Staff

Accessible Word Documents, PowerPoint Presentations and PDFs

This beginner’s document accessibility workshop is designed to train staff in the basic methods used for making Word documents, PowerPoint Presentations, and PDFs digitally accessible, for inclusion on university websites or for university-related business, including teaching, student services, and other administrative support. It is appropriate for anyone interested in learning how to make documents used in everyday university business more accessible and will cover the fundamentals of document creation and remediation.

New Haven Promise Internship Information Session

Learn about Yale’s premier pipeline for hiring exceptional New Haven talent to ensure vitality and growth within Yale. Hear from intern managers and former interns, and how West Campus departments can get on board to hire interns this summer.
Light Breakfast will be available
Contact: internships@yale.edu

Yale Africa Week: Women in Sports

We invite you to join Simidele Adeagbo, 2019 World Fellow, Olympian, and former head of Nike Africa Marketing for the Running category, for a conversation as part of Yale’s Africa Week events. Simidele will speak about the the power of sport to move Africa forward, its role in developing the next generation of female of leaders and her historic Olympic journey.

ANY & WWN - How to Run/Facilitate an Effective Meeting

Join the Asian Network at Yale & Women’s Working Network for an interactive session with Sheraz Iqbal, Assistant Director of the Asian American Cultural Center. Learn about obstacles leaders face when facilitating a meeting and how to address these obstacles. Gain new skills applicable to your everyday job/leadership position at Yale! To register, go to: http://bit.ly/2NQ3QL1

The Borrowed Dress: Film Screening and Talk with Onur Burçak Belli

What:
A Borrowed Dress, hawkish leaders, a war of proxies and the bargains on the future lives of Syrian refugees. Where is home for them?
Who:
A conversation with Syrian-Turkish journalist and 2019 World Fellow Onur Burçak Belli followed by an hour-long documentary screening of ‘The Borrowed Dress”
Why:

Timothy Dwight Presents "The Night Is Yours" by Abdul-Razak Zachariah

Abdul-Razak Zachariah grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, and is a loyal 2017 TD alum. He was deeply involved in diversity and inclusion advocacy and received the Mellon Mays Research Fellowship and the Nakanishi Prize. Abdul’s first book, The Night is Yours, was released in July 2019 by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The story is based on the apartment complex and community where he grew up in West Haven. The Night is Yours is the product of his Education Studies capstone project.

Fireside Chat and Reception with Mona Bijoor

Mona Bijoor is a partner at King Circle Capital LLC and the founder of JOOR.

Poynter - American Affairs and Conservative Critiques of Neoliberalism. Julius Krein, editor of American Affairs, interviewed by Amy Kapczynski, Yale Law School Introduced by Kimberly Goff-Crews, secretary and vice president for student life.

Julius Krein is the editor of American Affairs, a quarterly journal of public policy and political thought founded to provide a forum for people who believe that the conventional partisan platforms are no longer relevant to the most pressing challenges facing the United States. Mr. Krein has contributed to publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Times Literary Supplement.

"The Walk," a reading by Hilton Als, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

The Franke Visiting Fellow Lecture

The Cook, the Doc, and the Olympian: How to Survive Yale

As if being away from home isn’t stressful enough. Add new food, homework, new friends, FOMO, and no sleep to the mix. Join 2019 World Fellows Rebecca Sullivan (food) Bev Ho (medicine) and Simi Adeagbo (fitness) in a casual conversation about three core areas to help you survive your time at Yale. Eating right, avoiding bad habits, sleeping well, and exercising all on a budget. Plenty of tips and tricks to take away!