compiled by Gail E. Wagner, Undergraduate Director

Departmental News . . . . . p. 1

Anthropology Student Association (ASA) News . . . . . p. 1

National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA) Announcements . . . . pp. 1-3

Career Corner: Jobs in Anthropology (Feb. 28) . . . . pp. 3-4

American Anthropological Association (AAA) news . . . . pp.4-5

Campus Resources . . . . pp. 5-7

Opportunities . . . . pp. 7-8

A Day in the Life Of . . . (Check out the teaser for our new column!) . . . pp. 8-9

We anticipate offering the following undergraduate courses next semester:

101, 102, 213 Honors, 301, 317, 320 Honors, 353, 355, 561, 550, 552 Honors, 591 – Southeastern US Prehistory, 591 – Gender, Language, and Emotion.

This year we will be cleaning out our course catalog – dropping those courses we don’t teach anymore, and adding new courses that we wish to offer on a regular basis. Your input is welcome!

Want to join the March 23^rd trip to Oyotungi African Village near Beaufort? Sign up ASAP with Holly Norton, president of ASA: nortonh@mailbox.sc.edu or see her photo on the bulletin board and track her down in the hallways!

The second annual FEASTING will be 4:00 – 7:00 pm on March 27. BE THERE!

1. CALL FOR PAPERS: NASA Undergraduate Panel, 2002: Conspiring to Inspire: Students, Faculty, and Social Engagement
   2. CALL FOR PAPERS: NASA Session: Keeping it Anthropological: Defining "Community" in Medical Anthropology Research
   3. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NASA Poster Session
   4. AWARD: NASA Travel Award, 2002
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   1. Call for Papers NASA Undergraduate Panel, 2002
   TITLE: Conspiring to Inspire: Students, Faculty, and Social Engagement
   Organizers: Meli Glenn
   Discussants: Dr. Brian Palmer, Harvard; others to be announced
   DESCRIPTION: Members of this panel will reflect on the possibilities for undergraduates and their teachers to create academic contexts that foster engagement with pressing human problems. One of the dilemmas of undergraduate anthropology is that practical applications of knowledge lack academic prestige. The excitement of social engagement is unknown to most students, and few are inspired to extend their studies into graduate school or to pursue careers that build upon their undergraduate training. This panel is concerned with how undergraduate curricula can encourage students to start thinking of themselves more as student anthropologists and less as anthropology students. What does it take to turn anthropology students into student anthropologists, aware of their potential power to affect the world through development work and other forms of applied anthropology? How do
   some anthropology undergraduates become able practitioners who use their discipline in the service of others? When and how does an anthropology curriculum inspire students to a practice of theory, an attempt to deploy what they have learned? How do dedicated teachers and mentors help students find pathways to careers in development, social service or social change? How do we cultivate courage, in others and in ourselves?
   
   If you are interested in participating in this session, please submit a proposal of 250 words or less by e-mail to Meli Glenn, Meli.Glenn@durham.ac.uk, by March 1st, 2002. Please e-mail it as a regular e-mail, or as an MS-Word attachment. Please refer to the AAA's website (http://www.aaanet.org/) for guidelines and further information. Proposals are encouraged both from undergraduate students and from teachers who are concerned with helping undergraduates become active practitioners. Presentations can highlight personal experience as well as possibilities for innovative teaching. Papers as well as alternative forms of presentation will be considered.
   

KEYWORDS: Undergraduate teaching/ activism/ applied anthropology/ pathways of engagement/ development work
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2. Call for Papers
Abstracts are invited for a student session at the 101st Annual Meeting of the AAA in New Orleans, November 20-24, 2002. The session, Keeping it Anthropological: Defining "Community" in Medical Anthropology Research, will explore how students conducting research in the medical anthropology field use and define "community" in their work. Submissions are sought that explore the theory and/or methodology of community-based health research within the discipline of Anthropology. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, health research in refugee communities, urban communities, internet communities, and aboriginal communities.
The deadline for submissions is March 1st. Please email submissions to
Kristen Jacklin at jacklink@mcmaster.ca.
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3. Call for Posters
As emerging scholars, student anthropologists benefit enormously from presenting posters at the AAA annual meetings. Unlike traditional paper panels, poster sessions provide marvelous opportunities for in-depth discussion, exchange and networking between poster "presenters" and their "audience." To help student anthropologists take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity at the 2002 meetings in New Orleans, I am organizing a poster session around the broad theme of "gender." With this, I intend to draw poster presentations that focus on women, including for example the social construction of gender, femininities / masculinities, sexuality, violence, economic development, and similar themes. If interested in being a part of this student-friendly poster session, please send me a brief query outlining your proposed poster presentation before March 1, 2002.

Tara Hefferan, Michigan State University
THefferan@hotmail.com
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4. The "NASA TRAVEL AWARD (2002)," will provide partial financial support ($100.00) to NASA Members (excluding current or incoming officers and prior recipients) who successfully compete in an essay contest. The two-part topic of the essay is (1) the future direction of anthropology as a discipline and (2) what NASA's role should be as we continue to support students of this discipline. Please address both parts in your essay. The essay must be one-page, 12-font, and double spaced. Any essays that are more than one page will not be considered. NASA reserves the right not to confer the Prize in any year in which the essays submitted to the competition are judged insufficiently prizeworthy. Please email essays to travelaward@yahoogroups.com as an attachment in .doc or .rtf format.
Winners will be required to supply a copy of their student ID and round-trip travel itinerary at the NASA business meeting this November in order to receive their awards. Winners agree to have their essays published on our website. NASA will start accepting applications May 1, 2002. The deadline for receipt of all applications is October 15, 2002. For more details, contact NASA Officer Lori Johns travelaward@yahoogroups.com.

Submitted by: Vicki M. Hamby, Career Center - Program Manager

Liaison to the College of Liberal Arts & the Honors College

H. William Close (BA) Bldg. - 6th Floor

Phone (803) 777-3966; Fax (803) 777-7556 vmhamby@gwm.sc.edu

Career Center - Room 602B

One hour workshops designed to give liberal arts students insight into what careers they can pursue with their major. Most will include alumni panelists who graduated with that major speaking about the career choices they have made. For details, see www.sc.edu/career/futureevents.html

IF YOU ATTEND ANYTHING, ATTEND THIS!!! WHY? We have arranged for over 35 professionals in the Columbia area to serve as panelists/speakers in these workshops. In other words, you will get to hear from people with your major who now have jobs!

Anthropology & Sociology: Wed,, Feb. 27: 4pm

Government & International Studies: Thurs., Feb. 28: 4pm

February 28, 2002

11am-3pm, Carolina Coliseum

Open to all students. Speak to employers about full time jobs, part time jobs and internships. For details, see www.sc.edu/career/futureevents.html

Below are listed seven of our newest resources for liberal arts students. Stop by the Career Center Library anytime between 8:30am-5pm, M-F and take a peek!

* What Else Can You do with a Ph.D.?: A Career Guide for Scholars (100.1) Advice for academics wishing to escape the ivory tower.

* Careers in English Language Teaching (400.3)

This book will "empower your search for the ideal English language teaching job."

* Careers in Latin America 2002 (400.2)

Corporate articles, company profiles, leading recruiters, etc.

* Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market (500.3)

"Where and how to sell your illustrations, fine art, graphic design, and cartoons."

* Gardner's Guide to Multimedia & Animation Studios (500.3)

An industry directory

* Careers by Design: A Business Guide for Graphic Designers (100.1) A survey of the graphic design field, with info on training, portfolios, and job search.

* Education for Action (200.2)

"Undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on social change."

The Office of International Programs is gearing up for International Week 2002 - March 22-29. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Casey Goldston Fitzpatrick, International Programs for Students, 803.777.7461

Here is a list of upcoming Brown Bag presentations. You can check the NMG web site for more information. Feeling left out? Don't. Submit a presentation now to Karla Berry (berryks@gwm.sc.edu). [A brown bag presentation means that you should bring your own lunch and drink, and eat while you attend the talk]

3:00 PM, McMaster 214

Richard Steiner, Dir. of Interactive, Turner Classic Movies

"Recent and Developing Streaming Media Technologies with the Turner Classic Movies Film Archives"

3:00 PM, McMaster 214

Julie Hubbert (Music), Laura Kissel (Media Arts) and Dan Streible (Film Studies)

"Building the Orphanage: A Digital Home for Orphan Films"

April 3, 2002

1:00 PM, location TBA

Stacey Wood, Moore School of Business

"Behavioral Research in Innovation Adoption"

date and location TBA

Dan Barron (CLIS) and faculty from Journalism and Mass Communication

"Newsplex: Where the Futures of Journalism and News Technology Intersect"

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Karla Berry, Visiting Associate Professor
Media Arts/Department of Art, University of South Carolina
berryks@gwm.sc.edu, 803-777-3233

On Monday, February 25, at 3pm in the Preston College Seminar Room the Science Studies Group will host this year's Townsend Lecturer Graham T.T. Molitor (President, Public Policy Forecasting and Vice President of the World Future Society). Moilitor has worked in an advisory capacity to government and industry, he was co-editor of "The 21st Century" (Macmillan, 1999) and is the author of the forthcoming "The Next 1000 Years." The Townsend Lecture explores "Promise and Perils in the Future of Biotechnology and the Life Sciences." It begins on M 2/25 at 6:45pm in the Law School Auditorium with two presentations about the history and state of the art of biotechnology (David Rembert and Loren Knapp). After Molitor's presentation, Gene Stephens and Ed Munn will comment.

Our round-table from 3 to 5pm concerns the more general question how "Scientific Predictions of Social and Technical Change" are even possible. Panelists include Walter Piegorsch (Statistics) and Alfred Nordmann (Philosophy) with a third or fourth panelists tba. After short opening statements by the panelists, there will be a brief response by Graham Molitor and then an open free-flowing discussion.

Order your Honor Stole for May graduation NOW! Deadline for getting your order in is March 8th. You can pick up the order form at the Russell House Information Desk, Student Government Office, Student Activities Center, and the University Housing Office. If you have questions, call Dr. Gene Luna or Ms. Nettie White at 777-6911.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO WEAR THE HONOR STOLE AT GRADUATION? Members of these organizations:

Alpha Epsilon Delta

Alpha Lambda Delta

Alpha Phi Sigma

Beta Alpha Psi

Beta Beta Beta

Chi Delta Chi

Chi Epsilon

Eta Kappa Nu

Gamma Beta Phi

Gamma Sigma Alpha

Kappa Delta Epsilon

Kappa Tau Alpha

Mu Sigma Rho

Alumni Scholars

Carolina Scholar Association

Omicron Delta Epsilon

Omicron Delta Kappa*

Phi Alpha Theta

Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Eta Sigma

Phi sigma Pi

Pi Tau Sigma

Psi Chi

Rho Chi

Sigma Delta Pi

Sigma Iota Rho

Sigma Theta Tau

Tau Beta Pi

Mortar Board

HRHH (National Residence Hall Honorary)

NSCS (National Collegiate Scholars)

Order of Omega

* Chi Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa sponsors the stole-sale project as a service to the University and as its major fundraiser

WHAT DOES IT COST?

The Honor Stole comes with ONE HONOR organization insignia and costs $35. Each additional insignia (maximum total per stole is five [5]) costs $5.

Turn your order form in (with a check to ODK for the correct amount) to Dr. Gene Luna at the University Housing Office, 1215 Blossom Street...BEFORE Spring Break!

The College of the Menominee Nation (CMN) together with the Program in Cognitive Studies of the Environment (PCSE) of Northwestern University jointly offer scholarships to participate in a NSF sponsored Summer Research Training Program for Undergraduates, geared around the general theme of Culture, Cognition and Environmental Decision Making. This is the third and last summer school after two very successful years in 2000 & 2001. Tentatively, the summer school will take place from June 3rd for 10 weeks. Application Deadline March 8. 2002

Location:
The site of the research training will be College of the Menominee Nation (CMN) in Keshena, Wisconsin. We are looking for students that are interested in and have some experience in fields related to environmental decision making such as natural resources, cognitive psychology, environmental studies, anthropology or cultural studies. Although the program is targeted toward Native American Students, non-minority students are also welcome to apply.

Topic:
The overall research framework is concerned with the interactions of knowledge, culture, values and behaviors associated with environmental decision making. Associated faculty include members from Northwestern University's Program in Cognitive Studies of the Environment (PCSE) and the College of the Menominee Nation's Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), Natural Resources, and Education programs. The main focus is on giving undergraduate students research experience. Each of the students will carry out an individual research project under the supervision of one or more faculty members.

Student Research:
Student research projects will be selected with the following criteria in mind: They must be 1. related to the overall research framework, 2. selected and developed by the students themselves, 3. at a level of complexity such that the students both use their current skills and develop new ones 4. able to be completed within the 10-week time period. Students will be involved in all phases of the research from study design and the development of stimulus materials, to running and analyzing the results, to writing a research report conforming to scientific publication standards.

Training Program :
The research experience will be modeled after a combination of a research methods course and research laboratory. The full group of students and interested faculty will hold meetings devoted in equal portions to a. research methods, b. content reviewing and discussing research on folkbiology, culture, and environmental decision making), and c. presentations of research. The initial research presentations will be made by faculty but the focus will quickly shift to the students. Students will present their literature reviews, proposed studies, results and analyses, and final reports.

Stipend and Support :
Students will receive a summer stipend of $300 per week for the ten weeks for a total of $3000. In addition, students may be eligible for travel reimbursement to and from their school and the College of the Menominee Nation and receive a housing allowance. There is also a small pool of research funds to support the individual research projects. Housing will be provided in Greenbay, which is about 40 Miles from the actual site of the summer school. Therefore we strongly suggest participants to bring their own car.

Selection of Participants: Application Deadline March 8. 2002

Interested students should submit a letter of application that includes background interests, experiences and skills with an emphasis on the role the summer research experience might play in furthering their training. This should include future academic goals and career plans. In addition, a faculty sponsor must send a letter of endorsement that describes your academic progress to date, your career plans, and your interest in and promise for benefitting from the summer research program. All proposals are reviewed by a committee comprised of faculty who will be participating in the program.

Criteria for selecting student participants include:
1. Potential for the research experience to make a significant contribution to the student's future academic and career planning.
2. Distribution of students by home institution with a particular focus on Native American students.
3. Match between the student's interests and those of the program in general and the faculty sponsor in particular.
4. Evidence of written communication skills and the student's preparation to carry out research in the proposed area.
5. The student's progress in school to date.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO:

Dr. Douglas Medin, College of Menominee Nation, P.O. Box 1179, Keshena, WI 54315-1179

Electronic applications to Dr. Douglas Medin (medin@northwestern.edu.) or Dr. Norbert Ross (n-ross@northwestern.edu) will be accepted.

A Day in the Life Of . . .
A number of our present majors/minors are studying overseas or at other universities. And numbers of our graduates are now out doing interesting things, such as working in the Peace Corps, working an anthropological job, or attending graduate school. In this column, we would like to feature someone who is out there and find out what a typical day is like for them. And any other advice they care to impart to those who are still in school or who haven’t yet traveled is icing on the cake!

Although we don’t yet have text, as a teaser here is a picture sent by Woody Crenshaw, who is attending school this year in Malta. His first semester just ended the first week in February. Here he is visiting the Sahara!

We are looking for submissions to this column!

Woody Crenshaw woody@searchmalta.com