http://www.nps.gov/history/crdi/internships/intrnCRDIP.htm

Deadline: Friday, March 2, 2012

Attendance is free and open to the public, though registration is highly encouraged.

Flyers for both the conference and lecture are posted below.

Please direct any of your colleagues that are interested to our website, if they register by Monday, February 27th, they will receive complimentary breakfast and lunch:

http://anthropology.las.uic.edu/2012-second-city-anthropology-graduate-student-conference

Thank You,

2012 Conference Planning Committee

A flyer for this event is available for download here: flyer.pdf

Students!  Interested in an exciting new way to take an introductory science course in a spectacular field setting?  Two new courses, offered by Collins Living-Learning Center, in conjunction with the Dept. of Geological Sciences and the College of Arts & Sciences, offer students a unique opportunity for field study–either in the volcanic mountains of the Sierra Nevada or the lush forests of south-central Indiana.  The two courses are open to both science and non-science students and both offer College CASE N&M credit.

Geology G188 (Collins L130) “Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada: Geology and Natural Heritage of the Long Valley Caldera,” offers a hands-on, inquiry-oriented introduction to geological and environmental sciences in some of the most spectacular and geologically active areas of the western U.S. The class is taught by Michael Hamburger, professor of Geological Sciences and John Rupp, research scientist with the Indiana Geological Survey.  The course will be taught in Summer I, and will include a prerequisite seminar class during the second half of the spring semester, followed by a 2-week field trip to the Sierras, May 17 – 31.  Application deadline:  Feb. 24, 2012.

Further information is available at the course web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~sierra/

Collins L230, “Learning from Nature: Permaculture” is taught by IU Religious Studies professor David Haberman, in conjunction with Peter Bane, author of The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country, Keith Johnson, Editor of Permaculture Activist magazine, and Rhonda Baird, permaculture practictioner and teacher.  This course offers students hands-on experience with the rapidly growing and internationally recognized design system for creating sustainable human environments that create ecologically sound and economically prosperous human comunities.  The course gives students both innovative conceptual tools and practical skills for creating sustainable communities.  The class includes two intensive weeks of being outdoors, classwork, and camaraderie at the White Violet Center for Eco-Justice.   Application deadline:  Mar. 30, 2012.

Further information is available at the course web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~llc/academics/permaculture.shtml

Thursday, February 23, 2012

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at Woodburn Hall 120

This session is open to all IUB students and alumni who are interested in exploring career options in medicine or other healthcare professions. Advisors from the Health Professions and Prelaw Center (HPPLC) will provide you with tips that can help you decide whether or not you are on the best path, given your strengths and interests, as well as ideas for creating a personalized plan for successful health career exploration.

HPPLC advisors with expertise in a wide variety of preprofessional areas in healthcare and law will be available to answer your questions.

(Please note that this session will NOT address application procedures and the like. The meeting is designed for exploratory health professions students.)

30524  05:45P-08:15P MW BH 238 Taurama M

Sched of Classes listing will soon reflect approval for CASE GCC Global Civilization and Culture credit

Above class meets second eight weeks only

CEUS-R 299 INTERM TPCS CENTRL EURASIAN ST (3 CR) VT: INTRO TO C ASIA MONGOLIA TIBET

 30095 04:00P-06:30P TR BH 246 Cwiek B TOPIC: Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia and Tibet

 Above class open to undergraduates only

Above class meets second eight weeks only

CEUS-R 299 INTERM TPCS CENTRL EURASIAN ST (3 CR) VT: INTRO TO TURCO-IRANIAN CIV

30096 04:00P-06:30P MW BH 232 Beben D

 TOPIC: Introduction to Turco-Iranian Civilization

Above class open to undergraduates only

Above class meets second eight weeks only

CEUS-R 309 TPCS IN BALTIC-FINNISH STUDIES (3 CR) VT: OLD BARNY & ESTONIAN SURVIVAL

36132 04:00P-06:15P T SY 006 Kivik P 04:00P-06:15P R SY 105 Kivik P

TOPIC : Old Barny, the Czar’s Madman and Estonian Survival

Above class meets second eight weeks only

Above class open to undergraduates only

 COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit

Themester, an initiative of the College of Arts and Sciences, is pleased to announce three internship positions available for Fall 2012 through a 1-credit course in the College.  Selected applicants must register themselves for the course.   

Time commitment

• Approximately 5-7 hours a week during the fall semester, August 20-December 7

Qualifications

• Strong academic interest in the upcoming Themester “Good Behavior, Bad Behavior: Molecules to Morality”
• Strong writing and observational skills
• Strong organizational skills,  attention to detail and ability to see a project to its conclusion
• Ability to think creatively to solve problems and generate ideas
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment with peers, staff and faculty
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Event planning experience or strong interest

Duties and Responsibilities

The general duty of interns is to support the Director of Academic Initiatives in engaging students in the Fall Themester.  An intern’s duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Reflect and report on a selection of Themester events
• Work with other interns to create and implement a social media plan
• Engage in issues and ideas raised by the Themester and contribute to the Themester blog
• Solicit guest contributors (faculty, staff and student) for the Themester blog
• Develop and coordinate at least one Themester event
• Design an advertisement or flyer for at least one Themester event
• Create a promotional plan and connect students to Themester through outreach activities

Coursework

In addition to the previously-mentioned duties, interns will complete career-development activities such as establishing learning objectives, keeping a journal, conducting an informational interview, producing items for a career portfolio, and attending a Career Development Center event. At the close of the semester, interns will produce a 5-to-7-page reflection paper and program evaluation.  Through their duties and assignments, students should also expect to engage academically in Themester. 

Application

Please send a cover letter, resume, and a proposal for a student-centered Themester event on the theme of “Good Behavior, Bad Behavior: Molecules to Morality” to themes@indiana.edu.  Application deadline:  March 9.  Please direct questions to themes@indiana.edu.

The Anthropology Graduate Student Association Annual Symposium will be taking place this week! Attached is a schedule of events and below is some more information about the keynote speaker.  This year’s symposium, Branching Out: Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Approaches, will take place from Friday, February 24 to Sunday, February 26. Anthropology’s four-field approach has allowed researchers to explore human diversity in a multiplicity of ways.  As we move into the 21st century, these varied approaches are increasingly challenging anthropologists to incorporate the strengths of other disciplines, especially through collaborative projects.  Anthropology also provides valuable insights for studying humanity that are incorporated by other departments, and this interdisciplinary dialogue offers many exciting new avenues of research.  This symposium will showcase the variety of projects pursued by scholars across disciplinary lines to better understand the human experience.

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Emily Frank (Indiana University ’06), who completed her dissertation research on the social impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia.  She currently holds two positions: the first as a Research Associate with the Department of Anthropology at IU which allows her to continue to pursue research in Southern Africa on the social impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the subsequent international interventions that arise in efforts to manage it.  The second position is as a full time Senior Strategist at In-Sync, a global business research and consulting firm located in Toronto.  The firm specializes in understanding how patients experience illness, particularly chronic illness, such to help the healthcare industry better address patient needs and enhance health outcomes. Here is more information about the keynote:

“Opportunity and Illness: AKA ‘The Junkie Stole My Sandwich!’”
Friday, February 24^th at 6:30pm
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Lecture Hall; Symposium Reception to Follow in the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Atrium

The ways in which understandings of illness shift to create new opportunities and new modes of meaning are both critical cultural features on a local and global scale. Not all of these emergent meanings and opportunities are positive, but they are powerful indicators of information flows and social structures. I will explore some of the ways this is most evident and suggest what the Anthropological role is in unpacking these. In an era in which the Governor of Florida and leading Anthropologists are questioning the very validity of the Anthropological discipline I believe Anthropologists can play a vital role in demonstrating what these stories tell us about our contemporary era as well as reconfiguring how they are told, to lead to more positive outcomes. This discussion will be drawn from my work on HIV/AIDS in Zambia, work in international development, across what are known as Pharmerging Markets and from within the Pharmaceutical industry.

 More information can be found at: http://www.nd.edu/~nsfbones/nsfbones/ND_Bioarch.html The field school will be held from May 28 – July 13, 2012 on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The program provides a $400/week stipend, as well as funds for housing and travel to and from the University of Notre Dame. The application deadline is March 16, 2012. Please forward this message and/or post the attached flyer.

For further information, please contact Jaime Ullinger (Jaime.Ullinger@quinnipiac.edu -or- julling1@nd.edu).

Please join us for the first talk of the spring semester series sponsored by the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics. 

Speaker:  Hans Ibold, School of Journalism, Indiana University
Topic:  New Media in Authoritarian Central Asia: Fuel for What?
Date: Friday, February 24, 2012
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Place: LI001 Wells Library (SLIS in Wells Library; East 10th St. entrance)

Talk preceded by an informal gathering with cookies, tea, and coffee, available at 1:45pm.
 
ABSTRACT
Emerging research on the role of media in social and political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East reminds us that newer networked media tools like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the mobile Web are not inherently transformative. What matters is how people select and use these tools and in what cultural contexts. However, this does not mean that a search for generalizable patterns of transformation is futile. In this talk, I discuss a work-in-progress that explores how activists in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan use newer networked media tactically. I begin by drawing on my past work in Kyrgyzstan and on more recent research to discuss how newer media have opened up opportunities for alternative forms of expression, participation, and learning in Kyrgyzstan. I then discuss and seek feedback on a study I am designing that investigates an information technology activist culture and its influence in Kyrgyzstan. Considerable evidence suggests that this small group may be playing a role in spreading awareness and in connecting otherwise separate domestic and international people that can lead to new ideas, new identities, and new opportunities for group actions, as well as new tensions and entrenchment. Finally, I suggest that this small group of IT activists may be filling an information and community-building void left by the increasingly irrelevant news media in Kyrgyzstan.
 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Hans Ibold is an assistant professor at the IU School of Journalism. His research examines media and cultural globalization and the role journalism plays when media technologies and cultures converge. He  was the technology reporter for the Los Angeles Business Journal, arts editor for the Idaho Mountain Express in Ketchum, Idaho and an online editor and features writer for Getty.edu. From 2003 to 2005, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, where he continues to travel and carry out media research. Ongoing projects investigate Twitter and social change and new media literacies. For more information, see his website at: http://hanspeteribold.net/

This series is designed to introduce faculty, students and staff across the university to current research in social informatics conducted at IU and around the world. The Center is jointly sponsored by the IU Schools of Informatics and Library & Information Science, and the Kelley School of Business. For more information about the Center, please visit http://rkcsi.indiana.edu