C LASS OF 2 0 1 7 , WELCOME TO SILLIMAN! ndergraduate life at Yale College is organized around twelve residential colleges where Ustudents live, eat, attend seminars and workshops, and participate in intellectual, artistic, and social activities. Each college is a cohesive community with its own character and traditions. A Master and Dean live in each college with their families, and there are apartments where faculty members live as Resident Fellows. Silliman is the largest college at Yale, occupying most of a city block. Whereas other colleges house their freshmen on Old Campus, freshmen in Silliman Upperclassmen entryways: J, K, & L College and Timothy Dwight College enjoy the privilege of living in their own colleges. Silliman’s courtyard alternates as an informal athletic field, a site What to look forward to... for college festivities, and a place for quiet repose. Silliman is known as the most spirited of the twelve Over one hundred members of the faculty, staff, and colleges. We count on every incoming freshman administration are Fellows of Silliman, and they are (that’s you!) to uphold Silliman’s tradition of being a invited to eat in the college dining hall and participate fun and stimulating place to live. in college activities. The aim is to promote interchange This newsletter contains information about between faculty and students. the accommodations, facilities, and activities in Silliman offers a wide range of activities and is Silliman College. It also contains important practical known for the enthusiasm of its students. Through information and regulations to keep in mind. You will participation in college activities, conversations in the find it a useful guide during the first days of college. dining hall, and a wide variety of social occasions, Silliman is a vibrant place, alive with diverse students create the intellectual and cultural atmosphere activities, facilities, traditions, and people. Master that is the foundation of college life. Krauss, Dean Flick, the staff and the students of Silliman are eager to get to know you. TABLE OF CONTENTS History of the College ............. Page 3 Administration and Staff ......... Page 4 Dining Hall .............................. Page 5 Basic Information ...................... Page 6 Facilities .................................... Page 7 Programs ................................... Page 11 Activities .................................. Page 11 Fellows ...................................... Page 13 Decked out in "silliswag" at the courtyard swing Dates to Remember................... Page 15 2 2 History of the College enjamin Silliman (1779-1864), Yale Class of dormitories and Byers Hall (now the Common Room, 1796, was one of America’s pioneers in science. Dining Hall, Sillibrary, and Master’s and Dean’s Although Silliman graduated knowing nothing Offices), dating from the early 1900s, were retained B in the plans. All of the brick structures, including the of the natural sciences, President Timothy Dwight asked him (to avoid hiring a foreigner with whom Master’s House, were built between 1938 and 1940. Puritan manners and morals might not sit Over the years, our college has evolved well) in 1802 to become Yale’s first science from a dormitory intended for science professor, teaching chemistry and natural students to a diverse yet cohesive history. Silliman proved to be eminently community. Sparing its freshmen from capable and delivered Yale’s first science living on Old Campus, Silliman is the lecture in 1804. Soon afterward, President largest in area of all the colleges. Our Dwight sent him to Europe to purchase building boasts a tremendous array of scientific equipment, books for the College facilities, including a movie theater, Library, and a cabinet of two thousand digital art’s lab, art gallery, library, minerals to begin the study of mineralogy kitchen, aerobics and dance studio, art at Yale. After his return, he played a studio, basketball court, weight and leading role in the foundation of the Yale fitness room, sound studio, game room, Medical School, the Peabody Museum, and buttery. and the American Journal of Science, a The colors in Silliman’s seal scientific periodical still published today. refer to the four elements of the ancient In 1852, Silliman was instrumental in the philosophers: red represents fire; white, founding of the Yale School of Engineering, air and water; and green, the earth. It a pioneering event in professional scientific also carries the golden acorns from the education in the United States. To honor family crest of Frederick W. Vanderbilt, such a towering figure in the history of Yale Class of 1876, whose bequest science at Yale and in America, our college funded Silliman’s construction. Because was named after Benjamin Silliman. of its legendary associations with fire, the Silliman College opened in salamander was selected as the college symbol. September of 1940. It was the last of the Our ancient patron, original ten Yale residential colleges to be Ben Silliman completed. The Vanderbilt-Sheffield 3 3 Administration and Staff Master Judith B. Krauss Dean Hugh Flick aster Krauss (known as Master K) oversees the he Dean oversees the academic life of students in Mintellectual, social, athletic and cultural aspects of Tthe college, advising them on courses, career residential college life, working closely with the Dean decisions and other personal and academic issues. and Resident Fellows to ensure the well-being of all Currently, the Dean of Silliman College is Hugh students. As the resident administrator, the Master M. Flick, Jr., a scholar of Sanskrit and Indian Studies addresses student requests and suggestions, acts as an with interests in folklore and mythology. He also has arbitrator, and is available to counsel and mentor stu- a J.D. and is a member of the Connecticut and Georgia dents. Master K also hosts a variety of events to bring bars. The Dean lives in the college on the second floor Sillimanders together, including Master’s Teas, of entryway H. Fellows’ Dinners, study breaks, and music brunches. The Dean’s Office (432-0701) is located on the Master Krauss is a Professor of Nursing, first floor of Byers Hall. whose research focuses on health policy, health care relationships and health care organizations. She lives ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT in the Master’s House with her husband, Associate TO THE DEAN Master Ron Krauss. Ms. Michelle Tracey The Master’s Office (432-0700) is located on Monday to Friday, 8:30-5. the first floor of Byers Hall. Phone: (203) 432-0701. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE MASTER Former Deans Ms. Joelle Siracuse, M-F, 8:30-5. 1964-1978: John J.E. Palmer, Editor, Yale Review; Phone: (203) 432-0700. Lecturer in English Fax: (203) 432-7054. 1978-1984: Joseph W. Serene, Assistant Professor of Engineering & Appplied Science Former Masters 1984-1988: Robin C. Stacey, Lecturer in History 1940-1947: Filmer S.C. Northrop, Sterling Professor of Philosophy and Law 1947-1953: Theodore M. Greene, Professor of Philosophy 1953-1962: Luther Noss, Professor & Dean of the School of Music SILLIMAN OPERATIONS MANAGER 1962-1981: Elias Clark, Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law 1981-1987: William R. Bennett, Jr., Charles Baldwin Ms. KC Mills Sawyer Professor of Engineering and Applied Science and Room 403, Byers Hall Professor of Physics Monday to Friday, 8:30-5 1987-1994: Mary Helen M. Goldsmith, Professor of Office: (203) 432-5072 Biology and Director of the Marsh Botanical Garden Cell: (203) 909-0545 1994-2000: Kelly D. Brownell, Professor of Psychology, Epidemiology & Public Health, and Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity 4 4 Freshman Counselors These seniors have been appointed to assist, advise and counsel incoming members of the Silliman community, and to help them adjust to life at Yale. While you are assigned a counselor who lives on your floor, all of the freshman counselors are available to help you. Entryway F F-24 Rhiannon Monta F-44 Thomas Rokholt Entryway E E-21 Nick Sas E-31 Julia Hosch E-41 Margaret Coons Entryway C C-22 Talya Feldman C-32 Gloria Ma The Silliman Dining Hall C-42 Margot Mellette Dining Hall Entryway B/A B-23 Stephanie Tubiolo B-43 Evan Frondorf illiman's Dining Hall is always ranked among the Sbest at Yale! For many students, this becomes their home dining room away from home. However, stu- dents may also eat in other colleges and Commons, Writing Tutor although transfer restrictions may be imposed at peak Elizabeth Sledge. The Writing Tutor can help students times. with all types of writing, but especially with course papers. She can assist at every stage of the writing SCHEDULE process, from an outline to the final product. Visit her Serving hours in the Silliman Dining Hall are: with your papers even if you do not have writing problems; even very talented writers can benefit. Her Monday through Friday office is on the fourth floor of Byers Hall and her Continental Breakast: 8:00-11:00 AM office hours will be posted in September. Lunch: 11:30-1:30 PM Dinner: 5:00-7:30 PM Math/Science Tutor Saturday and Sunday Brunch: 11:00-1:30 PM The Math/Science Tutor provides assistance for Dinner: 5:00-7:00 PM students with questions about math and science, whether related to courses or self-generated. You may Please check notices outside the Dining Hall for any also visit tutors in other disciplines such as chemistry, changes to this schedule. biology, and molecular biology in various colleges. The Math/Science Tutor’s office is on the fourth floor Dining Hall Managers: of Byers Hall. Office hours are in the evenings and will Mr. Sergio Garcia and Mr. James Murray manage the be posted in September. Dining Hall. Their office is in the Dining Hall (432- Find more information at www.yale.edu/mstutor. 0440). Concerts and social events may be held in the Dining Hall, but permission must be obtained from the Master and the Dining Hall Managers.