From chacmool at ucalgary.ca Sun Sep 22 15:18:14 2013 From: chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Sun Sep 22 15:18:27 2013 Subject: [Chacmool-l] Chacmool Newsletter Message-ID: Hi All! I'd like to welcome all of our new members! I'd also like to welcome back all of our returning members. I hope everyone had an amazing summer and a great first few weeks back! We have an exciting year planned! I promise all my emails after this one will not be so long! Here's what's in store for this email: 1.Office Hours 2.This years Chacmool Events 3.Fall Meet and Greet 4.Noon Hour Lecture 5.46th Annual Chacmool Conference 6. Grad Student Liaison 7.The Tajiri Project 8.Anthropology Field School In Belize For those of you who still have to purchase this year's membership, you can drop in during our office hours Our office is located in ES826. Don't forget that when you purchase your Chacmool membership, you have to chance to purchase your ASA membership for a discounted price of ONLY $10!!! Our office hours are as follows Brooke: Wednesday 11am-12pm Megan: Monday 1-2pm Christnina: Tuesday 1-2pm Chip: Friday 12-1pm This Year we have a lot of super fun events planned! Below is a list of events and dates. There will be workshops throughout the year but the dates have yet to be decided. I will for sure let everyone know as soon as the dates are determined! As well, more details about each event will be given closer to the event time! Fall meet and greet-Sept 27th Archaeology games night- Oct 17th Dress up movie night-October 30th Ginger bread comp. Dec 5th Winter meet and greet-Jan 25th 2014 Field school workshop-Nov 15th Scavenger hunt-March 28th General meeting-March 7th Elections -April 4th Career fair- March 1st If you've managed to make it this far, in the short novel that is this email, you will have realized that the first event is the Fall Wine and Cheese Meet and Greet and it this Friday the 27th! We will have lot's of yummy food for FREE and beer by the cup for $4 and wine by the glass for $3! There will also be a 50/50 Draw and an ice breaker game with a great prize! So Come see us at 7pm on the 27th in ES 859! This is a great opportunity to meet the people in your department and visit with your professors! This event does not require membership to Chacmool. Once you're there and having the time of your life you'll realize you want to purchase a membership! Thank goodness we'll be selling them that night! Incase your feeling super full of Chacmool spirit we will be selling Chacmool swag that night as well! I hope to see everyone there! As many of you know every Wednesday there is a noon hour lecture in ES859. This weeks lecture topic is "Archaeology with a Tropical State of Mind" given by Dr. McCafferty. Coffee, Tea and snacks will be provided! For more information check out the posters found on the 8th floor of Earth Sciences. The 46th Annual Chacmool Conference is fast approaching! This years theme is Trading Spaces: The Archaeology of Interaction, Migration and Exchange! It will be taking place from November 7th to 9th 2013! I don't know about you guys but I'm getting super excited! Whats really great about this years conference is that you can volunteer and still have time for reading days! I will let you guys know when more information on volunteering becomes available! I promise I'm almost done! This year Chacmool is doing something a little different. We are looking for a Grad student Liaison, so that we can better communicate with the grad students. If you are a grad student and this is something you'd be interested in doing stop by our office and let us know! Kaiden Tajiri was an archaeology student at the University of Calgary. She was forced to take time off from school when her home in High River was destroyed in the flooding this year. Some students have put together and Indigogo account to raise funds to help her return to school. They are also collecting donations of furniture. If you are interested in helping out check out The Tajiri Project on Facebook! Last but not least I have attached some information regarding an anthropological field school in Belize! Check it out! Have a great week and see you all friday! -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Filiberto Penados Subject: one-of-a-kind anthropology field courses in Belize Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 14:00:28 +0100 Size: 87990 Url: http://mailman.ucalgary.ca/pipermail/chacmool-l/attachments/20130922/a0e35d4e/one-of-a-kindanthropologyfieldcoursesinBelize-0001.mht From chacmool at ucalgary.ca Tue Sep 24 13:07:46 2013 From: chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Tue Sep 24 13:08:01 2013 Subject: [Chacmool-l] (no subject) Message-ID: <8e4f07015d78471275fc9e69cb4bb7ff.squirrel@webmail.ucalgary.ca> Hey Everyone! It has come to my attention that I listed the start time for our meet and great wrong! It actually starts at 4pm not at 7pm! That means you have more time for another glass of wine! Can't wait to see everyone! From chacmool at ucalgary.ca Sun Sep 29 18:53:40 2013 From: chacmool at ucalgary.ca (Chacmool Archaeology Association) Date: Sun Sep 29 18:53:55 2013 Subject: [Chacmool-l] Chacmool Newsletter-Sept 29th-Oct 6th Message-ID: Hi all! Hopefully everyone has had a great weekend! Heres whats on the agenda for this newsletter! 1.Meet and Greet 2.Archaeology T-Shirt day 3.Wednesday Noon Hour Lecture 4.Pop and Coffee Sales 5.Archaeological Institute of America Meet an Greet The Meet and Greet turned out to be a great success! We were so happy to see so many new (and old) faces! thanks for the support everyone! Let's make the winter meet and greet just as amazing! Archaeology T-shirt Day This year we again plan on having an archaeology t-shirt day. Just like last year it will be on the second Tuesday of every month. If you don't own an archaeology T-shirt Chacmool can help you out! Stop by our office in ES826 and check out all the archaeology swag we're selling! Wednesday Noon Hour Lecture This week's Lecture is "Debitage to Dissertation: A Long Term Research Project in Southern Baffin Island, Nunavut" by David Landry a PhD student from the University of Manitoba. See the poster around the department for more information! Pop and Coffee sales We are now selling a selection of pop and coffee from our office in ES826 for only a dollar! If you want coffee don't forget to bring your own mug! Archaeological Institute of America The AIA offers a range of funding for archaeologists. See the attached flyers for more details! That's all for now! Have a great week! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AIA Fellowship Flyer 9-2013.doc Type: application/msword Size: 40960 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.ucalgary.ca/pipermail/chacmool-l/attachments/20130929/40b235e4/AIAFellowshipFlyer9-2013-0001.doc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AIA Grant Flyer 9-2013.doc Type: application/msword Size: 32768 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.ucalgary.ca/pipermail/chacmool-l/attachments/20130929/40b235e4/AIAGrantFlyer9-2013-0001.doc