The Weekly: Undergraduate News
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Issue #34 for the week of 5/3/2021
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From the Director of Studies |
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It has been a season of accommodations, everyone!—after a year of collective heroism. You’ll all have seen, Dean’s Date has been delayed until May 10, and seniors will know that the Comprehensive Exam will be graded P/D/F. I just want to say about these measures, and the countless small acts of compassion and understanding I have seen from teachers and friends, that they are all meant to make a little space, to breathe and also to think.
And really think, freely and openly, forgetting the deadline and the grade for a moment, getting curious again about the question, the sentence, the line, the word. The study of literature is a funny business. We have all felt the enormous urgency of communicating this year, and of the bridges we build from language to action. But our study is also always a kind of pastoral, an opening, more free, more experimental than the world around it—even if to the work of that world the reader, and the writer, must return. For now, take the extra increments of time we have, and the slight releases of pressure, and see if you can find for yourself some of that openness, the scene of reading, writing, thinking where you can surprise yourself. Perhaps in that spirit we can do our best work even now.
And get some sleep! If you won’t take my word for it, take Shakespeare’s, below (though admittedly he has an active dream life); and do read what’s in-between along the way.
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Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Undergraduate Administrator
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ACADEMIC DATES & DEADLINES |
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2021
May 2021
May 5
*Reading Period Ends
May 6 & 7
Senior Departmental/Comprehensive Exams
May 10
Dean's Date (revised)
May 8 - 14
Spring 2021 Final Exams
May 14
Department Class Day Celebration
May 16
Commencement
May 23
Baccalaureate (virtual)
May 24
Graduate Hooding Ceremony (virtual)
May 30
Memorial Day - University Holiday
July 2021
July 5
Independence Day Observed - University Holiday
August 2021
August 1
Continuing Graduate Student Academic Year Sign-In Period Begins
August 21
New Graduate Student Academic Year Sign-In Period
August 25
*Undergraduate Academic Year Sign-In Period Begins
*Graduate School Opening Address/ Orientation
August 27
Undergraduate First-Year Student Fall Term Course Selection
August 29
Opening Exercises, University Chapel
August 31
Undergraduate Academic Year Sign-In Period Ends
September
September 1
*Fall Semester Classes Begin at 8:00 a.m.
*Undergraduate Add/Drop begins at 6:30 a.m.
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Additional Dates for Juniors: |
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Additional Dates for Seniors:
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2021
Please see the below information regarding O.U.R.'s funding cycles and the Departmental resources for research funding support.
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2021
May 6-7, 2021
Senior Departmental/
Comprehensive Exams
May 14, 2021
Class of 2021 Class Day Celebration
Please see the below information regarding O.U.R.'s funding cycles and the Departmental resources for research funding support.
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LINK TO DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH UG WEBSITE
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University Mental Health Resources: Available to All Students |
Below you will find information pertaining to the University’s campus operations and COVID-19, including:
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The COVID-19 Dashboard now includes data from the undergraduates living on campus and those living locally with access to campus for the spring semester. Please keep in mind that the Dashboard is updated weekly on Mondays with results from the previous week, not in real time.
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Congratulations Cassie James!
Winner of the Princeton University Concert's Creative Reactions Contest 2021
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Recently declared sophomore, Cassandra James, has been named a first-prize winner ($1000) in Princeton University Concerts' Creative Reactions Contest which asked students to reflect on what music has meant to them throughout the pandemic. You can see the winners' announcement, with her winning personal essay, here.
You may see all the winning essays here.
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Support Our Concentrators!
Vote for their Videos!
Princeton Research Day 2021
Viewable online NOW
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Please support our concentrators from our department who are participating in Princeton Research Day!
Register to join us for #PRD21 Mainstage on May 6 at 4 pm when we’ll showcase the top videos as determined by our panel of judges, coupled with awards for outstanding contributions.
#PRD21 Mainstage is free and open to the public.
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The Department of English
2021 Class Day Celebration
Friday, May 14 at 4:00 PM EDT
via Zoom
Seniors, check your email for digital invite or email Kelly Lake (kalake@princeton.edu) for a copy of the digital in
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Students: Check Your Email |
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Here and There:
Issue 4:
Gratitude & Family
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Here and There Podcast Episode 3:
Reimagining the Archive,
A Conversation with Rene Boatman and Autumn Womack
Senior concentrator Isabel Griffith-Gorgati interviews Rene Boatman & Autumn Womack about Toni Morrison's legacy and archive at Princeton.
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OTHER EVENTS & OPPORTUNITIES |
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Summer Post Graduate Opportunity |
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is seeking new college graduates to join its team of Corporate Legal Assistants for immediate and June full-time hire. Corporate Legal Assistants work across an array of practice areas to provide clerical support to a team of world-class lawyers. To apply, applicants should furnish the Corporate Legal Assistants Manager with a cover letter, resume, short writing sample, and transcript. For more information, please reach out to one of DPW’s recent alumni of Princeton or David Ehmcke (david.ehmcke@davispolk.com) in Client Services.
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CLASS OF 2021: Teaching Opportunity |
Sent to us by Bryan Pannill '14, incoming English Chair of Kairos Academies.
Kairos Academies in St. Louis is seeking an innovative and passionate English teacher to start in late July for the 2021-22 school year.
Kairos is a new, innovative charter school in St. Louis that is diverse by design and committed to addressing education gaps in St. Louis through student-directed learning, project based learning, and developing the whole child. Kairos has been featured on the NBC Today Show and its founders were listed on Forbes' "30-under-30" for education.
Kairos currently serves grades 6-7, is adding 5 & 8 for the upcoming year, and will continue expanding to become a K-12 school. The incoming English teacher will have the opportunity to help the department develop curriculum through an intentionally iterative process while receiving mentorship and support. We are a scrappy, inventive bunch committed to reimagining education; we strongly prefer talented and passionate over experienced and complacent.
To learn more about the position and Kairos, and to apply, please follow these links:
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RESEARCH FUNDING INFORMATION |
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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.
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 are early: be sure you consult OUR and plan ahead.
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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 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.
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Your application for all funding must be made through S.A.F.E.
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Students applying to the OUR senior thesis research funding program are required to apply for all departmental and programmatic funds for which they are eligible in one single application.
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You will be able to save your application in SAFE and go back to it, but you must complete and submit the application by the earliest deadline of all the funding sources to which you are applying; no changes will be accepted once applications are submitted and locked, except for the selection of additional funding opportunities when eligible.
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Student Activity Funding Engine (S.A.F.E.)
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Center for Career Development:
While our physical office may be closed, the Center for Career Development is still here to support you.
The Center for Career Development serves Princeton undergraduate and graduate students of all years and interests.
We know that many of you have summer/post-graduation on your mind. The Center for Career Development is available to help you figure out your plans. A few resources and an upcoming event they're offering include:
Just-in-Time Career Fair (April 7): Meet top employers from various industries with currently available internships and full-time roles for 2021. This virtual career fair is open to undergraduates, graduate students, post-docs and recent alumni from Princeton, Brown, UChicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, MIT, Penn, Stanford and Yale.
One-on-one advising: Schedule an appointment with a career adviser to explore options and to start to put a personalized plan together.
Planning Your Summer Guide: This guide will help you build your own summer experience, mixing and matching options to find what works for you.
The Center for Career Development is also available during the summer to support students and the Class of 2021. Questions? Send them an email at careerdevelopment@princeton.edu.
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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.
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University Center for Human Values offers events of interest:
To access the events that the University Center of Human Values presents please use this:
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Writing Program
For Juniors and Seniors:
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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).
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Sonnet 27
William Shakespeare
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Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head
To work my mind, when body’s work’s expired:
For then my thoughts–from far where I abide–
Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,
And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,
Looking on darkness which the blind do see:
Save that my soul’s imaginary sight
Presents thy shadow to my sightless view,
Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night,
Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new.
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee, and for myself, no quiet find.
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Suggestions, events, additions, or questions?
Department of English
22 McCosh Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
(609) 258-4061
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