Calendar of Events

Join us and enjoy informal conversations and laughs with students who have studied in Germany, students currently learning and improving their German, other native speakers and our wonderful German language assistants!

The Truman Scholarship offers financial support for graduate study, leadership training and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service. Truman Scholars receive up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school (in the US or abroad), participate in leadership development activities and have special opportunities for internships and employment with the federal government. Open to juniors who are U.S. citizens intending to work for a .org, .gov, .edu, or .mil. 1st and 2nd year students also welcome!

In this session, Christine Overstreet (AC Director of Fellowships) will tell you more about the award, the application and how you can determine whether or not you should apply. Read all about in the overview, and contact Christine with questions.

The Peer Advocates for Sexual Respect present our Spring Community Promise prompt: "I honor my needs in my relationships by..." Swing by our table to learn more about this year's Promise, submit a response and to pick up an affirmation card!

The Law Admissions Panel for Liberal Arts Colleges is sponsored by Boston University School of Law. Founded in 1872, Boston University School of Law is a top-tier law school with a faculty recognized nationally for exceptional teaching and preeminent scholarship. You can explore virtually any area of the law in 200+ classes and seminars, 20+ clinics and externships and 20 study abroad opportunities. BU Law offers a full-time JD degree, five LLM & master’s degrees and 16 dual degrees. With the support of a global network of nearly 25,000 alumni and a robust Career Development & Public Service Office, our graduates achieve remarkable career success. BU Law is located in the heart of Boston and housed in the ultra-modern Sumner M. Redstone Building and Law Tower.

Meet with the Loeb Center’s Peer Career Advisors to have your résumé reviewed. Whether it’s your first time writing a résumé, completing your membership requirements for the Houston Program or a seasoned résumé writer developing descriptions for your most recent experiences, we’re here to help!

*Please come prepared to the clinic with a completed draft in Google Docs AND a printed copy of your résumé that you can share with a PCA.* Email internships@amherst.edu with questions.

Our weekly drop-in clinics run from Sept. 21 to Dec. 7. Note that PCAs also offer weekly appointment slots on Handshake. We also offer support for internship applications on Fridays from 1:30 to 3 p.m. throughout the semester.

Please join us for a reading and conversation. Dennis James Sweeney is the author of In the Antarctic Circle, winner of the 2020 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, as well as four chapbooks of poetry and prose, including Ghost/Home: A Beginner's Guide to Being Haunted. His writing has appeared in Five Points, Ninth Letter, The New York Times and The Southern Review, among other publications. A Small Press Editor of Entropy and former Fulbright Fellow in Malta, he has an M.F.A. from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver. Originally from Cincinnati, he lives in Amherst, where he teaches at Amherst College. He can be found online at DennisJamesSweeney.com.

“This elliptical, haunted document is as beautiful and dangerous as the cold continent of which it sings, whispering of loss, of loneliness, of identity, of extinction. A perfect Beckettian marriage between the spoken and the unspoken, the said and the unsayable, this sublime collection speaks as much from its white spaces as from its exquisitely ordered text. In the Antarctic Circle is an unforgettable experience from a master stylist.”
—Maryse Meijer, author of The Seventh Mansion: A Novel

Join us for the final STEM social event of the Fall semester! Come sit by the fire, make some tasty treats and chat with your fellow STEM students. Unwind with old friends or make some new ones! Come on by! We'll be warming up by the Keefe fire pit from 7:30-9pm. We'll bring the marshmallows, you bring the smiles!

Melissa Murray is the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, where she teaches constitutional law, family law, criminal law, and reproductive rights and justice. Her writing has appeared in a range of legal and lay publications, including the Harvard Law Review, The Yale Law Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Nation.

Join us for Kaffeeklatsch, an hour of stress-free chatting (and games?!) auf Deutsch with students who have studied in Germany, students currently learning and improving their German, other native speakers and our wonderful German language assistants. This is a great opportunity to practice your German in a casual and relaxing environment. All are welcome, including German 101 students!

Deng Anqing is a rising Chinese writer who grew up in Wuxue, a county approximately 100 miles to the east of Wuhan in the Hubei province. Upon the outbreak of the epidemic in January 2020, while many sought to flee Hubei, Deng, who had not long ago returned to his hometown from Beijing for the Lunar New Year, chose to stay to look after his aging parents. The essay in which he records this experience, “Forty Days: Growing Closer to My Parents during Quarantine,” has recently been translated into English and made available online, thanks to the efforts of Paper Republic.

Since 2011, Deng Anqing has published several collections of short stories, novels, and personal essays. He has been known for chronicling village life and the sorrows and joys of ordinary folks in inland China.

Professor Lei Ying is hosting Deng Anqing for a virtual conversation about his quarantine experience and his hometown, which has furnished the inspiration for most of his stories thus far. The event, a part of Professor Ying’s course, ASLC 170 Imagining Modern China, is open to Chinese-speaking members of the Amherst College community.

Deng Anqing, “Forty Days: Growing Closer to My Parents during Quarantine”
https://paper-republic.org/pubs/read/growing-closer-to-my-parents-during...

Please get in touch with Professor Ying (leiying@amherst.edu) if you would like to read the original essay in Chinese.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/j/98339808829?pwd=Q1VtWVlhQkM3b1pGS0RLREY...

Meeting ID: 983 3980 8829
Passcode: 378359

Please register to learn about Title IX at Amherst College: policies related to sexual misconduct and, for most staff and all faculty, your obligation to report information related to sexual misconduct. If you are a new employee, please be sure to attend a session within the first month of your start date. In the meantime, if you have any questions about Title IX and/or sexual misconduct, please contact Laurie at lfrankl@amherst.edu.

The Peer Advocates for Sexual Respect present our Spring Community Promise prompt: "I honor my needs in my relationships by..." Swing by our table to learn more about this year's Promise, submit a response and
to pick up an affirmation card!

The Peer Advocates for Sexual Respect present our Spring Community Promise prompt: "I honor my needs in my relationships by..." Swing by our table to learn more about this year's Promise, submit a response and to pick up an affirmation card!

Close Concerns, a healthcare information company that advocates for people with diabetes, seeks undergraduate applicants for its two-year Associate Program, based in San Francisco. The Associate Program gives new college graduates unparalleled exposure to the ‘real world’ of healthcare and business, significant work experience and responsibility, international travel and built-in support for graduate school applications. Our family of organizations, led by Kelly Close, share a meaningful social purpose: improving life for people with diabetes, one of the biggest public health problems of our time.