November 24, 2013
Dear Students
Thanksgiving is here already. It seems like just yesterday we had sweltering late summer heat. Time flies, I suppose, whether you’re having fun or writing 15-page papers.
As you make your plans to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, I urge you to savor not only the food, but also the time with people dear to you. Cherish the moments, notice them, be fully present. And be thankful for this time together (as well as for the work by all those who made the feast) because time flies.
Sincerely,
BR
Congratulations
Congratulations to Nick Macri, Eric Sawyer, Laurence Hochman, and one other student who has not yet confirmed we can congratulate him publicly, for winning top awards for TCNJ’s Model United Nations team while representing colombia at the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference. Only the top 10% of each committee win awards and TCNJ won more awards than delegations from other institutions, such as Johns Hopskins, Princeton University, and Vanderbilt.
Congratulations to HSS students Zachary Ellis and Zachary Myshkoff who did well at a Debate Tournament at Fordham University and to Jared Meltzer who participated in the tournament as a judge.
Opportunities
The Business School is hosting its annual Mayo Business Plan Competition. HSS students are welcome to participate. The top prize is $16,500! The deadline to register is December 8 and you can ask for a business mentor to help your team. To find out more, see this link (and from this page, click the link to fill out the registration form): http://business.tcnj.edu/events/mbpc-2014/
Events
Mon., Nov. 25 Rhetorics of al-Andalus in Modern Syrian Popular Culture:
or, There and Back Again. A lecture by Dr. Jonathan H. Shannon of Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, 2:30 – 4:30 in the Library Auditorium
Mon., Nov. 25 Poetry reading by acclaimed Chinese Poet Xue Di雪迪 at 4-5:30 pm in the Spiritual Center. Born in Beijing in 1957, he is the author of 3 volumes of collected works. In English translation, he has published 5 books: Across Borders, Zone, Another Kind of Tenderness, An Ordinary Day, and Heart into Soil, among other volumes. He is the two time recipient of the Hellman/Hammett Award and a recipient of the Lannan Foundation Fellowship. A Q&A session and book signing will follow the poetry reading.
And – please save the date:
Dr. Rachel Adler’s documentary “From the Burg to the Barrio” which she co-produced with Dr. Susan Ryan, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, will be having a screening, on Wed., December 4, 2013, at 6pm at the Princeton Garden Theater, on 160 Nassau Street in Princeton, NJ. All proceeds will go to the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF).