The kick-off event will take place at the Yale Club of New York. We are looking forward to another great turn out! There will a small cover charge of $10 this year, to help cover the costs of the room, etc. We would prefer to collect the charge at the door, if possible.

See official Feb Club website for more details and advance registration: www.febclubemeritus.com

Due to overwhelming response, this event has reached capacity.  Thanks to all who signed up, and we look forward to bringing more events like this in the future.

Join the Educational Programs Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY) for a discussion and reception with Zeke Vanderhoek, Class of 1998, founder and principal of The Equity Project Charter School.

The Equity Project (TEP) is a charter school that opened in September 2009 located in Washington Heights, New York City. One of TEP's defining features is its teacher compensation - TEP teachers are paid a salary of $125,000 and can earn a significant annual bonus based on school-wide performance.

Mr. Vanderhoek began his educational career as a 6th and 8th grade teacher at I.S. 90, a public middle school in Washington Heights. He has a B.A. from Yale University and a Masters in Philosophy & Education from Teachers College at Columbia University. He was the founder of Manhattan GMAT, a national GMAT test-preparation company.

The discussion will be moderated by urban sociologist Dr. Pedro Noguera, professor in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at NYU. Dr. Noguera is also the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education and the co-Director of the Institute for the study of Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings (IGEMS).

This will surely be a lively event on school reform that you do not want to miss. Click here to register: http://tepcharterschool.eventbrite.com.

Do you want to meet new people, but are tired of loud, crowded bars where you can't hear anyone talk? Here's a chance to socialize with interesting people in a more cozy, intimate setting.

For our second small group dinner, we are taking over all 16 spots at the beautiful communal table at Fig & Olive, a Michelin Guide recommended Mediterranean restaurant. A $48 prix fixe dinner (tax and tip included, drinks extra) will include an appetizer, entree and dessert. This dinner will be for folks from the classes of the 80's and 90's. Come join us!

Please RSVP at http://80s90sdinner.eventbrite.com/

This month's event will get back to our traditional format -- instead of a speaker or panel, we'll get together to mingle, network, and share ideas at Haven, a relaxed (and unique!) Yale-esque cocktail lounge in Midtown. We've arranged a drink special, plus a selection of complimentary hors d'oeuvres. A $10 donation will be asked for at the door to cover expenses.

RSVP HERE: http://meetup.com/yalenyc/calendar/12369005/

Hi Dwight Hall!

On the top of this newsletter you can find tons of service opportunities and social justice events happening this week! Check out the Moment of Service this week: playing board games with kids at New Haven Reads!

Also, the Yale Journal of Public Health is looking for a webmaster!

Closer to the bottom you can find great summer and spring break opportunities.

Again, if you are looking for the latest news on Yale's Relief Efforts for Haiti please look here: http://opa.yale.edu/haiti/

I can also announce that you should...

Be on the look out for the YHHAP Fast for Haiti, a Dwight Hall-sponsored campaign, on February 26th! Sign ups are not yet active on SIS, but we are already looking for groups to help us table for any meals between February 16 and 24. Email Jessica Cole at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript  if you or your group would like to help!

Hope all is well,

Joe

When Mace Bacon suddenly shows up after a mysterious 10-year absence and starts ruining his old college buddy Mike's life, job and friendships, Mike must figure out how to rid himself of this unwanted human parasite.  Because Mace Bacon IS......The Worst Guy Ever!

Written and Directed by John Phillips (TD '02)

Starring Mike Still, Katherine Bryant Flaherty, Christopher O'Connor, and John Phillips as Mace Bacon, The Worst Guy Ever!

YAAMNY is excited to offer you this new "networking with start-ups" opportunity organized by JOBNOB:

Jobseekers need work. Startups are cash strapped. Mingle and find a solution!

Come "Jobnob" with cool new start ups and talented job seekers at this informal networking happy hour where you can find startup jobs. Be flexible on commitment and compensation - bootstrapped startups may be offering *alternative compensation: reduced rates, equity, internships, part time, etc. There will be alumni and entrepreneurs from many schools, including UPenn, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Rutgers, Yale SOM, and the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth. Companies start pitching at 5pm.

Event is free, but please register here.

*Legal Disclaimer: Jobnob Happy Hour events and www.jobnob.com are for networking informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. Please be sure to check with an employment attorney and abide by all federal, state and local laws.

Join us for a cocktail in a unique NYC space - Central Park's historic Arsenal, in front of the Zoo. The Arsenal, home to the Department of Parks & Recreation since 1934, was built in the 1850s to store munitions, and we trust that Feb Club will be the most explosive event in the building's history. Since the building is an office, we will start at 7pm and wrap up at 10pm to allow the dust to settle before morning.

To RSVP and purchase ticket, go to www.febclubemeritus.com

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee in collaboration with Insider Expeditions presents After Hours at Museum 52 with Yale School of Art Faculty Daphne Fitzpatrick.

Join Yale School of Art Faculty Daphne Fitzpatrick for an intimate after-hours discussion and aperitif at Museum 52, a critically acclaimed contemporary art gallery on the Lower East Side. Fitzpatrick's work centers on the changing urban environment, as seen from the wandering vantage point of a dandy. In large sculptures, photographs, video and installation, she fuses a morning-after feeling with a keen sense of craft. Ms. Fitzpatrick attended the School of Visual Arts and the Whitney Studio Program. She has had recent solo exhibitions at Bellwether, New York and La Galleria at La MaMa, New York. Her work has been exhibited widely at venues including The Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle and the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia. She has written for publications including Artforum, and she is the recipient of grants from Art Matters and the Jerome Foundation.

Enjoy the work on display, and a lively discussion of Ms. Fitzpatrick's methods and motives. Early registration $15, or $20 after February 5. Space is limited, and we expect this exclusive, after-hours event to sell out. Register today at http://yaamny-fitzpatrick.eventbrite.com/.

Join us for a conversation with Dina Brewster on:

Farmer; The Hickories; Ridgefield, Connecticut; Cultivating a Local Food-Shed

Hi Dwight Hall!

As Valentine's Day approaches, meet someone special at one of the tons of service opportunities and social justice events happening this week! Especially the Moment of Service this week with SeeClickFix, a New Haven-based website promoting participatory democracy!
You can find great summer and spring break opportunities closer to the bottom of this newsletter.

If you are looking for the latest news on Yale's Relief Efforts for Haiti please look here: http://opa.yale.edu/haiti/

YHHAP Fast for Haiti, part of a Dwight Hall-sponsored campaign for Haiti, will be on February 26th! Sign ups are not yet active on SIS, but we are already looking for individuals or groups to help us table for any meals between February 16 and 24. Email Jessica Cole at This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript if you or your group would like to help!

With Love,
Joe

Do you have an idea for a program, project, or organization? Unite For Sight's Founder and CEO will hold a 1/2-day workshop to help you develop and launch your idea.

The workshop will focus on effective healthcare delivery and the importance of best practices in global health, successful strategies of social innovation and social entrepreneurship, and mentoring and guidance on how to establish new initiatives and organizations. What strategies can be applied to effectively provide healthcare for the world's poorest people? Through case discussions, the workshop discusses the realities and complexities of global health, innovation and social entrepreneurship in healthcare delivery, and evidence-based design and measuring outcomes. The workshop will be a small, intimate forum with a limited capacity of 10 participants.

Complete details online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/global-health-university/global-health-workshop 

Heads up all you actors, singers, singer-songwriters, musicians, comics... in a word, performers out to make your mark in the Apple. In line with our mandate to bring creative arts folk together, YAAMNY Arts/Entertainment is planning a series of performance parties. We have secured the use of a large pleasant space in Brooklyn, complete with a piano, excellent PA system - and inexpensive food and drink, and will hold an organizational meeting and tryouts for our first Performers' Round-up on Saturday, February 13th. If you want to participate in the round-up, please join us on for this meeting and be ready to give us a sample of what you can do. Performers must limit themselves to 10-12 minutes.

The actual YAAMNY Arts Performers' Round-Up will be in April, details to be posted on the YAAMNY website soon. After the performance there will be time for informal networking. And you don't have to be on stage to come to the performance; just be ready to enjoy yourself and meet alumni/ae in all the arts, all ages, all stages of their careers.

Please notify me ASAP ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ) if you will be joining us on February 13 for try-outs, and tell me what type of performer you are.

PLEASE NOTE - DATE CHANGE due to inclement weather (NOW FEB 16)

We wish to invite you to the upcoming Public Service/ Social Justice Committee meeting to discuss many great opportunities for alum to engage in meaningful service projects and advancing social justice.

We are particularly interested in discussing and organizing a fundraiser for the children of Haiti. We ask all alumni to consider donating to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund (www.clintonbushhaitifund.org), Doctors without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org), the United Nations Children's Fund (www.unicefusa.org) or the American Red Cross (www.redcross.org).

The agenda is as follows:
1. Report on January Projects (soup kitchen and mock interview session)
2. Discussion of upcoming events -- considering Haiti Fundraiser
3. Selection of April Project
4. Update regarding Day of Service
5. Social Justice Project Update
6. Discussion of YAAMNY Charity Ball Fundraiser
7. Final Comments

To kick off the Lunar New Year, AAAYA (Association of Asian American Yale Alumni) will be starting what we hope will become a regular happy hour gathering.   Each month, wed like to host a casual get together so you can have a drink with old friends, meet new people and network!

Drink specials include:
$5 Absolut and flavored Absolut
$5 Yuengling, Sam Adams and Sam Seasonal drafts.

So thumb your nose at the cold, brave the elements, and come out after work to celebrate the Lunar Year with a drink and a laugh!

We'll be upstairs.  Everyone is welcome! 

"After this workshop, I started work on new songs, and now have three finished!  And I began work on a long-delayed writing project, finding time I didn't know I had." - Jon A., musician
 
"Working with Kate, applying the workbook, and speaking with others in the course helped me to see the blocks I had put in my own way.  This seminar helped me to come up with a plan to make some changes, and move forward.  Now I feel like I am on a roll!" - James E., actor

Hi Dwight Hall,

There are tons of things going on this week! It is simultaneously National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Haiti Week and Rosie Revisited Week for Work and Women, which means this week is filled with many one-time events!

Dwight Hall has also just put out two fellow applications:

Apply to be a Dwight Hall Summer Fellow: http://www.dwighthall.org/5013/Apply_to_be_a_Dwight_Hall_Summer_Fellow

Apply to be a Dwight Hall Technology Fellow:
Establish and sustain a strong virtual presence for a dynamic organization that engages 3,500 Yale students each year in service and justice activities! This is an exciting opportunity to enhance the functionality of Dwight Halls website and integrate social media elements for an organization that is recognized as the largest student-run, campus-based nonprofit organization committed to service and justice in the nation!

If interested e-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for an application!

Application for the Campus and Community Fund for DH member groups is due on February 27th, and if the group treasurer didn't receive an application, they should contact: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

If you are looking for the latest news on Yale's Relief Efforts for Haiti please look here: http://opa.yale.edu/haiti/

YHHAP Fast for Haiti, part of a Dwight Hall-sponsored campaign for Haiti, will be on February 26th! Sign-ups are up! Log in to http://www.yale.edu/sis/ and click on Dining System, then on the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project to donate your swipe!

Hope all is well,                                               

Joe

The Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite you and your guest to a reception hosted by Jon Butler, Dean of the Graduate School, featuring a conversation on poetry with Elizabeth Alexander '84, Professor, African American Studies, American Studies and English.

Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, cash bar
Professor Alexander's talk will begin at 7:00

R.S.V.P. by February 18 to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript   or (203) 432-7730
Space is limited

Elizabeth Alexander ’84 BA was invited by President Barack Obama to compose and read a poem at his inauguration on January 20, 2009. She is the author of four books of poems, The Venus Hottentot (1990), Body of Life (1996), Antebellum Dream Book (2001), and American Sublime (2005, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), and a collection of essays on African American literature, painting, and popular culture, The Black Interior (2004). Professor Alexander is an inaugural recipient of the Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship for work that “contributes to improving race relations in American society and furthers the broad social goals of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954.” She earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Pennsylvania, and is now chair of the Yale Department of African American Studies.

THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT.

The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY) is co-sponsoring a program spearheaded by the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York. You are cordially invited to an evening with Professor Jeffrey Sachs to discuss investment opportunities in the wake of the Copenhagen summit.

Professor Sachs will speak on the role of the private sector in driving sustainable investment and offer his thoughts on
-- Where these opportunities exist in the face of political gridlock.
-- How the business community can participate in the development of the sustainability market.
-- The sweet spot for investors, i.e. where business can contribute to sustainability, environmental justice and increased profits.

Professor Sachs is the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. He was recently named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Register today at: http://www.cbsacny.org/store.html?event_id=810. Yalies should select the "partner" ticket option at $30 per ticket.

YAAMNY is excited to partner with The Ivy Plus Society (TIPS) to bring you this multi-school party at Marquee, one of the trendiest venues in the city. This is a great opportunity to meet and catch up with with fabulous alumni in NYC!! 

Dress Code: Wear pink or red to continue the Valentine's Day spirit. 

For more information and to RSVP, go to: http://www.ivyplussociety.org/nyc.html 

Hi Dwight Hall!

What an exciting week it has already been! It is simultaneously National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Haiti Week and Rosie Revisited Week for Work and Women!

LAST DAY TO SIGN UP for the YHHAP Fast for Haition February 26th, part of a Dwight Hall-sponsored campaign for Haiti. Your donated meal swipes will help the recovery efforts in Haiti as well as organizations that combat homeless in New Haven. Again, Thursday is your last day to sign-up!

Log in to http://www.yale.edu/sis/ and click on Dining System, then on the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project to donate your swipe!

Also, we have plenty of APPLICATIONS for awesome fellowships and positions this week:

1. Apply to be a Dwight Hall Summer Fellow: http://www.dwighthall.org/5013/Apply_to_be_a_Dwight_Hall_Summer_Fellow

2. Apply to be a Dwight Hall Technology Fellow:
Establish and sustain a strong virtual presence for a dynamic organization that engages 3,500 Yale students each year in service and justice activities! This is an exciting opportunity to enhance the functionality of Dwight Halls website and integrate social media elements for an organization that is recognized as the largest student-run, campus-based nonprofit organization committed to service and justice in the nation!
If interested e-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for an application!

3. Application for the Campus and Community Fund for DH member groups:
Due on February 27th, and if the group treasurer didn't receive an application, they should contact: This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript

4. NEW Application for Student Board Member on the Dwight Hall Board of Directors:
If you are involved in any one of Dwight Hall's 85+ member groups and institutional programs, you are qualified to apply to the position.  You do not have to have led a group at Dwight Hall.  This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in the non-profit management aspect of public service, social justice, and advocacy!

There will be an information session Wednesday, March 3 in the Dwight Hall SJN Room from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
E-mail This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript for an application or with any questions you have.

5. Have an idea for a short-term service project? Make your project a Dwight Hall Short Term Project! This semester, for the first time, Dwight Hall is opening up applications to individuals who would like to organize and execute a short-term service project. These projects should reflect Dwight Halls mission of fostering civic-minded student leaders who promote activism in New Haven and around the world. At the same time, short-term projects should be designed to accomplish their mission over the course of a semester or a year. For more information and/or request an application, please email Erica Schild ( This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript ), Dwight Halls New Membership Coordinator.

As always, if you are looking for the latest news on Yale's Relief Efforts for Haiti please look here: http://opa.yale.edu/haiti/

Hope all is well,                                              

Joe

Join PHC for a special talk with Robert Heimer, Professor in Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

Dr. Heimer has made scientific investigations of the morality and morbidity associated with injection drug use (syringe exchange programs, HIV survival in syringes, hepatitis B vaccination, hepatitis C transmission risks, overdose prevention and resuscitation, pharmacological treatment of opiate addiction). He is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core at Yales Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, and Director of the Yale office of CT Emerging Infections Program

GHLI is seeking dedicated students with an interest in global health to participate as Student Ambassadors. Student Ambassadors will lead pre-conference research activities and provide on-site support for senior Ministry of Health officials and global health leaders as they participate in an intensive leadership training institute to develop innovative solutions critical to the well-being of their countrys population.

Resume and cover letter to Brian Seavey by Friday, February 26^th at 5:00 PM.

DURATION: Spring orientation session (to be scheduled for early April), pre-conference research (beginning in April), conference orientation (June 18, 2010), one-week GHLI conference (June 21 25, 2010), conference evaluation, follow-up and field experience preparation (June 25 July 2010), and an approximate one month immersion in the field with an assigned country delegation (July August 2010).  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Student Ambassadors will be expected to participate in the four stages of the internship: 

Pre-conference Research (2 weeks)

Location: OPEN

Lead pre-conference research on assigned countrys health system and problem statement

GHLI Conference Support & Follow Up (3 weeks)

Location: New Haven, CT

Serve as a liaison to assigned country delegation: e.g., meet the delegation in the morning, serve as a resource to answer questions, etc. Student Ambassadors may also be asked to serve as the primary note-taker during conference sessions.

Assist Staff Fellows and GHLI staff in the compilation of reports and presentations to capture group work and lessons learned after the GHLI conference.

In Country Field Experience (4-5 weeks)

Location: TBD (from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia)

The specific work plan will be developed in response to the conference results and could include consultation and assistance in the execution of specific steps in the countrys implementation plan, further evaluation of the GHLI conference and follow-up on projects related to the research agenda of the conference preliminary assessment of integrating GHLI research agenda.

Field Experience Synthesis (1-2 weeks)

Location: OPEN

Synthesize conference and field experiences to produce a narrative report outlining general recommendations towards the implementation of the GHLI research agenda and country-specific implementation plan.

QUALIFICATIONS

Successful candidates will demonstrate superior organizational and management skills, strong research abilities, the ability to work collaboratively under pressure, and enthusiasm for making a positive contribution to a ground-breaking assembly of world leaders in the field of international health and development. Global health experience is ideal, with a preference given to current public health students. Open to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. Student Ambassadors will work with direction from the Executive Director, Project Manager and other Yale faculty and staff.

LANGUAGE SKILLS AND REASONING ABILITY 

Demonstrated ability to effectively and diplomatically communicate information in written and verbal form to top management, government officials and the public is required. Proven ability to apply instructions in diverse settings, work independently under little direction, and to support organizational change and develop management capability of others is required. English proficiency required. 

LOGISTICS AND COMPENSATION

Student Ambassadors will be expected to be in New Haven, CT from June 18 30, 2010 to participate in the GHLI conference and evaluation.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided during the week of the conference.

If needed, the University is willing to provide housing accommodations for the Student Ambassadors at one Yales residential colleges.

The cost of the international air ticket and a stipend will be provided for the field experience.

Student Ambassadors will be formally recognized at the conclusion of the conference.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please email a current resume and cover letter to Brian Seavey by 5:00 PM Friday, February 26^th. The final selection of GHLI Student Ambassadors will be completed by March 5^th.

The UWS party was the first Feb Club Emeritus party!  Check out the Feb Club website for more details:

www.febclubemeritus.com

The YAAMNY Arts & Entertainment Committee strives to provide a forum where alumni can enjoy, share in, and learn from leading practitioners in the world capital of fine and performing arts, and support alumni in the arts, through regular presentations and events that will offer opportunities for networking and performance. Whether you have won a Pulitzer and travel by limousine or are pushing cabs between auditions, come share your ideas and help create a resource to assist us all in our work.

All are welcome. Please RSVP to This email address is hidden from email harvesters via JavaScript .

The Brooklyn party ends the month!  It will be fun, hip and happening.

Check the Feb Club website for more information:  www.febclubemeritus.com