GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION

Hunter College 
Graduate Student Association 
Thomas Hunter Hall, Room 209

www.huntergsa.org

This is a weekly email provided by the Graduate Student Association to inform students of important news and announcements concerning graduate students at Hunter College.

April 16, 2010                  

Spring 2010 Commencement Countdown

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 and Thursday April 22, 2010

West Building Lobby

11:30AM - 7:30PM

If you are planning to attend Commencement, please complete an online Commencement Attendance Response Form. You may complete this form from your personal computer or at the Commencement Countdown on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 or Thursday, April 22, 2010, 11:30AM - 7:30PM in the West Building Lobby. This form may be submitted online anytime from now until May 14, 2010. Please note: April 22, 2010 is the FINAL date to file with Degree Audit to ensure that your name will appear in the commencement program.

Candidates for Hunter's Next Chief Librarian‏

The search committee has organized open meetings so that interested faculty, students, and staff can hear the candidates speak and answer questions about their vision for 21st century academic libraries.  We encourage you to attend these forums and participate to the extent possible. All members of the Hunter community are invited to participate in welcoming candidates to campus, and to share views about the best candidate to fill this important position. A candidate feedback form is available electronically at: https://ww3.hunter.cuny.edu/library/view.php?id=1

Peggy Ann Seiden (April 20-21)

Master of Library and Information Science, Rutgers University

M.A. in Medieval Studies, University of Toronto

B.A. Colby College

Seiden currently has ultimate leadership responsibilities for the library at Swarthmore College, and she has nearly three decades of experience with progressive responsibilities in college and university libraries, including Skidmore College, Penn State, and Carnegie Mellon. Seiden's record of scholarship includes contributions to understanding the impact and opportunities of digital media for research, teaching, and learning. She will give a public presentation and answer questions on Tuesday, April 20, 4:00-5:30 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge, NE Corner of 8th Floor West.

View Seiden's c.v.: https://ww3.hunter.cuny.edu/files/library/SeidenCV.pdf

Daniel Cherubin (April 22-23)

M.A. Media Studies, New School

M.S. Library Service, Columbia University

B.A. Music, Bard College

Cherubin's professional experience includes a decade of progressive responsibility in library and information management in corporate and non-profit settings, including Rabobank International, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Lincoln Center. He has another decade of experience with progressive responsibility in more traditional library settings, including the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Cherubin’s experience includes moving two libraries into new spaces, which he has done with "green compliance." He will give a public presentation and answer questions on Thursday, April 22, from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the Chanin Language Lab, B126. 

View Cherubin's c.v.: https://ww3.hunter.cuny.edu/files/library/CherubinCV.pdf

Diana Jean Sinclair Cunningham (April 29-30)

MPH, New York Medical College

Master of Library Science, Brigham Young University

B.A. English, California State University Long Beach

Cunningham currently serves as the Associate Dean and Director of the Health Sciences Library at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. She has more than thirty years of experience as a developer of information technologies and library leader. Her accomplishments include planning a regional informatics network funded by U.S. Housing and Urban Development. She will give a public presentation and answer questions on Thursday, April 29, from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the President’s Conference Room, 1700 East.

View Cunningham's c.v.: https://ww3.hunter.cuny.edu/files/library/CunninghamCV.pdf

Library Workshops

Intermediate/Advanced Research: Tuesday, April 20 5:30-7pm

·         Introduction to advanced search techniques

·         Subject-specific databases

·         Identifying high-impact journals in your discipline

·         Utilizing citation indexes

·         And more!

Please register for a workshop at: http://bit.ly/bazUxE

Questions? Contact Sarah Ward, Outreach Librarian, at Sarah.Ward@hunter.cuny.edu or at 212.772.4108

All workshops will take place in room E609 in the Wexler (Main Campus) Library at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue.

Hunter College Senate

Interested in being part of the Senate please send us an email with a short bio at gsa@hunter.cuny.edu. Senate members must commit to attend two senate meetings per month. Any questions give us a call at 212.772.4309

Job Opportunities

New Alternatives for Children of New York City- Social Worker Foster Care and Adoption Department (New York, NY)

New Alternatives for Children, Inc (NAC) is a not-for-profit health and child welfare agency that provide comprehensive family support services for medically fragile children and their siblings. The organization is currently seeking a master-level social worker to facilitate planning for all foster children and assess foster parents for their potential suitability. Qualified applicants must have a Master of Social Work from an accredited school of social work, prior experience working with children and families, and should be comfortable working with physically/chronically disabled children. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/375256-179

MDRC- Research Assistant, Family Well-Being and Children's Development (New York, NY)

MDRC conducts evaluations of real-world policies and programs targeted to low-income people. The organization is seeking a research assistant to join their Family Well-Being and Children's Development division. The employee will be part of the multidisciplinary team developing evaluation research on current social policy issues. Responsibilities include participation in field research/program development activities, assisting in project management, active involvement in various stages of producing reports, and assisting research team in all stages of evaluation design and implementation. Qualified applicants must have a Bachelor's degree in psychology, economics, public policy or related science field, interest in policy of low-income children, and a basic understanding of research methods. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/375220-302

Events: 

 Deadly Delivery - The Right to Maternal Health

Every minute one woman dies as a consequence of complications during child birth or pregnancy. That's more than 500,000 women a year, 1 woman every minute of every day. These women do not die of diseases that can't be treated or complications that can't be prevented. To quote Mahmoud Fathalla former president of the International Federation of OBGYNs: “they die because societies have yet to determine that their lives are worth saving”.

On April 19th 6:30pm at Riverside Church in New York there will be a discussion about Maternal Mortality

Speakers Include:

Jennifer Dohrn - Certified Nurse Midwife Bronx & South Africa

Larry Cox - Amnesty International Executive Director USA as well as

Amnesty International Executive Directors from Sierra Leone, Peru and Burkina Faso

Learn the truth about the world's missing mothers from the Amnesty International USA website at http://www.amnestyu sa.org/demand- dignity/maternal -health-is- a-human-right/ page.do?id= 1041189

You may RSVP for the event http://www.facebook .com/#!/event. php?eid=37342869 7247

INTERESTED IN ADVERTISING AN EVENT?

Students and organizations can use the G-blast to advertise their events to all graduate students.  Please email the pertinent information (ex.: time, date, location, brief description of the event, flyers, etc.) to gsa@hunter.cuny.edu.