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Holyoke Bound Spring 2012!

Holyoke Bound is a bi-annual orientation to the city of Holyoke for students and courses doing community-based learning, working, volunteering, etc. It is a day designed to give students a basic foundation for doing responsible, respectful and contextualized work in the city of Holyoke.

Spring 2012 Holyoke Bound features many exciting workshops and speakers, including an “Emerging Leaders in Holyoke” panel discussion and a keynote presentation by Mayor-elect Alex Morse at City Hall. Workshops range from being an effective tutor-mentor to sustainable agriculture initiatives in Holyoke.

Holyoke Bound Spring 2012
Picknelly Adult & Family Education Center
206 Maple Street, Holyoke, MA
Saturday, February 18
10:00am-4:00pm

Breakfast and lunch included. Lunch will be at Fernandez Family Restaurant.
Transportation included. Details will be emailed to all registered participants.

PLEASE REGISTER: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HolyokeBoundSpring2012

All students are welcome to attend. Students who are, or would like to be, working/volunteering in Holyoke are highly encouraged to attend. Holyoke Bound was developed by the five colleges and Holyoke communities to support students, community organizations and campus programs in creating effective, mutually beneficial partnerships together.

For more information:
holyokebound@gmail.com
http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/holyokebound/

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CHS Spring Pizza Party

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
6:30PM @ UMASS (room TBA)

Come eat pizza and talk about the CHS program! This semester's guest speak is Pierre Minn, a
post-doc from UCLA and a recent graduate of McGill's Social Studies of Medicine Program. He will be presenting work from his dissertation on
international medical interventions in Haiti and the roles of Haitian
health professionals.

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1. Race, Gender, and Science in the Classroom: A Student-Faculty Discussion

When: *5:30-7:00pm February 7, 2012
Where:* Five Colleges Inc. 97 Spring St. Amherst, MA 01002

2. /Rationality and Fear/, Evelyn Fox Keller
When: *4:30pm February 14, 2012
Where: *Smith College Nielson Browsing Room

3. The Matter of Love: Difference, Pathology, and the Nature of Coupling/, Angie Willey (UMass Dept. of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies; Hampshire College School of Critical Social Inquiry; and Mt Holyoke College Dept. of Gender Studies)

When: *12:30-2:00pm February 22, 2012
Where: *UMass Amherst, Bartlett Hall

4. */What Research is Good? Getting Facts and Values Right in Clinical Science/, Susan Hawthorne (Mt Holyoke Philosophy)

When:* 5:30-7:00pm March 6, 2012
Where: *Five Colleges Inc. 97 Spring St. Amherst, MA 01002

5. Genes, Genomics, and the Nature/Nurture Debate/, Evelyn Fox Keller

When: *4:30pm March 13, 2012
Where: *Smith College Nielson Browsing Room

6. */Connective Tissues: Some Thoughts on Gender, Genomics, and the Multispecies Turn/, Jennifer Hamilton (Hampshire College School of
Critical Social Inquiry)

When: *5:30-7:00pm April 3, 2012
Where: *Five Colleges Inc. 97 Spring St. Amherst, MA 01002

7. */Self-Organization and God/, Evelyn Fox Keller

When: *4:30pm April 10, 2012
Where: *Smith College Nielson Browsing Room

8. *Talk by Rebecca Jordan Young (author of /Brainstorm/)

When: *April 23, 2012
Where: *details TBD

9. Are Men and Women like Different Species? Critical Perspectives and Sex Difference Research

When:* 10am-5pm April 27, 2012
Where: *Boston University- Barristers Hall, Law School, 765
Commonwealth Ave.

10 *Talk by Helen Longino

When:* April 30, 2012
Where: *Mt Holyoke College, details TBD

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**DECEMBER GRADUATES PLEASE TAKE NOTE**

If you are graduating this December and plan on applying for the Culture, Health and Science certificate, early fall is the time to check in with your campus advisor and make sure you will fulfill all requirements. Certificate checklists, along with a copy of your transcript (it can be unofficial) should be submitted to the CHS office by Friday, November 18

For a list of CHS advisors on your campus, see: CHS Campus Advisors

For a list of CHS requirements, and to download the CHS certificate checklist, see: Certificate Requirements

Emaill us at chs@fivecolleges.edu with any questions or concerns. Or come to the Spring 2011 Pizza Party to get them answered (see above).

Thanks, and good luck with your final semester!