Information to Anchor Your Simmons Experience

Welcome to The Anchor. This bi-weekly communication will provide you with relevant information to anchor your Simmons experience.

In This Edition

• Class of 2026 presents Winter Wonderland
• Career Talk with Melanie Zimmerman 

• SURPASs Summer Research Program
• Alternative Spring Break (ASB) 2023: Women’s Rights Trip to DC 

Health & Wellness

Need a COVID booster or a flu shot? Here are some upcoming options.

Please note for both clinics:

• Participants will need to provide insurance information if seeking a flu shot.
• For COVID vaccines, please bring documentation of prior doses.
• Please wear clothing that allows easy access to your upper arm. 

Flu and COVID Clinic at Wentworth 

On Thursday, December 1, Wentworth will again host a Flu Shot and COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic. The clinic will be offering Flu Shots, COVID-19 boosters to those who are eligible and COVID-19 first and second dose vaccines for those who may still need them. Please use the link below to schedule.

8 AM - 12 PM | Thursday, December 1 | Beatty Hall Pavilion | Schedule an Appointment 

On-Campus COVID & Flu Clinic

COVID Manufacturer Provided: Moderna & Pfizer

Open to all community members, including employees, dependents age 5+, and students. Contact [email protected] with questions.

1 - 5 PM | Tuesday, December 6 | MCB, 1st Floor, Knight Board Room | Register 

Off-Campus Options 

Flu and COVID vaccines are available at most major pharmacies. If you see a primary care provider off-campus, you can also ask your provider if they can administer your vaccine. Pharmacy options near campus include: 

• CVS at 350 Longwood Avenue
• CVS at Fenway Target at 1341 Brookline Avenue 

Not Local? Find a vaccine site near you. 

Student Experience

Upcoming Events

Mindful Mondays with Elise Brenner, PhD

Mindfulness practice helps us to touch that place of natural presence within, with awareness of what is happening here and now. By gathering together every other Monday, we can practice and cultivate this part of ourselves that is more about being and less about doing. That way, when we go back to our job, relating to our families, our creative endeavors, our caring work, and our activism, we can show up and be available with a little more presence, patience, kindness, and open-heartedness.

11 - 11:30 AM | Monday, November 28 | Join via Zoom

Class of 2026 Presents Winter Wonderland

Enjoy a ski-resort-style dinner with cookie decorating and photo ops!

5 - 9 PM | Thursday, December, 1 | Bartol Dining Hall

Weekly All-Encompassing Events Calendar

A new resource for you to know what's going on around campus and the COF! This weekly calendar is updated every week with new fun events as well as reoccurring meetings, drop-ins and resources. The goal is to make all events easily accessible and known to you so that you aren't stuck wondering where to look for events.

If you have an event you do not see on the calendar and want to add it, please email [email protected] with your Organizations flyer directly.

Dining Services Update:

• Bartol will be closing on Thursday, December 22 after dinner service and will reopen on Sunday, January 15 for Brunch.
• Common Grounds will close at 6 PM on Dec. 22 and will reopen on the Tuesday, January 3. It will be open Monday – Friday for the remainder of the break.
• The Fens will close at 2 PM on Dec. 22 and reopen on Monday, January 16.
• There will be no late night on Sunday, January 15 and will reopen on Thursday, January 19.
• Common Grounds will resume normal hours on Jan. 16.

Academic Spotlight

SURPASs Summer Research Program

SURPASs is a paid summer research and creative scholarship program for students and faculty mentors across all disciplines. From May 22 - June 30, SURPASs scholars work with their faculty mentor to explore a project of their design—gaining hands-on research experience outside the classroom, as well as deepening their understanding of a topic or issue.

Scholars receive a $3,000 stipend and a project budget of up to $1,000, as well as room and board for the duration of the intensive. Faculty mentors receive a $2,000 stipend.

The first SURPASs Info Session is this Thursday, December 1 from 5 - 6 PM in room A-070 (next to the Fens Cafe in the Main College Building). Pizza will be provided!

Please RSVP if you plan to attend. A zoom link will also be available for anyone unable to attend in person.

The Ifill College Book Event

The Ifill College Book Event celebrates Ifill faculty scholarship in their respective fields with a reception, and the display and sale of Ifill faculty members’ published books within the last few years. Please join us in celebrating faculty scholarship:

• Richard Wollman, Changeable Gods
• Sheldon George, Lacan and Race: Racism, Identity, and Psychoanalytic Theory
• Marilisa Jimenez, Side by Side, US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture
• Dawna Thomas, Women s Health: Readings on Social, Economic, and Political Issues
• Sheldon George, Reading Contemporary Black British and African American Women Writers: Race, Ethics, Narrative Form
• Wanda Torres Gregory, Speaking of Silence in Heidegger
• Janie Ward and Tracy L. Robinson-Wood, Sister Resisters: Mentoring Black Women on Campus
• Mary Harrod, Suzanne Leonard and Diane Negra, eds. Imagining "We" in the Age of"I": Romance and Social Bonding in Contemporary Culture
• Patrick Sylvain, Education Across Borders: Immigration, Race, and Identity in the Classroom
• Laura R. Prieto and Stephen R. Berry, eds. Crossings and Encounters: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Atlantic World

5:00 - 6:30 PM | Thursday, December 1 | Kotzen Room, Lefavour Hall

Career and Leadership Corner

Career Talk with Melanie Zimmerman

If you are interested in learning more about a career with the U.S. Department of State, USAID, or the Peace Corps, the Warburg Program would like to invite you to a career talk on Wednesday, November 30th with Dr. Melanie Zimmerman, Foreign Service Officer for the U.S. Department of State.

12:30 - 1:30 PM | Wednesday, November 30 | Warburg Room (C-325)

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) 2023: Women’s Rights Trip to DC

Apply to join the Center for Community Engagement's ASB trip to DC this spring break! We'll explore the myriad of ways in which we can be active citizens in the fight for women’s rights. Space is limited.

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2022!

Online Ticket to the Simmons Leadership Conference

Mark your calendar for the 2023 Simmons Leadership Conference (#SLCBoston) on Tuesday, March 14, 2023! We’re thrilled to offer Simmons University students, faculty, and staff a FREE ONLINE ticket* to the event.

Be Inspired, Connect, Gain Wisdom

Join online from anywhere and engage with 8,000+ women and their allies for a powerful day of inspiration, wisdom, and learning from our world-class speakers, signature sessions, business panels, and more. We invite you to embrace 2023 as a year for Renewal and Innovation. *The first 400 students and the first 200 faculty or staff who register will receive a complimentary Online ticket.

Stay safe, and be well.

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