Announcements & Updates

PACKER HOUSE WINS!
Congratulations to the graduate student team that came together to decorate Packer House for Spirit Week! It was announced last night that Packer House has won the competition for this year! Congrats grad students for showing your sprirt!

GRAD STUDENT YOGA
Beginning September 1st we will be holding Grad Student Yoga
in the Kenner Theater. Classes run from September 1st through December 1st and are Tuesdays from 12pm-1pm.The cost is $60 for the semester and $5 for the drop-in (per class) rate. Sign up todayfor classes at http://www.lehigh.edu/gradlife/event_sign_up.html

LEHIGH/LAFAYETTE TELECAST PARTY
The GSS is hosting a Telecast Party in Packer House from 11-4 on Saturday, November 21st in honor of the Lehigh/Lafayette Game! Join us for a burgers and the game! The game will be showing upstairs and downstairs in Packer House for those interested in watching it with fellow grad students!

TRIM-A-TREE PARTY
Join us at Packer House on December 4th from 1-3pm for a Trim-A-Tree Party. Bring a decoration from your collection or just come to celebrate the holiday season with some hot chocolate and treats! We will be decorating Packer House for the holidays and all decorations from all backgrounds and beliefs are welcome!

GINGERBREAD PARTY
On December 7th from 6=8pm we are hosting a make-your-own gingerbread house party in Packer House. All are welcome to attend, bring your kids so they can enjoy the fun! Snacks will be provided and fun will be had by all. Come and learn how to make your own gingerbread house this holiday season!

GRADUATE STUDENT SENATE BUS TRIP
The GSS Is hosting a bus trip to NYC on December 12th! Go shopping, catch a show, take in a museum, see NYC during the holiday season!!! The bus will pick up at 10am at Packer bus stop and will return to campus around 9pm. The cost is $10 and space is limited so reserve your spot today! Sign up at: http://www.lehigh.edu/gradlife/event_sign_up.html

*Currently the bus is full but we do have a waiting list!

H1N1 Vaccine Information for Graduate Students who are Pregnant or Parents of Infants.
Message from the Health Center: 

If you are a graduate student who is 25 years of age or older and either pregnant or the caregiver of a child six months or younger, you are eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine at the clinic on November 10 and 11.  However, you must provide a note from your obstetrician or your pediatrician in order to receive the vaccine.  Please refer to the message from Dr. Susan Kitei, Director of the Health Center for additional details which is available on the Lehigh University home page.

FALL 2009 CULTURAL BREAKFAST SERIES
Have you ever woke up in a different country and thought about what to have for breakfast?  Well breakfast is being brought to you!  Come enjoy the cultural breakfast series beginning on October 22nd and being held every Thursday morning at 10am throughout the semester!  It will be as if you are visiting a new country each week!

Time:  10-11am
Location:   Packer House
Sponsor:  each week a different graduate student club will host the breakfast.
November 19th-Thai Students Club


INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SUPPORT NETWORK
Living in another country can raise a lot of questions...How do I adjust to this new culture? What's expected of me in an American classroom? How do I deal with missing my family and friends back home? How do I make new friends? Join us to discuss these questions and more, to meet other international students and to get support!! Thursdays from 6pm-7pm beginning September 24th in Packer House!

For more information contact Ben Bensadon (beb309@lehigh.edu).

WOMEN'S EXCHANGE
Women's Exchange will begin again starting Thursday, September 17th from 12-1pm in Packer House. Come join women of the Lehigh Community to learn how others have charted their path, what inspires them, and how they found the passion that drives them. Lunches will be every other Thursday throughout the semester. If you are interseted in becoming a member of Women's Exchange, please sign up at: http://www.lehigh.edu/gradlife/event_sign_up.html Sorry but we are currently at capacity for this semester!!

PAUL & DAISY SOROS FELLOWSHIPS FOR NEW AMERICANS
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans are available and each year support thirty individuals for up to two years of graduate study in any subject anywhere in the United States. Students already in graduate study are eligible, though not past their second year. The Fellowship provides $20,00 maintenance and half tuition (up to a maximum of $16,000 per annum) wherever the Fellow attends.  Candidates must be either holders of Green Cards, naturalized citizens, or children of two naturalized citizen parents. The deadline is November 1, 2009 and the announcement of the recipients will be in March.  For more detailed information, please visit: http://www.pdsoros.org


DISSERTATION PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP
The DPDF is a strategic progarm designed to help early-stage graduate students in the humanities and social sciences formulate more effective doctoral dissertation proposals. This program is administered by the Social Science Research Council and is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For further information regarding eligibility, applications, deadlines and the program timeline, please visit www.ssrc.org/programs.dpdf.

SAUCON VILLAGE SHUTTLE SERVICE
The shuttle runs on Saturdays and services Saucon Village residents!  The shuttle stops at Saucon Village,
Lehigh Valley Mall, and Wal-mart.  The Lehigh Valley Mall Shuttle will stop at Saucon Village during the following times:

1:45pm
6:10pm
10:10pm (to DROP OFF ONLY)

For pick up times at the Lehigh Valley Mall and Wal-Mart, please see the complete Shuttle
schedule at: http://www.lehigh.edu/~instuact/shuttlebus.shtml

TUESDAYS AT 10 HAS RETURNED!!
Please come and join us for bagels, muffins, fruit as well as coffee and tea every Tuesday from 10-11am in Packer House! Use this as a chance to enjoy some breakfast and comraderie with other grad students! Please bring your own mug in an effort to promote a "greener" environment! New grad students, feel free to bring your orientation mugs!

DISCOUNTED ZOELLNER TICKETS
The Graduate Life Office provides grad students discounted tickets for shows at Zoellner. Tickets for every show are only $10/ticket! Sign-up for a show today at: http://www.lehigh.edu/gradlife/event_sign_up.html

Anonymous Online Reporting of Sexual Violence
The Women's Center is proud to introduce anonymous online reporting of sexual violence. The form can be found on both the sexual violence prevention and Break the Silence pages of our website (http://www.lehigh.edu/womenscenter/sv_reporting.html).