Spring 2015 Co-Curricular Descriptions
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Spring 2015 Co-Curricular Descriptions
CO-CURRICULARS SPRING SEMESTER 2014-15 Registration for Co-curricular Offerings will begin at noon on January 21, 2015 and continue through February 2, 2015. Registration for these offerings takes place after course registration and the first day of classes. The intent is to make sure students have a sense of their academic time commitments prior to taking on more activities with cocurriculars. You can register during the ‘add period’ via the on-line system ‘my.olin’. Use the “course” number and section listed with the title. Co-Curricular Etiquette: (1) in order to give all students a reasonable chance to register for co-curriculars, please limit your choices to no more than two, (2) don’t register unless you are serious about attending, and (3) if you decide to drop out, notify the staff or faculty sponsor by e-mail. Co-Curricular Number, Section Co-Curricular Title Staff/Faculty Sponsor(s) CC167-01 Collaboratory Conversations Lynn Stein, Sharon Breitbart CC168-01 Conference Prep: Acing Your Paper Presentation Maruta Vitols CC146-01 Curriculum Innovation Workshop Jessica Townsend, Linda Canavan CC163-01 Do Machine Learning Paul Ruvolo CC169-01 E! Future at Olin and Exploring the Boston E! World Stephen Brand CC173-01 Fibre Arts Debbie Chachra CC92-01 Fundamentals of Public Speaking: The Twenty Words, Phrases and Utterances to Avoid at All Costs! Charlie Nolan CC30-01 Gender and Engineering Debbie Chachra,Caitrin Lynch, Lynn Andrea Stein, Yevgeniya Zastavker CC124-01 Hands-on Learning for Kids Benjamin Linder CC108-01 Olin Composting Project Nick Tatar CC67-01 Olin Does the BSO Diana Dabby CC170-01 Olin Scrabble Stephen Brand CC105-01 Pickles and Jams Jean Huang CC77-01 Play with Clay Mark Somerville CC20-01 ¡Por Supuesto!: Spanish Conversation Jose Oscar Mur-Miranda CC171-01 RC Cars Build with Needham High School Chris Lee CC172-01 Self Authorship Gillian Epstein CC164-01 Representing Myself Part II – A Co-Curricular for Grand Challenge Scholars and Anyone Else Interested in SelfReflection and Expression Yevgenia Zastavker, Gillian Epstein, Sally Phelps CC102-01 Sustainable Beekeeping Benjamin Linder CC174-01 Technology and Culture Reading Group Debbie Chachra CC15-01 Tellling the Olin Story Rob Martello, Graham Hooton CC165-01 What’s Past Is Prologue: Building Your Family History through Historical Methods and Modern Science Joanne Pratt CC99-01 13.1 and Done Alison Black CC166-01 2D-3D Open Arts and Design Studio Sara Hendren CC167-01 Collaboratory Conversations Faculty and staff sponsors: Lynn Andrea Stein and Sharon Breitbart One of Olin’s Founding Precepts is to be “an important and constant contributor to the advancement of engineering education in America and throughout the world.” The Collaboratory is how we do that. Join us for a discussion of the role of students in our external engagement, with visitors, and as collaborative partners. Open to all, whether you are currently involved with Collaboratory efforts or not. We’ll attempt to meet most Tuesdays for lunch, 12:301:30pm. CC146-01 Curriculum Innovation Workshop Faculty and staff sponsors: Linda Canavan Jessica Townsend, Students in this co-curricular will focus on exploring, creating and piloting opportunities for direct student involvement in curriculum innovation at Olin. The actual experiments will be defined and driven by students in the co-curricular. Linda Canavan and Jessica Townsend will advise. We’ll meet Thursdays 12:30-1:30. The first meeting will be January 22. CC163-01 Do Machine Learning Faculty sponsor: Paul Ruvolo CC168-01 Conference Prep: Acing Your Paper Presentation Faculty sponsor: Maruta Vitols Going to a conference this semester or this coming summer? Getting ready to present a paper at a conference, in a class, or for a potential employer/investor? Already worrying about speaking in front of strangers with Ph.D.s? If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then this co-curricular is for you! Join a group of fellow students to practice for your big day. Get useful feedback on your presentation style, as well as content. Perfect that PowerPoint. Gain confidence standing in front of an audience and fielding questions. Walk into that presentation ready to take over the world, you superhero! Dates: First meeting Monday, January 26th, 7pm, location TBA, following meetings TBD at first meeting. This is a continuation of the DoML co-curricular from last semester. Last semester, we focused on learning basic techniques for machine learning and applying these techniques to a range of cool problems. This semester, we will be taking a project-focused track where teams of students will work on projects of their choosing within the machine learning space (think robots, predictive analytics, natural language processing, computational biology, computer vision, etc.). We will have periodic lightning talks on topics related to machine learning delivered by members of the co-curricular. While we will not be specifically targeting lessons to beginners, beginners are encouraged to come! We will provide all the necessary resources for beginners to get up to speed on machine learning, and then learn the basics through observing (and then hopefully contributing to) one of the DoML projects. Please come join us to learn more about this exciting and interdisciplinary field! This co-curricular will meet Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. in AC 417. CC169-01 E! Future at Olin and Exploring the Boston E! World Faculty sponsor: Stephen Brand Enrollment limited to 15 students. During the fall of 2014, 6 students from E! Capstone have conducted 30+ interviews with students, faculty, administrators, alumni, local entrepreneurs, Babson administrators, etc. They presented their findings in a report and strategy document during finals week. This co-curricular will provide students a chance to expand on this work, refine the strategy, learn more about what it takes to become an entrepreneur and prototype some elements of what E! could be at Olin - some are course oriented, but most are extracurricular on campus and even exploring entrepreneurship in Boston and virtually . . . Participants will continue to research, ideate and strategize for the future. Some participants will go to Boston on a number of trips to explore partnerships, attend entrepreneurship networking events and see what we can bring back to campus. The outcomes of this co-curricular could have long term and lasting impact on the lives of many Olin students and alumni as they move on in their careers and lives. The activities of the co-curricular will be determined by attendees and could include discussions with faculty, administration, Babson community members, outside entrepreneurs, Olin President’s Council members, etc., and could focus on any aspects of increasing the Olin community’s passion and activity around entrepreneurship and new venture creation in business, social enterprise, corporate or even academic settings. CC173-01 Fibre Arts Faculty sponsor: Debbie Chachra This co-curricular is about working on and sharing your practice in the fibre arts (including knitting/crochet, embroidery, weaving, sewing, and whatever else you can think of doing). Some funding will be available for materials and books, with an emphasis on learning new techniques to expand your skills. Beginners welcome. CC92-01 Fundamentals of Public Speaking: The Twenty Words, Phrases and Utterances to Avoid at All Costs! Staff sponsor: Charlie Nolan Limited to 15 students. Meetings will be on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. One of the most important skills in one’s professional life (personal life, too!) is the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively to more than a handful of people at the same time. Learn stage presence and how to reduce or eliminate the 20 (at least) overused and empty phrases that detract from first-rate public speaking. Participants will make two four-minute speeches and an optional 4-6 minute presentation on Olin to an audience that knows little or nothing about Olin. This Co-Curricular Offering will meet every week from January 21April 15 (with the exceptions of March 18 and 25) for 60 minutes. CC30-01 Gender and Engineering Faculty sponsors: Debbie Chachra, Caitrin Lynch, Lynn Andrea Stein, Yevgeniya Zastavker What is it like to be an engineer? What is it like to be an engineering student? Does this change as the definition of engineering -- or the nature of engineering education -- changes? How do we experience these identity questions differently depending on our own sense of ourselves? Does gender play a role? If so, how and why? If not, why not? This Co-Curricular offering focuses on broad questions of engineering, of gender, and of real and perceived connections between them. At the beginning of the session, all participants will share their expertise and what they are interested in learning about, and we’ll set up a program that incorporates both. If you’ve participated before, we encourage you to return! In addition to the Co-Curricular Offering sessions themselves, one of our goals for this semester is to create a set of materials we can disseminate to students and faculty at other institutions. We will meet from 3:15-4:15 on Tuesdays. Students may be expected to read a brief article or to watch a video prior to a meeting, but no more than a total of two hours/week will be expected for both in- and out-of-meeting time. Note that the relationship of gender and engineering affects everyone in engineering, and all are welcome to participate. CC124-01 Hands-on Learning for Kids Faculty sponsor: Benjamin Linder Develop hands-on materials for inquiry and learning in science and engineering for children living in poverty around the world. Participants work with organizations like the Agastya Foundation in India and Science Club for Girls in Ghana to prototype learning projects, experiments, and demonstrations for potential use by kids in their programs. Projects are driven by partner needs. Materials are designed and developed at Olin and then tested locally and with partners. Participants can contribute significant product design and engineering expertise to projects. Multi-semester participation is encouraged. Participants are required to attend 8 or more sessions per semester. Open to students, faculty and staff. CC108-01 Olin Composting Project Staff sponsor: Nick Tatar Limited to 12 students Want to help make Olin more green and enjoy getting your hands dirty? This spring we’ll need twelve dedicated souls to help keep 3,000 lbs of food waste out of the landfill by composting food prep waste from the Dining Hall. Last year we composted two tons of food waste and saved Olin some $2,000 in waste management fees, all while supporting Olin’s vegetable and herb garden. In this Co-Curricular Offering you’ll carry compost from the Dining Hall to our composting bins in Parcel B, collect data about what we’re composting, and work the compost pile over until it breaks down into dirt. If you like manual labor and working in the garden, this is the Co-Curricular Offering for you! Time commitment: ~30 minutes, one day a week. CC67-01 Olin Does the BSO Faculty sponsor: Diana Dabby Limited to 3 students to accompany Professor Dabby Here’s your chance to hear the Boston Symphony Orchestra live at Symphony Hall on the following evenings: Friday, February 13, 2015 at 8pm Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano LIADOV Baba-Yaga, Kikimora, From the Apocalypse,and Nenie BIRTWISTLE Responses: Of sweet disorder and the carefully careless, for piano and orchestra (American premiere; BSO co-commission) STRAVINSKY The Firebird (Complete) Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 8pm Andris Nelsons, conductor Olivier Latry, organ GANDOLFI New work for organ and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission) MAHLER Symphony No. 6 Friday, April 10, 2015 at 8pm Andris Nelsons, conductor Richard Goode, piano SCHULLER Dreamscape MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K.595 STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben CC170-01 Olin Scrabble Faculty sponsor: Stephen Brand Faculty member Stephen Brand has been playing Scrabble in Scrabble clubs in Ohio where he used to live and in Northampton and Lexington, MA. There is a small (thousands) but dedicated national network of Scrabble players who participate in friendly competitions each week in local clubs and even go to the National Scrabble Championship, which welcomes novice and more advanced players. This one-evening-a-week co-curricular will include: friendly one-on-one Scrabble games (35 per person each night); learning some of the tips and tricks to become a better Scrabble player; using timers while playing which all competitive Scrabble players do; learning the official rules; watching word wars http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390632/ - a movie about the folks who live Scrabble every day; and some of us may go on a field trip to play in other Scrabble game nights around the Boston area. semester. Participants can have any level of fluency and we make every effort to be inclusive. Although conversation topics are not guided, we aim to enhance cultural exchange and diversity by sharing experiences from different backgrounds in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. We like to tell jokes, laugh, and share life at Olin. CC171-01 RC Cars Build with Needham High School Faculty sponsor: Chris Lee CC105-01 Pickles and Jams Faculty sponsor: Jean Huang Limited to 15 students Do you have a penchant for pickles? If so, join us for this co-curricular where we will make our own naturally fermented foods. We will test, sample and tweak a variety of recipes for dill pickles, sauerkraut, mustard, kimchee, jams and pickled fruits and vegetables. We will learn techniques of safe canning to save the foods we make through the cold New England winter! This cocurricular will conclude with a Pickle Party. Last semester REVO partnered with Needham High school and ran a pilot program teaching high school students how to build their own RC cars! Now we are going to launch a full scale class and are looking for YOU to be part of the project! No experience in electric vehicles is necessary; just a passion for teaching and learning. The plan is to have the Needham High students come to Olin on Friday afternoons after classes. CC172-01 Self Authorship Faculty sponsor: Gillian Epstein CC77-01 Play with Clay Faculty sponsor: Mark Somerville Limited to 8 students. If anything is "do-learn", and "hands-on", it's pottery. Mark will host a very laid-back pottery "class" at Babson's pottery studio. Whether you've done pottery before, or you'd like to learn, this is an opportunity to get your hands muddy while you produce anything from a pencil holder to a teapot. We will meet on Tuesdays, from about 6:30-8:30 p.m. There is a studio fee of about $85 per person, which covers all the materials and firings. CC20-01 ¡Por supuesto! – Spanish Conversation Faculty sponsor: Jose Oscar Mur-Miranda This Co-Curricular Offering aims to maintain or increase fluency in Spanish through informal conversations during lunch or dinner. We usually meet twice per week in the Dining Hall. Specific times are determined at the beginning of the This co-curricular on writing may span any of the following genres, based on student interest: Blogging Fiction Poetry Journalism Personal Narrative Some or all of the following activities may be included: Workshopping Targeted reading Online publishing/feedback Field trips to author readings and/or poetry slams We will meet twice a month during the lunch block, day TBD. CC164-01 Representing Myself Part II – A CoCurricular for Grand Challenge Scholars and Anyone Else Interested in SelfReflection and Expression Faculty/Staff sponsors: Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Gillian Epstein and Sally Phelps Learn more about Sustainability and the GCSP, Portfolios, Critical Reflection Essays, and Job Search Tools! Are you on the road to becoming a Grand Challenge Scholar and need some help with next steps? Or do you just need support in coming up with ways to express yourself and put your future plans in action (i.e., with portfolios, interview practice, and other forms of selfexpression)? In Part II of Representing Myself, we’ll offer at least three sessions of speakers, workshops and office hours where we can help you figure out answers to these questions, next steps, and more. CC102- 01 Sustainable Beekeeping Faculty sponsor: Benjamin Linder Learn sustainable beekeeping practices while working in the Olin apiary and running “Parcel Bees,” the Olin honey CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) through which Olin alums buy shares in the annual harvest. Participants learn to handle honey bees, make observations of bee behavior, practice sustainable hive management techniques, fabricate equipment, harvest and process honey, process wax and make candles. Multi-semester participation is encouraged. Participants are required to attend 8 or more sessions per semester. Open to students, faculty and staff. CC174-01 Technology and Culture Reading Group Faculty sponsor: Debbie Chachra “Technology is not good or bad, nor is it neutral.” Interested in learning more about the cultural and social contexts of technology and of technological change? The readings will mostly be shorter pieces, with one or two books read over the course of the semester. While the discussions will focus on technology broadly, the exact readings and topics will depend on the interests of the participating students. CC15-01 Telling the Olin Story Faculty and staff sponsors: Rob Martello and Graham Hooton Participants in “Telling the Olin Story” will investigate particular elements of Olin’s growing historical record (documentation, publications, people’s recollections, etc.) and present them to the public. Individuals or teams will identify aspects of the Olin story that interest them, such as the history of the student government, an examination of Olin’s first curriculum, or the narrative of the partner year. We will then identify the important aspects of each narrative (for example, by identifying major milestones and outcomes) and we will begin investigating these narratives through a combination of archival and research techniques. When we have gained a good understanding of each narrative we will apply some story-telling strategies and share our findings through various means that might include web pages, videos, on-campus displays, or written works. We plan to approach the vastness of Olin’s historical output with an eye on categorization, prioritization, and description. We are excited to see which compelling narratives will emerge. CC165-01 What’s Past is Prologue: Building Your Family History through Historical Methods and Modern Science Faculty sponsor: Joanne Pratt Limited to 15 students. Have you been listening to family stories for years, but don’t know exactly how you’re related to “Aunt Ginny” or “Grampa Joe”? Are there rumors in your family that you are descended from Native Americans or Mayflower Pilgrims or Abraham Lincoln? Do you wonder how you got your green eyes when other family members are blue or brown-eyed? Is it true that there’s no one alive who is youer than you? Interest in genealogy research has grown with the advent of online tools (ancestry.com, familysearch.org), inexpensive DNA testing and third party tools (AncestryDNA, 23andme, FTDNA, Gedmatch) and a plethora of television shows (Who do you think you are?, Finding your roots, Family Tree). In this co-curricular, we will use a variety of tools to trace your roots and organize your results. This may include collecting family stories, photos and documents (parents and grandparents are great sources for this type of information), researching online databases that provide documents such as immigration and naturalization records, census, birth, marriage and death records, and DNA analysis to identify unknown cousins (who may know some family secrets) and ancient ancestry/countries of origin. We will meet once a week to discuss and explore techniques for advancing our research and share stories and information we’ve collected. DNA testing will be optional (most sites charge $99 per kit), and the cost will be partially subsidized by the co-curricular budget. A meeting time will be determined by consensus once interested participants have been identified. CC99-01 13.1 and Done: Half Marathon Training Staff sponsor: Alison Black Ever wanted to try and run and/or walk a half marathon? Or have you completed one already and want to do it again? Join me for this cocurricular! Our goal race is the Earth Rock Run Half Marathon in Andover, MA on Sunday, May 3rd (commitment to this date is fairly important). We will train utilizing a training program developed by Hal Higdon. Training schedules are available for novice runners all the way through advanced runners. We will meet every other week at a mutually agreeable time to: discuss the training schedule, provide each other with tips, share running stories, and arrange for group runs if desired. Higdon’s program is designed for 12 weeks so we’ll need to start training on Monday, February 9th. The first ten students to sign up will get at least half their $75.00 race registration fee paid for by the co-curricular program. CC166-01 2D-3D Open Arts and Design Studio Faculty Sponsor: Sara Hendren Enrollment limited to 8 students. This co-curricular is a weekly two-hour open studio for making small-scale 2D and 3D artworks or functional designs, primarily with found materials (shop and studio scraps, etc) and some basic provided supplies. Emphasis will be on self-driven work, not instruction, but some weeks we'll look at techniques or approaches that may be interesting to the group. No background is necessary! Occasional drop-ins are welcome if there's capacity. Runs every Monday night, 6:308:30, in AC 225.