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Dear FCLC students, I hope you’re enjoying the return of the sun after the rainy weather we’ve been having! Clear skies are forecast for a terrific event coming up this weekend – the Blessing of the Animals, celebrating the Feast of St Francis on Sunday October 1 at the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue at 110th Street in Manhattan. Passes for the service have all been reserved, but you can drop by the afternoon fair and pet blessings any time from 12:30 - 3 PM. I’m planning to be there with my Labrador Retriever, Splash! Of course, there’s a lot more happening this week at Fordham and beyond, so read on to learn about: Important Information
Paid Opportunities
Happening at Fordham
Happening around town
Yours,
Dean Auricchio ______________________________________ Laura Auricchio, Ph.D. Dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center Fordham University ______________________________________ Important Information
Free peer-to-peer tutoring available!
With a new semester underway, we are excited to remind you about our partnership with Knack, a peer tutoring platform. Knack’s platform allows students in need of tutoring services to book free sessions with verified Fordham peer tutors while providing high-achieving students the opportunity to become verified Knack Tutors. Tutoring sessions are conducted virtually or in person. Working with Knack is just one example of our commitment to providing you with resources that will help you not only progress in your academic journey, but also in your post-collegiate careers. To get started, you can head to fordham.joinknack.com. If you have any questions about getting set up on Knack, please contact support@joinknack.com. Information regarding excused absences Eligibility for excused absences
Please note that you may request excused absences if you have a documented medical reason, a death in the family, a religious holiday, or a qualified university-sponsored event that you are required to attend. Note that in general, club events (including conferences and performances) are not considered University-sponsored events, and that meetings with advisors and class deans should not be arranged during your class hours. Please consult the academic bulletin for the full attendance policy, and contact your Academic Advisor (1st- and 2nd-year students) or the Assistant Dean assigned to your class year (Juniors and Seniors) with any questions. How to request an excused absence To request an excused absence from classes, access the Excused Absence Request form by: logging into the portal on Fordham.edu, selecting "My Pages" and then looking under "Electronic Forms." Once you submit the request and required documentation, this is reviewed by your Academic Advisor (1st- and 2nd-year students) or the Assistant Dean assigned to your class year (Juniors and Seniors); if all of the required information is included, the request is then sent from your Academic Advisor (1st- and 2nd-year students) or Assistant Dean (Juniors and Seniors) to instructors for their consideration. Some kinds of excused absences will require you to submit additional documentation. Counseling and Psychological Services support
To find out how to make an initial appointment for clinical services, please go here. And to learn more about our staff, trainees and peer counselors, please click here. West Harlem Group Assistance, Inc (NEW partner/NEW post this week)
Tutor in a Manhattan public school
Thanks to the Center for Educational Partnerships at Fordham’s Graduate School of Education, tutoring opportunities are available for Fordham students working with elementary and middle school students attending a Manhattan Public School serviced by Fordham University. School: PS 129 / MS371 (located near City College), 425 West 130th Street, New York, New York 10027
Requirements for the position include:
Interested students must submit resumes to:
Mary Simone (msimone3@fordham.edu) Happening at Fordham
New issue of The Observer Issue 10 of The Observer came out today! Find it on newsstands around campus or read it online using the link above of www.fordhamobserver.com. Career Building Opportunities Fordham Alumni Mentoring Program (DEADLINE TOMORROW 9/28) Applications open on August 31 for the Fordham Mentoring Program. The Mentoring Program offers junior and senior students a unique opportunity to connect with accomplished Fordham alumni who are eager to share their expertise and insights. Application Details: Application Opens: Thursday, August 31st Application Deadline: Thursday, September 28th Eligibility: All junior and senior students are invited to apply Application Link with more Information: https://mentorshipnetwork.fordham.edu/hub/fordhahttps://mentorshipnetwork.fordham.edu/hub/fordham/programs/fordham-mentoring-program/aboutm/programs/fordham-mentoring-program/about If you have any questions or need additional materials to promote the program, please do not hesitate to reach out to jtompkins9@fordham.edu or mentor@fordham.edu. Career Center Events Did you know that all students are welcome to visit the Career Center and participate in many of their events? Don’t wait until junior or senior year! Thursday, September 28th, 140 W 62nd Street, G-49 (Lincoln Center) "September Drop-In Hours" from 11:30am to 2:30pm where all students are welcome to come in for 15 minute sessions to discuss any career related concern without needing an appointment. Thursday, September 28th, Room 223, McShane Campus Center (Rose Hill) Stop by between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm for Resume Drop-in Hours with Commuter Student Services. Information and registration here. Friday, September 29th, 140 W 62nd Street, G-49 (Lincoln Center) "Landing That Internship: Networking and 30-Second Pitches" event at 12:00 PM. Come learn about best practices for networking online and in person. Wednesday, October 4, Great Hall, McShane Campus Center (Rose Hill) Fall Internship Fair will be held from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Register on Handshake. Thursday, October 5, Lowenstein 12th Floor Lounge (Lincoln Center) Student Veteran Internship and Career Fair will be held from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Preparation opportunity on October 4, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, at 140 West 62nd Street, Room G-76 (Lincoln Center). More information and registration on Handshake. The Career Center is also offering also dozens of hybrid workshops on a variety of topics coming up at both Rose Hill and Lincoln Center, including Managing Stress & Work-Life Balance with Counseling & Psychological Services, How to Stand Out to Employers, How to Approach Career and Internship Fairs, and How to Put Your Humanities Degree to Work! To round out the month, both campuses will be hosting Halloween Celebrations. View the full list of events for October here and here! Career Booster EUrope Co-sponsored by Fordham and EU National Institutes for Culture, this information and career networking fair will be held at the Lincoln Center campus (140 W 62nd Street) on Saturday, September 30th. You’ll have opportunities to attend panel discussions, presentations, and workshops, and to meet and network with representatives of EU companies in the US, as well as universities, funding institutions, consulates, study abroad organizations, etc. Learn more at this link. Strive Higher Literacy Event - “Latine Heritage Story Time”
1:00am-3:00 pm Saturday, September 30, 2023 Join 4 local authors at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, located off Arthur Avenue, in The Bronx, where they will read their books as we celebrate Latine heritage month with community partner, Strive Higher. Students will read to children, help lead children in arts and crafts, etc. Spanish speakers appreciated! Fordham Lincoln Center Midnight Run (September 28 & October 3) Help to prepare and distribute meals, clothing, and toiletries to people experiencing homelessness in Manhattan at the Lincoln Center Campus.
The History of Antisemitism: The Crusades
September 27 | 6 PM | Zoom The Museum of Jewish Heritage is hosting a virtual roundtable featuring Fordham Professors Nicholas Paul and Suzanne Yeager along with Paola Tartakoff (Rutgers) and Robert Chazan (NYU). International Political Economy and Development in the Era of Cybersecurity and AI September 28 | 4-5 pm | Dealy E-530 (Rose Hill) Collins Obidiagha, S.J., entered the Jesuit novitiate in Benin City in 2007, spending two years as the network administrator for the community’s computer lab. He then earned a B.A., with honors, in philosophy and humanities from the University of Zimbabwe in 2013. After attending the Cisco Networking Academy, Father Obidiagha served as the IT administrator and head of the Information and Technology Communications Department at Jesuit Memorial College in Nigeria. He is currently a Cybersecurity master’s candidate at Fordham University. Generative AI and the Future of Work September 29 | 9-10:30 am | McNally Amphitheatre (Lincoln Center) What will knowledge work look like in the age of generative AI? Will the creative talents required to write advertising copy, the technical abilities used to develop a computer program, or the organizational skills needed to summarize a collection of articles be delegated to these tools? Will screenwriters be assisted or replaced by ChatGPT, and will the actors whom they write for be replaced by deep fakes? Will legal research and briefs be generated by ChatGPT? And what types of roles will generative AI tools play in audit functions? How will knowledge workers use these tools to assist them? Will they be able to recognize the shortcomings of the decisions proposed by the AI systems? What are the ethical challenges that the generative AI environment poses, and how will we mitigate the risks of algorithmic biases? During this panel, experts from across industry and academia will provide their perspectives on the future of work in generative AI, and the changes those of us in the academic world will have to make in our curricula and teaching methods to prepare students for this new environment. Salvation as Overcoming the Violence Against Women
October 3 | 6 p.m. | Tognino Hall, Duane Library (Rose Hill) Join us for a discussion with Dr. Pineda-Madrid, whose lecture will explore how disciples of Jesus Christ must denounce and subvert this evil, finding in Pope Francis’ writings a source to encourage Christian hope through the subversion of evil. Ultimately, she claims that the subversion of this evil will enable us to see more clearly the goodness of God in the land of the living, that is, salvation. Free and open to the public. Registration is required. Chile: Dignidad, 1973-2023; Art Exhibit by María Verónica San Martín (Lincoln Center) Lipani Gallery, Visual Arts suite, Lowenstein ground floor, 113 West 60th St Curated by Dr. Carl Fischer, Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures, this exhibition presents a collection of works by the Chilean artist María Verónica San Martín. The exhibit offers a retelling through performance, book art, and engravings of politically crucial moments of recent Chilean history and their interconnectedness with US experience, with a focus on the motif of Dignidad as a denunciation of past abuses and as a cry for social justice. The exhibition is already open. You are invited to a reception on September 7 at 5:30. Artist Talk and Reception: ERASED//Geographies of Black Displacement; Art Exhibit by Shana M. griffin
October 5 | 5 PM | Butler Gallery (Lincoln Center) Organized by Casey Ruble, Associate Clinical Professor of Visual Arts and Artist in Residence at Fordham, this exhibition combines found objects, photographs, text, paintings, and ephemera to explore Black displacement, dislocation, containment, and disposability through government policies and actions in two locations, Louisiana and the Lincoln Center area (formerly known as San Juan Hill). The pieces examine the many ways in which displacement takes place, how it shapes Black life, and how sites of displacement become ones of everyday violence, subjectivity, and resistance, but also possibility. Happening around town Events at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (free or pay-what-you-wish) Located across the street from Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts offers free and pay-what-you-wish events year-round.
Lincoln Center: David Rubenstein Atrium Events 61 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023 All events at the Atrium are free and open to the public. Latiné Luminaries with Rhina Valentin and Sandra Guzman
September 27 | 7:30 pm Producer and on-air personality Rhina Valentin has earned the nickname “La Reina del Barrio” as the long-time host of the public television program OPEN on BronxNet. A native New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, Valentin’s lifelong work focuses on bringing greater attention to issues that impact NYC's marginalized communities. Join us for the opening show of Valentin's Latiné Luminaries series with Emmy-winning Afro-Indigenous journalist and filmmaker Sandra Guzman. A Dance for Birds September 28 | 7:30 pm Colombian-born Samuel Torres is a Latin GRAMMY-winning percussionist, composer, and arranger. Torres' latest triumph is a forthcoming album featuring an A-list Latin jazz sextet and the critically acclaimed, all-female string ensemble, Bergamot Quartet. This unique collaboration, entitled "A Dance for Birds," which unites the traditions of jazz, contemporary classical music and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, will have its worldwide premiere within an intimate concert at David Rubenstein Atrium Lincoln Center. Son Del Monte September 29 | 7:30 pm A Lincoln Center favorite since 2015, ¡VAYA! is a showcase for the finest Latin dance traditions. ¡VAYA! offers devotees of Latin music a friendly community, excellent orchestras, and the city's most inviting dance floor. The scorching hot Cuban ensemble Son Del Monte is led by master Timbalero, Manuel Rivera, formerly of the Yambu Orchestra and Sonsublime. The 12-piece Son Del Monte band incorporates trombones alongside lively vocals and soaring contributions from flute, violin, trombone, piano, and congas to merge charanga and conjunto musical styles into a uniquely New York sound that Rivera has dubbed chajunto. Firas Andari September 30 | 7:30 pm Lebanese vocalist, oud player, educator, and maestro of the Arabic maqam musical tradition, Firas Andari began his musical studies at the age of 6. Andari acquired his classical repertoire from his teachers by ear, a critically grounding asset for an oral musical methodology that dates back over 800 years. His teachers' musical lineage trace directly to great masters in Egypt and the Levant, giving Andari access to a music culture that is all but lost - maqam performance with a richness in intonation and style unadulterated by western standard notation and the colonial influences of the 20th century. In his U.S. debut, Andari performs maqam music from regions historically of the Ottoman and Persian empires; namely the Middle East, Egypt, Turkey, and North Africa—presenting the different forms characteristic to maqam's many offshoots, including muwashahat, tawashih, qudud, adwar, mawawil, and qasa‘id. Events in NYC (free or low-cost) World Socialist Cinema, a lecture by Masha Salazkina
September 29 | 7:30 p.m. | 361 Stagg Street, Brooklyn, Suite 407 Masha Salazkina, Professor of Film Studies at Concordia University, will discuss the Festival of Cinemas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, which took place in Tashkent, the capital of Soviet Uzbekistan, from the 1960s to the 1980s. Salazkina uses the history of this festival as an aperture into a unique configuration of world cinema, one that emerged through the entanglement of internationalist solidarities and trans-racial affinities, of personal bonds and institutional connections, of multi-faceted artistic expressions and political commitments.Tickets are pay what you can ($10 suggested donation), available at the door. 12th Annual Morningside Lights: The Open Book September 30 | 8pm | Morningside Park to Columbia University campus Morningside Lights returns with The Open Book, a celebration of the free exchange of ideas and an homage to the libraries that preserve access to knowledge and affirm our freedom to read. Presented in partnership with the Columbia University Libraries and The New York Public Library, each of the 50+ community-built lanterns will pay tribute to a book that inspires, enlightens, and shapes how we see the world. Join after dusk on September 30 to witness a luminous catalogue of “Great Books” where each glowing volume will honor a unique perspective, while renewing our collective resolve to keep our libraries free and our minds open. Admission is free. West Side Fest September 30 | West Side (see map online) Join us on September 30 for art-making, workshops, dancing, crafts, and other special programming at West Side Fest. Experience activities from organizations, including Atlantic Theater Company; Center for Art, Research and Alliances; Chelsea Factory; Dia Chelsea; the High Line; Hudson River Park; The Joyce Theater; The Kitchen; The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center; Little Island; NYC AIDS Memorial; Poster House; Print Center New York; Rubin Museum of Art; The Shed; Westbeth; West Village Rehearsal Co-Op; White Columns; Whitney Museum of American Art. Admission is free. Brooklyn Book Festival October 1 | 10 AM - 6 PM | Brooklyn Borough Hall and surrounding venues The Brooklyn Book Festival is committed to presenting a major literary festival, free-to-the-public, that reflects the city’s dynamic, cross-cultural book readers and literary community. When the Festival began in 2006, we established our credo “hip, smart, diverse.” Those words are part of our mission statement and guide us each year in creating a festival that is forward thinking and inclusive. NYPL: Banned: Censorship and Free Expression in America October 5 | 7-8 pm | NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018, near Bryant Park) and via Zoom Ayad Akhtar, Dave Eggers, and Imani Perry will be in conversation with Adrienne LaFrance to discuss the dangers of book banning and limits on freedom of expression. Throughout Banned Books Week and all year round, we celebrate the freedom to read and write. Yet intellectual freedoms and the right to free expression are under threat. Book bans are on the rise. Libraries are being targeted. History has shown that censorship is a symptom of failing health in democratic societies. Limits on our freedom of expression go hand in hand with intolerance and the rise of authoritarianism. Inside the Vault: Alexander Hamilton and The Reynolds Pamphlet October 5 | 7-9 pm | Zoom What led Alexander Hamilton to publish the infamous Reynolds Pamphlet (entitled Observations on Certain Documents) in which he confessed to an extramarital affair? What impact did it have on him, his family, and his career? What role did Thomas Jefferson play? How does it affect how we see Alexander, Eliza, and Maria? Join the NYPL for a discussion of the Reynolds Pamphlet with Dr. Joanne Freeman of Yale University. Students and educators attend free. FREE entry to The Museum of Modern Art Friday October 6 | MoMA | 11 W 53rd Street New York, NY 10019 Tickets for UNIQLO NYC Nights are free for New York City residents but must be reserved in advance (up to two adults), and are subject to availability and proof of residency. Tickets are released one week before each event. Exhibition and collection galleries close approximately 10–15 min. prior to Museum closing. Tickets available starting Friday 9//29. The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey Through October 22 | The Met Fifth Avenue; 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 American artist Lauren Halsey (b. 1987, Los Angeles) has been commissioned to create a site-specific installation for The Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Halsey will create a full-scale architectural structure imbued with the collective energy and imagination of the South Central Los Angeles Community where she was born and continues to work. Titled the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I), the installation is designed to be inhabited by The Met’s visitors, who will be able to explore its connections to sources as varied as ancient Egyptian symbolism, 1960s utopian architecture, and contemporary visual expressions like tagging that reflect the ways in which people aspire to make public places their own. The Roof Garden is free with museum admission. Sheila Pepe: “My Neighbor’s Garden” Through December | Madison Square Park Conservancy; 11 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10010 Artist Sheila Pepe has created her first outdoor exhibition, My Neighbor’s Garden. Through her crochet practice, Pepe brings color, unexpected materials, and optimism to the site. Pepe, a feminist and queer artist whose elaborate web-like structures summon and critique conventional women’s craft practice, uses crochet to transform contemporary sculpture. Here, Pepe considers publicness to create physical positions that welcome all parkgoers through a fabricated city garden. My Neighbor’s Garden will be on view through December 10. Admission is free. Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Through December | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; 515 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10037 The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is the current destination for the acclaimed exhibition, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration curated by Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood. Marking Time explores the impact of the US prison system on contemporary visual art. This exhibition, presented across three galleries —Latimer, Exhibition Hall, and Media Gallery— highlights artists who are or have been incarcerated, alongside artists who have not been incarcerated but whose practices expose aspects of the carceral state. Seen together, their works reveal how punitive governance, predatory policing, surveillance, and mass imprisonment impact millions of people. Admission is free. Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección Through March | El Museo Del Barrio; 1230 5th Avenue at 104th Street New York, NY 10029 Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección is El Museo del Barrio’s most ambitious presentation of its unique, complex, and culturally diverse permanent collection in over two decades. Organized by Rodrigo Moura, Chief Curator; Susanna V. Temkin, Curator; and Lee Sessions, Permanent Collection Associate Curator, the exhibition will present approximately 500 artworks, including new acquisitions and artist commissions, through rotating displays over the course of one year. Something Beautiful cuts across traditional chronological, geographic, and media-specific categories, reconsidering the Collection through new interdisciplinary approaches rooted in El Museo del Barrio’s foundational history and legacy. This forward-thinking model focuses on the contribution of Amerindian, African, and European cultures as the basis of visual production in the Americas and the Caribbean. $5 student discounted tickets are available for purchase online. Events in The Bronx-New Feature! The Bronx Vegan Bazaar - Today! September 27 (and every Wednesday) I 4-9 pm I The Andrew Freeman Home, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452 The Bronx Vegan Bazaar is an exciting weekly event celebrating all things vegan in the heart of the Bronx. It's a vibrant gathering that showcases a diverse array of plant-based foods, products, and lifestyle choices. Our festival brings together local businesses, renowned chefs, and the community to promote a sustainable and compassionate way of living. At The Bronx Vegan Bazaar, you can expect a dynamic and engaging experience. There will be a wide range of vendors offering delectable vegan food options, from gourmet meals to delightful desserts. You'll also find cruelty-free products, informative workshops, and opportunities to connect with like-minded individuals. Whether you're looking to savor delicious food or learn more about living a compassionate lifestyle, our bazaar has something for everyone. Bronx Night Market September 30 I 1-7 pm I Fordham Plaza Indulge in good food, drinks and music at the second-to-last Bronx Night Market of the year. The Bronx Night Market hosts more than 60 vendors from all around the world every month to celebrate culture, cuisine and community. Mini Pumpkin Decorating September 30 I 12-3 pm I New York Botanical Garden Pick up a free mini pumpkin to paint whimsical jack-o’-lanterns or ghoulish pumpkin goblins right at the Garden—or to take home to decorate later. Pumpkin Decorating is on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. Pumpkin Decorating September 30 I 11-2 pm I New York Botanical Garden Fan-favorite artist Adam Bierton returns to the Garden with his carving tools in tow, ready to turn pumpkins of all shapes and sizes into frightening and fantastical beasts! Bring the family to watch one of the country’s most skilled and imaginative pumpkin carvers work his magic, while getting tips and tricks on how to step up your own jack-o’-lantern game at home. Bronx Coast to Coast walk September 30 I 9-4 pm I Ewen Park, Bronx, 231 St and Riverdale Ave Dip your feet in the Hudson and the Sound on the same day on the same walk — and celebrate with drinks and lunch on City Island after. This 18-mile walk starts at the northwest corner of Broadway and West 231st Street at the 1 train stop at 9 a.m. Join the FreeWalkers at Ewen Park and walk west with them towards the Hudson River, pass one of the Kennedys’ homes, go to a hidden park by the Metro-North tracks, explore Fieldston and its numerous mansions, and more. The event is free — get your tickets here! Bronx Brewery Comedy Night September 28 I 7:00 - 8:30 PM I The Bronx Brewery & Hudson Yards Kitchen This is a free event with first come, first served limited seating. Unwind with a stellar lineup of some of the best nationally touring and distinguished comedians in NYC. This showcase is hosted and produced by veteran comedian Felicia Gillespie (Compound Media, GaS Digital Network, CMT, Kill Tony). Featured comedians for Thursday, September 28th are:
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