Monday, February 25, 2008

Philosophy / Psychology Symposium: Wed. 3/5

The Philosophy and Psychology Departments are pleased to announce a joint symposium on the topic of Self, Identity, and Context. Papers to be Presented:

"The Contextual Person: Explorations into the Multicultural Personality"
Miraj Desai (Psychology)

"The Persistently Transgressive Subject"

A. Janssen (Philosophy)

Respondents:
Dr. John Drummond (Philosophy)

Dr. Fred Wertz (Psychology)


Location:
O'Hare Special Collections, Walsh Library, 4th floor


Date & Time:
Wed., 3/5: 6-8 pm


Come early for wine and socializing! All are invited!

Date Change: Medieval Thought & Society Working Group: Thurs. 3/6

The next meeting of the GSA Medieval Thought and Society Working Group has been rescheduled to Thursday, Mar. 6 from 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in Keating 124.

Kim Durkota will be presenting on her work in feminism and medieval English literature. For a copy of Kim's paper, email Nathan Melson at nsmelson@hotmail.com.

Food and drinks will be served. All are invited.

Jazz Concert Tues. 2/26

JAZZ IT UP!

The next installment of Fordham's immensely popular Jazz It Up! series of concerts takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb 26th at 8.00pm in the University Commons, 3rd floor, Duane library.

Entertaining us will be the Lage Lund Quartet featuring:
Bryn Roberts: Piano
Orlando Le Fleming: Bass
Jochen Reuckert: Drums
Lage Lund : Guitar

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Professional Development Workshop Series

“Putting Your Degree to Work in a Non-Academic Setting”
Gerry Siuta, Ph.D., Chemistry, GSAS' 74
Monday, March 3rd, 2008, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Keating 124
Please RSVP to Nicol Gotsis, Director of Student Development
gotsis@fordham.edu

Teaching the Middle Ages Workshops

The Center for Medieval Studies runs a fabulous workshop on teaching strategies. Although it is primarily of interest for people who will be teaching in areas of medieval studies in the future, they also are very good for teaching strategies and ideas in general. They are all highly recommended.

The Spring '08 schedule is:

Wednesday, February 20, 3:15 p.m.

Teaching Middle English Through Translations

Dr Catherine Batt

FMH 416


Wednesday, March 5, 3:15 p.m.
Teaching With Primary Sources

Dr Nicholas Paul

FMH 416


Wednesday, April 9, 3:15 p.m.

Teaching the Middle Ages Through Contemporary Texts

Dr Katie Little

FMH 416


Thursday, April 24, 12:30 p.m.

Teaching Devotional Literature

Dr Patrick Hornbeck

FMH 216

Medieval Thought & Society Working Group: Thurs. 3/6

The next meeting of the GSA Medieval Thought and Society Working Group will take place Thursday, Mar. 6 from 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in Keating 124.

Kim Durkota will be presenting on her work in feminism and medieval English literature. For a copy of Kim's paper, email Nathan Melson at nsmelson@hotmail.com.

Food and drinks will be served. All are invited.

GSA Council Meeting: Mon. 2/25

The next GSA Council meeting will take place on Monday, Feb. 25 from 11:30 - 12:45 in Keating 124. All are welcome to attend.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

GSA News & Changes

A few changes that the GSA has made this semester:

(1) GSA Travel Grant Awards

In addition to those who present papers or posters, the $400 annual GSA travel grant awards will now be eligible to students who travel to academic conferences for the purposes of job interviews. Supporting documentation is required. This change takes effect retroactively to include any interview in the 2007-08 academic year. For more information, see here .

(2) GSA Council Meeting Schedule

GSA Council meetings have always have been open to all Fordham GSAS graduate students; however, because of varying schedules of the meetings, students often did not know the dates and locations of GSA Council meetings. To address this, we have instituted regularly scheduled Council meetings. The schedule for the Spring semester is:

Mon. Feb. 25 - 11:30 - 12:45
Mon. Mar. 10 – 12:30 - 1:45
Mon. Mar. 31 – 11:30 - 12:45
Mon. Apr. 14 – 12:30 - 1:30
Mon. May 5 – 11:30 - 12:45


Meeting will be held in Keating 124.

All graduate students are encouraged to attend. If you would like a copy of the agenda, please email the GSA Vice President Gary Gabor at gsa@fordham.edu the preceding Friday.

(3) GSA Office Hours

In a similar vein, the GSA has scheduled regular office hours for 2007-08. If you have any questions / concerns, please stop by.

The Spring 2008 office hours are:

M 1:30 - 3:00
T 1:30 - 3:00
W 1:30 - 3:00
Th 2:00 - 3:30
F 1:30 - 3:00

The GSA Office is located in Keating B18.

(4) Health Insurance Survey

If you have not already done so, please take the time to take part in the GSA Graduate Student Health Insurance survey, available here . This information will help us to track student satisfaction with the different health insurance options available, and to better serve the interests of graduate students.

If you have any questions or concerns about these changes, or have any other issues which you would like to bring to our attention, please do not hesitate to contact us:

By Email: gsa@fordham.edu
By Phone: 718-817-4408
In Person: Keating B18