Weekly Round-up

LAS Summer Advising Hours:

Academic advisors are here during the summer and ready to meet with you. You can add your name to the LAS Virtual Advising Queue and speak with someone in just a few minutes via Zoom or phone. If you would like to speak with a specific college-level advisor, make an appointment here and select LAS Student Academic Affairs Advising, LAS AAP Advising, LAS Career Development, LAS International Programs, or LAS Honors. You can also email at las-studentoffice@illinois.edu. Advising hours for summer are 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Fall Internships at the Women’s Resources Center:

Applications for the Fall 2020 semester will remain open until all positions are filled. The three positions are programming intern, graphic design intern, and marketing and communications intern. Position descriptions can be found here. Applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview during finals week or as applications are received. For more information contact Clare Conway at ceconway@illinois.edu.

Verdell Frazier Young Scholarship:

Applications for the Verdell Frazier Young Award are being accepted. The Verdell Frazier Young Award was established to assist women who have had an interruption in pursuing a college degree (undergraduate or graduate). The application is open and accepting rolling applications. Priority consideration will be given to applications submitted by midnight Sunday, May 10. For more information or to apply, visit https://oiir.illinois.edu/womens-center/resources/financial-support/verdell-frazier-young-awards-women .

GLOBE Fall 2020:

Apply today to become a GLOBE member! Blue applications are now being accepted with a priority date of Wednesday, July 1. Details and application links are here. Global Leaders Orange and Blue Engagement (GLOBE) offers you an opportunity to make connections with orange members (incoming students), build intercultural communication skills, leadership experience, and lifelong friendships.

Online Workshop:

As COVID-19 forces society to distance ourselves from each other, the Illinois Leadership Center (ILC) has been and continues developing online modules designed to enhance a variety of competencies from the Illinois Model of Leadership. Below are the current modules available or in progress:

  • Inclusive Conversations
  • Interpersonal/Team: Psychological Safety
  • Productivity & Goals (in progress)
  • Systems Thinking
  • Virtual Teams (in progress)

For full descriptions and instructions to self-enroll into the modules, go to: https://leadership.illinois.edu/onlinetraining

Online Integrity i-Program:

The Online Integrity i-Program focuses on skills necessary for interpersonal and organizational ethical leadership. Students who participate in online Integrity will engage in virtual discussions and complete activities around values, ethics, and morals and discuss how to successfully navigate them. Go to: https://leadership.illinois.edu/onlinetraining for instructions to self-enroll into this program.

Please note, Online Integrity will not be available from May 7th to May 18th and will be available until June 29th once it’s reopen.

For questions, email leadership@illinois.edu

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