C.A.S.E.General Meeting #1107 Carpenter1/17/13

Welcome Back! Stories in the news Introduce new officers

Katie Rhodes – Secretary Emma Walde – Treasurer

On the Web: http://pennstatecase.yolasite.com/ http://www.facebook.com/groups/4386280

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Plans for the Semester Week of February 4th – Lab Panel Week of February 18th – Pre-Conference

Meeting Week of March 11th – GIS information session Week of March 26th – Activity (digging

involved?)

Plans for Semester Socials and Trips

Hiking Picnics Dinners Get-togethers

Northeastern Anthropological Association Conference March 1st and 2nd At the University of Maryland, College Park Details (price, timetable, etc.) still to come http://www.neaa.org/

“January Event” This is happening. Updates from Brandon

Logo Design + T-Shirt

Dues In order to be an official club at Penn

State we must have members pay dues. $5. This will help go towards helping to

subsidize traveling, t-shirts, helping food for meetings

But in order to benefit from dues WE MUST HAVE PEOPLE PAY DUES

NEWS

Weekly Colloquium Every Friday, start at 3:30/3:45 Held in 202 Carpenter Different speaker each week (psu

faculty, grad students, visiting speaker) Free food + drinks

ESM Career Fair You are invited to participate in the Department of Ecosystem

Science and Management Career Fair on Friday, Feb. 8, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Forest Resources Building. 

Wondering how this event is relevant to you?  One of the exhibitors, the USDA Forest Service, has expressed a specific interest in talking with students in anthropology and archaeology!  The complete exhibitor listing is posted at http://ecosystems.psu.edu/esmcareerfair and will be updated periodically, and a flyer is attached.

If you would like to get feedback on your resume before the event, then be sure to create a Network Symplicity account and upload your resume for review.  You also can schedule an appointment with a Network staff member for a one-on-one review.  Finally, be sure to click on the Events tab when logged into your Network Symplicity account, or visit our web site to see a list of other professional development opportunities available to you this semester.

Fulbright UK Summer Program APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE 2013 FULBRIGHT UK

SUMMER INSTITUTES – DEADLINE 3/11 The U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission offers special

Summer Institutes for US citizens to study in the United Kingdom.  These summer programs provide the opportunity for U.S. undergraduates (over the age of 18), with at least two years of undergraduate study left to complete, to go to the U.K. on a three, four, five, or six week academic and cultural summer programStudents may now choose from *nine* different Institutes, across twelve host locations, in each of the four countries that comprise the United Kingdom.  In addition to six programmes from previous years, and are proud to welcome three brand new Institutes with Strathclyde University/Dundee University, the University of Bristol, and the University of Exeter.  

More information on each Institute can be found on our website   http://www.fulbright.org.uk/fulbright-awards/exchanges-to-the-uk/undergraduates).  The deadline to apply is 11 March 2013. Follow @FulbrightAwards where we will post weekly application tips (‘Twips’) beginning in the New Year. Case studies of previous participants may be found online as well: http://www.fulbright.org.uk/about/meet-our-fulbrighters.   Please contact Dr. Ruth Mendum in the University Fellowships office for assistance with the application.

Discovery Grants https://

undergradresearch.psu.edu/summer_discovery/index.cfm

Applications are due February 8th by 5pm

Flyers for Field Schools Tanzania Romania/Bioarchaeology Workshop Experimental Archaeology Workshop Frontiers in Science Speaker Series

Presidential Leadership Academy PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Applications are now being accepted for admission

into the Presidential Leadership Academy for fall 2013. The Academy is open to first-year Penn State students interested in a three-year program to: Develop Critical Thinking, Meet National Leaders and Decision Makers, Research Problems and attend Field Trips. Applications are on line at http://www.academy.psu.edu/prospective/howtoapply.cfm. If you have any questions, contact Lisa Breon at lkb17@psu.edu.