From Dean Runsdorf and Dean Schneider...

Students interested in applying for major external fellowships--like the Fulbright, Rhodes, and Marshall Scholarships--should plan to attend one of the upcoming meetings:

*Wednesday, April 10, from noon to 1 p.m., in 104 Diana Center

*Tuesday, April 16, from 5 to 6 p.m., in 328 Milbank

The Fulbright, Rhodes, and Marshall all have deadlines early in the fall semester, so potential candidates will want to get started on their applications over the summer.  Deans Runsdorf and Schneider will present information about these and  other awards:   the Luce Scholarship;  the AABC Scholarship;  Gates Cambridge; Mitchell; NSF......Recent alums are welcome to apply, so graduating seniors who are thinking about applying  for any of these awards in the year ahead should absolutely plan to attend one of the meetings.

From Dean Kuan Tsu....

On Monday, April 8, 2013 at 5:30-7:00pm in 306 Milbank Hall, Dean Christina Kuan Tsu will hold an informational meeting about the law school application process.  All students and alumnae are welcome, but those who are planning to apply during the 2013-2014 law school admissions cycle are strongly urged to attend.

The Crisis of Integrity: A Panel Discussion on Issues of Ethics Beyond the Gates

Tuesday, April 2

6-8pm

Held Auditorium (3rd Floor, Barnard Hall)

Featuring:

Barbara Kantrowitz, Columbia Journalism School Adjunct Professor and award-winning writer and editor
J. Michael Evans, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs and Co-Chairman of the Client and Business Standards Committee
Robert Kunstadt, Attorney specializing in intellectual property law
Don McCabe, Rutgers Business Professor and leading expert on academic integrity
Ruth L. Fischbach, Professor and Co-Founder & Director of Columbia University Center for Bioethics

This event will seek to respond to the recent string of headlines -- from the Harvard cheating ring, Fareed Zakaria's plagiarism scandal, to Lance Armstrong's doping saga -- which play a role in our culture of integrity, and to facilitate a broader conversation about this culture and societal standards of ethics and morality. The discussion will incorporate a diverse array of professional perspectives, including journalism, academics, law, and business. The audience will have the opportunity to ask the panelists their questions as we continue to think critically about these issues and their implications during and after our time at Barnard. The panel discussion will be followed by refreshments and the opportunity to meet with the panelists.

From the Speaking Fellows Program...

Get your own, personal public speaking consultant.  For free.

This semester, every Barnard student can meet with her own, personal Speaking Fellow to develop her public speaking and presentation skills, be it for a senior thesis presentation, a special event, a personal statement...or just to get everything you can out of your last semester at Barnard.

Speaking Fellows are undergraduate Barnard students who have been specially trained to help students craft, prepare, and deliver presentations and participate in class discussions.  Speaking Fellows can work with you on a range of skills, such as:

• How to organize and structure your ideas
How to create a persuasive, well-reasoned argument
How to make key points in clear, precise ways
How to use visual aids
• How to improve and polish your delivery

To sign up for a one-on-one session with a Speaking Fellow, register an account online at: https://speaking.mywconline.com

For more information about this and other Speaking Fellow opportunities, visit the Speaking Program website: www.barnard.edu/speaking

From the CC Dean's Office....

.....Guinea pigs wanted.....

Economics, SIPA, Political Science, and Sociology maintain a  recruitment system for laboratory experiments.  The recruitment page is available at this link:http://orsee.econ.columbia.edu/public/ and Columbia students are invited to register. If you register, you will receive emails when researchers conduct experiments for which you are eligible. If you want to participate in the experiment, you will then reply to the email for the specific experiment. In other words, registration in the recruitment system per does not lead to any expectation of participation unless you later choose to reply to the announcement of an experiment.

When participating in an experiment, you will be paid.  The lab experiments you will participate in are comparable to computer games; they are typically fun, held to a strict policy of non-deception and anonymity, and an easy source of cash for students. Both the recruitment system and any experiment you will be invited to have been approved by Columbia's Institutional Review Board (IRB: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/irb/).

If you register in the recruitment system, you will receive an e-mail with a confirmation link that you must click to make your registration active.  If you do not confirm your registration, you will not receive any invitation for experiments.

You will be able to unsubscribe at any time by clicking on a link provided in your registration email, or by directly contacting the system manager whose details are also available at the site: http://orsee.econ.columbia.edu/public/contact.php.

S/X Conference, this Sunday

From Student Life....

Apply for the 2013 Senior Week Committee!

Apply now at:     CUSENIORWEEK.COM

From Senior Experience....

Come join Senior Experience for an evening with your peers!  Share your thesis topic with other seniors.  Meet with speaking fellows and writing fellows.  Get feedback on your thesis draft.  Consult with your senior research librarian.  De-stress with Stress Busters, board games, raffles and plenty of coffee and snacks.  Join Senior Experience and the Class of 2013 for Senior Cafe!  


Tuesday, October 23 ,2012
7:30 PM until 9:30 PM
2nd Floor Diana Café

From the Senior Fund....

Barnard Seniors- Make your voice heard! Where do you want the Barnard Senior Fund donations to go? We want to know! We will be taking nominations for the designation of the senior class gift until October 19th. Please send nominations to seniorfund@barnard.edu. The class will then vote on the top 3 nominations and the designation will be revealed in early November.

From your friends on the Barnard Senior Fund Committee

From the Speaking Fellows Program....

Need to prepare for a senior thesis presentation or interview?  Trying to figure out how to explain your Barnard experience, choice of study, or personal interests to others?

The Barnard Speaking Fellows Program is offering a two-part workshop series called "Public Speaking and the Intellectual Voice."  Participants learn the fundamentals of public speaking and seminar conversational skills; create and practice their own speeches in front of a supportive group; and get personalized coaching from a Speaking Fellow.  Barnard students of all disciplines are encouraged to sign up.

To sign up:  Below is a list of dates and times for each section of Public Speaking and the Intellectual Voice.  The first date is Part 1, and the second date is Part 2.  Please note that because workshops are experiential and based on the group dynamic, participation in both Part 1 and Part 2 is required.

To reserve your spot, send an email to clie@barnard.edu with your top 3 choices.  Workshops do fill up quickly, so students are advised to make reservations as soon as possible.

Monday workshops:
10/22 and 10/29, 8:00-10:00pm
11/12 and 11/19, 7:00-9:00pm
11/12 and 11/19, 8:00-10:00pm

Tuesday workshops:
10/23 and 10/30, 7:30-9:30pm
11/13 and 11/20, 7:30-9:30pm

Wednesday workshops:
10/24 and 10/31, 11:00-1:00pm
10/24 and 11/31, 6:00-8:00pm
11/7 and 11/14, 6:00-8:00pm
10/24 and 10/31, 5:00-7:00pm
11/7 and 11/14, 5:00-7:00pm

Thursday workshops:
10/25 and 11/1, 4:00-6:00pm
11/8 and 11/15, 4:00-6:00pm
10/25 and 11/1, 7:30-9:30pm
11/8 and 11/15, 7:30-9:30pm

For information about our philosophy, how the program works, and other speaking resources we offer, visit www.barnard.edu/speaking.  Any questions, please contact Cecelia Lie, Writing and Speaking Programs Coordinator, at clie@barnard.edu or 212-854-8941.