--TUCKER FOUNDATION EVENTS OF THE WEEK—
1) Chapel: Senior Nathanael Friday is preaching @ 5
2) Compassionate Care
3) Application deadline for the DPCS Post-Grad Fellowship is TONIGHT (1/25) @ 11:59pm!!!
4) Multi-Faith Conversations: “Self Care”
5) Tucker Fellowships 15S Applications due January 28th
6) Social Justice Awards 2015
7) "Permaculture & Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Holistic Movement for Wellbeing and Environmental Stewardship"
8) Dartmouth on Purpose 14F 21-Day Challenge
9) TA wanted for Spring 2015, English 40: American Poetry, Community-Based Learning Collaboration
10) “21st Century Zion: America, Israel, and the Challenges of a New Era” a public lecture by New York Times bestselling author Ari Shavit.
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This Sunday, January 25th, Nathanael Friday ’15 is preaching at Sunday Night Chapel from 5-5:30pm in Rollins.
This term's theme is: Vox Clamantis in Deserto: God's help thought "wilderness" experiences at Dartmouth. All are welcome, so join us! Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life of the Tucker Foundation. For more information, contact Rev. Nancy Vogele '85 at [log in to unmask] or 603-646-9919.
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2) Compassionate Care
On January 25th, The Catholic Student Center at Dartmouth College is sponsoring the program, "Compassionate Care: Understanding Catholic Teaching on Care at End of Life." Fr. Myles Sheehan, a Jesuit priest and a physician returns to Dartmouth as an Alumni and our guest speaker for our celebration of Faith and Reason. Join us in Great Hall of the Catholic student center at 12 noon.
Email Anylynn Smith for questions or more details : [log in to unmask]
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3) Application deadline for the DPCS Post-Grad Fellowship is TONIGHT (1/25) @ 11:59pm!!!
Attention '15s interested in the DPCS Post-Grad Program!
Don't forget to submit your cover letters, resumes, and Tucker Application by tonight (1/25) @ 11:59 via DartBoard!
For those still interested in applying, we have 20 available yearlong fellowships! From Education, to Health, to Law, these positions are a great opportunity to follow your passion and break into the social sector! And with a guaranteed salary of at least $30,000 and health insurance, no less!
We have:
9 Positions in Education
3 Positions in Law
3 Positions in Health
2 Positions in Environmental Policy
1 Position in Disability Rights
1 Position in International Development
1 Position in Marketing/Development
Visit our website to learn more (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~tucker/funds-grants/dpcs-postgrad/dpcspostgrad.html) or email [log in to unmask] with any questions!
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4) Multi-Faith Conversations: “Self Care”
Midterms got you down? Come to MFC for community, free dinner, and discussion about how we can take care of ourselves on a daily basis. We will discuss practices that nourish us spiritually, the importance of taking care of oneself so one can be there for others, and more.
Tuesday 1/27 from 5:45-7:00, meet at Tucker room 105.
***RSVP to [log in to unmask] by Tuesday to reserve a spot!***
At Multi-Faith Conversations, we gather to discuss and explore topics of religion and spirituality over dinner every Tuesday evening. Everyone is welcome from any religious or spiritual background, from devout to atheist.
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5) Tucker Fellowships 15S Applications due January 28th
Looking for a meaningful way to spend 15S? Interested in working with the youth of a township in South Africa?
"The Tucker Foundation is offering a fellowship in South Africa for spring of 2015. Kliptown Youth Foundation is an organization in a township in Soweto, outside of Johannesburg. The fellowship will send two students to work in the youth program, where they will help with different aspects of the program including tutoring students ages 5-15 in English, working one-on-one with older teens on college applications, & serving as mentors to support KYP's overall mission of empowering youth through educational support & after-school activities.
The Tucker Fellowship Program gives committed Dartmouth undergraduate students an opportunity to invest in their personal growth and liberal education by serving others in need outside the United States. Fellows develop an 8-10 week full-time project with an NGO based on a social issue they are passionate about. Past Tucker Fellows have volunteered teaching in urban schools, working with homeless shelters, staffing refugee centers, providing legal aid, serving medical projects abroad and working with physically or emotionally challenged children. Applications due January 28 @ 4pm!
Blitz Tucker.Fellows for more info!"
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6) Social Justice Awards
Thursday, January 29th at 4:30 in the Georgiopoulos Classroom, Raether Building
Programmed in conjunction with Dartmouth’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: 2015 Social Justice Awards honoring:
Tuck Reception to follow. Email Kristin.post@dartmouth,edu for details and questions
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7) "Permaculture & Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Holistic Movement for Wellbeing and Environmental Stewardship"
Thursday February 5th. 4:00-5:30 pm Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall.
Shannon Francis will be speaking on permaculture and Traditional Ecological Knowledge as holistic systems for wellbeing and environmental stewardship. Shannon Francis is Hopi/Dineh from the Southwest homelands of Arizona and New Mexico. She is a certified Permaculture Design Instructor but focusing more on Indigenous Permaculture, the weaving of Traditional Ecological Knowledge with innovative science. She is one of the few female indigenous permaculturists in the Rocky Mountain and Southwestern regions. She strives to share her passion and commitment to educate and instill care taking of community and land stewardship through Indigenous values and principles. http://www.integrativebotanical.com/team/shannonfrancis/
For questions contact: [log in to unmask]
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8) Dartmouth on Purpose 14F 21-Day Challenge
Want to THRIVE at Dartmouth? Set a goal to make or break a habit, and we'll help keep you motivated for 21 days (setting you up to succeed for much longer)! Sign up, and starting Monday, February 2nd, you will receive a daily motivational email and calendar of programming events. Sign up at: http://tinyurl.com/21DC-15W
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9) TA wanted for Spring 2015, English 40: American Poetry, Community-Based Learning Collaboration
Professor Ivy Schweitzer is seeking a graduate or undergraduate TA to help with the Ledyard Charter School (LCS)
Community-based Learning Component of Eng 40. This course will be offered this spring term 2015, in the 10A hour.
Duties include:
- Planning lessons, with Prof. Schweitzer, to be taught to LCS students in preparation for the course collaboration before the beginning of the course. Topics include basic concepts of poetry and the parts of poems (forms, imagery, metaphor, themes, meter), poetry recitation and spoken word poetry, and the history of American poetry. 2-4 hours a week. TA does not have to be enrolled in the course.
- Working with LCS English Teacher to prepare LCS high school students
- Planning the logistics related to the final poetry performance on campus in late May
- If eligible, TA will be asked to become college driver approved to drive LCS students to and from Lebanon for their Dartmouth campus visits
- Coursework in English and literature, or an interest/experience teaching a plus
- Availability during spring break a plus, but not required
Salary is $10 per hour. Interested candidates should contact Prof. Schweitzer at [log in to unmask].
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10) “21st Century Zion: America, Israel, and the Challenges of a New Era” a public lecture by New York Times bestselling author Ari Shavit.
Dartmouth College Hillel of the Tucker Foundation Presents: “21st Century Zion: America, Israel, and the Challenges of a New Era”. A public lecture by New York Times Bestselling Author Ari Shavit
Monday, February 9th 4:30 pm @ Murdough Cook Auditorium
Sponsored by the Tamara Friedman Nixon and Daniel D. Nixon ’55 Fund in Support of the Scholar-in-Residence at Dartmouth College Hillel, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, The John Sloan Dickey Center, J Street, Dartmouth Students for Israel, and Hillel International
603.646.0410 for more info
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