Deans Memo
| Friday March 30 & Saturday March 31, 2012 | Issue # 42 |
| Friday, March 30 Agenda · 1700-1800 – Health Careers Panel. Physicians, nurses, medical researchers, health care administrators, etc. will discuss their respective career paths (why they chose this profession, what training is required, what has changed during their professional lifetimes, etc.) and then the platform will open to a question and answer discussion so that we target our comments to what the students really want to know. Panelists include Executive Dean Bob Vieira and members of our visiting medical team. (Union) · 1800-1900 – Shabbat Dinner at Sea. All are welcome. (Classroom 1) · 1900-2000 – Meditation/Qi Gong. (Classroom 8) · 1900-2100 – Cultural Pre-port: China. Chinese students will offer a sample of Chinese music and dance from 1900 to 1945, followed by conversations with those students, Profs. Farmer and Zhang, and Senator Robb. (Union)
· 2100-2330 Film Club Movie: Enter the Dragon. (Classroom 5) Saturday, March 31 Agenda · 0900 – Family Photo. All dependent children and their families, caretakers, et al are invited to participate in the family photo. (Pool Deck) · 1600-1730 – Mandatory Shipwide Temperature Taking. Hong Kong health authorities require everyone to have their temperature taken prior to our arrival in Hong Kong. Please have your shipboard ID ready and enter the Union on the Portside. There could be classes in session in rooms 6 & 7 so please be quiet when you go to have your temperature taken. (Union) · 1700-1830 – Gumshoe Enigma Schnitzel Road kill Improv Workshop. (Classroom 8) · 1700-1800 – Politics of China. Professors Edward Farmer and Ruizhang Zhang, and former US Senator Charles Robb, on US-China relations and Chinese politics. (Classroom 4) · 1800-1900 – Language Workshop. (Union) · 2000-2100 – Mandatory Logistical Pre-port: China. (Union) · 2100-2300 – Movie Night: Up. (Union) · 2100 – Chess Club. Come join chess club as Gavin Se teaches us the basics of Chinese Chess. Bring your chess boards for a friendly match afterward! Beginners are always welcome. Announcements Japan Transit Forms are Due. Get those forms to the Admin Office ASAP! Immigration Forms. Don’t forget to get those forms at the purser’s desk signed by 1200 on March 31. China Transit Passengers. There will be a mandatory lifeboat drill just after On Ship time… April 2 at 2130-ish. Shipboard Group Photos. Want to know what happens to those Shipboard Group photos that were taken on Vietnam Preparation Day. Several weeks after our voyage, you will receive an electronic copy of the Spring 2012 Voyage Directory via email. The Directory will include photos, names and email addresses of all students, faculty, staff, Lifelong Learners and dependents, along with the group photos. Passover Seder. If you are interested in attending a Passover Seder on April 8th 1730-1930, please sign up at the Student Activities desk. You must sign up by 1200 March 31st in order to attend. Space is limited so we ask that priority goes to community members of the Jewish faith. Zumba! Every morning at 0700 in the Union. Information from the Captain and Crew ISE Explorer is committed to reduction of water use onboard by means of increased awareness and engineering solutions (e.g. water flow restricting devices). Crew onboard are encouraged and motivated to be environmentally innovative by a monetary award for contributing the best environmental ideas for further improving management practices. | Today’s Quote “The art of learning fundamental common values is perhaps the greatest gain of travel to those who wish to live at ease among their fellows.” -Freya Stark Laundry Service B17: Deck 2 April 1: CLOSED Happy Birthday! Farrell Saunders Question of the Day On what date did China resume sovereignty over Hong Kong? Last question: What is the Vietnamese common name for the herb Polygonum odoratum? Answer: rau ram, or Vietnamese coriander (source: Oxford Companion to Food, p. 656) Television Programming Ch. 2: Japan's Killer Quake – for Natural Hazards and Evolution of the Earth Ch. 3: Nell (1994, 112min, PG-13)– for Cognitive Psychology Ch. 5: Hearts and Minds (1974, 112min, R) – for Global Cinema Ch. 6: Is Wal-Mart Good For America? (2005, 60min, NR)– for Modern China Other Gratitude Meditation I am aware that I owe so much to my parents, teacher, friends, and all beings. I vow to be worthy of their trust, to practice wholeheartedly, so that Understanding and Compassion will flower, and I can help living beings be free from their suffering. -Thich Nhat Hanh field office hours – tymitz sq. At Sea 1130-1300 In Port CLOSED Dining Hours Breakfast 0700 – 0830 Lunch 1130 – 1330 Dinner 1730 – 1930 Medical Clinic – Deck 2 Hours: At Sea 0800–0900 and 1630–1730 In Port 0730–0800 and for 1 hour following “on ship” time Counseling Center – Deck 2 Hours: 1500-1700 and by appointment Dependent Children’s Program– Main Dining Room Hours: 0845-1145 Home Schooling 1345-1545 Afternoon Activity |
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