Notes from the Office: Updates and information on the latest happenings of the Roosevelt Institution of Middlebury College, the nation's first progressive policy think tank for college students.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Policy Center Meeting Times and Locations

Social Justice & Governmental Reform
Monday – 9pm – Stewart First Floor Lounge

Environment
Sunday – 9pm – Chateau Grand Salon
(with the Sunday Night Group)

Women & Gender
Monday – 8pm – Stewart 2nd Floor Lounge

International Affairs
Wednesday – 8pm – Gifford Classroom

Monday, February 27, 2006

Spring Launch

Please Join us tomorrow evening for theRoosevelt Institution’s Spring 2006 Kick-off!
8:00 PM Gifford Annex Lounge
Hors d’oeuvres
Remarks from Center Directors Samatha Collier, Dave Dolginow, Tarsi Dunlop, Hallie Fox, David Hopkins, Rob King, and Sarah Kirk and the Admin-duo Alex Garlick and Jessie Singleton

This event is designed to be casual and informative. We hope to reunite with those who were unable to participate in the fall, and meet those who are new to Roosevelt. Roosevelt wants policy people, but we want administrative people, too!

Find out more tomorrow night!

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Valentine's Day e-mail

In honor of V-Day, Roosevelt is pleased to announce the opening of our newest policy center, The Center on Women Issues. Special thanks to Hallie Fox, the new center’s Director. We will kick-off the center with a booth outside the Vagina Monologues performance on Saturday evening (7:00 & 9:30 PM), February 18th in McCullough Social Space.

The Center will meet regularly on Sunday evenings at 7:30 in Stewart 2nd Floor Lounge. Please email Hallie (hfox@middlebury.edu) with questions. Hope to see you there!Here are a few updates:
TUESDAY, February 21st, in Hepburn Lounge at 8:00 PM is the Roosevelt Institution’s Spring Semester Kickoff Event. Hear from President Jessie Singleton, Policy Coordinator Alex Garlick, Center Directors and others on topics such as Why Roosevelt?, What, exactly, college students have to offer the world of public policy, and plans for Spring Semester, including policy writing workshops, faculty outreach events, and meetings with members of Vermont State Legislature. If you’ve wanted to become involved with Roosevelt and weren’t able to make it in the fall, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!
Casual. Refreshments will be served.

The NEW Center meeting schedule will be released in a few days, so look forward to that.
Thursday, February 16th is the Campus Activities Fair- please let Alex Garlick (agarlick@middlebury.edu) know if you are interested in helping with the table.IMPORTANT: if you are interested in applying for an editorial position with the Roosevelt Review, Roosevelt Institution’s national policy publication, you may apply via the website (http://rooseveltinstitution.org/joinreview).

We encourage you all to consider applying for a position with the Review team. These positions are time consuming, but are mostly summer obligations and the experience you will gain from this work is priceless. Jessie, Alex, and your center leaders would be happy to write a letter of recommendation on your behalf.

You may contact either Jack Lysohir (jlysohir@middlebury.edu) or Jessie Singleton(jsinglet@middlebury.edu) with questions. Get excited about Spring Semester. And please pencil next Tuesday into your calendars- we will welcome new members and reconnect with the old. There is no better time to become involved with a policy center than NOW!