University of Massachusetts Amherst

December 5, 2005

Internship Information Session
All students thinking about taking advantage of a co-op or internship opportunity should attend this orientation and learn about the process from staff and students who know the ropes.
Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Lynne Rudder Baker
Baker's lecture is titled, "When Do Persons Begin and End? A Philosopher Looks at Life, Death and What We Are."
Engineers Without Borders Kenya Trip Informational Meeting
The Engineers Without Borders is looking for students from all academic background to help with this project.
Learn to Cha-Cha!
Join the UMass Ballroom Dancing Club for a night of cha-cha!
Talk: Credit Reporting and Scoring 101
Speaker Eric Ellman, Director of Government Relations for the Credits Data Information Association, will discuss the dangers of not knowing about personal credit and the immense impact this has on all of our lives.
Power Job Searching Workshop
This workshop will introduce you to the "mechanics" of submitting resumes online, getting on the interview schedules of your choice and provide helpful advice on the recruiting process.
Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story
Re-showing of Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story.
The Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
This exhibition is comprised of sixteen models created by the engineers at IBM Corporation, with a view to reconstructing some of the visionary ideas for machines and mechanical devices originally contained in the sketchbooks of Leonardo.
Exhibit: UMass Photography Society
Exhibit: "The time has come to weigh those things..."
The Newman Center Hat and Mitten Drive
The Newman Center is collecting hats and mittens for children. Cash donations also accepted.
The Miraculous in the Everyday
This exhibition explores the work of three renowned conceptual and installation artists, Tom Friedman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Gabriel Orozco, whose use of modest, humble materials celebrate the mundane in contemporary life.
House of Desires
This high comedy turns on one playwright's insights on love, honor, and passion not bad for a 17th-century nun celebrated as one of Mexico's great writers.