From: McDougal Center
Date: December 6, 2020
Subject: McDougal Graduate Student Life Notes: Week of 12-06-2020


Fellows' Tips of the Week
 

Sarah and Tayah’s West Campus Tip of the Week -  Check out this link for some new game ideas for your next socially distant zoom meet up! Use these ideas to stay in touch with your friends and family over the holidays.

Billy and Nakeirah’s Social Tip of the Week -  It's getting cold! Use window insulation kits (like this one) to keep your room warm and save energy (and reduce your heating bill by up to 30%)!!

Alycia and Helen’s Arts and Culture Tip of the Week -  The Yale University Art Gallery’s Mindfulness and Art program explores light and luminosity in select works from the collection. Join expert practicioner Anne Dutton (Director of Mindfulness Education at the Yale Stress Center) for a December 9th session of this virtual series. The online session focuses on a single object and incorporates the illuminating capacities of mindfulness and poetry to aid in contemplation and dialogue. To register for this event: Link

Adrian and Larissa’s Health and Wellness Tip of the Week -  New Haven's CitySeed Market is open until December 19th! Come by on Saturdays to enjoy a socially distanced outdoor market with fresh produce, baked breads, coffee, and more! Check out their schedule here.

Liam's YaleConnect Tip of the Week -   Did you know that YaleConnect features a nicely user-friendly website-building tool? Even I was able to figure out something of how to use it!

Lisa's Study Space Tip of the Week -  Looking for some on-campus space to study, write or grade papers/tests from now thru Dec. 18 (end of term)? The University Registrar's Office (URO) has identified campus spaces that can be reserved by grad students to use between now and December 18. Please contact registrar craig.canfield@yale.edu if you'd like to book space for your use during this time. Must have on-campus access (LL1-3) and do your DHCs to be on campus.

Jo McDougal's Holiday Happenings -  Holiday and Winter events are happening outdoors and online all this month - Drive thru the Fantasy of Lights in Lighthouse Point Park until Dec. 31 (benefits Goodwill non-profit); Get a FREE Socially Distant Photo and Visit with Santa outdoors in front of Shubert Theater on Sat & Suns, along with great Promos and Discounts!; Celebrate Hanukah with the Jewish Federation of New Haven; Shop local and Get Regular Student Discounts and a free hot cocoa or cupcake with eligible purchases at The Shops at Yale and Whitney Audubon Shops; Enjoy Traditional Advent and Christmas Music on Yale Schola Cantorum Youtube Channel; and OISS website has loads "Fun things" to stream or do now and thru Winter Break!

EVENT

Friluftsliv Hiking Challenge

Tuesday, December 1 at 8:00am
to Tuesday, December 15 at 8:00am
Wherever you want to hike!, Founders Hall, 135 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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While temperatures drop and we all look for ways to stay active AND socially distanced, the hot new winter activity this year is... going outside in the cold! In the spirit of friluftsliv (hygge's more outdoorsy and bold sibling), we challenge you to take a hike. From December 1st-15th, find a beautiful place to hike near wherever you are, record it with the AllTrails app, take a snapshot, and then fill out our online form. You'll be competing for several categories--best photo, greatest elevation change, longest hike, etc.--and winners will receiver a FREE Yale T-shirt from Campus Customs.
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Thrifty & Thriving!: Budgeting & DIY Gift Ideas (with supply pick up)

Tuesday, December 8
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Want to give great gifts on a budget? No problem! Make your own holiday gifts & learn budgeting tips! We will get you started on your first gift with a DIY face mask. Hope to see you there!
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2020 3-Minute Thesis Competition: Award Ceremony

Tuesday, December 8
12:30pm - 1:30pm
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Yale's annual 3-Minute Thesis Competition is an opportunity for Yale PhD students to celebrate their hard work, ingenuity, and research through friendly competition and professional development.  Each participant is tasked with presenting their research within 3 minutes, using a single PowerPoint slide, to a lay audience.  After an initial round of competition, our finalists customarily compete in a live event, where the winners are ultimately determined.  

Due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, this year's finals (initially scheduled for April) had to be put on hold.  Over the past several weeks, our finalists have adapted their presentations to the virtual landscape, recording video submissions of their talks for review by our panel of judges.  After months of hard work, the winner of this year's 3-Minute Thesis Competition will finally be revealed!

Dean Cooley will be on hand to announce this year's winners.  Join us as we celebrate this year's finalists and their hard work!

Starting Monday, November 30th, we will be releasing our finalists' videos via the Office of Career Strategy YouTube page! View them at https://bit.ly/OCSYouTube. You can also participate in our audience selected voting for 'Best in Humanities/Social Sciences' and 'Best in STEM' at https://bit.ly/Yale3MTvoting.

This event will be held via Zoom. Register to attend at https://bit.ly/Yale3MTAwards
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REGISTER BY 12/7: Baking Dr. Seuss' Homemade Pretzels: A Tasty Twist on Story Time for Grad Families and Couples

Thursday, December 10
5:15pm - 6:15pm
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Did you know that Dr. Seuss grew up fairly close to Yale, in a family of professional bakers? And did you know that history has preserved his family's recipe for homemade soft pretzels? And that they're a tasty, easy, and kid or couple friendly culinary experience?

Join the McDougal Family Fellows via Zoom on Thursday, December 10, from 5:15-6:15 for a fun hour of dough-making, dough-baking, and story-time as we make pretzels. For grad students and families living on campus, we'll provide the flour, yeast, and sugar you'll need via socially distanced pick-up at the McDougal Center, but Yale grad student families and couples/spouses/partners are welcome to join from anywhere in the world if they can supply their own ingredients (or if they just want to learn). We'll step you through the steps of pretzel making and provide inspirations for how to make these into a tasty supper that's fun to make, and read a silly Seuss-story while the dough rises. Hope to see you there!
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Holiday Cocktail and Food Pairing With Ordinary and Fundraiser for Animal Rescue (21+, Buy Tix before 12/13)

Tuesday, December 15
7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Indulge in holiday cheer with evening of food and drink pairings at home, with supplies picked up in advance at Ordinary New Haven (990 Chapel). Then join Tim Cabral and the mixologists of Ordinary for a guided food and drink session over Zoom, with festive cocktails or mocktails. Choose your own price, and if you can, consider donating a few dollars to Halfway Home Animal Rescue!!
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Gift Exchange at West Campus

Tuesday, December 15
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Celebrate the holidays by bringing a wrapped gift (under $15) to West Campus to trade for a new gift! Open your surprise gift on zoom with us for some fun laughs and comradery.
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McDougal Winter Holiday Family Dinner & Celebration at Home - For GSAS Grad Families & Grad Couples (Buy Tix by 12/14, Meal Pickup in New Haven 12/16)

Wednesday, December 16
5:30pm - 6:00pm
Pickup food off campus, then join in a short Zoom Holiday at Home Hello with the Fellows, Founders Hall, 135 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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Enjoy a Holiday Hot cooked meal to eat at home with your grad family with your kids or as a grad student couple, at a deeply discount price courtesy of the McDougal Grad Life Fellows and staff. Reserve your turkey or vegetarian/vegan/kosher dinner for only $5 per meal. On 12/16, pick up in person in New Haven at a locally owned restaurant - Yorkside or Claire's Cornercopia. Then join other grads for a short holiday hello hosted by the Fellows! You can have a festive night off from cooking dinner! Send us a photo of your holiday meal at home if you can!
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Academic Calendar - End of Fall 2020 Term - Yale Winter Recess Dec. 19, 2020- Jan. 3, 2021

Friday, December 18
5:00pm - 7:00pm
various campus facilities and offices - check directly with them for services Dec. 19-Jan 3, Founders Hall, 135 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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Fall 2020 term ends at Yale. Most offices and facilities on campus may be closed or have limited hours, so contact them directly.
*Feb. 1, 2021 - GSAS Spring 2021 Term Courses Begin.
*COVID TESTING Continues with limited interruptions - see http://covid-19.yale.edu/screening for dates and times
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Due Date: Give your Feedback on McDougal GSL Virtual Events!

Sunday, December 20
11:00pm - 11:55pm
TBD
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Thank you for supporting McDougal Graduate Student Life this semester, especially as we navigated through an almost entirely virtual semester! We hope you were able to take advantage of at least a few of our events this semester!
As the GSL Fellows and Staff look forward to planning events for the Spring 2021 semester, we would love to hear the feedback of GSAS students! When you have a chance, please fill out our Planning and Feedback survey (link here)! Your input is much appreciated and will help us plan events that are engaging to the Yale GSAS Community!
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Winter Crafty Night at Home - Decorate Your Grad Apartment or Room for Holidays (Kit Pickup in New Haven)

Monday, December 21
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Winter Holidays are just around the corner! Hoping to create a winter year vibe for your apartment or home? Join with other grad students together to decorate crafts! We will provide decoration kits for pickup in New Haven, which include different shapes of wooden ornament, colored bells, glittered powder among many other decoration tools. You just need to register, nd pick up the kit in New Haven by Friday 12/18 (time TBA), along with some holiday candy and a hot tea or hot cocoa packet. We will all meet on Zoom on Monday 12/21 and decorate and create holiday spirit together. *Kit is designed for adults.
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Koru Mindfulness and Meditation Course

Thursday, January 7, 2021
3:00pm - 4:15pm
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Stressed out? Trouble sleeping? Want more compassion for yourself and others? Try Koru Mindfulness, a four-week course designed to teach students the basics of mindfulness and meditation. These skills can help you manage daily stress and bring more ease into your life. The course is offered for matriculating students only.
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