Awesome Volunteer Opportunity

 Volunteer with the G.O.A.L. (Guys Operating as Leaders) program in Denton to work with second language learners and at-risk middle-school students. This program combines community service, leadership training, and soccer!

Contact Chris Ice at cice@dentonisd.org for more information

Class for Cool Cats

Check out this cool new class! Sign up today!

Study Abroad Opportunities

1. Faculty-Led program with Dr. Jain and Prof James to India. The focus is Ecological and Rural Development through Religion.

https://studyabroad.admin.unt.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=12267

2. Spanish for Counselors Trip to Argentina. This six-week program is suitable for several majors, including anthropology. This is designed for students who will enter into a One-to-One counseling profession.

http://abroad.ecelaspanish.com/counseling2015/

Linguistics Presentation Next Monday 24th

In Case You are Interested:

1. New course offered in the department:

 2. Lecture this Monday:

3. Be a research participant: 

Steven Garcia and Brooke Davis are looking for students and recent graduates from the department to participate in their research. Use the emails below to express interest in being interviewed about your goals and information needs. 

Emails: stevenrgarcia@gmail.com or brooke.bad25@gmail.com

Include your name, educational status, and university (if applicable) in the email.

Diwali Night - India Student Association

ISA will be hosting a Diwali Night this Saturday from 6-10PM. Admission is 10 dollars per person and the celebration will include dance performances, classical song recitals, Bollywood dances, food, a DJ, and more!!!

Hang out With the Cool Kids

From Molly (GASA President) :

Dear fellow anthropologists-in-training,

The Graduate Anthropology Student Association (GASA) would like to extend an invitation to join us for an informal meet-up next Friday, November 21^st. This may be a good opportunity for you to mingle with current graduate students and department faculty and staff to chat and network. We especially welcome folks who are thinking about applying this year for entrance in Fall 2015.

We are planning on meeting at 4:00 Friday November 21^st at Mulberry Cantina (http://mulberrystcantina.com/). There will be complimentary chips and salsa, along with some beverages of your choosing. As it is an explicit bar, please note that underage individuals may be restricted from attending. We do apologize for any inconvenience. For those who can join us, we hope to see you there!

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Molly Shade, GASA Co-President

molly.a.shade@gmail.com

503.348.9708

Tomorrow!

November 2014: ASA Does It All

The semester is already almost over for ASA, but we still have lots to do! November is gonna be a busy one, and we're very excited about it. :)


November 12th, Wednesday (& all following Wednesdays until Finals Week): Volunteer at ODIS
Meet up at Opening Doors International Services (a non-profit the ANTH department has worked with for a long time) around 6:30pm. We'll be doing some after-hours volunteering - organizing, shredding, cleaning, filing, and whatever else the organization needs from us. Free coffee!
Address: 2200 N Bell Ave, inside the church

November 13th, Thursday: Meet An Anthropologist with Melissa Nelson
Melissa Nelson is a UNT instructor and will be speaking to ASA about what it is like to be an ethnographer. Come with questions, cameras, autograph books. No flash photography please. ;) 5pm in LANG 319

November 18th, Tuesday: Adopt-A-Block
We'll meet at Big Mike's at 5pm to carpool on over to our Adopt-a-Block spot, where we will complete our monthly "green" chore. Put on your closed-toe shoes and come help us clean up UNT!

November 19th, Wednesday: Bake Sale Fundraiser
Members: we need you! Contact an officer if you would like to get involved in baking goods for this fundraiser or overseeing the table during the event. 
100% of funds raised will go to ASA so that we may continue catering to our members and keeping dues low cost. This event will start at 9am and go till about 3pm, or whenever we sell out. (And we ALWAYS sell out.) See ya on the second floor of Chilton!

November 20th, Thursday: Movie Night & Last Official Meeting!
Our last time in room LANG 319 for the semester! My, how time has flown. We will be viewing a documentary about Burning Man, and Meghan will supply an extremely interesting article concerning techno shamanism. I heard rumors of free popcorn..
5pm. Be there.


December Bonus:
December 5th, Friday: End of Semester pArTy - aka "Second Annual Christmas Sweater-Potluck Extravaganza" Take a load off, and come hang out with fellow anthropology students before a week of finals. We're potluckin' it, so bring something to share! And wear a freakin' Christmas sweater - 'cause we like laughing at our friends' sweaters and if you don't wear a dorky Christmas sweater there will be no laughter. And that would really suck.

(Address to be shared at meetings & on our Facebook.)

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Leavin' Fall 2014 with a bang, y'all. See ya Tuesday :)

Ashley Givens

President

Anthropology Student Association

Job Shadowing and Meditation

Job Shadowing

The deadline to participate in job shadowing over winter break is coming up soon! Find out more on the Career Center website : http://studentaffairs.unt.edu/job-shadowing

Special ASA Meeting

Our own Amy Mayo will be leading a discussion on the relationship between mediation and anthropology this Thursday during our meeting. Don't forget to stay connected with you ASA family as we near the end of the semester!