
Are you interested in working as a Peer Advisor, or other position with Student Academic Resources? Do you have questions about what the positions include?
Talk to current Peer Advisors at Usdan Tables this week!
Wednesday, February 22nd
Thursday, February 23rd
11:30 – 1:30 – stop by during lunch!
For more information on the positions, visit wesleyan.edu/sar/apply.html.
Group Therapy with CAPS
Please review the following Understanding Self and Others (USO) group therapy options offered by Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS):
USO for Women (Thursdays at 5:30pm)
USO for LGBTQIA+ folx (Wednesdays at 5:00pm)
USO Grief Group (Wednesdays at 2:00pm)
“You Were Saying…” (Wednesdays at 5:00pm)
Interested in Law (Info Session 2/16)
| Interested in learning more about careers in law or what it’s like to be a paralegal at a premier law firm specifically looking for Wesleyan students? Cravath, Swaine & Moore are hosting an Information Session this Thursday, February 16th at 4:00pm! Cravath has been known as one of the premier U.S. law firms for over two centuries. Their primary areas of practice include: corporate, litigation, tax, executive compensation and benefits and trusts and estates. Register on Handshake for the event and see details below: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Information Session Feb 16, 2023 • 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST |