Announcement: Swine Flu Information

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff;

As you probably know, several confirmed cases of mild swine flu have been
identified in New York City. Pratt will follow the guidance of the New
York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other appropriate agencies in
fashioning the Institute's responses to a matter of understandable public
concern.

Currently, there are no changes to the Institute's operations or
activities based on these public health recommendations. The federal CDC
has issued a recommendation to avoid non-essential travel to Mexico
during this time.

The best thing everyone can do at the present time is to practice normal
precautionary hygiene such as regular hand-washing. If you have flu-like
symptoms, it is recommended that you stay home from work or school and
avoid public activities. Students are encouraged to seek assistance, if
needed, from the Health and Counseling Service, at (718) 399-4542, WRH
room 117. Staff and Faculty are advised to consult their private medical
practitioner.

Tips for Preventing the Flu:

1. Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough
or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.
2. Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or the elbow of your arm when
you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
3. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
4. Get an influenza shot annually. The current influenza vaccine
formulation is not protective against avian or swine influenza. However,
a recent study suggests annual influenza immunization of the elderly has
a cumulative protective effect, resulting in reduced mortality,
particularly in older individuals.
5. Clean things that are touched often. Clean things that are touched
often at home, work, or school like door or refrigerator handles,
computer key boards / mouse, phone and water faucets.
6. Avoid close contact with others who are ill. Avoid holding, hugging
or kissing anyone who has a cold or the flu.

For ongoing updates and more prevention tips, please visit:
http://www.pratt.edu/health.

Institute leadership continues to monitor the situation closely and will
keep you informed of any developments that affect the Pratt community.
Additionally, if you are interested in monitoring updates on your own,
the most recent information is available on the New York City Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene website: www.nyc.gov/health

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Announcement: Congratulations 2008-2009 Leadership Award Winners!

Outstanding Advisor: Brynna Tucker, Peer to Peer
Outstanding Collaboration: Peer to Peer, "Fresh Meet"
Outstanding Community Outreach: Community Involvement Board, Operation
Turkey
Outstanding Cultural Program: Nexus Multicultural Club, Black History
Month Art Show
Outstanding Student Organization Program: Program Board, "Rocky Horror
Picture Show"
Outstanding Service to Pratt: Annie Ericsson
Outstanding Involvement in the Residential Community: Caitlin Santone
Outstanding Service to the Residential Community: Laylah Mohammed
Quiet Influence: Joseph Regina
Quiet Influence: Anusha Venkataraman
Student Athlete of the Year Award: Emma McDonald
"Seraphin Bernard" Student Leader of the Year Award: Amanda LaPlaca
Tribute to a Graduating Senior: Aldrin Valdez

Emma Legge
Director of Student Activities and Orientation
Pratt Institute
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11205
(718) 636-3422
elegge@pratt.edu

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Announcement: Student Government Elections (Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses)

Dear Pratt student,
Look in your Pratt inbox for an email with an online ballot listing your
fellow students who are running for Student Government offices--and a
referendum question.

Please vote for the candidate of your choice and answer the referendum
question about NYPIRG (end of ballot). NYPIRG is a statewide,
student-directed, not-for-profit organization with a chapter at Pratt
since 1983.

Email subject line: \"SGA Ballot\"

Thank you!

Emma Legge, Director of Student Activities and Orientation

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Announcement: 2009 Digital Arts Screening

Pratt's Digital Arts Department will hold its annual Digital
Arts Screening this Thursday, April 30, 6-8:30 PM in Memorial Hall on
Pratt Institute's Brooklyn campus.

The program will feature short digital animation and motion arts films as
well as the filmed documentation of interactive installations and
emerging artworks. Sixteen senior capstone projects will be presented by
2009 B.F.A. candidates and twenty thesis projects will be presented by
2009 M.F.A. candidates.

A number of graduate students whose works are included in the screening
have already publicly exhibited their work in commercial galleries, at
2008 SIGGRAPH Asia, and at more than 10 national and international
festivals.

A reception will be held following the screening in the Digital Arts
Department, located in the ARC Building, lower level.

The screening and reception are free and open to the public.

For additional information, please contact Peter Patchen, chair, Digital
Arts, at ppatchen@pratt.edu or visit dda.pratt.edu.

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Announcement: Spring 2009 Industrial Design Graduate Thesis Presentations

Spring 2009 Industrial Design Graduate Thesis Presentations

Dates: Friday, May 1st and Saturday, May 2nd
Time: 12;30 pm-5:00pm
Location: 4th floor of Pratt Studios (Room 43)

A gallery reception will follow the presentations on both Friday and
Saturday in the Design Center Gallery, Pratt Studios, 2nd floor.

For more information on student thesis presentations and event details,
plese visit
http://prattmid.blogspot.com

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Announcement: Art of Giving Exhibition/Benefit to be held May 1-2

The Art of Giving art exhibition, auction, and fundraiser will
feature art by Pratt students and faculty as well as by artists in the
surrounding community. All proceeds from the sale of artworks will go to
support the nonprofit organization International Action's Campaign for
Clean Water in Haiti (http://www.haitiwater.org/).

Art of Giving events are free unless otherwise noted.

The schedule is as follows:

MAY 1:

11 AM - 5 PM
Auction preview

4 PM and 7:30 PM
Film Screening: "POTO MITAN: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy"

MAY 2:

11 AM - 5 PM
Auction continues

5:30-10 PM
Wrap-up party with a silent auction, raffle, food, and a live performance
by musicians Okai and KMBS. Suggested admission fee for the wrap-up party
is $5.

Art of Giving is organized by Pratt Arts and Cultural Management graduate
students Marcella Guerrero and Youngsil Chang and is sponsored by Pioneer
Supermarkets and Glacau smartwater.

For more information, email: artofgiving2009@gmail.com.

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Announcement: Stress Relief

Come join us for an afternoon of tension relieving experiences!!

Activities include:

Free Massages!
Pet Therapy (come pet some loving dogs!), Beading for relaxation, & a fun
raffle!

This Thursday, April 23rd, 12-3pm
No Name Caf, Willoughby Hall

Sponsored by: Pratt Health & Counseling, & Pratt Athletics
Outside Sponsors: Good Dog Foundation, & Massage On The Go

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Announcement: New Media Symposium

Where: Pratt Manhattan Campus - 6th floor

When: Saturday, April 25 from 2-7pm

The New Media Symposium seeks to address the influence of new media and
emerging technologies in library and information sciences. This event
will feature two panels. The first panel will bring together scholars and
researchers in New Media, Digital and Fine Arts, as well as Library and
Information Science to discuss how and why new media is affecting the
field. The second panel will then feature Pratt alumni from the School of
Information and Library Science who are currently working in new media to
discuss their work in relation to their education, and will also include
recruiters from the field to talk with students about job opportunities.
Refreshments will be provided, and informal breakout sessions will
continue the discussion off-campus.

For more information about the symposium and our organizations please
visit our blogs:

http://asistpratt.wordpress.com/

http://prattsilssa.wordpress.com/

You can also follow SILSSA on twitter: http://twitter.com/silssa

Co-Sponsored by ASIS&T Student Chapter and SILSSA at the School of
Information and Library Science

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Announcement: SGA Hosts a Picnic THIS Friday

Pratt's Student Government Association (SGA) is Hosting a Campus
Wide PICNIC!

Date/Time: Friday, April 24th, 12noon - 2pm
Location: Sculpture Garden (behind the Library), Brooklyn Campus

Free Food & Beverages with Musical Guest, La Strada
http://www.myspace.com/lastradanyc

We look forward to celebrating the end of the semester together.
All are welcome - just bring your own blanket.

SGA
sga@pratt.edu

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Announcement: Senior Reading by Writing Majors to Take Place on Thursday, April 30

Pratt's senior writing majors will present original selections
from their work on Thursday, April 30th at 5PM in the Rose Garden behind
the Pratt Library in Brooklyn. Please join us as we celebrate and support
the graduating class.

In the event of rain, the Senior Reading will be held in the Alumni
Reading Room.

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Announcement: Senior Reading by Writing Majors to Take Place on Thursday, April 30

Pratt's senior writing majors will present original selections
from their work on Thursday, April 30th at 5PM in the Rose Garden behind
the Pratt Library in Brooklyn. Please join us as we celebrate and support
the graduating class.

In the event of rain, the Senior Reading will be held in the Alumni
Reading Room.

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Announcement: Shared Minds: Faculty and Staff

"Shared Minds": Faculty and Students

Interdisciplinary Work at Pratt Institute

This forum will explore interdisciplinary work and its potential as a
catalyst for social change through a range of efforts, both historical
and current. The panel builds on interdisciplinary and social change
initiatives such as Pratt's Master Academic Plan (MAP), the Pratt Center
and Sustainable Pratt.

+ What are the opportunities and constraints for interdisciplinary work?

+ Is there a connection between interdisciplinary work and social justice?

Thursday, April 23
5:00-7:00 pm
Faculty Dining Room

Moderators:
Heather Lewis and Brynna Tucker, IACSC Co-Chairs

Panelists:
Anusha Venkataraman and Rebecca Hernandez, Student Experiences Rosemary
Palms and Amy Brook Snider, >From Writing Across the Curriculum to The
Journal Project.
Jim Costanzo and Ann Messner, Fine Arts and Social Change Eva Hanhardt,
Deb Johnson and Ayse Yonder, Sustainable Pratt

Discussant:
Victoria Hattam, Professor, Political Science, The New School

Sponsored by the Initiative for Arts, Community and Social Change (IACSC)
with support from the Academic Senate.

* Michael Schrage. Shared Minds: The New Technologies of Collaboration, New
York: Random House, 1990.

DOWNLOAD FLYER:
Http://prattsenate.org/SharedMinds.pdf

For more information, contact:

Heather Lewis, PhD; Assistant Professor
Art and Design Education
718.399.4477
heatherbrittain@yahoo.com

Brynna Tucker, Associate Director, Internship Coordinator Office of
Career Services
718.636.3506
btucker@pratt.edu

Pratt Institute
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205

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Announcement: Pratt Institute is now on Twitter!

It's time to Tweet!

Pratt Institute is now on Twitter! You can follow Pratt at
www.twitter.com/PrattInstitute.

Stay up to date on happenings around campus, the latest in school news, and
upcoming events.

Twitter is a free social networking service that allows its users to post
and read other users' updates known as "tweets." Those interested in
joining can create a username and password at Twitter.com.

Twitter has gained popularity exponentially over the past few months and
has been featured in national publications such as TIME Magazine
(http://tinyurl.com/2kku4o) and New York Magazine
(http://tinyurl.com/cvug4n).

Just this week, the race for CNN and Ashton Kutcher to become the first
Twitter user to have one million friends was underway
(http://tinyurl.com/dz66gq).

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Announcement: Author Michael Kimball and Poet Doug Anderson Part of Friday Forum Reading Series on Friday, April 24

Author Michael Kimball and poet Doug Anderson will speak at
Pratt Institute as part of Friday Forum from 12-1:50 PM on Friday, April
24 in the Engineering Building, Room 371 on Pratt's Brooklyn Campus. The
talk is free and open to the public. Friday Forum is a bi-weekly reading
series and discussion seminar organized by The Writing Program at Pratt
Institute to welcome writers, editors, and critics to share their work
and experiences with the Pratt community.

Kimball has written three novels in the past decade, and his most recent
work, Dear Everybody (Alma Books, 2008), was just published in the U.S.,
Canada, and the U.K. The Los Angeles Times said the book is "funny and
warm and sad and heartbreaking," and Time Out New York calls the writing
"stunning." Kimball's first two novels The Way the Family Got Away
(Fourth Estate Ltd, 2000) and How Much of Us There Was (Fourth Estate
Ltd, 2005) are both in the process of being translated into a number of
languages. Kimball is also the founder of the collaborative art project
"Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard)."

Anderson has written two prize-winning books of poetry in the past
decade, The Moon Reflected Fire (Alice James Books, 2002) and Blues for
Unemployed Secret Police (Curbstone Press, 2000), and has authored plays,
screenplays, criticism, and works of fiction. His latest work and first
memoir, Keep Your Head Down, will be published by W. W. Norton this
summer. Anderson teaches at the University of Connecticut, Greater
Hartford Campus, and is a teaching affiliate of the William Joiner Center
for the Study of War and Its Social Consequences at University of
Massachusetts, Boston. His recent works of poetry have appeared in The
Massachusetts Review.

Baltimore-based Kimball and Connecticut-based Anderson will be given
introductions written by Pratt students participating in the Friday Forum
series before commencing their talk and answering questions from the
audience.

Michael Kimball and Doug Anderson are among more than ten literary
figures invited to speak as part of the spring semester Friday Forum. The
forum concludes with Salon.com founder Laura Miller on May 8. Friday
Forum is directed by Visiting Assistant Professors of the English,
Humanities, and Language Department, Nelly Reifler and Gina Zucker, under
the supervision of Samantha Hunt, Acting Coordinator of The Writing
Program at Pratt.

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Announcement: On February 9, 2009 Graduate Communications Design student Min Joung Kim died tragically.

Friends and fellow students, faculty and staff are invited to participate
in a non-denominational memorial service to remember our fellow student.

In the Pratt Chapel on Thursday, April 23 at 12 noon.

Friends and companions of Min are invited to share their thoughts and
reflections during the service.

Members of the Pratt Health and Counseling Staff will be attending the
service. In addition the Pratt Health and Counseling Office has walk-in
urgent counseling hours Monday-Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. or counseling by
appointment throughout the week should you be in need of support at this
difficult time.

If you would like more information about Min Joung Kim please call the
Pratt Student Affairs Office at (718)636-3639 or e-mail us at
studaff@pratt.edu.

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Announcement: Grand Walk Improvement Update -- Temporary Vehicular Closure at Willoughby Entrance

As we continue with the construction of the Grand Walk
Improvements. Intermittent vehicular closure of the Willoughby entrance
will take place beginning the week of April 20th. Security will facilitate
access to the parking lots on campus via the Steuban Gate. Deliveries and
pedestrian access will continue to be available via the Willoughby
entrance.

During this construction phase, and for the duration of the project, please
take note of alternative routes to use on campus. Wood ramps or other
directed alternate routes should be utilized at all times. Protective
fencing will be used to block areas of no access. Please respect these
restrictions and do not walk in areas under construction, which are
hazardous. These measures have been designed with your safety in mind, and
we apologize for any inconvenience.

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Announcement: Meet the Dean of Art & Design Candidates

Dear Faculty, Staff, Academic Senators, and Students:

As some of you may know, Dean Frank Lind of the School of Art & Design
will be stepping down at the end of this year to enjoy a well deserved
sabbatical (after 10 amazing years of leadership) and returning to us
after that as a full time faculty member in our Fine Arts Department.

An extensive search for a new Dean has been ongoing, and we are
finalizing decisions with regard to this very important administrative
and academic leadership position at Pratt.

After a very extensive search and vetting process by an exceptional
Search Committee, several Candidates have been referred to the Provost
for final consideration.

I would like to invite you to experience, face to face, two of the
finalists. The Bio's of these exceptional candidates will be available at
the meetings listed below.

The dates and times are as follows:

Dean Concetta Stewart
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 12:30pm to 1:15pm
Brooklyn Campus, Alumni Reading Room

Dean Joseph Lewis
Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 12:30pm to 1:15pm
Brooklyn Campus, Engineering Room 371

Confirmation of your attendance is not required, and we look forward to
your attendance.

Thanks,

Peter

Peter Barna, Provost
Pratt Institute

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Announcement: The Writing Program Presents Panel Discussion on Literary Influence and Community, Thursday, April 16

The discussion, titled "Influence: Literary Influence Beyond
Books, Literary Community Beyond the Living," will feature essayist and
novelist ZADIE SMITH, poet JENNIFER L. KNOX, novelist ED PARK, and
short-fiction writer SUSAN STEINBERG.

The panel will be held on Thursday, April 16 from 2 to 4 PM in Higgins
Hall, located at the corner of St. James Place and Lafayette Avenue in
Brooklyn.

This event is sponsored by the Writing Program.

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Announcement: Poet and author Alice Notley to deliver 2009 Michael Mahoney Memorial Reading on Friday, April 17

Poet and author Alice Notley will speak at Pratt Institute as
part of the Friday Forum's Michael Mahoney Memorial Reading from 12 to
1:50 PM on Friday, April 17 in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on
Pratt's Brooklyn Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Friday Forum is a bi-weekly reading series and discussion seminar
organized by The Writing Program at Pratt Institute to welcome writers,
editors, and critics to share their work and experiences with the Pratt
community.

Notley was educated at Barnard College and at the University of Iowa's
Writers Workshop. She traveled extensively throughout the late 1960s and
early '70s before settling down on New York's Lower East Side.

Notley is recognized as an important force in the eclectic second
generation of the "New York school of poetry." She has authored more than
thirty books of poetry, including How Spring Comes (Coffee House Press,
1981), a co-winner of the San Francisco Poetry Award.

Notley's work Mysteries of Small Houses (Penguin, 1998) was one of three
finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book
Prize for Poetry. In 2002, she won the Griffin International Prize for
her poem "Disobedience" and five years later, was honored with the
Academy of American Poets' Lenore Marshall Award for Grave of Light: New
and Selected Poems 1970-2005 (Wesleyan University Press, 2008).

Alice Notley is one of more than ten literary figures invited to speak as
part of the spring semester Friday Forum. The forum continues with author
Michael Kimball and memoirist Doug Anderson on April 24 and Salon.com
founder Laura Miller on May 8. Friday Forum is directed by visiting
assistant professors of the Humanities & Media Studies and Language
departments, Nelly Reifler and Gina Zucker, under the
supervision of Samantha Hunt, Acting Coordinator of The Writing Program
at Pratt.

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Announcement: Poet and author Alice Notley to deliver 2009 Michael Mahoney Memorial Reading on Friday, April 7

Poet and author Alice Notley will speak at Pratt Institute as
part of the Friday Forum's Michael Mahoney Memorial Reading from 12 to
1:50 PM on Friday, April 17 in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on
Pratt's Brooklyn Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Friday Forum is a bi-weekly reading series and discussion seminar
organized by The Writing Program at Pratt Institute to welcome writers,
editors, and critics to share their work and experiences with the Pratt
community.

Notley was educated at Barnard College and at the University of Iowa's
Writers
Workshop. She traveled extensively throughout the late 1960s and early
70s before settling down on New York's Lower East Side.

Notley is recognized as an important force in the eclectic second
generation of the "New York school of poetry." She has authored more than
thirty books of poetry, including How Spring Comes (Coffee House Press,
1981), a co-winner of the San Francisco Poetry Award.

Notley's work Mysteries of Small Houses (Penguin, 1998) was one of three
finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book
Prize for Poetry. In 2002, she won the Griffin International Prize for
her poem "Disobedience" and five years later, was honored with the
Academy of American Poets' Lenore Marshall Award for Grave of Light: New
and Selected Poems 1970-2005 (Wesleyan University Press, 2008).

Alice Notley is one of more than ten literary figures invited to speak as
part of the spring semester Friday Forum. The forum continues with author
Michael Kimball and memoirist Doug Anderson on April 24 and Salon.com
founder Laura Miller on May 8. Friday Forum is directed by Visiting
Assistant Professors of the English, Humanities, and Language Department,
Nelly Reifler and Gina Zucker, under the
supervision of Samantha Hunt, Acting Coordinator of The Writing Program
at Pratt.

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Announcement: SGA elections are coming up!

If you are interested in running for Student Government, here is
your chance! Please stop by the Student Activities office, lower level
of Main Building, before Wednesday, April 15 to schedule a brief
information session. Information sessions will be held April 16 through
April 21. Voting will occur in late April.

Requirements to serve on Student Government:
1. You must have a minimum of a 2.75 cumulative GPA.
2. You must be in good standing with the Institute (no social, academic
or residence hall probation)
3. You must be able to complete the term of office (September 2009
through May 2010)
4. You must be able to attend training in May 2009.

Job descriptions for Student Government
Chair of Student Life
-Meets with Director of Student Activities
-Attends Board of Trustees meetings (Student Life Committee)
-Is responsible for: clubs, student activities, commuter issues,
athletics, counseling and health services, judicial affairs,
international student affairs, on-campus bank and the library.
Chair of Facilities
-Meet with VP of Finance
-Meet with head of Facilities or designee
-Meet with Security
-Attend Buildings and Grounds Committee meetings of Board of Trustees
-Is responsible for: disabled student access and equipment and the
conditions in shopsand studios.
Chair Academic Concerns
-Meets with Provost
-Meets with deans
-Attends meetings between deans and chairs
-Attends Board of Trustees-Academic Affairs committee
-Is responsible for: transfer credits, exchange programs, academic
equipment and Academic Advisement.
Chair for Campus and Community Development
-Meets with Director of Residential Life
-Meets with Hall Councils
-Assigned to the Food Committee
-Is responsible for: the Mailroom and Student Government meeting minutes.
Chair of Sustainability:
-Attends sustainability club events and meetings
-Meets with Academic Director of Sustainability
-Meets with Facilities Coordinator of Sustainability
-Is the voice of sustainability for Student Government; providing
information at meetings to make sure events and promotions adhere to
correct sustainable practices.
Chair of Graduate Studies
-Meets regularly with officers of graduate student clubs
- Works to create bridges and communication between students at Pratt
Manhattan and
Brooklyn campuses
-Creates opportunities for all graduate students to air their opinions
and relays those opinions to appropriate administrators.
-Works with the rest of SGA to integrate graduate students into projects
and events.
Liaison to Pratt Manhattan Campus (PMC)
-Oversees communication between SGA and PMC students
-Meets with Pratt Institute administrators as needed to address specific
PMC concerns
-Communicates projects and outcomes in a timely fashion to PMC community
-Responsible for maintaining office hours at PMC
Chair of Finance
-Oversees budget allocations and distribution for clubs and organizations
-Works with Career Services and Bookstore
-Keeps SGA webpage updated

If you have any questions, please contact Emma Legge at elegge@pratt.edu.

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Announcement: Passover Seder

Congregation B'nai Avraham invites any student wishing to
celebrate Passover to attend their seders on April 8 and 9th.
Congregation B'nai Avraham (http://www.bnaiavrahambrooklynheights.com/)is
located at 117 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights.

Seders are free of charge and begin at 8pm both nights. There will be no
Passover services on campus this year.

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Announcement: Friday April 10, 2009 Classes meet, offices closed.

Dear Community:

This is a reminder that on Friday, April 10, 2009 all Institute classes
will meet on their normal Friday schedules.

However, all adminstrative offices will be officially closed.

Sincerely,

Peter Barna, Provost

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Announcement: Food Committee Meeting

In conjunction with CulinArt, the Student Government Association
and the Student Affairs Office, a new campus-wide collective committee
has been formed in order to make the dining experience at Pratt as
excellent as possible. We would like to formally invite any and all
students and faculty who have dining concerns to join us on Thursday,
April 9th, 2009 at 12:30pm in the small faculty Dining Room. Topics
covered will include food quality, sustainability, hours, C-Store, staff
and facilities.

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Announcement: Pratt to hold 21 Annual 12-hour Draw-a-thon on Friday, April 17

Pratt Institute will hold its 21st Annual Draw-a-thon on Friday,
April 17, 2009 from 7 PM until 7 AM in Main Building, 4th Floor on 200
Willoughby Avenue between Classon Avenue and Hall Street in Brooklyn.
Admission is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Pizza, fruit, coffee
and refreshments at will be served at midnight and throughout the event.

This marks the 21st year that Pratt has hosted the Draw-a-thon, having
held it annually since 1988. The Pratt Draw-a-thon, hosted by the
Foundation Art Department, has become a tradition at Pratt and throughout
the New York art community. "Each year the event attracts
ever-increasing crowds of enthusiastic participants for this 12-hour
marathon figure-drawing phenomenon," according to Doug Wirls, coordinator
of the Draw-a-thon.

Throughout the evening and into the night, 18 models circulate throughout
the drawing studios. Specific studios are dedicated to poses ranging
from the energy and frenzy of fast action poses, to sessions of five
minutes, twenty minutes and one-hour duration. There is also the
opportunity to work from extended poses of three and six hours.

One of the unique aspects of this event is the opportunity it provides
both students and art professionals to work from groups of models posing
together. There will also be a studio devoted to costume modeling, a very
popular recent addition. The marathon culminates in a grand finale in
which all of the models pose together in continuous slow motion on the
same model stand to the accompaniment of live African drum music.

Pratt will also award prizes at the end of the Draw-A-Thon that are
generously donated by area art stores. In addition, art supplies donated
by the Prattstore will be handed out during the event.

For general inquiries and requests for reservations call, 718-636-3617.
Photography is not permitted.

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Announcement: Spring Library Event: Brooklyn-Based Small Press Night Thursday April 23rd 5:30-7:00

*We make books - and so can you! Brooklyn-based small press
night with Small Anchor and X-ing books.*

Please join us in the Alumni Reading Room (Library 3rd Floor) for a
discussion of Small Press publishing with Brooklyn-based publishers Small
Anchor (http://www.smallanchorpress.com/) and X-ing Books
(http://www.x-ingbooks.com/). Along with the discussion, there will be a
reading by Brooklyn poets Joshua Cohen, Jeremy Schmall and Justin Taylor.

The event starts at 5:30pm on Thursday, April 23, 2009. Please feel free
to pass the word along - all are welcome.

Please contact Holly Wilson, Research & Instruction Librarian at
hwilson5@pratt.edu or (718)636-3685 with any questions or for a copy of
the flyer for the event.

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Announcement: Frank Warren - Post Secret

Program Board and Student Activities presents "The Most Trusted
Stranger in America: Frank Warren's PostSecret" in Memorial Hall on
Friday, April 17th at 8pm.

Pratt students can pick up tickets in the Office of Student Activities
and the tickets are limited to one ticket per student with Pratt
identification. Frank Warren will also be available after the event to
sign his books "A Lifetime of Secrets," "My Secret," "PostSecret," and
"The Secret Lives of Men and Women." Program Board will be selling the
books prior to the event and at Spring Fest 2009.

Frank Warren is a small business owner who started PostSecret.com as a
community art project. Since November 2004 Warren has received more than
150,000 anonymous postcards. The website won two Webby Awards in 2006 and
this year was named Weblog of the Year at the Seventh Annual Weblog
Awards. The PostSecret project also received a special award from the
National Mental Health Association for raising awareness and funds for
suicide prevention. Warren lives in Germantown, Maryland, with his wife
and daughter.

(http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/30756/Frank_Warren/index.aspx)

For any questions or comments please email Michelle Ajemian at
majemian@pratt.edu or call 718-636-3679.

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Announcement: Flea Market to Benefit Kiva.org

On Wednesday, April 8th, the Community Engagement Board
(C-Board) will be hosting a sale event benefiting Kiva.org, a site that
supports individuals in third world countries with starting up businesses
and reducing poverty.

We will have vendors selling a variety of items including jewelry, small
food items, and vintage clothing. A portion of the proceeds from all
sales will go towards our Kiva efforts.

The event is Wednesday, April 8th, from 12pm-2:30pm in the Student Union
on Pratt's Brooklyn Campus.

We are still accepting vendors, so if anyone is interested in selling
their work, art, baked goods, etc., they should contact
kmitsche@pratt.edu or valonzo5@pratt.edu as soon as possible. We will
provide tables, chairs, and space for any interested vendors.
Thank you.

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Vic Alonzo
Community Involvement & Leadership Advisor

Pratt Institute
Office of Student Activities
200 Willoughby Ave
Brooklyn, NY, 11205

P: 718.636.3679
F: 718.399.4578
E: valonzo5@pratt.edu

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Announcement: Student Government Open Forum

Pratt's Student Government Association is hosting an Open Forum
on Tuesday April 14 at 1230 PM in the Small Faculty Dining Room (On the
lower level of North Hall next to the Cafeteria).

The forum is open to everyone in the Pratt community. Please come and
meet your SGA representatives. This is your chance to speak with the SGA
about Pratt, ask questions and voice your concerns.

FREE SUSHI & SALAD will be provided.

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Announcement: Sculpture Club Lecture Series

The Sculpture Club is concluding its 2008-2009 lecture series
with two dynamic artists who engage in performative, visual and video
work, K8 Hardy and Alex Bag

K8 Hardy is an artist living and working in Brooklyn and is represented
by Reena Spaulings Gallery. K8 has collaborated with the likes of Miranda
July, Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + The Plastics), Laura Parnes, and many
other artists and filmmakers. She has also created and styled music
videos for Le Tigre and Lesbians on Ecstasy. K8 helped found the
organization L.T.T.R. (Lesbians To The Rescue)

K8 will be speaking/performing on Thursday April 2 from 12:45-1:45 in
Engineering 371

Alex Bag is a video artist who is currently exhibiting at the Whitney
Museum in her first-ever solo museum exhibition. She gained notoriety as
an artist with "Untitled (Fall '95)," a commentary about art school, made
while she was still a graduate student at the School of Visual Arts. She
is represented by Elizabeth Dee Gallery.

Alex Bag will perform/speak on Thursday April 9 1245-145 in Engineering 371

We are very excited to have these artists visit our campus, and we hope
you will join us for our last two lectures of the year!

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