| President Rick Miller and VP Steve Hannabury will provide an update on the impact of the economic and financial crisis on Olin College on Friday, December 12. There will be two identical sessions offered in the Auditorium, one at 9:30 am and one at 2:00 pm. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
The State of Flanders (Belgium) has chosen Olin as the site for a seminar and networking dinner on the topic of “Designing the new engineer and scientist.” The event, which will take place at Olin on December 10 (Seminar, 3 p.m.; Dinner, 6 p.m.), is free and open to members of the Olin community however registration is required.
The AHS Capstone final presentations for this semester will be held in
AC218 on Tuesday, December 9, from 3:15 to 5:20 pm.
3:15 Anna von Reden: Beholdyn, a novel
3:35 Katie Kavett: Reference in, The Producers
3:55 Paul Mandel: A theatrical performance
4:15 break
4:20 Joe Holler: The Western Sun, a novel
4:40 Jessica Sullivan: The views of college-aged men on marriage
5:00 Kathleen Towers: Reading the narrative structure of Virginia Woolf
Presentations are open to the community.
The Olin Habitat for Humanity Chapter is selling care packages for parents to buy for their students during finals period. The packages are $25 each, and will be delivered to students by December 11, just in time for finals. The deadline for ordering has been extended to this Monday, December 8. All of the profits will go to benefit Olin's Habitat for Humanity Chapter, which works with local affiliates to provide affordable housing for low income families. For more information about Habitat for Humanity, visit http://www.habitat.org.
Orders should be sent to Katelyn.Swift-Spong@students.olin.edu with information about the student’s name, food allergies, your name, your contact information, method of payment (cash or check) and a personalized note to include in the basket. Payments can then be mailed to Habitat for Humanity, Olin College, 100 Olin Way MB 657, Needham, MA 02492, and checks should be made payable to Olin College with a subject of Habitat for Humanity.
Beginning Monday, December 1 and continuing through Wednesday, December 17, Public Safety is sponsoring the annual collection program at Babson and Olin Colleges to provide toys to underprivileged children. The response to this program has grown dramatically over the past few years. We were very pleased with last year's response! We invite you to join us again this year to make the holidays special for a child who might not have the joys of receiving holiday presents.
Once again, Chief Jackson invites you to trade a parking ticket for a new toy or book. If you have received a parking ticket for a violation, other than parking in a Handicap Space or in a Fire Lane, between the dates of November 15 and December 15, 2008, the ticket will be voided when you present new, unwrapped toys or books with a value of at least ½ of the parking fine. Please note that during this period, only one ticket, per person, will be invalidated upon the donation of a new toy.
The toys and books collected this year will be distributed through “Cradles to Crayons.” Their mission is to provide low-income and homeless children from birth to pre-teen, the basic essentials needed to be safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued - free of charge.” Please see the Public Safety web page for more information and visit frequently. We will be posting pictures of the collection from time to time.
Monday, 12/8 @ 11:00 am – Gordana Dukovic, UC, Berkeley
Thursday, 12/11 @ 3:00 or 4:00 pm – Tanya Schneider, Smith College
Monday, 12/15 @ 11:00 am – Karen Almeida, Rhode Island College
January 2009, Date/time TBA – Christopher Morse, Olin College
Due to the college being closed Wednesday, December 24 through Sunday, January 4, 2009 there will be no internal mail service or package delivery during this period.
Regular service will be provided through the end of the day on Tuesday, December 23 and resume on Monday, January 5. Since Babson College is closing on Tuesday, 12/23, the last mail run to Babson will be the morning of Decmeber 23. All Babson mail gathered after this time, will be held until January 5.
The US Postal Service is closed on Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day and Thursday, January 1, 2009 - New Year's Day.
College mail will be picked up from the Needham Post Office on Friday, December 26; Monday, December 29; Wednesday, December 31 and Friday, January 2. If you need access to your mail on those days, please contact Scott Slaboden, prior to Wednesday, December 17. There will be no UPS/FedEx/DHL-Airborne deliveries to the college during this time.
Students on a leave of absence or studying away for the spring semester, that want their mail forwarded, need to provide Tim Beatty with preprinted address labels. Sheets of mailing labels are available through the mailroom. Mail forwarding will begin January 5 and follow USPS standard rules.
Should you have any questions, please e-mail mailservices@olin.edu
Happy Holidays from all of us at Mail Services!!
Have you ever seen an Oval person? Check them out on the Family Weekend '08 t-shirts designed by our very own Victoria Hsiao '10. As a fundraiser, the senior class will be selling the remaining festive t-shirts at a discounted price of $6. All sizes still available. Please see Jessie Sullivan or Vivian Lee if you are interested in purchasing this commemorative event piece.Your support is greatly appreciated!
The deadline for responding to the class of 2008 six-month survey is being extended until December 12! We’d really like to know about your plans and thoughts, so please take a few minutes to respond.
In case you missed it, our last edition of the Link included a photo of Olin alums who were able to attend Ann Marie Rynning's wedding. On Saturday, November 8 she married Jamie Getchius! A photo of the happy couple is included below.
PGP will now be featuring job postings in the Link. Don’t forget to also register in NACElink (the new EASE) for even more job postings.
LuxSci, Norwood, MA
LuxSci has a position available for a Technical Support Representative. Click here for the complete job description.
Kripalu Semester Intensive
The Kirpalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, MA is accepting applications for their semester intensive which is a four month investigation of self. To learn more about this program please visit their website.
Bluefin Robotics, Cambridge, MA
Bluefin is looking for a full-time mechanical engineer. If you are interested please email Keoni Mahelona '07 directly.
University of Michigan – New Dual Degree Program!
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment and the School of Engineering are teaming up to offer a new dual degree program called Engineering Sustainable Systems. For more information and to apply to this exciting program please visit the website.
"You will soon be watched underwater by a robotic Tuna"
iO9, November 23, 2008
In the last issue we asked "What was the design challenge during Candidate's Weekend 2002?" While several Class of 2006 alums responded, Joy (Poisel) Zola was the first to respond correctly, guessing a cantilever.
Trivia buffs, do you know...
Q: What Olin student placed third at this year's iGem competition?
A: First person to respond to Alyson Goodrow with the correct answer receives a prize.
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