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February 18, 2013
Newcomb News is sent to all undergraduate women at Tulane University.
Read this weekly newsletter to learn more about what Newcomb College
Institute can do for you. From internship opportunities and research
grant funding to student organizations and events, find out what's going
on at NCI here and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ncitulane.
Newcomb Grant Workshops
Thursday, February 21, 4pm, LBC 210
Friday, February 22, 10am, LBC 209
Learn how to turn your idea into a well-written proposal. Reservation
required for workshops, which last up to one hour. Bring your
idea as a draft if possible. More workshops may be added – check NCI’s
website for updates. For more information contact Jan
Mulvihill via email to jmulvihi@tulane.edu or by phone at 504-247-1639
Join our new student organization: Women in Technology!
We are looking for students who have an interest in joining a
new women in technology group that was founded this past January.
We are community of women in technology interested in social
innovation, community building, and business networking
opportunities. Women in Technology provides basic technological
skill building workshops as well as opportunities to integrate
technology practices into positive change efforts in our community.
Members may be any year and any major, so long as they show
interest in the advancement of women in technology.
The Women in Tech group meets on Tuesdays at 8pm in the Collat
Media Lab (second floor of the Caroline Richardson Building).
Contact Olivia Mahler-Haug (president) at omahlerh@tulane.edu to get
involved! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
Newcombus Ball
Friday, February 22, 7-10PM
JL Ballroom
Celebrating the traditions of the historic college, join the women
of Josephine Louise Hall for the Newcombus Ball, featuring music,
dancing and giveaways! Dates are welcome. Formal or semi-formal
dress. Light hor d'oeuvres served.
For more information, contact Dylan Delisle at ddeisl@tulane.edu.
PLEN Women & Congress Seminar – Application deadline this Friday!
March 18-22, 2013. Applications Due by February 22.
Shape the policy debate happening now. College women, recent grads,
and young professionals are invited to launch their public policy
careers in Washington D.C. Join the Public Leadership Education Network
(PLEN) March 18-22, 2013 for Women & Congress, D.C.’s premiere
leadership seminar for young women interested in policy. 2012 was a
groundbreaking year for women in Congressional leadership. Learn from
members of the House and Senate, their staff, and how to launch your
career in political leadership. You'll meet policymakers, discuss policy
issues, network with women leaders and mentors, and explore career
opportunities. Newcomb can provide grants to cover the costs of the
conference. Applications are available on the NCI website at
http://tulane.edu/newcomb/grants.cfm and are due February 22, 2013. For
more information, visit www.plen.org or email Laura Wolford at
lwolford@tulane.edu.
Women in Business Lecture: The Power of Sponsorship: Navigating Your Way to the Top
Thursday, February 28, 7pm
Freeman Auditorium
This year's Alberto-Culver speaker Women in Business speaker is Sylvia
Hewlett, professor at Columbia University. She is an economist and the
founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation (formerly Center
for Work-Life Policy), a Manhattan-based think tank where she chairs the
Task Force for Talent Innovation, a task force of more than 70 global
companies focused on fully realizing the new stream of talent in the
global marketplace. She also directs the Gender and Policy Program at
the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. She
is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Century
Association and the World Economic Forum Council on Women’s
Empowerment.
The 2nd Annual Tulane Student Alumni Networking Reception: Careers for the Common Good
Tuesday, March 12, 6-8PM
The Bea Field Alumni House, 6319 Willow Street
If you are interested in exploring possible career paths or in making
connections with alums with careers in non-profit, social/public
service, education, etc – this reception is for you! Please join us in
establishing this valuable connection between Tulane alumnae/alumni and
undergraduate students.
Please respond to newcombalumnae@tulane.edu no later than March 5 so
that we can provide an accurate count to our caterer. Sponsored by
the Newcomb College Institute, the Newcomb Alumnae Association, the
Tulane Alumni Association, CELT (Center for Engaged Teaching and
Learning), Career Services and Newcomb Senate.
Audre Lorde Week Activities
Sponsored by the Office for Gender and Sexual Diversity, the Office of
Multicultural Affairs and the Anna Julia Cooper Project, Audre Lorde
Week is an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and community
leaders to come together to "develop tools for using human difference as
a springboard for creative change." Like the work of Lorde herself, the
experiences planned for the week combine critical analysis and love,
lyricism and research, as well as struggle and collaboration (1) to
address the ways in which inequity, bias, discrimination, alienation,
and violence undermine our individual, collective and planetary health
and (2) to develop holistic analyses and strategies for fueling well
being, justice, and positive social change.
Central to the week's events, which include a documentary, a keynote
lecture, and two workshops, will be a consideration of how students,
researchers, faculty, staff, and community organizers can create
meaningful, reciprocal, accountable, and thriving relationships within
the context of racism, sexism, heteronormativity, economic disparity,
homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and town/gown divides.
On Monday, February 18 from 5-6pm, the documentary "A Litany for
Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde," will screen in the O (LBC
G04).
On Tuesday, February 19, from 6:30-8 pm, Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, will
deliver the keynote "The Lorde Concordance: Brazen Black Feminism as
Sacred Text" in Rogers Memorial Chapel. Dr. Gumbs who received her
PhD in English, Africana Studies and Women’s Studies from Duke
University is the founder of Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind
and the co-creator of the Queer Black MobileHomecoming Project. As
the first person to do archival research in the papers of Audre Lorde,
June Jordan, and Lucille Clifton, Dr. Gumbs teaches students and
researchers how the black feminist tradition can be drawn upon to
confront the most difficult issues confronting our society
today.
On Wednesday and Thursday Dr. Gumbs will lead two workshops for campus
leaders, student researchers, and graduate students to develop
strategies for (1) working across differences (race, class, dis/ability,
genders, sexualities) (2) engaging in meaningful and accountable
service learning and research.
Wednesday February 20: "At the Edges of Each Other's Battles:
Leadership and Alliances Across Race, Sexuality, Class, Dis/Ability"
(Tulane University: LBC 210: 7-9 pm)
Thursday February 21: "Backyard Politics: From Community Service
Learning to Community Accountable Scholarship" (Tulane University: LBC
209, 6-8pm)
As there is limited space in the workshops, please RSVP to ogsd@tulane.edu.
Lunch with Paula Meyer, Founder and President of Friends of Ngong Road
Monday, March 11, 2013
12-1:30 PM
Newcomb House
Co-hosted by Tulane’s Social Innovation Initiatives and Newcomb College Institute
Paula Meyer left a successful career at Ameriprise Financial in 2006
and has since used her business, finance, and management acumen to build
Friends of Ngong Road, a non-profit organization whose mission is to
fund education and provide support for children who have lost one or
both parents to HIV/AIDS living in the impoverished urban communities of
Nairobi, Kenya. As President of Friends of Ngong Road, Paula leads a
talented team of senior executive volunteers from a variety of business
backgrounds. Under her leadership Friends of Ngong Road has grown from
an idea to a vibrant organization delivering improved health and
education for over 350 children in Nairobi.
Friends of Ngong Road (FoNR), a Minnesota-based 501(c)(3), and Ngong
Road Children Association (NRCA), a registered Kenya NGO, operate with
the shared mission of providing education and support for impoverished
Nairobi children whose families have been affected by HIV/AIDS. By
taking an innovative approach to organization and service delivery and
recruiting a cadre of highly engaged, talented volunteers, FoNR has
demonstrated that its model can help transform the lives of one of the
most at-risk populations in the world. For more information, view
the following videos:
Children of Ngong Road, Saturday Program
What is Friends of Ngong Road
Friends of Ngong Road Father’s Day Video
Space is limited, please RSVP at http://bit.ly/WJ5uyN to attend.
Looking for something great to read? How about a recommendation from an NCI staffer?
When you make the time to read something not required for class,
you want to be sure it's good. Now you can find recommendations
for great books each week in the Newcomb News, many of which are
available at the Vorhoff Library or in another collection on campus.
This week's recommendation comes from Laura Wolford,
NCI's Assistant Director for Administration and Programs:
I recently read and loved A Person of Interest by Susan
Choi. Part academic novel, part literary thriller, this is a compelling
story about a math professor suspected of bombing his colleague's
office. Full of paranoia and beautiful writing and fantastic character
development.
A Person of Interest will soon be available for circulation at the Vorhoff Library.
Newcomb-Tulane College Grant Information Luncheon
Friday, February 22, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.,
Cudd Hall, Room 203
Enjoy free lunch and soft drinks, hear from recent grant recipients,
and learn how to apply for grant money available for student travel,
research, art projects, participation in academic conferences, and more
at our Grant Information Luncheon on Friday, February 22. To attend,
RSVP to donuts@tulane.edu by
1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21. Visit
tulane.edu/college/programs/grants.cfm for more info about
Newcomb-Tulane College grants.
NewDay Speaker Kristin Richmond on Revolutionizing Food for Kids
Wednesday February 27, 7pm
Tulane School of Architecture
Richmond Memorial Hall
Room 201
Kristin Goos Richmond, founded Revolution Foods in 2005 with Kirsten
Tobey to transform the way kids eat. Revolution Foods delivers
tasty and healthy meals and nutrition education to schools and programs
across the country. The organization now serves 600+ lunchrooms
and over 120,000 meals each day to students across 9 states and employs
more than 750 community members. They are leading the conversation on
childhood health and improving the lives of hundreds of thousands
of students every single day. Richmond’s work focuses on creating
sustainable solutions which allow current and future generations of
youth to obtain equal access to healthy food, education and career
opportunities.
Online HPV Survey
Calling ALL Tulane students ages 18-23! The TU HPV Study would like you to take a quick online survey. Please
answer all questions to the best of your knowledge without looking up
answers on the Internet or other resources. For all inquiries,
please contact tuhpvstudy@gmail.com.
Regional Law Students for Reproductive Justice Conference
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Free for Tulane Law and Undergraduate Students
Join the LSRJ national office, chapter leaders, local members, and
reproductive rights, health, and justice experts in a day-long
conference! Learn about cutting-edge reproduction rights, health, and
justice issues; share organizing challenges and successes; and network
with fellow student leaders. LSRJ strives to have inter-sectional
and interdisciplinary reproductive justice events because we believe
that it enriches the conversation. All members of the community
interested in joining our conversation are welcome. To RSVP, contact
keely@LSRJ.org
Foster your leadership and entrepreneurship skills abroad!
Leadership exCHANGE is
proud to announce its 14th Annual Global Leadership Program (GLP). Join
university students from around the world for one of our award winning
Global Leadership Programs in Prague, Rome, Panama City, or
Costa Rica. Also join us for our Women as Change Agents Program in
Panama co-sponsored by the United Nations Information Centre (March
7-17). Spring Break and 2-8 week summer programs available.
• Earn 3 - 9 US semester credits (6-18 ECTS)
• Meet students from around the world
• Develop social entrepreneurship skills
• Create a network of leaders
• Participate in community service projects
• Learn theories and models for effective and innovative change
• Broaden knowledge about diverse cultures
• Develop public speaking, analytical thinking, and problem solving skills
** Post program leadership and program start-up funding available
A limited number of spots in the programs are being reserved for Tulane
students. Applications are Rolling Admission--reviews have already
begun so we suggest applying early. Apply on-line at bit.ly/leapplication or www.globalleaders.info . Contact the Director, Heather McDougall at director@globalleaders.info for additional inquiries.
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