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November 15, 2011: Student News

Thanksgiving Closing for On-Campus Housing

On-campus houses, apartments and residence halls will close on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at noon for Thanksgiving Break. On-campus housing reopens on Sunday, Nov. 27, at noon.

Dining Information
The Fresh Food Company (third floor of the DeNaples Center) closes on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 2:30 p.m. and reopens on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 4:45 p.m. The first-floor food court closes on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. and reopens on Sunday, Nov. 27, at 4 p.m.

All residents are required to complete the following closing procedures:
  • Clean your room (i.e. remove trash/clean out personal refrigerators).
  • Remove any items that may spoil over break (i.e. milk, bread, etc.).
  • Close and lock all windows.
  • Pull down and close blinds.
  • Turn off all lights.
  • Close and lock room door.
  • Last person to leave, sign the "We're Outta Here" form and place on the outside of the bedroom or apartment door.
Residents are not permitted to stay on campus during the Thanksgiving Break. Graduate students living in graduate housing in Herold House and Dorothy Day Apts. are not required to leave for the break. Contact res-life@scranton.edu if you have questions.

Food Network to Film in Dunmore, Seek Students

The Food Network is filming an episode of "Restaurant: Impossible" in Dunmore next week (Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19) and is looking to put together a student design team. Students will be working closely with celebrity chef Robert Irvine, HGTV talent designer Nicole Facciuto and construction manager Tom Bury, helping out with the renovation of the restaurant (anything from painting, crafting, remodeling, building, cleaning, etc.)

The shoot will take place Friday, Nov. 18, and Saturday, Nov. 19, at a restaurant in Dunmore – name and location TBA. This is a volunteer position, but meals will be provided. Students should be okay with being on camera and wear comfortable clothing & sneakers with no logos.

There are the three shifts available:
  • Friday, Nov. 18: noon - 8 p.m.
  • Friday, Nov 18: 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.
  • Saturday, Nov 19: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Design experience is not necessary! You can work any or all shifts! Email Ally at agrant@shootersinc.com with shift preference(s)!

Work Study Position, Planning & Info Resources

The Planning and Information Resources Division will be hiring a work-study student who can work in the office Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., including during the summer. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, answering/following-up on phone calls/inquiries, directing/escorting visitors, mail sorting/distribution, filling, maintaining office supply inventory, refreshment tasks, photocopying, mailings, running errands, preparing/maintaining Excel spreadsheets, use of Microsoft Word, etc.   

This position requires professionalism, confidentiality and the ability to work quietly without a great deal of supervision. It also requires good interpersonal skills as the person hired will be dealing with a variety of students, staff and faculty. 

The start date for this position will be no later than the week of Jan. 9, 2012. If you are interested, contact Linda Scherer at schererl2@scranton.edu. Thank you in advance for your interest in working at the University.

January 2012 Travel Course Offered

The Department of Latin American Studies and Women's Studies (LA/W/S) is offering a January 2012 travel course, LAWS 395 Women and Development in Latin America, team-taught by Sharon Meagher, Ph.D., and Linda Ledford-Miller, Ph.D. This course engages students in thinking about the challenges of development in Latin America, with particular focus on the gendered dimensions of both development theory and practice. Students will travel to Puebla, Huehuetla, and Cuetzalan, Mexico, where they will learn from indigenous women who have formed in economic cooperatives. These are very safe locations in Mexico, far removed from the places of violence reported in the news.

We will stay in two eco-tourism centers founded and managed by such indigenous women's co-ops, and we will work side-by-side the women on some projects. The course requires some fall pre-trip class meetings, some online course work, and two weeks of travel to Mexico in January 2012. This course counts as a Latin American Studies and a Women’s Studies elective, and it fulfills cultural diversity (D) credits as well as Social Science (S) credits. The cost will be approximately $1,600 per student, covering airfare, accommodations, workshops and performances plus 1 credit tuition ($846) for the three-credit course (University discounted rate).

The course is open to students in all majors; students must apply by completing an application. Applications can be picked up from Mary Rafter, LA/W/S secretary, in LSC, room 235, or emailing Dr. Meagher, chair of LA/W/S at meaghers1@scranton.edu. Dr. Meagher can also provide additional information and answer any questions that you may have.

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