UPDATED: Issue 4.a the week of 10/5/2022 | |
|
The Weekly Undergraduate E-Newsletter
Upcoming Dates & Deadlines, Events & Info
| |
|
October
October 10-13
1:30 pm Jr Seminar Class Photos
October 10-14
Fall Midterm Exams
October 13
12:00 pm Senior Thesis Topic Sheets to DropBox
October 15 - 23
Fall Recess
November
November 11
11:59 pm UG deadline to drop Fall courses and P/D/F
November 22
Tuesday follows Friday Schedule
Thanksgiving Recess Begins After Last Class
November 23- 27
Thanksgiving Break
November 28
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Princeton University Press Event
5:00 pm Bread Loaf Summer 2023 Due - SAFE
November 29
7:30 am - 11:59 pm Senior Spring 2023 Course Selection
November 30
7:30 am - 11:59 pm Junior Spring 2023 Course Selection
December
December 1
7:30 am - 11:59 pm Sophomore Spring 2023 Course Selection
December 2
7:30 am - 11:59 pm First-Year Spring 2023 Course Selection
December 8
Fall Classes End
December 9
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
JIW & Senior Thesis Boot Camp
December 9 - 16
Reading Period
December 16
Dean's Date
Seniors: 20 pages/ 1 Chapter Thesis Due
Juniors: 10 pages or Prospectus Due
December 17 - 23
Fall Exam Period
December 23
Winter Break Begins
| |  |
The Maren-Annan Grant for Departmental Research
The Maren-Annan Grant for Departmental Research supports student research for the Junior Paper and, under special circumstances, for other work for juniors or seniors within the context of a course in the English Department (excluding the senior thesis).
Applications should be made through SAFE, by choosing “Undergraduate Independent Projects” under “ACTIVITY.”
Please apply to all funds for which you are eligible along with the Maren-Annan Grant.
Allowable expenses correspond to those listed for senior thesis research on the OUR website.
Applications may be made at any time, but we recommend submission at least four weeks before any planned travel.
Awards are typically between $200 and $1200.
Consultation with your JP advisor or the instructor for your class is essential.
| |
The Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research
The Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research supports work toward the thesis for seniors in the English Department. Students should apply through SAFE, and choose the Maren Grant among their funding sources.
Please apply to all funding sources for which you are eligible.
For information on deadlines and eligible expenses, see the Office of Undergraduate Research Thesis Funding Page.
Applications to the Maren Grant for Senior Thesis Research may be made in any of the three OUR funding cycles:
- for thesis research in the summer before senior year;
- in the fall of senior year;
- or in the winter before the thesis is due.
Awards are typically between $200 and $1200.
Deadlines in S.A.F.E. are early: be sure you consult O.U.R. and plan ahead. This AY 2022 - 2023 O.U.R. Deadlines are shared below
| |
LINK TO DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UG WEBSITE
| | |
Affecting Expression
by Eliana Cohen-Orth
Wallace Theater, Lewis Arts Complex
Friday, October 7, 2022 8:00 pm
Saturday, October 8, 2022 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 9, 2022 2:00 pm
A play written by English Class of 2021 alum Eliana Cohen- Orth and featuring English concentrator Juliette Carbonnier '24, Affecting Expression is a new queer tragicomedy that tells the tale of three queer women from history — Charlotte Cushman, Matilda Hays, and Hatty Hosmer — as they navigate their intersecting artistic paths and the complexities of their relationships with each other and within the increasingly unreliable walls of their home. This piece explores questions such as: how can we transform historical queer experiences for modern artists and audiences? How do theater-makers maintain healthy relationships with theater-making, and make art in a way that is physically and emotionally sustainable? How can we come together to tell a story that we and other queer artists can look to and see our experiences, emotions, friendships, relationships, and artistry, reflected in an honest way? Directed by senior Eliyana Abraham and featuring senior Rosemary Paulson.
Learn more here.
| |
Call For Papers
SCIVIAS JOURNAL IN LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES
DEADLINE OCTOBER 26
Do you want to get your academic work published before graduating from college?
Scivias, Princeton's undergraduate-run journal that publishes student academic work relating to Late Antiquity and the Medieval Ages, is currently accepting submissions for our next edition. We will consider all undergraduate and graduate papers on any aspect of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages from any discipline.
Submissions should focus on material between the 3rd and 15th centuries CE, but we will consider papers that fall slightly outside of these parameters provided they are relevant to the study of Late Antiquity or the Middle Ages. We highly encourage the submission of papers that address themes, works, and issues that fall outside of Western Europe, including, but not limited to, the Slavonic World, the Islamic World, Eurasia, the “Far East,” and Africa. Papers written in departments outside of the humanities are also highly encouraged, such as STEM and the social sciences. See the Call for Papers document below for more details and for notes on formatting.
If accepted, our editorial board and faculty advisors would work with you to prepare your paper for publication in a high-quality, softcover journal that will be distributed widely to students, faculty, staff, and alums.
Please send your submission to princetonmedievaljournal@gmail.com by October 26th.
Contact our Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Matos (am76@princeton.edu) with any questions. We hope you consider sending something in, we would love to read it!
| |
Apply:
Project 55 Fellowship
Project 55 offers Fellows leadership programming and wrap-around support from local volunteers and our national staff with the goal of supporting the transition to full-time nonprofit work. Fellows are placed across the country in organizations across nonprofit and public service sectors. What makes a Project 55 Fellowship unique is our holistic approach to personal and professional development. Becoming a Project 55 Fellow is a chance to explore a lifelong commitment to social justice and join a community of more than 2,000 Princeton alumni who have launched their postgraduate lives through Project 55. Project 55 Fellows have found their experience influenced their personal and professional paths while being connected to valuable relationships that support them in multiple facets of their life.
Each year approximately 40% of our Fellows stay in their placement after their Fellowship concludes, and some have stayed with their organization for more than a decade. After completing their Fellowship, program alumni have continued work with their placement, started their own nonprofits, and built careers in the sector. They’ve stayed engaged with the network by becoming mentors, local area committee volunteers and connected Project 55 Fellows with new opportunities.
Program Information Session with Alumni Guest
Thursday, October 6th (6-7PM Eastern)
Join Soraia Francisco, Program Manager, with guest Fellow alumni, Nardeen Khella '21, as they guide applicants through the program elements and Fellowship experience. There will be a Q&R portion at the end. Bring your questions! Closed captioning will be enabled and the session recorded. Zoom Registration: HERE
Application Process Information Session
Friday, November 4th (6-7PM Eastern)
Join Soraia Francisco, Program Manager as they guide applicants through the application process and offer tips and former applicant reflections. There will be a Q&R portion at the end. Bring your questions! Closed captioning will be enabled and the session recorded. Zoom Registration: HERE
December 1, 2022 Deadline to apply.
Learn more about Project 55 Fellowship here.
| | |
|
Jeff Dolven, D. Graham Burnett, and Michael Wood in conversation
Labyrinth Books & Crowdcast
Wednesday, November 9, 6:00 p.m.
Hybrid
Dream-scholars and archival fabulists, the artist-researchers of the ESTAR(SER) collective pursue the evasive angel of “pure attention,” creating occasions to test the power of the focused mind and the vital senses. To celebrate the publication of the group’s new book, In Search of the Third Bird, as well as the opening of the year-long exhibition, “THE THIRD, MEANING” at the Frye Museum in Seattle, ESTAR(SER) research associates D. Graham Burnett (Princeton) and Jeff Dolven (Princeton) will sit down with discussant Michael Wood (Princeton) to discuss history, attention, and scholarly metafiction.
Join us at Labyrinth or register here for the livestream.
| | |
|
Save the Date:
Tanner Lectures on Human Values
Known and Strange Things:
The Political Necessity of Art
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Thursday, November 10, 2022
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Friend Center, Lecture Hall 101
Fintan O'Toole
Columnist for the Irish Times and book author
Nov. 9, Lecture 1: "Against Artfulness"
Nov. 10, Lecture 2: "Negative Capability"
The lectures are free and open to the public.
Each lecture will be livestreamed on mediacentrallive.princeton.edu
Click here to read additional information about the lectures.
| |
Office of Undergraduate Research | |
|
Office of Undergraduate Research (O.U.R.) and Student Activities Funding Engine (S.A.F.E.):
O.U.R.'s funding is considered "top-up" funding- this means that they meet the need (top up) that isn't met by other sources of undergraduate funding, so to receive their funding, you must apply for funding through other opportunities.
Many departments and programs offer funding opportunities that coincide with O.U.R.'s, so you want to use the search function in S.A.F.E. to locate funding that might support your research.
You may apply for the Maren's as well during O.U.R.'s funding cycle to qualify for O.U.R.'s funding support and other department or program funding. Just remember: you must apply by the earliest deadline set by all your funding sources.
O.U.R.'s deadline is typically after all the other program and departmental offerings, but S.A.F.E. is one application for all opportunities, so you will want to get your full application in by the earliest deadline of all of the opportunities you are seeking-- this will likely be prior to O.U.R.'s deadline.
| |
| AY 2023 O.U.R.'s Funding Timeline | Fall Research
Oct 12 - Dec. 05, 2022 | Winter Research
Dec. 23 - Mar. 20, 2023 | Summer Research
May 18- Sept 5, 2023 | | Application Opens in SAFE | Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | Monday, November 7, 2022 | Friday, February 10, 2023 | | Application Closes in SAFE | Tuesday, September 27, 2022 | Wednesday, November 30, 2022 | Sunday, March 26, 2023 | | OUR's Funding Decisions Posted | Friday, October 14, 2022 | Tuesday, December 20, 2022 | Friday, April 21, 2023 | | |
|
Dear Senior & Junior Concentrators,
While Class Days 2023 and 2024 may seem like a lifetime away preparations are already underway!
Seniors, please mark your calendars as Class Day 2023 is scheduled for Monday, May 29, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 50 with a small reception following.
WE NEED YOUR PHOTOS! And we need your correct INFORMATION!
SENIORS: What you will be asked for to assist with our Class Day Celebration
Your information:
We will be asking for your name as you want it to be shared on Class Day 2023, and your final thesis title. Closer to the date you will receive messages with link to the google form to collect this information.
Your Photos -- What we need:
Please send us as jpeg/png/doc/pdf of your baby/ young person photo:
- 1 - Your favorite baby/ young person picture (cuteness you, creative you, "little reader" you, or the one you like the most!)
Please also send us a jpeg/png/doc/pdf of a recent picture photo:
- 2 - Picture(s) of you now or recently -- this will be shared in our department film with your thesis and any prize(s) you may win.
Additional photos we would also greatly appreciate your help by sharing your photos from these past two years:
-
We would also love photos that we can share of you and other concentrators. Please think of ones that "express you" or a photo of you that you love (and your family might too.)
And a really short video (30 seconds please!)
-
If you'd like, please take a short video (no longer than a 30 seconds, of you sharing a favorite poem or passage that resonates with you, one which knocks you over, makes your heart sing, your brain buzz, or the one that captured your interest and brought you to your thesis!
WHERE TO SUBMIT?
Please submit your materials through the submission box on our webpage here
(Kindly label your files with your full name - pngs, jpegs, pdfs, word docs are all welcome.)
MATERIALS WILL BE DUE IN LATE MARCH 2023, BUT WE ARE BEGINNING TO COLLECT NOW!
| |
|
In preparation for the Fall term, the University has adjusted COVID policies to decrease the number of mandatory mitigation measures. However, if public health circumstances change, the University may need to reimpose mandates to appropriately mitigate COVID.
Of the full list of updates you may access through the link below, the most significant policy change is that boosters will no longer be mandated.
The second significant change is that participating in the asymptomatic testing program is no longer required. Students and employees are asked to voluntarily continue testing monthly to help the University monitor variants circulating on campus and community spread to inform our strategies.
We also have changed our Visitor Policy to eliminate the proof of attestation requirement for visitors to campus. Read full announcement and updates.
The COVID-19 Dashboard is still active and includes data from the undergraduates living on campus and those living locally with access to campus for the fall semester. Please keep in mind that the Dashboard is updated weekly on Mondays with results from the previous week, not in real time.
| |
University monitoring the international monkey pox (MPX) outbreak | |
In an email sent to all university employees on August 11, the university addressed university concerns regarding the monkey pox public health emergency.
"The University’s Public Health Response Team is monitoring the global rise in monkeypox (MPX) cases and is taking a number of important steps to prepare for the likelihood that MPX infections will be identified on Princeton’s campus." Read full announcement.
| | |
|
Find Help When You Need It | |
Princeton is a caring and relatively small place, so it is not difficult to find support if you look for it. The University strives to provide you with the academic, personal and health resources to succeed on campus. We do assume, however, that you will seek out the help you need.
To make the most of your academic experience, you’ll want to take advantage of the many resources designed to enhance your approach to research, writing and problem solving.
ODOC's Support List
| |
|
Effective July 22, 2022, WASE has been shut down.
Princeton University will now be using Microsoft Bookings: bookings.princeton.edu
Microsoft Bookings is the ideal scheduling tool for student advising, office hours, coaching, reservations, and more.
Functionality that will benefit you:
- Self-service 24/7 to eliminate the wait
- Set availability in advance
- Sync with Outlook Calendar
- Request specific information at time of booking
- Provide specific instructions
- Set custom reminders/notifications
- In-person and virtual meetings
- Offer multiple services from same booking page/URL
- Manage your calendar from anywhere using mobile app
For additional information on how to use the new system, please follow the link to Get Help
| |
Useful Services & Information | |
The Center for Career Development is here to help all undergraduate and graduate students of all years to identify their interests and strengths, explore a diverse range of opportunities to build experience and clarity about their goals, and empower them to pursue paths they find personally meaningful.
| |
Humanities Council Faculty Bookshelf:
Visit the Humanities Council's Faculty Bookshelf! Browse by author or discipline to explore the University's cutting-edge humanities scholarship.
| | |
University Center for Human Values offers events of interest:
To access the events that the University Center of Human Values presents please use this:
| | |
Writing Program
For Juniors and Seniors:
|
80-minute, Discipline-Specific Appointments: From formulating a plan for semester- and year-long projects to conducting research and drafting and revising, our trained Graduate Fellows are available as students tackle the challenges of independent work! Make an appointment now: https://writingcenter.princeton.edu/s/80MIN
The Virtual Writing Lab (Sunday-Thursday 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. ET): Having a hard time getting motivated working on your JP or Thesis? Looking for a sense of community? Don’t go it alone! Join our Zoom-based virtual lab to write with peers, consult Fellows as needed, and tackle your short and long-term writing goals! Join here any time we’re open.
Writing Partnerships: Pair up with an experienced Graduate Fellow for a standing weekly appointment to structure the JP or thesis writing process and avoid a pile-up of writing at the end of the semester. If you’re interested in setting up a partnership, write to Dr. Creedon (greedon@princeton.edu).
| |
|
Russ Leo
Director of Undergraduate Studies
| |
Undergraduate Administrator
(609)258-4093
| |
|
Maddie Wolfert
UG Outreach Coordinator
| |
|
Jeewon Yoo
Writing Boot Camp Co -Coordinator
| |
|
Denise Xu
Writing Boot Camp Co-Coordinator
| |
Undergraduate Advisory Committee Representatives | |
|
Class of 2023
Beatrix Bondor
Alex Gjaja
Cassy James
| | |
|
Class of 2024
J.J. Scott
Sierra Stern
Beth Villaruz
| | |
|
Members of the UAC assist the DUS, Professor Russ Leo, as the student voice in departmental matters concerning policy and curriculum. These students also help with undergraduate events and provide the DUS with insight to community. We meet on average 3 to 4 times per year.
Concentrators, please feel free to share your thoughts and insights about the Department's program with these individuals if you are not comfortable bringing them to the DUS or the UA, Kelly Lake.
| |
Suggestions, events, additions, or questions?
| | | | | |
