FAME FALL 2006

revised 11/1/06

 

Faculty Leader

Steve Strange, Philosophy Dept.: Office hours MTu 1-2 and by appointment

http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~philsks/

 

Staff Leader

Gloria Weaver, Disability Services, 216B Admin Bldg. (7-7053): gloria.weaver@emory.edu

 

Student Leaders

Lakshmi Gupta

Marihelen Otto

 

 

REQUIREMENTS

FAME is a one-credit S/U course, for which you will receive a grade on your Emory transcript.

 

Everyone is required to attend all officially scheduled FAME meetings, with NO MORE THAN ONE EXCUSED ABSENCE (notification of absence to be acknowledged by instructor in advance). An excused absence involves an unavoidable conflict with an official Emory activity you are participating in, such as a class or lab, and may need to be made up by doing an additional extra activity (see next item).

 

Extra activities: everyone will also be required to go to one approved extra session (see list), plus any makeups, and to post a brief (2 paragraph) report/response about the activity in our FAME LearnLink conference WITHIN 3 DAYS after the session. Makeup for excused absence will consist in doing one additional extra activity. This requirement should be completed by the end of October.

 

That's all the requirements—please, everyone stick to them!

 

SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS

Regular meeting time: Thursday, 5PM, but after pre-registration week, we will only have one meeting per week, whether or not at this time. Meetings will involve various activities on and off campus, including a dinner off-campus.

 

Tuesday, 29 August, 3-4 PM: organizational meeting in Bowden 116, followed by Opening Convocation in Glenn Memorial Auditorium

Wednesday, 30 August, 12-2 PM: Student Activity Fair. Meet at noon in front of Woodruff Library to walk to McDonough Field

Week of 7 Sept.: Dinner at Eclipse di Luna. Meet at 5:45 at the Haygood-Hopkins Gate

Wed. evening, 13 Sept.: Carter Town Hall Meeting, WoodPEC, meet at 7:00 PM on Quad in front of Bowden to walk to WoodPEC. Bring Emory ID, no bags, donŐt dress too casual

Thursday, 21 Sept.: iMovie session, 5 PM Wh205

Thursday, 28 Sept: Yerkes Research Center tour, 5 PM. Meeting point TBA.

Week of 5 Oct.: meeting in Bowden Hall 116, 5 PM

Week of 12 October: Career Center tour, meet at 4:50 in the front lobby of the North Decatur Building

Week of 19 October: Fernbank Museum iMax Theater trip, meet by 4:40 at the Haygood-Hopkins Gate

 

EXTRA ACTIVITIES: at most 2 students can sign up to report on each activity. You may find and suggest your own, but I must approve it in advance (see above).

Sept. 11 & 12, Monday/Tuesday: Stress Management sessions, White 205, 4-5 on Monday, 5-6 on Tuesday. RSVP required. (Annie Abid, Kate Georgina Lyford)

Sept 14, Thursday: Lecture by AJC editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovitch, Carlos Museum Reception Hall 4PM (Hannah Teplitzky)

Sept. 21, Lecture by Mark Cuban (Eric Juster, Trey Mullins)

Sept. 25, Lecture by Deborah Lipstadt (John Sohn)

Oct. 7, Saturday (Fall Break): DeKalb Rape Crisis Center 5K Walk/Run/Bike, 5PM

Fall Break: Volunteer Emory hurricane relief, New Orleans (Arin Latimore)

Oct. 12, Thursday: Buddhism lecture, 7:30PM Wh206 (Natalie Soh, Leah Nuss)

Oct. 14, Saturday: AIDS walk, 2PM. 404-870-7731 (Lauri Christensen, Sara Lenowitz)

Oct. 19, Thursday: Take Back the Night film (Connesia Handford, Brian Kunzel)

Oct. 21, Saturday: Juvenile Diabetes Walk, 9AM, 404-420-5991 (Andi Negrete)

Oct. 31, Monday: Classic silent film showing (Natalie Soh)

 

Arts activities on campus (at most 4 students can report on any of these) (Alex Landon: David Krakauer lecture 5 Oct.)

Habitat for Humanity activity (Dan Turton 16 Sept.)