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November 3rd, 2006

My Fellow Students,



Welcome back to the CORe Digest! I'm happy to announce that this is the first Digest of the rest of my life, and it feels good. Not quite as peppy as my last one, but still chock-full of stuff. I believe the main reason for the more subdued tone is the time of day. Oh well.



SERV is keeping you very busy over the next few weeks! This afternoon, check out the Claxton Field clean up; next week, try your hand at sound-editing or making team-building kits for FIRST kids. But some of the biggest and bestest opportunities are the SERV auctions! What kind of great ideas, things, services, or anything else can you think of to have auctioned off for charity? Check out the announcement below for more information.



A couple notes of interest:



CORe Business:



Events-o-Matic:

Friday:

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Thursday:

Friday:



Remember ... if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the Digest, please let me know! If you don't let me know when you really like something or really think that something is better left out, then I can't keep this thing evolving like it should be. Oh, and I promise ... I read all the fan/hate mail I get.

Sincerely,

Christopher Dellin

Your Vice President of Communication

Friday Community Service and SERV Auction!
Park Clean up, audio books, and announcing the SERV Auction
Claxton Field Clean-up: TODAY, 3-5PM
 
Claxton Field is a Needham park less than a mile away - it should be familiar to many of you because Open has its Labor Day brunch there every year. Come give back and enjoy the outdoors by cleaning up the park. Gloves, bags, etc. will be provided. E-mail SERV if you'd like to go or meet in the circle at 3pm. Faculty, staff, and students are all invited!
 
Audio books and team building activities, Friday Nov. 10, 3-5PM
 
Do you like sound editing? SERV is putting together audio books for disabled adults (CODA) to learn how to read - the books are already recorded but need to be spliced together.
Do you want to help make team building kits? SERV is putting together two things for FIRST to use - gain experience with Steve the machiner (sortof like Bob the Builder) and make nifty things that will help high school students work as a team.
Both activities will start in the computer lab on Friday, Nov. 10 @ 3pm in the Computer Lab. RSVP to SERV@olin.edu.
 
Save the date for the SERV Auction!
 
The SERV auction is happening right after Thanksgiving - the silent auction will be from Nov.7th to 11:59am on December 1st. The live auction will be from 12-1pm on Dec.1st.
SERV is currently soliciting donations (a packet of all donations will be released the week before Thanksgiving so that you may plan what you want to bid on!). Send us a description of your donation and the starting bid (if any) at SERV@olin.edu. We will be in the dining hall all next week, as well. Come talk to us about what you'd like to see donated or what you might want to donate!
 
Need donation ideas? Here are some: food - baked goods, dinners, fast food runs, care packages, rides, babysitting, cool/silly services like dancing like a monkey, services like gardening, lessons, dates, shoveling, arts and crafts items, tutoring, machine shop help, massages…the possibilities are endless!
 
All the money will go directly to worthwhile charities. Half the money will go to the Chernobyl Children Project, an organization that works to bring healthcare to Russian children affected by Chernobyl and to bring children to Boston to give them hope, good food, clean water, and superb healthcare. Our own Zhenya works with this group as a translator. Your donations can help provide children's hospitals in Russia with needed medical supplies. The recipient of the other half of the money will be determined by you, the Olin community. SERV has chosen three wonderful charities for you to vote upon: The World Wildlife Fund, Heifer International, and Partners In Health. More details will arrive in your mailboxes about these charities and the voting process in the near future.
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Contact: Christie
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Greening Olin fact of the week
The average US meal comes from 5 different nations, traveling between 1500 to 2500 miles to get to the supermarket. Help decrease the energy expended in feeding yourself by only taking what you eat in the dining hall and eating less meat, the most resource-intensive food. A pound of beef requires around 12,000 gallons of water to produce, compared to 60 gallons for a pound of potatoes.
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Contact: Keri O'Toole
IEEE and Community Service
With a bit of OSA in there
A few events are coming up this Friday that would benefit from the help of some ECEs!
  1. Helping Hands Projects -  As you may have seen on carpediem before, there is a local group called "Helping Hands" that pairs monkeys with severely disabled people in order to provide them help and companionship in their daily lives. In achieving this goal, they have realized a few projects that would benefit from a little bit of engineering:
    1. Monkey Door - Every monkey has a cage that they use to rest and relax in. The monkeys prefer a closed door, so a mechanical system was rigged that allowed the disabled person to open the cage with their mouth. We are going to try to improve upon that design and allow the door to be wirelessly activated.
    2. Auto-Feeder - Monkeys need a treat when they behave well. An auto-feeder allows the disabled person to dispense the monkey's favorite treat: peanut butter.
    3. Laser Pointer - During training, monkeys are shown what to fetch with a laser pointer. This laser pointer is very hard for some of the disabled people to control, so we will try to make a better solution to control a laser pointer to help aim it at objects.

  2. Special Olympics Starter Pistol - Special Olympics of Massachusetts would like to create a "starter pistol" which looks like a pistol, but actually is a loud buzzer/whistle. This would make sure that none of the contestants are startled when the starter pistol is "fired". Since they are not yet sure of the volume or pitch that would work the best, it must be able to be variable volume and variable pitch.  Project brought to you by Olin Students for Awesome.
If you are interested, come to AC304 during community service time this friday (3:00pm-5:00pm) and we will try to create some prototypes!
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Contact: Scott McClure
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Volunteer at Broadmoor this Saturday
Get buff, help birds
This Saturday is the annual Bird Seed Pickup day at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in nearby Natick, MA. Each year, the sanctuary sells bird seed to the public to help fund its efforts, and on this Saturday everyone comes to pick it up. Volunteers are needed to lift 50 and 25 lb. bags of bird seed out of a semi and into customer's cars. The event runs from 8 am - 5 pm, and you can come for any two-hour shift during the day. It's a grand old time, and there might just be hot cider, muffins, apples, and pizza too!
 
Send me an e-mail if you'd like to help out, so we can let Broadmoor know how many are coming and coordinate rides. Visit http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Broadmoor for more information about the sanctuary, including driving directions.
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Contact: Ben Hill
Student Competitions
Guidelines from Dr. M
Dear Olin Students,
As Olin has grown, we have seen an increase in student interest for representing Olin in various engineering and design competitions, often sponsored by national organizations such as ASME and IEEE. This interest is a very good thing! We have been supporting these activities as best we can, and have often done so on an informal and ad hoc basis.
Given the gratifying increase in activity, and the need to able to plan and distribute resources as rationally and fairly as we can, it is now important to have some structure that will help us make the appropriate decisions. Towards that end, for projects that would be supported through the Dean of Faculty's office, we have created a set of guidelines for student proposals. Student activities (both competitions and other projects) that are requesting funding or use of space should make their requests using the attached proposal guidelines. As you will see, the guidelines primarily ensure that proposed projects are clearly defined, have appropriate advising, and address essential issues such as safety, training and budget. The proposal format will be very helpful to me in making decisions on requests, as they will now conform to a common standard of representation. I will point out that I will be requiring projects that are supported to have two public "design reviews" each semester, so that the larger community can learn what is going on in the project, and perhaps can offer constructive input.
Thank you all for your attention, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Dr M
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Contact: Michael E. Moody, Acting Provost and Dean of Faculty
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Call for Change: Final Push
Time to make a difference is running out…
Join Olin College PPR and MoveOn for the final push to get progressive voters to the polls on Election Day. This is a proven, effective way of supporting candidates and helping Democrats take office nationwide. Come for part or all!; light refreshments will be served.
 
Sunday: 2-6pm, Crescent Room
Tuesday, Nov 7 (Election Day!): 6-9pm, AC213. C-SPAN will be served.
 
Please RSVP if you can to tim.smith@students.olin.edu.
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Contact: Tim Smith
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The Olin Students for Awesome Project Forum
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
Got a project that benefits humanity that you are working on?
Got an idea for a project like this?
 
Come talk about them with us.  We'll be in the dining hall mezzanine from 12-2 on Sunday.
 
There will be some exciting things going on.
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Contact: Ben Salinas
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Want to make a difference in the world?
 
Apply for the Boston StartingBloc Institute this spring!
 
*APPLICATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30*
 
StartingBloc is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a global network of young leaders and social entrepreneurs dedicated to advancing a more sustainable global economy.  http://www.startingbloc.org/

 

Some reasons to apply to StartingBloc: 
  • Environmentalism, entrepreneurship, and social innovation combined.
  • Network, network, network!  Meet hundreds of people who share your passions.
  • Hear life-changing speakers, find phenomenal companies, and locate the resources necessary to make changes in the world.

Dates:
February 3, 2007 - MIT Sloan
March 10th and 11th, 2007 - The Fletcher School, Tufts
March 31, 2007 - MIT Sloan
 
Want to learn more?  Come to an information session on Wednesday, November 8 at 9:30pm in EH 4th floor lounge (iCal attached) or email robin@students.olin.edu. 
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Contact: Robin Maslowski
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Collegiate Leadership Coach at Olin -- Nov 6!
Come hear Laura Sperduto, a Collegiate Leadership Coach, talk about:

 

Leadership and Learning Leadership Styles and Transition from College to Career

 

Monday, November 6 at 6:30 PM

AC 326



*SWE collegiate leadership coaches provide guidance to collegiate members through interactive training modules focusing on various topics.
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Contact: Char Laughlin
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Commencement '07 Speaker: Diana Chapman Walsh
Upon recommendation of the Commencement Steering Committee and with the consent of the Board of Trustees, President Richard Miller invited President Diana Chapman Walsh of Wellesley College to deliver the charge to the 2007 graduates.  In making the announcement, President Miller said, "President Walsh has been an extended member of the Olin community since the founding of the College.  She has been present at nearly every major Olin milestone event, she has been very supportive of the rapidly growing relationship between Wellesley and Olin colleges, and she is in her last year of presidency at Wellesley, having announced her intention to step down from the presidency there in May 2007.  She is an internationally respected leader in higher education and a highly sought after public speaker." 
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Contact: Rod Crafts
Olin Seminar Series - Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis - President, Boston's Museum of Science
November 9, 2006, Olin Auditorium, 12:00-1:00 PM, see http://projects.olin.edu/seminar
A reminder that Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis, President of Boston's Museum of Science, will be visiting Olin College on November 9, 2006.  His talk is on "Re-Engineering the Curriculum", and his work has been focusing on bringing the engineering process to the K-12 curriculum.  We hope that you can attend!  More info can be found at http://projects.olin.edu/seminar.
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Contact: Burt Tilley
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Need a Babysitter?
Have you needed a babysitter but been unsure of where to post?  Well, now there's a list of students who either babysit and/or are interested in babysitting: babysitters@lists.olin.edu
(anyone can email it)
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Contact: Heather Casper
Notice from the StAR Center
Bills for spring semester have been printed and put in your Olin mailbox.  Please be sure to share this information with your parents if they are responsible for paying the bill.  If the StAR Center had a separate billing address on file for you, the statement was mailed directly to that address. 
 
Note:  The due date is December 1, 2006
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Contact: Loretta Dinon
Spring 2007 Registration
Materials for Spring 2007 Registration were sent via email to all students on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.  They are also posted on https://star.olin.edu.  Please make sure you set up a time to meet with your adviser prior to the week of November 13th to discuss your registration options and obtain 'clearance' for spring registration.
 
Also, don't miss the Academic Recommendation Board's COURSE FAIR on Wednesday, November 8th from 11-1pm to learn more about the spring offerings. 
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Contact: Linda Canavan
Thanksgiving Luncheon
President Miller and the entire President's Cabinet (Rod Crafts, Steve Hannabury, David Kerns, Sherra Kerns, Joanne Kossuth, Mike Moody, and Charlie Nolan) would like to invite you to be our guest at a Thanksgiving luncheon on Thursday, November 16th, beginning at noon.  This 6th annual Thanksgiving luncheon is one of the oldest traditions at Olin College and it provides an opportunity for the entire community to come together to enjoy an excellent roast turkey meal and the good company of friends, colleagues and classmates.
 
Please show your Olin ID card at the check-in desk when you arrive.  We look forward to seeing you.
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Contact: Stephen Hannabury
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
Olin's resource for internships, summer research, jobs, graduate school and more
 
GENERAL
 
Check-out what Olin’s first graduating class is doing now. See the latest Profile of the Class of 2006!
 
Leadership and Learning Leaderships Styles/Transition from College to Career
Monday, November 6th, 6:30 PM AC 326
 
SWE and the Office of PGP will be co-sponsoring this event with speaker Laura Sperduto, a Collegiate Leadership Coach. Ms. Sperduto will be talking about both Leadership and Learning Leadership Styles and also Transition from College to Career.  For more information please contact char@students.olin.edu
 
International Career Seminar at with Jean-Marc Hachey
Wednesday, November 15th, 5-7 PM, Babson College, Olin Auditorium
 
Jean-Marc Hachey is the author of The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas, and is committed to helping students build global skills and awareness, while linking international programs to future careers. For more information please see the Working Overseas’ website.
 
New England Board of Higher Education’s Annual Science Network Meeting
Saturday, November 18th at MIT
 
The registration deadline for this great event has been extended to Thursday, November 9th. Don’t miss your opportunity to apply for a Shaws/Coca-Cola Scholarship!  To register go to NEBHE’s website. The password is scinet14 (all lowercase). Questions? Contact Vanessa Goldstein
 
INTERNSHIPS
 
Naval Reactors Directorate: DOE/US Navy
Deadline: November 16, 2006
 
Summer Internship.  Go to http://careers.olin.edu and Log-in to EASE eCampusRecruiter to see the complete job description.
 
JOBS
 
Wellesley Hills Group
Framingham, MA
 
Marketing and Editorial Associate and Marketing and Consulting Associate. Go to http://careers.olin.edu and Log-in to EASE eCampusRecruiter to see these job postings.
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Contact: Suzanne Alcott
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