A few weeks ago, April 1 to be exact, I published a "spoof" of the Dean's Memo. Here is a real one that is published re ship's activity.
Deans Memo
Sunday April 15 & Monday April 16, 2012 Issue # 45
Sunday, April 15 Agenda
2000-2130 – Asia Reflection. Join students and faculty in discussions of their reflections on way the four Asian countries we visited connect and contrast with each other and with our home countries. (Union)
¡¤ 2130-2230 – Non-Denominational Christian Worship Service. (Classroom 3)
Monday, April 16 Agenda
¡¤ 1700-1800 – Add Power to your PowerPoint! Alex Nalbach. Learn the secrets behind the razzle and dazzle of those Global Studies slides (for PC users). (Union)
¡¤ 1700-1900 – Knitting Circle for obstetrical fistula patients. (Classroom 3)
¡¤ 1900-2000 – To Everything, There is a Season: Seasonal Influences on Behavior and Reproduction in Chimpanzees. Janette Wallis. This talk is about some of her research in two field locations in Tanzania and Uganda. (Classroom 3)
¡¤ 1900-2000 – Careers Seminar. Topic TBA.(Classroom 4)
¡¤ 1900-1930 – 120-Hour Film Contest Mandatory Meeting for all teams and interested participants. (Union)
2000-2100 – Becoming a SAS Global Ambassador. Christy Drescher. Do you want to stay connected with Semester at Sea and continue sharing your experience with perspective students of this unique program? If you envision yourself as someone that can make an impact, mentor others, or simply share stories back at your home institution or city then please come to discuss the opportunity to apply to be a Global Ambassador and what you can do to share about SAS when you return home. (Classroom 5)
¡¤ 2000-2100 – Boat Birds. Professors Robin Doughty and Jeanette Wallace present and discuss selections from the hundreds of birds photographed during the voyage. (Union)
2100-2200 – Semester at Sea's Greek Social Networking Event. Gather with other Semester at Sea students who belong to the Greek system and begin creating a network across the nation. (Garden Lounge)
2100-2200 – Explorer Seminar: Dreams. Kelly Gerstbacher. Ever wonder what it means when you dream about turtles? Or your old childhood friend? This seminar will focus on common dream images and how to work with them (with some repeated info from the first seminar). If you have a dream you want the group to help you interpret, bring it with you! (Union)
Announcements
Happy Easter! Today is Easter for over 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians all over the world.
Campus Store Sale. Purchase any sale item and get a 50% discount on any Spring 2012 Voyage Itinerary t-shirt. Sale starts April 15!
Spring 2012 Shipboard Live and Silent Auction Donations. If you have a donation for the Auction, you may drop it off in Tymitz Square on Sunday or Monday from 1300–1900 with the Student Alumni Council members. Please fill out an Auction Donation Form in advance or at the drop off (found on bulletin boards throughout ship and on the Public Drive). Thank you to all students, faculty, staff and Lifelong Learners who have already made donations!
It's still not too late to create a team for the 120 Hour Film Contest!
If you're interested in signing up (as a team or as an individual) please email Kyle at kyle.sirowy.s12@semesteratsea.org. Teams can have
3-8 members. If you have no film experience but still want to participate, still email and we will get you on a team! There will be a mandatory meeting at 1900 in the Union on April 16th to kick off the competition!
Information from the Captain and Crew
Please dispose of any trash correctly in the bins provided and do not throw it overboard or place it in other waste streams like sinks, toilet bowls, drains or scuppers. It should not enter the Gray and Black Waters.
Please do not dispose of any unused soaps, detergents, toiletries, pharmaceuticals, medicines, chemicals or oily or greasy substances in the Gray and Black water streams. Should you need to dispose of such items and materials, please kindly request the Housekeeping staff and they will ensure their further correct disposal.
Today¡¯s Quote
¡°Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.¡±
– Miriam Beard
Laundry Service
A19: Deck 3 STBD
B19: Deck 3 PS
Happy Belated Birthday!
Shelley Greenspan
Alisa Kashdan
Cole Korsh
Aline Menendez
Cameron Buriani
Sephora Findling
Rowan Moody
Anneliese Ripley
David Hawley
Dustin Morris
Mariel Rubin
Amanda Mc Caffrey
Elizabeth Fowler
Emma Zavala
Question of the Day
What is the modern name of the town of Edo?
Last question: Where and in what year did the Great Hanshin Earthquake occur?
Answer: 1995 in Kobe, Japan
Television Programming
Ch. 2: Nuclear Aftershocks: Fukushima a Year Later (2012, 60min, NR) – for Air pollution and Chemester
Ch. 3: Childhood: Among Equals (1991, 57min, NR) – for Social Psychology
Ch. 5: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001, 120min, PG-13) – for Global Cinema
Ch. 6: Raise the Red Lantern (1991, 125min, PG) – for Women & Film
Other
field office hours – tymitz sq.
At Sea 1130-1300
In Port CLOSED
Dining Hours
Breakfast 0700 – 0830
Lunch 1130 – 1330
Dinner 1730 – 1930
Medical Clinic – Deck 2
Hours:
At Sea 0800–0900 and 1630–1730
In Port 0730–0800 and for 1 hour following ¡°on ship¡± time
Counseling Center – Deck 2
Hours:
1500-1700 and by appointment
Dependent Children¡¯s Program– Main Dining Room
Hours:
0845-1145 Home Schooling
1345-1545 Afternoon Activity
Exerpts from the noon bridge report (as of April 15)
Latitude: 34¢ª 36¡± N
Longitude: 142¢ª 44¡± E
Distance to go: 3243 nautical miles
