The Blue Jay Buffet

A Recent Hopkins Grad's Journey to Landing a Job in London

Name: Allie Schnidman

Year: Class of 2008

Hometown: Ridgefield, CT

Current Residence: London, England

Programs of Study: International studies major, minor in Business (Entrepreneurship and Management)

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It was sometime in my fall semester as a junior at Johns Hopkins when I realized that, while I loved International Studies (the major involves Politics, History, Economics and French – or any language you choose), my first job out of college would not be related to the field. I had taken numerous marketing courses and had decided in my freshmen year that I would be a Business minor (actually named “Entrepreneurship and Management”). Every summer I found an internship to learn the ins and outs of the Public Relations industry in New York City, and by my senior year, I knew I would apply for full-time jobs in the marketing industry.

Yet, it was actually in the spring semester of my senior year that I discovered a new passion. In Professor Leslie Kendrick’s “Advertising and Promotion” course, I signed up to try a new role in our Advertising firm, named “HopComm.” The class was broken up into teams for Public Relations, Event Planning, Advertising/Creative Design, Marketing Research and Finance, which all worked together on a marketing campaign for a real paying client – The Navy’s HPSP. Although, I already had experience in Public Relations and Event Planning, I decided to try something new and signed up as the Marketing Research Department Manager.

My role as the Marketing Research Department Manager of HopComm was a challenging one, but a truly valuable experience. From our work, I learned how to write quantitative studies targeted to our market to gain feedback before and after our marketing campaign. In addition, I learned how to conduct in-depth interviews and how to turn response data into presentable material. My team worked hard and helped discover that our marketing campaign was a huge success among students at Johns Hopkins: our work made many students more aware of our client and the Navy’s HPSP we were promoting. From this Advertising and Promotion course, I gained both academic experience with marketing research and a job in the industry.

It was because of the American Marketing Association's Student Job Workshop that I learned about my first job out of college. During this networking event in April, I met with a few Hopkins alumni who worked for marketing firms and one, in particular, recruited me to work for his firm – The Futures Company. I learned even more about marketing research in my first year on the job and can now work directly with a client to design a custom questionnaire, manage field work, analyze data and write custom reports to present to our clients.

And, to top it off, I was transferred to The Futures Company’s London office in my second year. I’ve been in the United Kingdom for less than two weeks, and I am LOVING this experience! While I didn’t want to go into politics or apply for typical “International Studies” jobs, I still wanted to somehow make my career international, and I have. I managed to combine my passion for my business minor (focused on marketing) as well as my major (International Studies) and I could not have done this without all of the marketing courses offered at Johns Hopkins (and someday, I hope they offer more and more!)

Lastly – here is a picture of my new office building in London! Well, actually, it’s off to the left as I was too busy focusing on half of Tower Bridge in the distance (just like that guy on the bike!)

Getting into Marketing or Advertising with an Undergraduate Degree From Johns Hopkins University

Name: Leslie Kendrick, Senior Lecturer
(Faculty Profile)

Department: Center for Leadership Education / W.P. Carey Program in Entrepreneurship & Management (Whiting School of Engineering)

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Having taught marketing to undergraduate Arts & Sciences students (and even a few engineers) for eight years in the Entrepreneurship & Management Program, I can honestly say that JHU students are as competitive as business or marketing majors when it comes to landing internships and jobs in the marketing field.

I am a full-time Senior Lecturer and have developed the five undergraduate marketing courses that are taught out of our Center for Leadership Education(CLE).  This includes Principles of Marketing, Marketing Strategy (an MBA-style case course), International Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, and Media & P.R. in the Big Apple (an intersession course with a NY trip component).  Students who minor in business, or those just interested in the marketing field, can take any or all of these courses.  All feature small sections (15-35 students) and lots of personal interaction and mentoring (all students have to do is ask!).

CLE Lecturers come from industry and we integrate this experience into the classroom.  Many of the group exercises that I use in Marketing Principles come from my experiences as a Sales Representative for Harper & Row, a Brand Analyst for Londontown Corporation and a Marketing Director at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins medical publishers.  When we cover non-profit marketing, I describe the challenges of marketing a merit scholarship award (for which many of my JHU students are eligible) and an annual job workshop as a 20-year board member of the Baltimore Chapter of the American Marketing Association. 

Guest speakers in my classes are often JHU alumni—former students of mine who have landed positions at local firms—in market research, marketing management, or as entrepreneurs.  There’s nothing more rewarding to me than seeing my former students mentor my current students, whether it’s through informational interviews or assistance with internships or jobs.

The other hat I wear is that of Internship Coordinator.  I place and supervise 40 students per year in internships locally in marketing and finance.  Being located in a large city is a major advantage when it comes to doing internships for academic credit during the school year.  Many of my students have at least three quality internships on their resume before graduating.  And even more important, they know from these internships the functional area of marketing in which they’d like to work.

And speaking of gaining practical experience, students now have the opportunity to work for a real client and spend real money in the Advertising & Promotion class—one of the upper-level courses.  Every spring, I work with a firm that matches my JHU class up with clients like Nissan and The U.S. Navy and then oversees the development of an integrated marketing communications campaign targeting JHU students.  The class is run like a real advertising agency—with student-run departments such as Market Research, Advertising/Multimedia, Public Relations and Events.  Many students have landed internships and jobs based on this unique experience.  The class that worked with The Navy won a Scholastic Achievement Award and five students from the class were flown (along with me) to the Navy recruitment headquarters to present our project to high level officers.

 

My marketing colleagues in Baltimore often choose my JHU students for internships and jobs over those from competing local colleges because they are not only versed in marketing through the applied and experiential courses I teach, but they are bright and highly motivated!

For more information on the Center for Leadership Education, including courses offered and experiential programs, visit our website:  http://web.jhu.edu/Leadership.  If you have questions for me, I can be reached at: kendrick@jhu.edu.

Kinetic Sculpture Race

 

Johns Hopkins had its first ever entry in the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race.
The team name was Twitter Jay and the Recyclists. The Baltimore Sun describes "Twitter Jay is part art installation, part sports team mascot and part community-building enterprise."

Find out more: Baltimore Sun, JHU Gazette.

Watch a video about Twitter Jay below.

A: TV Quiz Show Where JHU Student Dominates

Q: What is Jeopardy?

Last Tuesday ... Scott Menke, a Hopkins senior, dominated in the first round of this year's Jeopardy College Championship.

Scott is from  Flemington, N.J. and is majoring in applied mathematics and minoring in the Whiting School's W.P. Carey Program in Entrepreneurship and Management.  He traveled to Los Angeles last month to tape at least one episode of the show. With his win last Tuesday, Scott returns for the semi-finals on Monday, May 11th. We are all rooting that he wins again and makes it to the finals.

In his blog for the show Scott talks about waiting in the green room:

"After all 15 contestants were thoroughly schooled on everything that goes on behind the scenes, we were brought back into the green room, which would become our temporary holding cell. Some of us would only have to endure it for a few minutes, while others would be locked in for hours on end. We started up Mean Girls on the DVD player, and waited for the announcement as to who would be playing first..."

Read more of Scott's first-hand accounts of the experience here.

Interested in learning more about Scott's stint on Jeopardy? Check out his contestant interview video here.

Click here for the recent JHU Press Release supporting Scott.

April at Hopkins

April at Hopkins is a busy and amazingly fun time. Finals are approaching and midterms finishing but somehow in between studying students find the time to enjoy the beautiful weather, hang out at Spring Fair and plan for their summers. Read on for more of the events this past April.

Spring Fair = :)

Fried oreos, chicken on a stick and really good lemonade . . . it must be Spring Fair. Probably most students’ favorite weekend of the whole year, Spring Fair literally turns campus into a fairground with everything from rides to vendors selling marsupials. The 38th annual Spring Fair was April 24-26. Check out the following web sit for further details about all the festivities: http://www.jhuspringfair.com/.

Spirit Week Arrives

In preparation for Homecoming and a huge Lacrosse game against the Naval Academy, the Homewood Campus was take over by Spirit Week. The themes for each day of spirit week were. 

-- Represent Where You From
Hometown/hometeam T-shirts and apparel are a must. 

-- Spring Break Day
Bring back a little bit of Spring Break by dressing for the beach or the trail, whatever you like. 

-- '90s Day
Pull on some overalls and break out the denim jackets for one day only. Neon track suits are hot and flannel is in. 

-- Johns Hopkins Pride
Wear your Johns Hopkins gear and colors and get ready for Homecoming weekend. 

-- Beat Navy!
Seniors, go out to the game and represent your class. Wear your Seniors 09 jerseys. 

Film Fest

The Johns Hopkins Film Fest 2009 was a great success. Four days of movies got Hopkins students out of the library and into the theater. Check out more about the festival here. 

Homewood Student Video Competition 

The 2009 Homewood Student Video Competition asked students to create short videos (3-5 minutes) about a variety of themes. Click on the link to view the winning videos.  http://digitalmedia.jhu.edu/taxonomy/term/69  

Relay for Life

Friday April, 17 found Hopkins students participating in the Relay for Life event. Rep. Elijah Cumming spoke at the event. The student website describes the relay as “anything but a simple walk around a track! Relay is a time to remember those lost to cancer and a time to celebrate those who have survived. Relay brings together people who have shared the same experience so that they may comfort and console one another. Relay raises cancer awareness and shows we are united in one purpose to fight it. Relay gives you the power to help accelerate the Society's progress toward a future where cancer doesn't take the lives of our friends and family.” 

Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards

51 Hopkins students received PURA grants from the University. “Since 1993, scores of students or student teams each year have received PURA grants to conduct original research, some results of which have been published in professional journals or presented at academic conferences. The awards, funded through a donation from the Hodson Trust, are an important part of the university's mission and its commitment to research opportunities for undergraduates. For 2009, grants will be given in amounts up to $2,500.” Read about the findings of some of the 51 students who received Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards to support their research work. http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2009/06apr09/06pura.html

Guggenhein & AAAS Fellows 

Six faculty members in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences are among the 180 artists, scholars and scientists who have been named 2009 Guggenheim Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Read about how each of the fellows will use their grants here. 

Three Hopkins professors and our very own President Daniels were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The academy was founded during the American Revolution by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and others. Its dual role is to honor excellence in the arts and sciences and to provide independent, nonpartisan study of important societal issues. Read more here.

A Family Affair

Name: Stephanie Cascio

Year: Class of 1977

Major: Biology

Parent of: Esther B. ('09), Zoe B. ('09) and Eliza B. ('13)

Current Town: Cranston, RI

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It has taken several years of dogged and unrelenting persistence from my daughter Esther to finally get me to write a blog entry for the JHU Admissions website.  The great motivator at this point in time is the enormous significance of the year 2009 in our family.  All three daughters are graduating. Not only are the twins, Esther and Zoe, incredibly, unbelievably, close to completing four fantastic years at Hopkins, but their younger sister, Eliza, will be graduating from high school, and entering Hopkins with the Class of 2013 in September.  We are still wrapping our minds around these multiple lines of connectivity for our entire family to Hopkins, and Eliza’s college choice continues to be a source of continual amazement and bemusement for us all.  Full disclosure is necessary before this blog advances too far: the girls’ dad, Jonathan Bell, and I graduated from Hopkins with the Class of 1977.  The first photo shows me at age 20 with my maternal grandmother on Commencement Day 1977, under the magnificent elms that still shaded the Upper Quad.  

Over the past four years, visiting Baltimore several times per year has gradually moderated my initial response to being on the Homewood campus, although I am always aware of how happy I am to be there, indeed, how instinctively blissed out I am to be there.  This may seem a strange reaction to “Charm City”, such a gritty and real place.  But I understand it as the place where I first made my own life, acquired my seminar groupie habits at the Eisenhower Symposium, fell in love with organic chemistry and developmental biology, and appreciated the season of Spring, that Baltimore does so well, like never before.  Is there anything as life affirming as Spring Fair (when the weather cooperates)?  There is also an identification with Hopkins values, which I feel persist today, Hopkins students were serious students who care about ideas, learning, accomplishment much more than physical appearance or material possessions. The graduate student: undergraduate ratio tipped slightly more towards graduate in the mid 1970s, there was no School of Engineering and undergraduates numbered about 2500.  In consequence, research was emphasized even more, and most undergraduates took several graduate level courses in their major subject. Male undergraduates outnumbered females four to one in 1973, and the mid 1970s was a time of fierce feminism on campus, as well as a remarkable feeling (at least in my experience) of being special, cherished, supported by the entire University, as the pioneer women undergraduates welcomed into Hopkins.      

The approach to Hopkins from the North, driving south on North Charles Street, continues to have a ritual feeling of building joy for me.  I am grateful that Esther and Zoe were undergraduates at Hopkins and allowed me to renew my connection to the University.  Contemplating their graduation, I feel almost as sad as they do, although the final twin tuition payment was certainly something to celebrate!   They both got so much out of Hopkins—from the stimulating and sophisticated courses that they took in their respective majors of International Relations (Esther) and Writing Seminars (Zoe), their involvement in drama and theater and their work in the Alumni (Z) and Admissions (E) Offices.  They failed to develop into the serious lacrosse fan that I became, and they didn’t discover Chesapeake Bay oysters on the half shell, but they were able to treasure the quirky, historic and un-renovated Gilman Hall, the heart of Hopkins. The second photo shows Esther (left) and Zoe (right) with me behind Gilman Hall, April 2007, celebrating my 30th reunion at Homecoming. They were able to benefit from an elegantly expanded campus so harmoniously integrated with the older buildings in brick in white marble; new classroom buildings, new departmental buildings, the impressive Decker Quad including the elegant Mason Hall.  And Charles Commons seemed like the ultimate, utopian dorm when the twins lived there the year it opened, during their sophomore year, especially after my own pretty basic dorm experiences in Baker and Wolman.   

And now Eliza will be at Hopkins!!  How will she build her Hopkins experience, what academic, social, extracurricular choices will she make?  As much as I now realize that I never expected that she would choose Hopkins, just like I never expected Esther and Zoe to both attend, I also realize that I am so very happy with this outcome.  Four more years with a direct connection to Hopkins in real time! Although Jon and I have graduate school connections to Columbia and Harvard, and the girls may ultimately attend various graduate schools, Hopkins will always be the intellectual source and center for both parents and daughters.

March at Hopkins

March at Hopkins is a busy time. There are midterms and then spring break. At the end of March the campus comes into full bloom. Read on for some of the happenings this past March.

The Great Provost Switch
Johns Hopkins University is losing a provost to another non-profit. President Obama nominated Provost Kristina M. Johnson to be under secretary of the Department of Energy. Provost Johnson will be responsible for leading administration initiatives aimed at promoting energy efficiency and developing solar and wind power, geothermal energy, clean car technology, and other forms of renewable, green energy.  Read more here.   If we're losing a provost we definitely need a new one and Scott L. Zeger, vice provost for research and professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, has agreed to serve as acting provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. Dr. Zeger assumes this role effective immediately.   

Foreign Affairs Symposium
The JHU Foreign Affairs Symposium played host to David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times and a Pulitzer Prize-winner, and Robert Kagan, author, historian and foreign policy commentator. Both speakers spoke about their new books and the world today. Read the Newsletter articles hereand here.

Free money for Research! 

 It's time to apply for the Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Research Awards. These grants are given to current Hopkins students to do research in their field of choice.  PURA recipients can receive academic credit or awards of up to $2,500 (incl. $2,000 as a stipend), which can be used to defray costs associated with research projects. Research is conducted in the fall. Click here for further information.

Sporting Blue-Jays 
Laura Paulsen, a Hopkins track star, has recently had a successful season. She was awarded the USTFCCCA Division III Mideast Region Athlete Of The Year. She was the number oneseed at the NCAA one mile final in which she eventually placed seventh.

 Switching from land to sea, Johns Hopkins junior John Thomas won the 100 meter backstroke in the 2009 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships and followed it up by defending his 200 meter backstroke. Thomas started the day with a time of 1:47.07 in the prelim, breaking the previous NCAA record of 1:47.21. He followed that with an even more impressive time of 1:46.71 in the finals to claim his second straight title in the 200 Back. Thomas is the first swimmer to win back-to-back titles in the 200 Back since 2005 and the first to sweep both the 100 and 200 Back in the same year since 2001.

  

Summer Films! 
One of the great things about Hopkins in the summer is the Summer Hopkins Summer Outdoor Film Series. We invite you to vote for your favorites. The schedule of dates is on the site- now we need you to decide what to feature. Click here to cast your vote online. Find out more about summer activities here.

Top 10 Things A Parent Loves About Hopkins

Name: Diane Carney

Parent of: Lauren Carney - Class of 2011

Hometown: Westmont, NJ

Previous Parent Blog Entry: February 16, 2008

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10.  I-95 And The Rest Stops (not really)!
Okay this is not necessarily one of the top ten reasons, but it's basically the only way to get to Baltimore from the Northeast or Southeast so it has to be included.  No trip is complete without a "pit stop" to buy a latte at Starbucks at either the Maryland House or Chesapeake House.  I made the mistake of trying a crab pretzel at one of the stops.  Now, I'm not sure how many of you have actually tried one of these, but ... I'm not a fan.  Its taste is definitely something I'll never forget.  I won't mention what I think it tastes like, but it's not very pleasant.  People rave about them so maybe I just had one that wasn't the best.

9.  The Restaurants!
This is perhaps one of my favorite things to do.  While it's easy to pick a restaurant from a previous visit that we know is a good place to eat, I try to make the effort of finding a new place to try each time we visit.  My favorite places so far are:

Cafe Hon in Hampden where I feel the cooking is pretty close to homemade.  How can a restaurant not be good with a huge pink flamingo (I’m a fan of flamingos!) hanging on the front of the building? (http://www.cafehon.com/)

Tir Na Nog at the Inner Harbor. I have to admit I didn't think I would like this type of food (it’s an Irish Pub), but I was pleasantly surprised.  I was also surprised to see that they have locations in Philadelphia and New York City too! (http://www.tirnanogbaltimore.com/homepage.php)

Shuckers in Fells Point.  I really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of Shuckers.  The hardest part was sitting through my daughter and husband eating raw oysters.  But Shuckers offers great views and delicious food. (http://www.shuckersoffellspoint.com/)

And perhaps the BEST place to get gelato is at Pitango Gelato about a block away from Shuckers.  They have interesting flavors and it’s definitely worth a visit to indulge in this creamy treat. (http://www.pitangogelato.com/shop.htm)

And last, but not least, is the Rusty Scupper...the BEST place to get Maryland Crab Soup in my opinion.  And the views of the harbor are enjoyable to look at while eating dinner.  But be warned, it's on the pricier side, even for lunch.  It's a "special occasion" restaurant for us. (http://www.selectrestaurants.com/rusty/)

8.  The Inner Harbor!
How can you go wrong with a day spent at the Inner Harbor with your daughter/son?  It's so much fun to catch up on day to day things while taking a ride on a water taxi.  Water taxis also make it convenient to park in one spot for the day and then you can take the taxi to Fells Point, Little Italy, Rusty Scupper, and other neighborhoods of interest.

Also at the Inner Harbor is the National Aquarium.  Our daughter Lauren is currently doing an internship here.  This is a great place to spend some time exploring and the kids will love it!  You can read Lauren’s blog here: http://hopkins.typepad.com/lauren/.

Camden Yards is also a short walk from the Harbor and a great place to explore on a tour.

7. The Hopkins Wear!
I'll admit it...we own LOTS of Hopkins wear.  T-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants (thank you Lauren for a great Christmas present), sweatshirt jacket, baseball shirts and baseball caps.  And let's not forget the miscellaneous Hopkins items like JHU stickers for the car, Hopkins pennants, a blanket, a Christmas ornament, coffee mug, pens.  I'm sure I'm forgetting something.  We cannot visit the campus without stopping in at the Barnes and Noble campus bookstore and checking out the new items.  In fact, while I was getting the link for their store, I saw a cute Johns Hopkins Mom mug with a blue daisy on it!  Looks like I’ll be adding that to my list! Check out the campus bookstore's website.

6. The letter “S”!

Yes it is JOHNS…with an S!  Mr. Hopkins first name was a last name.  He was named after his great-grandmother, Margaret Johns.  Click here for some details on the great Johns Hopkins.

5. Hopkins Interactive! 
I remember during my daughter's college search discovering the blogs of the students at Hopkins.  They were informative and gave a parent an insight as to what their child can expect academically as well as socially.  It was interesting to see what the students wrote and it was reassuring knowing that they seemed very happy with Hopkins being their choice.  I feel that this type of information being available to prospective students is so important for them in their college search and everyone involved with Hopkins Interactive deserves a big pat on the back for all the work they do!

4. Student Organizations!
A parent can relax knowing that there are many activities for their child at Hopkins.  From academic organizations, community service, cultural organizations, Greek life, performing arts, and many more, there is so much to be involved in that they’ll need more than 24 hours in a day!  There is something for everyone: http://apply.jhu.edu/campus/orglist.html

3. The Campus!
One word can describe the campus – GORGEOUS!  From the architecture of the buildings to the beautiful landscaping, it doesn’t get any better than this.  Gilman Hall is currently undergoing renovations.  Click here for a video blog about it you can check out: You can take a “tour” of the Homewood Campus here: http://www.jhu.edu/~tour/

2. The Amazing Professors!
Johns Hopkins professors are without a doubt some of the finest educators in the world.  These talented individuals are providing our sons and daughters with an education that will give them the opportunity to do amazing things. Click here for a list of notable Hopkins graduates.

1. It’s Hopkins!

Need I say more?

Engineering News Briefs: Winter 2009

Guitar Heroes helps Prosthetic Patients?

That’s right! Researchers at the Applied Physics Laboratory are using Nintendo's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock game to allow amputees to rock out and get valuable training with prosthetic prototypes at the same time. The game speeds up the calibration process in a more interesting way than previously used methods. Read the entire article by clicking here. 

Facebook for Pros

During Intersession, Hopkins students took a course to design Facebook applications. In Facebook 101, a course taught by computer science graduate students Carol Reiley and Daniel Mirota, students created new applications for the social networking site. The applications ranged from the useful to the frivolous. Read more here.

Engineering Week 2009

Once a year Hopkins lets the engineers run wild for a week. Actually it’s two weeks and they can pretty much do whatever they want the rest of the time anyway. But Engineering Week is always a fun time. One of the competitions in this year’s engineering week was the Tower of Power. Read about the competition here. To see the schedule of events check out this calendar.

Researcher Seeks to Turn Stem Cells into Blood Vessels

A Johns Hopkins engineer is trying to coax human stem cells to turn into networks of new blood vessels that could someday be used to replace damaged tissue in people with heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses. Read the full story here.

Winter 2009 Engineering Magazine

Click here to review a PDF of the most recent edition of the Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine. This issue includes stories on a challenge to find new catalysts for fuel cells, a profile of Reeds Wolman '49 - a true Hopkins legend, and a look at new collaborations between the Whiting School and the Applied Physics Lab.

February At Hopkins

February at Hopkins is a swing month. Students get back into the swing of having classes (after approximately two months of well deserved rest) and we start the gentle swing into spring. Spring in Baltimore always seems to come earlier than anywhere else, which is a true blessing. Read on for more about the events this past February.

Commemoration Day - 2009 
Free Cake makes everyone happy! That’s why the tradition for the day commemorating the founding of Johns Hopkins University always involves cake. This year’s Commemoration Day celebrated the 133 anniversary of the founding with free T-shirts, cake, and a historical reenactment of the original speech made by Daniel Coit Gilman in 1876. Read about the event in this recent JHU Gazette article.

Black History Month
This February, Johns Hopkins University is celebrating Black History Month with events organized by the Black Student Union.  The theme for this year’s events is “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Taking Charge of Change.” The BSU is also marking its 40th anniversary this year. Click here for full details on the month long events.  

The Arts on Campus 
The International Championship of Collegiate A Capella Quarterfinals were hosted by the JHU Octopodes  at Shiver Hall on February 21st. The JHU Allnighters placed second with Michael Fellows winning an award for Best Vocal Percussion.  

For the final weekend in February there are event more events. Theater Hopkins is performing Well by Lisa Kron. Johns Hopkins University Theater is presenting Simpatico by Sam Shepard. The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra has a concert for children and families. Witness Theater is putting on a 24 Hour Theater Show. That’s only a taste of the arts events troughout the month.

Lacrosse Season Begins! 
The Johns Hopkins University men’s lacrosse team kicked off its 2009 season on Friday with a game against Siena. The final score was 11-3 as the Blue Jays started their season with a bang. Men’s and Women’s lacrosse both play Princeton on February 28th. Go Blue Jays! For more information, go to www.hopkinssports.com. 

Mirrors, Mirrors in Shriver Hall...
JHU's Center for Health Education and Wellness and JHU Counseling Center sponsored the Mirror Project. They solicited responses to the question “What do you see when you look in the mirror?” There was a display in Shriver Hall on Sunday, Feb 22. The project is a part of National Eating Disorders Wekk. Click here for further details.  

Farewell to President Brody

It’s the end of an era. Starting March 2 Johns Hopkins University will have a new president. President Brody is leaving and President Daniels is arriving. Click here to read about some of the amazing things that President Brody accomplished in his tenure at Hopkins here.