Summer Study Abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico — Apps due March 8

Other Worlds Are Possible: Life Against and Beyond Neoliberal Logics

Middletown, CT, United States; Oaxaca, Mexico

A Wesleyan faculty-led program with Professor Anu Sharma (https://www.wesleyan.edu/academics/faculty/asharma/profile.html) and Gustavo Esteva, Universidad de la Tierra (http://unitierraoax.org/en/english/) This four-week intensive course examines radical challenges, in theory and on the ground, to mainstream neoliberal capitalism and development strategies promoted by international organizations such as World Bank and the IMF. After the 1980s, considered by many as “the lost decade” of development, some scholars and practitioners declared the development enterprise as fundamentally wrong: It was a misguided and violent neocolonial project that could never provide the answer to inequality and poverty. These radical critics argued for building a “post-development” era. In this course, we look at the conceptual history of the term “post-development” and also examine what post-development life looks like on the ground, among dispossessed communities. We will focus on lived and imagined challenges to neoliberal capitalism. We spend the first week at Wesleyan, brushing up on the critical ideas and movements that have emerged out of Mexico (and Latin America, broadly) over the past four decades in reaction to mainstream development discourse. We will then explore these ideas and lived alternatives in Oaxaca, Mexico. We will spend three weeks learning about and working with marginalized communities that are rejecting capitalist development and building and experimenting with living a “good life” (buen vivir) on their own terms.

https://wesleyan-study-abroad.via-trm.com/traveler/programs/6548

Application and deposit due by March 8. Current sophomores and juniors may apply. Limited financial aid is available for this program.

Mesa de Espanol 12-1 p.m. every weekday!

MESA DE ESPAÑOL 

Open to all the Wesleyan community

Led by native speakers

Every weekday

12-1 PM

USDAN, table on the “Quiet Side”, near the back (look for the sign)

COME AND PRACTICE YOUR SPANISH!

PSYC Major and Careers in Mental Health — Feb. 11

Interested in the Psychology Major?–Careers in Mental Health 2/11

Prof. Chuck Sanislow, will discuss options for careers in mental health-related professions, including how best to prepare for clinical psychology and related programs. Guide to Applying to Graduate School. We welcome as our guests from the Gordon Career Center: Pamela Grande, Sharon Belden Castonguay, Jacob Gonzalez, and Ruthann Coyote. Pizza will be provided!

Mon., Feb. 11th (Mon.), 12:20 – 1:20 pm, Judd 116

Major Declaration Request – Prospective student email received from Registrar’s Office after submitting request:  http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/declaring_mjr.pdf

Psychology Majors Manual – there are specific requirements to get into the major:  http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/about/psychman_post2019.pdf

PSYC Major, Study Abroad, & Community Service Meeting — Nov. 12 at 12:20 p.m.

Psyc Majors Meeting – Study Abroad & Community Service Opportunities 11/12
Mon., Nov. 12
12:20 – 1:10 pm
Judd Hall 113

Interested in the Psychology Major?

Representatives from the Study Abroad Office and the Center for Community Partnerships as well as the department chair will be on hand to provide information about opportunities through semester study abroad or through participation in the community at home. Come learn more about these elective opportunities.

Office of Study Abroad – Michael Acosta, Advisor and Ian Lim-Bonner, Graduate Assistant
Office of Community Partnerships – Rhea Drozdenko, Coordinator
Psychology Department – Matt Kurtz, Chair
Psychology Peer Advisor – Amabel Jeon ‘19

The chair will be available before and after the meeting to sign forms (e.g., study abroad, transfer credits).

Psychology Majors Manual – there are specific requirements to get into the major:  http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/about/psychman_post2019.pdf
Major Declaration Request – Prospective student email received from Registrar’s Office after submitting request:  http://www.wesleyan.edu/psyc/declaring_mjr.pdf

Pizza will be provided.

Be an ELL Volunteer: November 9 from Noon-1 p.m.

Learn about becoming an ELL volunteer in the local public middle and high schools while having pizza with the children.

 

We are having a pizza lunch with our ELL middle schoolers on Friday, November 9, 2018 from 12:00PM-1:00PM in the Common Room of the Romance Languages Building (300 High St.).

 

This is one of the best ELL events of the year because we get to hang out with the kids in a more relaxed, fun setting, while enjoying delicious Domino’s pizza!  (The kids’ favorite 🙂

 

Current tutors will also be there to share their experiences. And you can meet Professor Hepford who is offering an ESL methods class next semester!

 

There are many kids in the public schools in need of ELL assistance! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

 

Alexis (asher)

Sush (sjay)

Prof. Hepford (ehepford)

Prof. Pérez-Gironés (aperezgirone)