Round Up 4/8

Monday, April 8, 2012

 
CONTENTS


1.       Days on Campus Table
2.       Research Study
3.       NYSE Internship Opportunity
4.       Career Initiative Survey (Last Chance) 
5.       Military Literature Course (Fall 2012)
6.       Tough Mudder
7.       My Package Place (Start-up)
8.       Be a Student Mentor

 

1. Represent Milvets @ Days on Campus
 
Milvets have been invited to participate in this year's Days on Campus Activities Fairs!

As you may know, Days onCampus is a series of events for newly-admitted undergraduate student hosted every April by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. All newly admitted students are invited to attend one of these overnight programs that are designed to introduce them to undergraduate student life and academics at Columbia. On Day 1 of each program there is an Activities Fair in Roone Arledge Auditorium at which recognized student groups are invited to host a table. 

This is a great opportunity to promote Milvets to the admitted class of 2015 before the arrive on campus in the Fall.

To sign up to be a host at the Milvets Table click here

Dates: 
Sunday, April 15th 1pm - 3pm
Sunday, April 22nd 1pm - 3pm



2.  Fellow Milvet Katie Chiarantona is working on a research study to understand wounded warriors' access to social security disability benefits.  The goal is to provide feedback and recommendations in order to increase benefits enrollment for those eligible.  She and her Faculty Mentor, Dr. Michelle Ballan, are looking for individuals who are willing to share their experiences with the disability determination process.

 
Eligibility: You may be eligible if you are a current or former member of the military who became disabled after 1 January 2006, you have been medically diagnosed with a disability that prevents you from doing substantial work, and your disability has lasted or is expected to last for at least one year.  Please see flier, and feel free to pass it along to others.  

Participants will receive an incentive payment.

Study Flyer


3.  NYSE Internship Opportunity
 
The department of Human Resources at the New York Stock Exchange has extended Milvets an invitation to apply for summer internship positions with the NYSE.
 
This summer the NYSE is launching their inaugural Veterans Associate Program, an 8-week program beginning in early June. The program is designed to provide Veterans and Veteran students an opportunity to work on Wall Street and learn about  NYSE Euronext and its business through hands-on work assignments and a comprehensive educational component. 
 
While some of the requirements may seem extensive we have it on good authority that the NYSE is very excited at the prospect of having Columbia Milvets take part in this inaugural Veteran Associate Program.
 
There are 8 positions available. See the link below for details.
 
Click here to view the positions and requirements.




4. Career Initiative Survey
 
This is your last chance to make your voice heard. We want to hear your thoughts and suggestions for next year’s Veterans Career Initiative.

Take this short survey and let us know what industries you want to hear from.

Take the survey
Is there a company you would kill to work for? After checking an industry you will be able to write in companies that you would like to see next year. 
 


5. ENGL W3840. MILITARY LITERATURE: THE POETICS OF THE WARRIOR. (SEMINAR)
PROF. MARIANNE GIORDANI. 


Wednesday, 6:10pm - 8:00pm
Military Literature will be offered this coming Fall. This is an amazing class taught by an equally amazing professor. In order to be considered for the course you must sumbit an application. The application entails simply emailing Prof. Giordani, under the subject heading "Military Literature Seminar" an explanation of why you are interested in taking the course, along with basic information about you, i.e., full name, school, major, year of study, relevant courses taken, and any other information the you would like her to know.
Course Description:
This is a course of distinguished literature about military warfare and warriors. Its premise goes to the intersecting criteria, literary and martial, where in poetry the disciplines of war and of discourse converge and vie together for excellence in mutual contest against annihilation and despair. Homer’s Iliad heads the list of seminal and exemplary works from periods ancient through early modern, a selection broad enough to prove the range of military virtues, precepts, and codes, likewise, the compass of mythic and practical registers for depiction, while avoiding the thinness of a too broadly hammered theme. After the Iliad our main reading includes Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Song of Roland, The Tale of the Heike, Shakespeare’s Henry plays, and Paradise Lost, among others, supplemented by diverse materials, ranging from Yuzan’s Budoshoshinshu to General Patton’s gems of martial clarity. Our aesthetic and rhetorical analysis shall concern the poetical refinements of aristeia, chivalry, and bushidō in terms of the broad social, moral, and religious appeal of the warrior ethos; yet, and insofar as the genius of martial poetry excels in ways also different from that poetry’s explicit cultivation of those ideals, any questions we raise about the closeness or disparity of the practical warrior and the poetically depicted one, and about the extent to which the latter elevates and inspires the former’s conception of himself in times of war and peace, comprise an aspect of our study different from its inquiry into the distinctively sublime effects of verbal artistry applied to military subjects. Hence, and considering the historically seminal identification of poets and warriors as one and the same, we might ask, for instance, how poetry’s aesthetically controlled narration and description of battle regains the field of conflict, internally, with coherent and meaningful images of chaos (as when, in Pandemonium, Milton’s fallen angels invent the epic verse whose “harmony suspended hell”), restoring to the military mind its vision of united purpose, preparation, and execution, hence the vital spring of noble action. Given my own limitations and gaps in knowledge about military history and culture, especially at this early stage of my envisioning the range of possibilities for military literature as a discipline of study, and given my wish for students to participate fully in conceiving those possibilities, this course welcomes both the novice whose interest is avid and the student well-versed in military subject matter, and especially the student who having served in the armed forces can bring to the seminar table a contemporary military perspective and the fruits of practical wisdom.

 

6. Tough Mudder



TOUGH MUDDER tristate race will take place this October, tentatively on either the 20 or 21st!
 
The TOUGH MUDDER tristate race will take place this October, tentatively scheduled for the 20 or 21st!  In order to help foster a greater understanding and sense of community on campus, 25 Milvets have been challenged to partner with 25 non-veteran Columbia students for the race. 

The Deal:
You and your partner will enjoy a ticket price of $40 each ($400 value). 
 
Participating:
  • Teams must register through Milvets before May 1st (no exceptions).
  • Teams must submit a short bio (1 paragraph each) to TM Registration explaining why you are "tough mudder" type of person.
  • If you would like to participate with a randomly selected partner from the Columbia community, please send your bio to TM Registration* and include that in subject line.
You and your partner may be selected as a featured Mudder on the TM website and other publications.

 
Teams maybe considered for TM Award such as:

Tough Mudder Respect Awards

For participants who have overcome illness, injury or misfortune. Email your submissions to info@toughmudder.com.

Best costume — Most Bad-Ass
Worst costume — Most Dumb-Ass
Least Clothing — Most Ass
Most Likely To Have Been In The Village People

Toughest Mullet & Toughest Mohawk

Free Head-Shaves To be Provided – Award Best Mullet & Best Mohawk – Prize TBD

 

7. My Package Place

About:
My Package Place is a start up, a disruptive new last mile package delivery service. Some of you know the hassles of having packages delivered to your place, only to be away when UPS shows up with it. Our goal is to build a network of retailers around Manhattan, as well as nation wide, where, through our service, customers like you will be able to have their packages delivered to for you to pick up at your convenience. Consider the convenience of running your errands, such as picking up your dry cleaning or prescriptions, and also having the option of grabbing your packages while you are out and about.

What we need:
We are looking for a small team to do some of the leg work. We need a few outgoing individuals to talk to the retailers and have them join our network, following already established and proven guidelines and a very simple strategy. You will not be selling anything, only negotiating for store owners to join us. Compensation will be provided per location signed, as well as for travel expenses on public transportation. This can be done flexibly to accommodate your schedule and will only last for the last two weeks of April.

Opportunity:
The end goal here is that once we are up and running, those same individuals will become field managers with teams of their own, or gain part or full time positions with us here in the city. Please complete the form below if you are interested and we will contact you with details.

To inquire about taking part in this exciting venture click here.



8. Be a Student Mentor
 
Remember your first days at CU? How beneficial would it have been to have one of your fellow Milvets guiding you? This fall you will have the opportunity to be a mentor to an incoming student-veteran. Show them the which classes to take, show them where to hang out, show them what it is to be a part of this great community of veterans.
 
You will be the first point of contact that new student-veterans have at GS. Often times this will occur even before they arrive at orientation. You'll have the unique opportunity to share their experiences and advise them as they transition into Columbia life."
 
Click here to register as a mentor.
 

April 09, 2012