The Howard Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects in selected fields. The Foundation targets its support specifically to early mid-career individuals, those who have achieved recognition for at least one major project. Approximately ten fellowships will be awarded in April 2010 for 2010-2011 in the fields of Creative Writing in English: Fiction and Poetry

Stipends of $25,000 will be awarded to support individuals working on specific writing projects for the academic year 2010-2011. Details of the application process are provided here.

All current history majors, as well as those considering a major in history, are invited to this informational meeting.  Abby Perdue, pre-law advisor, will discuss law as a career option, and Career Services will cover a number of other possible career paths.  We plan to share statistics on what history majors have gone on to do after W&L over the past few years.  We will highlight in-demand skills and show you resources that will be helpful in internship and job searches.  We also hope to gather input from you on how we can be helpful in educating you about career opportunities.  Please feel free to bring your lunch.  We hope to see you there!

Dr. Ripan Malhi, professor of anthropology and human genetics at the University of Illinois, will speak on "Molecular Anthropology and the Peopling of the Americas."

Dr. Malhi's talk, which is open to the public, is during E hour (12:20-1:15) in the hopes of getting a good student attendance, too.

Jointly Organized by:

Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, UCLA Anderson School of Management, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Please join Admissions representatives from top-ranked MBA programs for a panel discussion about the MBA degree to learn:

--how and when an MBA education can help you develop and achieve your career goals;

--how to prepare a good application for MBA programs;

--how to choose the right MBA program for you.

The first hour will feature a panel discussion and the second hour will be reserved to ask the representatives questions about their individual schools, as well as any other questions you might have about the MBA.

Dessert and Hot Cider will be served after the panel!

Details:

Monday, November 9
6:30-8:30 pm
Alumni Hall
211 Emmet Street South
Charlottesville, VA  22903

Please register by Wednesday, November 4^th.

We hope you can join us!

Richard B. Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University. He is currently serving as faculty director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School. He directs the National Bureau of Economic Research / Sloan Science Engineering Workforce Projects, and is Senior Research Fellow in Labour Markets at the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance.

The title of the talk is "Can the U.S. Restore Shared Prosperity After the Financial Meltdown?"

The talk is free and open to the public, and is co-sponsored by the Johnson Lecture Series, the Shepherd Program and W&L's Economics Department.

"Camino de Santiago," new paintings from Spain and France by Walter Cumming. Sept. 25-Nov. 30, 2009 in Williams Gallery, Huntley Hall.

Gallery Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open to the public without charge.

See http://williams.wlu.edu/gallery

"Portraits from Life," paintings by Michael Ananian, Sept. 1-Dec. 11, 2009--McCarthy Gallery, Holekamp Hall.

Gallery Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open to the public without charge.

See http://williams.wlu.edu/gallery

Kamen Gallery Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Introduced in 14th-century Japan, the netsuke would hang from a kimono's obi or sash by a cord to attach the container in which Japanese men would store their personal belongings. These soon became elaborately sculpted from ivory, lacquer, wood and other exotic materials.

The netsuke in the Washington and Lee Collection come from alumnus Joseph M. Glickstein.

Kamen Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.