Freshman Counselor Applications are now available at the Yale College Freshman Counselor Website: http://yalecollege.yale.edu/content/freshman-counselors. The application is open through Friday, February 3, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. Prospective freshman counselors should complete the online application form and also turn in a hard-copy, one-page resume to their own Residential College Dean’s office. These and other guidelines are on the application and the website.

Applications for Freshman Housing Committee Representative for Trumbull College are now available in the TC Dean’s Office and online at www.yale.edu/trumbull under the “residential” and “housing” tabs. The deadline to apply is TODAY, January 30 at 5 pm. Please drop off your application to TC Dean’s Office or email it to me at jasmina.besirevic@yale.edu

Applications for the 2012-2013 Peer Liaison Program are now available for all rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. Peer liaisons are upperclassmen who help connect freshmen to the programs and services of Yale’s cultural and community resource centers, including the Afro-American Cultural Center, the Asian American Cultural Center, the Chaplain’s Office, the Office of International Students and Scholars, the Latino Cultural Center, the LGBTQ Resource Center, and the Native American Cultural Center. Click here to complete the 2012-2013 online application. The deadline for application submission is Friday, February 10. Selected applicants will be contacted for a personal interview. Decision letters will be emailed out the week of March 5.

Residential College Superintendents need student help for Commencement and Reunions 2012 from Friday May 11 through Sunday June 3. Do not apply if you cannot be available all days during this time frame. The positions may involve cleaning, furniture moving, bed making, deliveries, office work, evening and weekend hours, or any combination thereof. Deadline to apply is Friday, February 10th. If interested, please contact: Kirsta MacLellan or Ian Hobbs kirsta.maclellan@yale.edu (Office # 432-6126, ian.hobbs@yale.edu Office #432-0527).

FRESHMEN

Choosing a Faculty Adviser for your Sophomore Year: After spring break you will receive an email that instructs you to select a member of the faculty to be your adviser during your sophomore year. You may remember at your registration meeting in January I encouraged you to try to get to know a member of the faculty this term. I you want advice on how to get to know a member of the faculty, I am happy to help you.

I think it is important to select an adviser with whom you feel comfortable in order to discuss seriously your course selections and your education in general. Most members of the faculty are happy to serve as advisers during your sophomore year. You may choose to continue with your freshman adviser (if he or she is a member of the Yale College faculty or an associate or assistant dean in Yale College), approach the instructor of a course you completed this year, or consult with a faculty fellow of your college who teaches in a department that interests you. Directors of undergraduate studies and designated departmental representatives are especially valuable as advisers. If you have difficulty finding a faculty member to be your adviser, I will be happy to suggest possible advisers.

SOPHOMORES

Class of 1960 John Heinz Government Service Fellowships support U.S. government service summer internships at the federal, state, or local government level Eligible: Yale sophomores and juniors. http://studentgrants.yale.edu/grant_detail.asp?gid=73 Application deadline: February 13.

JUNIORS

Class of 1960 John Heinz Government Service Fellowships support U.S. government service summer internships at the federal, state, or local government level Eligible: Yale sophomores and juniors. http://studentgrants.yale.edu/grant_detail.asp?gid=73 A pplication deadline: February 13.

SENIORS

Post-Graduate Fellowships

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Watch for our postgraduate information sessions beginning in February on posted on calendar)]

A Selection of Fellowships with Upcoming Deadlines

Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship awards up to $80,000 to fund a two-year full-time master’s degree beginning in fall 2012 in fields such as public policy, international affairs, public administration, business, economics, political science, sociology or foreign languages, en route to work with the US Foreign Service. Benefits include summer internships, professional development and mentoring, and appointment as a Foreign Service Officer upon completion of the degree. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship, and a minimum 3.2 GPA. The program encourages the application of women and members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and those with financial need. http://www.woodrow.org/higher-education-fellowships/foreign_affairs/pickering_grad/index.php . Deadline: January 30

Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship Supports a year abroad in pursuit of an independent project in the visual and fine arts (including art history, conservation, studio art, and photography). Eligible: graduating seniors and recent graduates www.brandeis.edu/mhb/ http://studentgrants.yale.edu/grant_detail.asp?gid=72 Campus deadline: January 31

Fox International Fellowships Support one semester or one academic year of research at selected sites abroad in fields including (but not limited to) international relations, law & medicine, business & finance, environmental policy, and contemporary history. Eligible: graduating Yale seniors www.yale.edu/macmillan/fif/ Deadline: February 13

Henry Hart Rice Foreign Residence Fellowships Support one year of study or work abroad in countries that have strained relations with the United States (see Student Grants Database for eligible countries). Eligible: Yale juniors, graduating seniors, and graduate students Deadline: February 13

Paul Mellon Fellowship Supports up to three years of study at Clare College, University of Cambridge. Administered by the Berkeley College Master’s Office. Eligible: unmarried graduating Yale senior http://berkeley.yalecollege.yale.edu/fellowships Deadline: February 17

Fulbright mtvU Awards Up to four awards will be available to pursue projects around an aspect of international contemporary or popular music as a cultural force for expression. Preference will be given to creative projects that are conveyed in a dynamic fashion and are accompanied by a feasible plan. In addition to presenting unique projects on music as a global force for mutual understanding, applicants must submit a Documentation and Outreach Plan describing how they intend to share their activities with their peers during their Fulbright year abroad through mtvU print, broadcast and/or online mediums. Further information and application at https://us.fulbrightonline.org/types_mtvu.html (unlike other Fulbrights: Yale seniors applying for this award do not need to apply through Yale) Deadline: March 1

Yale School of Management Silver Scholars Program Accepts students directly from their undergraduate senior year into a three-year MBA program. In their second year, Silver Scholars participate in a full-time internship. http://mba.yale.edu/MBA/admissions/apply/college_seniors.shtml Deadline: April 12 (Round 3 of 3)

SUMMER

Sustainability Fellows Become a 2012 Student Sustainability Fellow and spend the summer working overseas. Two Sustainability fellows will be selected to spend 6-8 weeks at one of the eight non-US participating members of the International Alliance of Research Universities. The student exchange will take place for a six to eight week period between June 15th and August 15th, 2012. Different dates may be arranged under special circumstances. Applicants can be returning undergraduate or graduate students of any major. Selected fellows will be sent overseas for the summer and return to a position with the Office of Sustainability for the 2012-13 academic year. Interested applicants must submit a resume, cover letter and 1 page essay describing how this opportunity fits into their studies and professional interests. Applications are due by close of business on Monday, February 6th. Please email your resume and application to julie.newman@yale.edu and write IARU Fellowship 2012 in the subject line. For more information go to http://sustainability.yale.edu/employment-opportunities

Summer Study Abroad Information Meeting, CIPE, 55 Whitney Ave., Room 305, Monday, January 30, 4pm. Learn about Yale Summer Session Abroad, Global Summer Program, Yale-in-London and Summer Abroad through non-Yale programs.

Yale Summer Session (YSS) – Study Abroad courses Application deadline-Wednesday, February 1. Go to http://summer.yale.edu/find-your-program/study-abroad
Please contact summersession.abroad@yale.edu with questions.

Global Summer Program (GSP) Application deadline: Friday March 2. Go to http://www.iaruni.org/gsp for the courses offered this summer. Contact kathy.trputec@yale.edu with questions.

Search for summer fellowships with the Student Grants Database: http://studentgrants.yale.edu/

Some fellowships use the CIPE Summer Fellowships Common Application http://studentgrants.yale.edu/grant_detail.asp?gid=299 Application deadline: February 22

Information Meeting on Summer Fellowship Opportunities: Friday, January 27, 2:30pm, room 305, CIPE (55 Whitney Avenue) and Monday, February 6th, 4:00pm, room 369, CIPE (55 Whitney Avenue). For freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. The meeting will discuss fellowships that support internships, study, research, and other summer activities; and how to choose or develop an opportunity that’s right for you, how to access available resources, and how to apply.

Summer Residential Counselor in Yale Summer Session 2012. Any Yale sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student in good academic standing or any Yale graduate is eligible to apply. Applicants should be mature students who enjoy working with others and who feel committed to the intellectual and social values of residential college life. The job also requires resourcefulness, integrity, good judgment, and energy. Previous counseling experience is a plus, and any student whom you think might be on the path to freshman counselor would be ideal. Information and application may at: http://summer.yale.edu/student-information/information-counselors.

STUDY ABROAD

Info Meeting: PKU-Yale Joint Program in Beijing

Where: CIPE, 55 Whitney Ave., Room 305

When: Wednesday, February 1, 2:30pm

When: Thursday, February 2, 3:30pm

OTHER

UCS Sponsored Spring Break Job Shadowing Program Undergraduate Career Services is pleased to announce the 2012 Yale Spring Break Job Shadowing Program. Consider this wonderful, educational opportunity to job shadow a professional during Spring Break (Monday, March 5 through Friday, March 16). Opportunities are available in various locations. Start your search today on eRecruiting! New positions will be posted throughout February.