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The Princeton Review has named Olin College one of the nation's best value undergraduate institutions. The New York-based education services company features the school in the new 2008 edition of its book, America's Best Value Colleges. The guide profiles 165 colleges chosen for their excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and/or relatively low costs of attendance. The Princeton Review's editors call Olin “small, innovative, and populated with bright go-getter engineers,” and say the college “may well be the most dynamic undergraduate institution in the country.” The Princeton Review selected the schools for the book based on data it obtained from administrators at more than 650 colleges during the 2005-06 academic year, and its surveys of students attending the schools.
"Design" is a word that means different things in different disciplines. As students in one of the top design schools in the nation, how can we communicate and work with professional designers of different stripes - from business and advertising to industrial design and more - and convey our own unique way of creating value in a way that others will understand? Join Mel Chua and Joe Kendall this Friday, April 27, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in AC109 as they lead a discussion on international and interdisciplinary design, share experiences from their trip to the Japan International Design Competition, and explain what a robotic teddy bear and two tetrahedrons joined at a face have in common with the Olin curriculum. The audience will leave with examples of design work in different disciplines and have the chance to contribute to a guide on various perspectives on design and ways to communicate between them.
Due to unavoidable circumstances we find it necessary to reschedule this Sunday's performance by Diana Dabby. The good news is that we will publish new dates soon for her original composition performance and will provide as much notice as possible. Diana has worked very hard to prepare for this performance and we hope you will all be able to join us for the new date.
This Saturday, April 28, students face off against faculty and staff in the third annual Habitat for Humanity basketball game! All are invited to attend what is sure to be an exciting match-up. The game begins at 1 p.m. at Babson's Webster Center; $5 donation requested (children free).
On the Friday after classes end, the Student Activities Committee (SAC) presents the annual Spring carnival. Come out and enjoy great weather and giant inflatable toys.
Schedule:
2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Bouncy Things
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Airbrush Tattoos and Caricatures
6:00 p.m. BBQ sponsored by Dining Services and The Meat Club
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Musical performer Zero Four
8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Musical performer The Brightwings
Friday, May 18
The Office of Parent and Alumni Relations invites current Olin students, staff and faculty to "Fun, Fondue and Fond Memories" on Friday, May 18, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the OC Mezzanine. Join us as we catch up with old and new friends, reminisce fun memories and celebrate Commencement 2007, while indulging in fondue favorites.
Saturday, May 19
The Class of 2006 representatives invite alumni and those who were members of that class to a fun-filled day of activities on the Saturday before the Class of 2007 Commencement Ceremony. Further details will be sent via alumni-2006@lists.olin.edu. The schedule is as follows:
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Community Service Project (details to come)
3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Class of 2006 mixer at the Pour House on Boylston St.
5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Transit to the North End
6:00 – 7:45 p.m. Dinner at L'Osteria in the North End
8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Improv Asylum in the North End
Sunday, May 20
The Class of 2007 Commencement Ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. on the Great Lawn. Visit the Commencement website for further details.
The 2007 Summer Job Description form should be filled out by any supervisor interested in hiring a student to work during the 10 week period of June 4-August 10. Please complete, sign and date the job description and send it to Elaine Drobnis for processing. After budget approval is obtained, the open position will be posted on Blackboard for students. If a student is hired, please send Elaine Drobnis an email with his/her name and the position you have hired them for. Elaine will coordinate all remaining paperwork directly with the student.
Last Friday, Olin Students for Awesome (OSA) held a fundraiser to support efforts to end genocide in Darfur. They provided for students to donate Dining Dollars so that faculty and staff who usually buy lunch could instead donate their cash to this cause. Thanks to generous donations from the entire community, they raised over $400 in a single hour. The money they raised together will be used to support important programs at the International Rescue Committee and the Jewish World Watch that are making a real difference in the lives of refugees on the ground in the Darfur region. The group is still accepting donations, and hopes to repeat this fundraiser before the end of the school year.
The Class of 2008 will be selling wildflower bouquets at the 2007 Commencement Ceremony 12:30-2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 20. You will find our designated table outside of the ceremony tent. The flowers will come wrapped and tied with Olin color ribbons. If you wish to reserve a bouquet, please email Anne Itsuno no later than Friday, May 11, 2007. Reserved bouquets will cost $13, and we will be collecting payments at the ceremony. For those who did not reserve a bouquet, a limited supply will be available for $15. Cash or check will be accepted. If you will be paying by check, please make it out to: "Olin College," with "Class of 2008" in the memo line. All proceeds will go toward funding senior class events next year. We look forward to seeing you at Commencement!
Semi-Chess Tournament Next Friday
On Friday, May 4, the Babson Chess-Mates will host their Semi-Annual Inter-Collegiate Chess Tournament with $300 in prize money. The event will take place 6-8 p.m. in the Reynolds building. RSVP by April 31 to Carla Ni, indicating beginner or intermediate level.
E-Business Management Conference
A three-day conference organized by the eBusiness Management Section of the Scuola Superiore ISUFI - University of Lecce, Italy will be held on July 11-14, 2007, entitled “Perspectives on Technological Entrepreneurship” Appealing to practitioners, consultants and academics alike, the conference will match theory-driven plenary sessions with discussion and panel sessions. A draft paper or extended abstract is due by May 14. Submissions should be sent via email. For more information please visit their website. See this pamphlet for more information.
An electrifying songwriter and a fearless, compelling performer, Vance Gilbert presents his music with deep humanism and bravery, stunning artistry and soul, and unbridled joy. His tunes are pop-catchy, his lyrics are superbly crafted, his guitar playing is fluid and lyrical, and his warm tenor voice is flexible and acrobatic. Dirty Linen places Vance Gilbert “..among the quintessential musical poets.” Join the loyal Vance-heads for this show, and your idea of what folk music can be will change forever. VANCE GILBERT at the Homegrown Coffeehouse, Saturday, May 5, at 8:00 p.m.
The Homegrown Coffeehouse is located at the First Parish Unitarian Church, at the corner of Great Plain and Dedham Avenue in Needham center. There is free parking and wheelchair access. Admission is $18 / $15 students & seniors to benefit the Church. For more information, call (781) 444-7478. Visit us at www.uuneedham.org/Coffeehouse for latest concert updates and advance tickets.
"Overscheduled Children" Lecture at Beth-Israel Hospital
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham will present a lecture on “Overscheduled Children” on Monday, April 30, as part of its annual “Community Connections” health education series. The lecture will be presented by Andrea Masterman, Ph.D., a psychologist at Needham Psychotherapy Associates. Masterman will discuss how parents increasingly feel pressure to keep their children busy and are passing that pressure to a generation of overscheduled children. She will review the normal development tasks of childhood, the support children need during these stages and the impact an activity-laden schedule can have on children and other members of the family. There will be a question and answer period after the lecture. The 7-8 p.m. presentation, co-sponsored by Parent Talk and Needham Psychotherapy Associates, is free. It will be held in the Dickerson Room at BID-Needham, 148 Chestnut Street, Needham. Contact Margaret Pantridge for more information.
Guided Buddhist Meditation at Babson
Open to all, the guided meditation session will be conducted by Venerable Peradeniya “Sathi” Sathindriya of Buddhist Meditation Center, 311 East Elm Street, Mankato, MN 5600 followed by a discussion on the Problem of Human Existence presented by Venerable Madawela Punnaji, the Religious Superior of the West End Buddhist Center Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. A separate forum will be held for the young audience to discuss Buddhist teachings.The session will occur at Babson College's Glavin Family Chapel on Saturday, April 28 from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.. More information can be found here.
- Marguerite (Margie) Burke will be joining us on Monday, May 14, 2007 as an Assistant to the Vice President for Administration and Finance reporting to Steve Hannabury, Vice President for Administration and Finance. She will be located at OC304 and can be reached at extension 2403.
- Tricia Benson will be transferring to the Sloan Center, effective Monday, April 30, 2007 as the Finance Manager, reporting to John Bourne, Executive Director of the Sloan Center. She will be located in OC262 and her phone extension is to be determined.
- Caitrin Lynch, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Olin, has written a book analyzing the plight of women garment workers in Sri Lanka caught between their traditional roles as wives and mothers and their new roles as workers. The book, “Juki Girls, Good Girls,” is based on field research Lynch performed in the mid-1990s when she was working on her doctoral degree in cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago. “Juki girls” is a derogatory term used to describe urban garment workers who, rightly or wrongly, garnered a reputation for loose morals. The phrase “Juki girls, Good girls” reflects the attempts of rural female garment workers to distance themselves from the negative connotations of their jobs.
"College Blogs Tell It Like It Is," Boston Globe, April 16, 2007
In the last issue we asked "When was the AHS Capstone first offered, and what was one of the fields studied?" Mel Chua was the first to respond with a correct answer. The AHS Capstone was first offered in Spring 2005, when Susan Fredholm took a political science approach comparing the "social contract" aspects of Olin to political science theory, Steven Krumholz studied the history of technology around the Revolutionary War, and Kate Cummings wrote on dystopian literature.
Trivia buffs, do you know.....
Q: In 2006, several Olin students started the website rrrrthats5rs.com, a popular site for games and randomness. How long does it take to win their first popular game, 'Don't Shoot the Puppy'?
A: First person to correctly respond to Andrew Bouchard receives a prize.
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