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Message from John L. Ford, Senior Vice President and Dean for Campus Life

Inside this issue:

Jumpstart Team Leaders & Corps Members 2

Athletics & Recreation 3

Barkley Forum 5

Career Center 6

Campus Life Central 7

Strategic Plan Update 8

DUC Operations 9

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EMORY UNIVERSITY APRIL 2009

DIVISION OF CAMPUS LIFE DEPARTMENTS’ MONTHLY NEWS

I hope this message finds you well. In the March 30, 2009, Emory Report, Elise Albrecht, our Jumpstart Site Manager in the Office of Student Leadership & Service, was featured. Elise was hired last year to manage Emory’s new partnership with the national Jumpstart program. Jumpstart pairs University students with underprivileged preschoolaged children from two local prekindergarten pro

grams. The goal is to build the social, emotional and literacy skills of preschoolers from lowincome families while giving volunteers valuable experiences and knowledge. This first year of Jumpstart at Emory has been very successful. Over 350 volunteer hours will have been worked by the end of spring semester. According to Elise, many of the preschool teachers have asked for the same Corps Members back next year.

On April 29, there will be a reception honoring those students who have served as Jumpstart Corps Mem bers and Team Leaders (see next page for list of volunteers). I would like to congratulate Elise and all of the volunteers for their outstanding work and dedication to this worthwhile program.

Enjoy the month of April!

CL Staff Development 10

Office of LGBT Life 11

Office of Student Leadership & Service 11

Office of Multicultural Programs & Services 12

Student Health & Counseling Services 15

Residence Life & Housing 16

Maggie Slivova is a sophomore and Team Leader in the preK 2 classroom at Arkwright.

Neetal Bhave is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preK 2 classroom at Arkwright.

Desmond Pennamon is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preK 2 classroom at Arkwright.

Itohan Udogie is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preK 2 classroom at Arkwright.

Treasure Arthur is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preK 2 classroom at Arkwright.

Amber Lakin is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preK 2 classroom at Arkwright.

Heather Hester is a junior and Corps Member in the preK 2 classroom at Arkwright.

Leah LomoteyNakon is a sophomore and Team Leader for the preK 1 classroom at Arkwright

Jessica Bauldry is a junior and Corps Member in the preK 1 classroom at Arkwright.

Liz Liu is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preK 1 classroom at Arkwright.

Lucy Kim is a junior and Corps Member in the preK 1 classroom at Arkwright.

Cherie Johnston is a junior and Corps Member in the preK 1 classroom at Arkwright.

Tomi Falegan is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preK 1 classroom at Arkwright.

Diamond Lee is a junior and Team Leader in the preschool classroom at Arkwright.

Hillary Buren is a junior and Corps Member in the preschool classroom at Arkwright.

Carolyn Tong is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preschool classroom at Arkwright.

Jayme Chen is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preschool classroom at Arkwright.

Elwin Zhang is a firstyear student and Corps Member in the preschool classroom at Arkwright.

Lindsay Stuart is a senior and Corps Member in the preschool classroom at Arkwright.

Ebbie Njoku is a senior and Team Leader in Classroom B at Dunbar.

Macy Jones is a sophomore and Corps Member in Classroom B at Dunbar.

Kerleisha Jones is a firstyear student and Corps Member in Classroom B at Dunbar.

Ben Laccetti is a firstyear student and Corps Member in Classroom B at Dunbar.

Mohammad Zaidi is a sophomore and Corps Member in Classroom B at Dunbar.

Shreyas Sreenath is a sophomore and will be participating in the UPGRADE program through CIPA this summer in rural India.

Keenan Whitesides is a junior and Corps Member in Classroom B at Dunbar. She was this year’s recipient of the Sonny Carter scholarship for an outstanding student athlete and community servant.

Melissa Mair is a firstyear student and Corps Member in Classroom B at Dunbar.

Erin Collins is a firstyear student and Team Leader in Classroom A at Dunbar. She is also a member of the Emory Debate Team. Chantress Dixon is a senior and Team Leader/Corps Member in Classroom A at Dunbar. She will be joining Teach for America in Charlotte, NC as a Corps Member next fall.

Ruth Cano is a firstyear student and Corps Member in Classroom A at Dunbar.

Alana BermanGnivecki is a sophomore and Corps Member in Classroom A at Dunbar. She will be an education intern with the National Building Museum this summer.

Clara Lee is a sophomore and Corps Member in Classroom A at Dunbar.

Anand Saha is a sophomore and Corps Member in Classroom A at Dunbar.

Jumpstart Team Leaders and Corps Members 20082009


Emory University’s Dani Huffman (San Diego, CA), a key member of the 2008 NCAA Division III National Championship Volleyball team, has been named as one of the 58 recipients of the prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Schol arship for the fall season. As a result, Huffman is awarded a $7,500 scholar ship for postgraduate study. The honor is based on both her academic and ath letic success over her Emory career.

Emory has been awarded 62 postgraduate scholarships over the school’s his tory, and 45 since 2000, more than any other NCAA institution.

The 5foot11 Huffman, who was named the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championships, played in 39 of the team’s 41

matches and led the squad with a 36.0 hitting percentage, good for a secondplace tie among University Athletic Association performers, and blocks per game (0.99 bpg).

Academically, Huffman became the third Emory volleyball player to be named Academic AllAmerican when she landed a thirdteam berth on the ESPN The Magazine Academic AllAmerica Volleyball Team. She began the year with a 3.84 gradepoint average as a French major.

This season’s NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients (29 men and 29 women) represent fallsports participants from all NCAA divisions, who will receive onetime, nonrenewable grants of $7,500. The scholarships are awarded to studentathletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition. The Association awards up to 174 postgradu ate scholarships annually, 87 for men and 87 for women.

The NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate edu cation by rewarding the Association’s most accomplished studentathletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports. For more information about the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, go to the Diversity and Inclusion link under the About the NCAA tab at www.ncaa.org.

FAITS, FRANCIS, AND THE EMORY MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD COACHING STAFF EARN UAA INDOOR HONORS

Following its championship performance at the 2009 University Athletic Association (UAA) Indoor Track and Field Championship, three groups from the Emory University men’s team have been honored by the UAA. Junior Tyler Faits was named the Most Outstanding Performer for running events, fresh man Ian Francis was named the Rookie of the Year, and the Emory coaching staff earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors.

Emory’s coaching staff, consisting of head coach John Curtin, and assistant coaches Carl Leivers, Kevin Semanick, Jim Vahrenkamp, and Pedro Vasquez earned the honor of being the UAA’s Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year. The Eagles’ coaches led the team to their first UAA championship since the 2004 season and their seventh overall.

Athletics & Recreation


The highly anticipated I.M. Basketball play offs have come to an end. It was March Madness at its best in the WoodPEC Arena during the Men’s ALeague Championship game, which went to a thrilling three over time periods to determine the winner. To view the Wheel writeup click on: http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php? n=26718

2009 I.M. Basketball Finals: Men’s ALeague: AEPi A defeated Hustle, 7166 Men’s BLeague: Dudes defeated AEPi Rho, 4034 Women’s League: Almost Varsity defeated AEPhi, 488 Men’s Graduate/Faculty/Staff League: The Supreme Court defeated Bone Thugs, 5543

EMORY gymnasts to host national cham pionships

What: Emory University will host the 2009 National Championships for collegiate club gymnastics teams in partnership with the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC). The meet kicks off on Thursday, April 16 and con clude Saturday, April 18. The meet will bring together 55 teams and roughly 600 competitors from across the country.

Emory’s Department of Athletics & Recrea tion invites the Emory and Atlanta commu nity to attend the competition which will be held in the Woodruff P.E. Center Arena. There will be six preliminary rounds of competition on Thursday and Friday, fol lowed by the final session on Saturday. All sessions are free and open to the public. Emory’s Gymnastics team will compete in the fifth preliminary session on Friday after

noon, along with reigning national champion Texas A&M.

The top eight women’s teams and the top six men’s teams from the qualifying sessions will advance to the final round. Addition ally, the 23 highestscoring women and the top 15 men from the preliminary sessions will qualify for the individual allaround finals.

The Emory Eagles have competed in three regularseason meets this year, including a fourthplace finish in February at the Uni versity of Illinois, where the team defeated the likes of Purdue University, the Univer sity of Wisconsin and the University of Ken tucky. Emory fell short of qualifying to the final round of competition at the National Championships in 2008 after losing to the University of Maryland in the team’s pre liminary session. The Eagles made history in 2007 by qualifying for finals for the first time, finishing eighth overall.

Athletics & Recreation (continued)


Emory Gymnasts’ Meet Schedule

Thursday, April 16 Session 1: 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Session 2: 1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Session 3: 5:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m. .

Friday, April 17 Session 4: 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Session 5: 1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.* Session 6: 5:30 p.m. 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 18 Finals Session: 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.

*Preliminary Session the Emory Gymnasts are competing in; come out and support the Eagles!

At the Southeastern U.S. District Nationals Qualifying tournament at Georgia State Uni versity, junior Sarah Beth Thomas was named top debater in the region for her cumulative tournament record over the last 9 months. Director of Debate, Ed Lee, was named Southeastern Coach of the Year for an un precedented 6th time and Emory took home the top sweepstakes award.

As we head into the nationals cycle in inter collegiate debate, Emory is ranked first in the national rankings in the NDT division and 2nd in the rankings in the CEDA division. Emory debaters did very well at the Frosh/ Sophomore Nationals at Michigan State Uni versity. Emory was the only school with 3 students in the top ten individual speakers: Kirk Gibson, James Hamraie, and Megan Swenson. GibsonHamraie and Swenson Scott Movens finished in a tie for fifth place at the tournament. CEDA Nationals is underway at Idaho State University, and the National Debate Tournament will be held at the Uni versity of Texas. We are hoping to hang on to our #1 spot for the national rankings!

Emory had an unprecedented eight students selected for the national Academic All American Debate Team: Seniors Nick Miller and Pradeep Pramanik, juniors Mikaela Mal sin and J.T. Thomas, and sophomores Ana Nikolic, Ovais Inamullah, Kirk Gibson, and Stephen Weil.

Over 300 policy experts in criminal justice have participated over the last year in the Breaking the Cycle initiative of the Open Society Institute (George Soros Foundation). Melissa Wade and James Roland are among 25 invited to meet April 30 with funders in New York at the Ford Foundation. Research indicates the UDL is an excellent prevention program for entry into the criminal justice system, and is a strong antigang initiative. In addition to Ford, representatives from the

Gates Foundation, Pew Research, Bureau of Justice Administration (U.S. Department of Justice), Atlantic, and others will attend. We are excited by this opportunity to connect with national funders for a potential Center for De bate Education down the road at Emory.

Melissa Wade is a featured speaker at the inaugural banquet of the new Houston Urban Debate League at the end of March, and the National Association for Urban Debate Leagues in Chicago in April. Barkley Forum alumni are hosting endowment receptions in those cities to coincide with her visit.

TheMiddle School State Debate Champion ships were cohosted at Emory on March 7 by Emory and Pace Academy. Over 200 students filled White Hall 208 from across the state of Georgia. Urban Debate League students dominated the novice division, with Bunche Middle School emerging as first place. Harper Archer Middle School was defeated by Arbor Montessori for the junior varsity title, and Arbor defeated Westminster for the var sity title.

Barkley Forum


Middle School State Debate Championships held March 7 at Emory


Emory Network Night, New York

On March 12, over 120 students, alumni and employers gathered in Macy’s Herald Square for Emory Network Night, New York. This third installment of the Network Night initiatives, as the others, was very successful in creating con nections for students and alumni in the internship and job seeking process. It also provided a way for alumni and employers to share employment opportunities and information about hiring in their organizations. All 3 Emory Net work Nights were a collaborative effort between The Career Center, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, and the Emory Alumni Association.

Healthcare Careers Networking Night

On March 19, The Career Center held its second annual “Healthcare Careers Networking Night” in Winship Ballroom. Over 30 professionals came to campus to discuss career options and give advice to students interested in their particular fields. A wide variety of healthcare professions were represented, including multiple

M.D. specialties, physical therapy, public health, healthcare consulting, optome try, podiatry, nursing, dentistry, genetic counseling, psychiatry , pharmaceuticals and more. Approximately 100 students were in attendance to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to explore the health professions. This event was co sponsored by EUPHA, EUGHO and the Minority PreMed Society and refresh ments were generously provided by The Princeton Review.

Nonprofit Networking Night

On March 24, more than 75 Emory undergraduates and graduate students turned out for Nonprofit Networking Night to meet Atlantaarea nonprofit professionals from over 35 different agencies to discuss volunteer and intern ships, as well as job opportunities. The event was a “mixer” designed to help students practice their networking and conversation skills and to create a fun and informal alternative to the typical boothandtable set up that has become commonplace at similar events. The event was part of the Careers for the Common Good event series, made possi ble by partnerships between The Career Center, Volunteer Emory, Office of University Community Partnerships, Emory Alumni Association, and the Emory Center for Ethics.

for College in Fall 2007. It is a required online course for all new firstyear students. Nominees

for the Prevention Excellence Award were evaluated on five crite ria: Implementation Practices, Communication Strategy, Program matic Linkages, Organizational Linkages, and Program Evaluation. AlcoholEdu is used in over 500 campuses nationwide.

Prevention Excellence Award

Outside The Classroom, Inc. hon ored Emory’s Division of Campus Life with a 20082009 Prevention Excellence Award in March at a ceremony in Seattle, Washington. The Prevention Excellence Award honors individuals, institutions, and Greek organizations that have achieved excellence in their alco hol prevention efforts. The Divi sion of Campus Life’s Office of Student Conduct implemented the AlcoholEdu

Campus Life Central


April 2009 Programs / Events

Apr 1 Legal Careers Networking Night 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., DUC: Winship Ballroom

Apr 2 Medical School Interviewing Skills Workshop

6:00 p.m. ‐ 7:30 p.m., White Hall 103

Apr 6 After the Majors Fair … What Next?

4:30 p.m. ‐ 6:00 p.m.;

Apr 8 Teach for America Information Session

6:00 p.m. ‐ 7:30 p.m.; DUC: Winship Ballroom

Apr 8 Peace Corp Information Session 5:30 p.m. ‐ 6:30 p.m., White Hall 111

Apr 14 College to Career Fair (GACE sponsored event) 11:00 a.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m., Cobb Galleria Centre (Emory Career Center is a GACE member—Emory students welcome)

Apr 16 RICH Series: Careers in Politics

7:00 p.m. ‐ 8:30 p.m.; TBD

Strategic Plan Update


Emoryʹs social and physical environment enriches the intellectual work and lives of faculty, students, and staff.

Campus Life Goal: Immerse students in opportunities to become conscientious, compassionate, and activist global citizens who will impact Emory and the world.

1. Develop residential housing plan FY2007 Target Trend FY 2006 A. Number of new residence halls for first‑

year students 1 8 n/a

B. Increase percentage of students living on campus

66% 70% 65%

Emory is recognized as a place where engaged scholars come together in a strong and vital community to confront the human condition and experience and to explore 21st century frontiers in science and technology. Campus Life Goal: Cultivate a campus culture that values service to the community and fosters collaboration among departments, units, and organizations resulting in students who are engaged scholars.

1. Recruit, hire, develop and support out‑ standing staff members FY2007 Target Trend FY 2006

A. Increase professional development funds 0% 10% 0%

2. Develop external funding sources specifically for Campus Life

A. Raise $5M through development efforts $1.2M $5M $259K

Second part of the Campus Life’s Scorecard aligning Campus Life goals with Emory goals (first part reported in March 2009 newsletter).

Bridget Guernsey Riordan

DUC DAY 2009

On April 2, we celebrated DUC Day. This year’s theme was “A Celebration of Culture” featuring vendors from the arts as well as the Georgia Aquarium, the Atlanta Symphony Or chestra, and others.

ACUI ANNUAL CONFERENCE

March and April are busy months for the DUC as we prepare for the end of the year, Commencement, and the busy summer months. On April 4, Stanley Taylor and Jeff Martin will attend the ACUI Annual confer ence. Emory will be featured in two presentations during the Annual Conference. One presentation will feature our student employment program, and the other celebrates being an “OUT” professional at Emory.

ANNUAL SANDWICH MAKING

Spring is a busy time in the DUC Commons with annual sandwich making (pictured), per formances, endofyear publicity, ticket sales for endofyear events, fundraising, scientific poster presentations, etc. Meeting Services adds out door tabling during the warm weather which helps accommodate the demand.

Dobbs University Center Operations

Congratulations to the following individuals who will serve as

members of the DUC Student Manager Team for the

2009‐2010 academic year.

Darrel Douglas‐ Senior Manager/Personnel Andrew Magee‐Info/Tickets Damien Swearing‐DownUnder

Robert Pierre‐Sports Programming Brandon Whitney‐A/V Amy Du‐Art Gallery

Joshua Izaak‐Personnel Carin Pinto‐Overall Programming

Tiffany Bryant‐Marketing Christine Daniels‐Info/Tickets


WHITE WATER DAY PASS$29

SEASON PASS $53

SIX FLAGS DAY PASS $30

SEASON PASS $54

SIX FLAGS & WHITE WATER

SEASON PASS $87

FOR BOTH PARKS

STONE MOUNTAIN PARK DAY PASS $21; SEASON PASS—ADULTS $49; CHILDREN $41 (ages 311)

BILTMORE ESTATES ADULT $45

Contact the DUC Info Desk (7INFO)

DID YOU KNOW?!?!!?!

The MGM steps in the Commons are also used to line up Medical School students among other groups for group photos. During Commence ment, the MGM façade will serve as background to the University’s new portraits for graduates.


Campus Life Staff Development

The Office of LGBT Life continues to explore ways to build community on campus and provide more leader ship opportunities for students. To that end, the Office is supporting a new group on campus for trans iden tified students. TransForming Emory’s purpose is to build com munity for transgender, gender vari ant, transsexual, gender queer, gen der questioning people and their allies, friends and partners. The group will meet on April 6 and 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Office of LGBT Life. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more informa tion. The President’s Commission on Sexuality, Gender Diversity & Queer Equality and the Office of LGBT Life are inviting students to apply for full scholarship to attend the 3rd Annual Campus Pride LGBT Leadership Camp July 2126, 2009 at Towson University. This scholarship covers all registration,

accommodation, food, and travel costs. Campus Pride organizes the only Summer Leadership Camp for LGBT and Ally college students. The fiveday camp experience works to develop stronger under graduate student leaders and safer, more LGBTfriendly colleges and universities. Participants have the opportunity to learn valuable cam pus organizing skills, coalition building and strategies for creating change at colleges and universities. Faculty include national known queer and ally educators, leaders, scholars and activists. For more in formation on the Camp , go to: http://www.campuspride.org/ camp.asp. Students can download the application from the Office of LGBT Life Webpage, www.lgbt.emory.edu. Visit www.campuspride.org/camp.asp for more information on the Camp. Mi chael Shutt has been faculty for this camp for the last two years and is charged with planning the curricu lum for this year’s camp.

This year‛s SGAs Classroom on the Quad program co-sponsored by OSLS was held on April 1, from 2 pm to 6 pm in the Tull Auditorium. This year‛s title was the “Future of the Armed Services” and featured speeches from both Lt. General David Poythress and Dr. P.W. Singer from the Brookings Institute. There was a segment of the event for students to speak their minds on the topic, and tabling by organizations. There was a book signing by Dr. Singer after the event.

Our office is excited to launch the Leadership and Development (L.E.A.D.) Team! We have selected 14 students for our inaugural team. Our team is comprised of 12 undergraduates and 2 graduate students. Please join us in congratulating: Dashiell Alison, Jesse Bale, Sara Berney, Roma Bhatia, Stephanie Chin, Anne Clark, Kenny Daniel, Taylor DiOrio, Robert Heinl, Brittany Hughes, Jane Kim, Lauren Lewis, Leslie Munoz, and Angie Wang.

Office of LGBT Life

Office of Student Leadership & Service


performance strives to promote and celebrate women's diversity on Emory campus for Women's History Month.

Pictured here, they are per forming their last dance, a popular Afri can soukous (pronounced SOO KOOSE).

OMPS sponsored a Women’s History Month event, a cultural dance performance by Taal Soul on Friday, March 20 at the DUC’s Coke Com mons. This group, Taal Soul, is a multicultural, allfemale dance team here at Emory. These young women perform dances from all regions of the world, ranging from African and hiphop to classical and flamenco. Today, they will be per forming an Indian dance, hip hop dance, and Af rican dance. They choreograph these pieces themselves, pulling together personal cultures and influences to provide a truly diverse presen tation on a diverse campus such as Emory. Their

Recently our office interviewed eight stellar students for our LeaderShape selection process. After careful consideration, our office is proud to announce that we have selected Sara Chandler and Heather Buzzard to send to the National LeaderShape Institute this summer! Sara is a 2 nd year stu dent from Houston, TX. Heather is from Peachtree City, GA, and in her final year at Oxford Col lege. We’re all looking forward to great things from these two students!

Would you like the chance to work with a student on an individual basis? Have you gone to the Na tional LeaderShape Institute? If so, consider applying to be a LeaderShape Coach! LeaderShape Coaches are individuals with a passion for working with students, and knowledge of student & lead ership development. Candidates for this opportunity need not have participated in LeaderShape in the past. For more information on this, please email Selene Jones ([email protected]).

You can meet all members of the LEAD Team and both Sarah, and Heather at the Eagle Awards ceremony on April 9, at 5 pm in the Faculty Dining Room! You can RSVP on our website.

Jumpstart is recruiting volun teers for the week of April 13 to create personalized ABC books

with preschoolers at our sites. This is a simple way to do direct service with children if you are interested in getting a better look at Jumpstart! We will need volunteers in the morning every day during the week of April 13. Please contact Elise at [email protected] if you are inter ested in helping out with this fun project.

Jumpstart will coordinate a supply drive through the end of April. The wish list is very simple construction paper, index cards, and paper plates but anything else you can find (including arts and crafts supplies) would be a great contribution! There is a box in the Jump start office, or you may contact Jumpstart Volun teer Coordinator, Sylvia Tsakos, at [email protected] to schedule a dropoff time.

Office of Student Leadership & Service (continued)

Office of Multicultural Programs & Services


On Friday, March 20 in Win ship Ball room, OMPS & the DUC co sponsored the ISSP

Coffee Hour. OMPS Staff along with stu dent volunteers, Kyle Black, Nicky Mack, and Geden Franck, welcomed our interna tional students and scholars by hosting a lunch meal and leading an interactive pro gram. Pictured above are students sharing greetings in as many languages as possible and then teaching others how to pronounce them.

OMPS presented a workshop “Asian Americans: The Facts, The Myths, The Sto ries” to the Emory Facilitators Network on March 26. About 20 people attended to gain awareness of the AsianAmerican and the AsianInternational populations at Emory and increase understanding of the cultural

factors that might impact Asian American and Asian International stu dents. Pictured (left to right) are Marc Cordon, Dr. Jane Yang, Donna Wong,

and Ken Hornbeck, the coordinator of the Network and OMPS Issues Troupe Director.

Office of Multicultural Programs & Services (cont.)


On Friday, March 20 in the DUC’s Coke Commons, the Per sian Club shared their traditions through a display of Persian New Year’s foods and important cultural symbolic items. Persian New Year’s is called No rooz, meaning "new day/daylight.” On March 20/21 each year, Norooz is cele brated by the entire

Iranian community at the time the sun enters Aries.

Happy New Year!

Norooz Persian New Year

Delores P. Aldridge Excellence Awards Recognition Ceremony & Reception took place on Thursday, March 26, in Winship Ball room at 5:00 p.m. Our keynote speaker was Dr. Alexander Escobar and the title of the speech, “Excellence in a Diverse World.” See list of winners on next page. Pictured are (left to right) Donna Wong, Ozzie Harris, WinnerScott Seitz, and Dr. Aldridge.

Awardees Excellent Start

(Firstyear students only) This category recognizes students who have demonstrated excellence in the Emory Community during their first year at college in cocurricular involvement, leadership, and community building.

Thomas Anderson Amy Li

Geet Ketan Bhatt Brianna Mack

Ruth Cano Jung Mi Park

Shikha Jerath Willie Reaves

Leadership and Service to a Diverse Community

(Sophomore, Junior and Senior classifications only) This category recognizes students demonstrating excellence through their commitment to students of color and achievements in the Emory Community

Anish Shah Sophomore

H. Justin Harlow Junior

Henrico Norris Senior

Community Building, Diversity and Intergroup Relations

(Sophomore, Junior and Senior classifications only) This category recognizes exceptional students who actively seek and facilitate crosscultural interactions be tween individuals and student groups.

Moi Li, Sophomore Yingxue (Rosie) Tang, Sophomore

Alok Tripathi, Junior Ramone Williams, Junior

Scot Seitz, Senior

Diversity Research

(Junior and Senior classifications only) This category recognizes students who have excelled at producing new research that focuses on race, ethnic ity, and multicultural issues.

Candice Merritt, Senior

Andrea Neal, Program Associate in the Center for Science Education received the Staff Mentor Award

Dr. Tingsen Xu, Adjunct Assoc. Professor in Health, PE and Dance received the Faculty Mentor Award. Dr. Alexander Escobar, Senior Lecturer, Biology was recognized for Diversity Leadership and the keynote address.


Student Health & Counseling Services


*April 6 One in Four White Hall 208 6:00 p.m.

*April 7 Breaking the Silence: Sexual Abuse During Childhood Callaway S104 7:00 p.m.

*April 8 Wonderful Wednesday Sexual Assault Education—Aline Jesus Rafi Asbury Circle 11:30 – 2:00

*April 9 LGBTQ Panel on Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence Winship Ballroom 6:00 p.m.

April 15 Wonderful Wednesday Marijuana Facts Booth—Willie Bannister & Virginia Plummer Asbury Circle 11:30‐2:00

April 22 Wonderful Wednesday Stress Management and Sleep— Heather Zesiger & Dan Hootman Asbury Circle 11:30‐2:00

*For more information, contact: Aline Jesus Rafi, Coordinator of Sexual Assault Prevention Educa‐ tion and Response at [email protected]

Sexual Assault Awareness Week April 6 – April 10

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Learn basic techniques that are practiced by people of any faith or of none.

All meditators are welcome: new and experi enced, religious and secular.

For more information contact Shirley Banks, Health Educator, at 4047277312 or [email protected].

CONFERENCE SEASON Spring in Atlanta is often associated with the yellow pollen storm that assaults our campus. It is also the time of year when many of our staff ventures off to professional development confer ences to learn ways to change or improve our program, while sharing best practices with other student affairs professionals. Andrea Trinklein, Ryan Roche, and Anna Hobby (‘04C), presented onMentoring at the annual Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) conference in Birmingham, AL. We spoke with mostly new professionals on the importance of having a mentor, steps that one should take to identify a mentor, the respon sibilities of individuals in a mentoring relation ship, and how a mentoring relationship evolves and changes over time. Roger Montiel and Frank Gaertner presented Supervision 101 at SEAHO. This presentation focused on the fundamentals of supervision ranging from RAs to professional staff. At SEAHO, Roger also presented Reaching New Heights: Emory Exploring Sustainable Ways for Living Green, which discussed the program ming in our Living Green community. Addi tionally, he sits on the Programming Committee for the SEAHO, helping select and coordinate conference presentations. Sherry Ebrahimi presented Uncommon Roles: How to Best Utilize Your College Student Staff at the Association of Collegiate Conference and Events DirectorsInternational (ACCEDi) meeting in Boston on March 23. This program is a follow up to her presentation from last year and a web conference presented in January on hiring student staff members.

JUMP IN AT THE SAAC! Longer, warmer days can only mean one thing – it’s pool time at the SAAC! Join us at the SAAC when we open our pool on April 1. If

you have not yet purchased a membership, now is the time to do so!

Summer Extended Memberships valid from April 1 – November 1

Summer Memberships valid from

May 15 – September 7 All memberships grant patrons access to the entire facility. For more information on pool hours and membership details, visit us on the web at: www.saac.emory.edu.

JUST BECAUSE WE’RE DIII… …doesn’t mean we don’t know how to have a good time! Clairmont Campus and the SAAC have been very busy with programs this spring. We started off with the Super Bowl Party at the beginning of February, which was a huge success. We had well over 500 attendees and gave away several large prizes including a digital camera, iPod Nano, and Nintendo Wii. Cosponsored by RHA and Resi dence Life and Housing, the Super Bowl Party was an overall great event that has set the tone for the rest of the semester. We were very thankful to Maddio's Pizza for sponsoring the event as well.

Following the big success of our Super Bowl Party, we hosted a Mardi Grasthemed Casino Night as part of Fridays@10. We had professional dealers, equipped with tables for six different casino games. Each person who attended got his very own custom designed cup and five thousand dollars to gamble with. Thanks to the Clairmont Campus staff for making this a great event! To wrap up, we are enjoying March Madness cele brations at the SAAC. Come join us for the NCAA Championship Party onMonday, April 6. Will your team be dancing home with the title? Come find out!

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LIVE & LEARN Citizenship – Over Spring Break, the Citizen ship FYE staff hosted a “Tour of Atlanta” for residents who remained on campus. The tour led students to the Carter Center, MLK Jr. Na tional Historic Site, and the Atlanta History Center. Students were able to see President and Mrs. Carter’s offices, the Martin Luther King, Jr. birth home, and met with Dr. Catherine Lewis (‘90C), curator of the Bobby Jones ex hibit at The Atlanta History Center. Staff also arranged a volunteer project at Piedmont Park the following day to help the Park Conservancy prepare for spring. Living Green – Students in the Living Green program were invited to a faculty dinner with Dr. John Wegner on March 19. Dr. Wegner en tertained students with his anecdotes and an swered many questions about how Emory is tackling being better environmental stewards. The Living Green staff is planning several pro grams for April, including a Sustainable Lecture Series and a guided tour of the Beltline. If you are interested in attending the lectures, please contact Judith Pannell.

RHA Hall Councils combined forces and brought the Danceasaurus, a late night rave party, to Clairmont Campus. The dance was successful with more than 500 students attend ing throughout the evening.

HAVE YOU MADE YOUR PLEDGE?

Emory is committed… are you? Help us be a more sustainable place, starting with taking your own personal Sustainability Pledge at: www.sustainability.emory.edu/pledge.

RESIDENCE HALL ASSOCIATION Residence Hall Association (RHA) hosted the 7 th Annual Sandwich Drive during the week of March 23–27. All sandwiches made during the weeklong drive are donated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. RHA provides all the supplies, and the greater Emory community comes together to help our local community. Thank you to everyone who participated!

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