Scholarships/Fellowships

Prestigious Scholarship Info Sessions

Please help us assist your best and brightest students in applying for nationally competitive awards by sharing the following invitation with them:

Info sessions for juniors/seniors/grad & professional students:

 

Congratulations on your University of Illinois academic and personal accomplishments thus far!  With some effort, you may be on your way to garnering scholarships for continued study or research. The National and International Scholarships Program is here to assist you through the application process.  For Juniors, Seniors and Graduate/Professional students (generally 1st-year), now is the time to start your applications. To find out what you should be doing to meet the June 1 priority application deadline (for study beginning in fall, 2017), come to an informational meeting at one of the following nine times:

 

Monday, March 28: 1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30-4:00, 4:00-4:30

Tuesday, March 29: 1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:30-4:00, 4:00-4:30, or 5:00-5:30

 

All sessions will be held in room 514, 807 S. Wright St. at the Campus Center for Advising and Academic Services.  Topics to be covered include information about the Churchill, Fulbright, Gates Cambridge, George Mitchell, Luce Scholars, Marshall, Rhodes, and Schwarzman programs and how to apply for these international opportunities.

 

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Info sessions for freshmen/sophomores (students graduating after August 2017):

 

Congratulations on your University of Illinois academic and personal accomplishments thus far!  With some effort, you may be on your way to garnering scholarships for further studies. The National and International Scholarships Program is here to assist you through the application process.  Believe it or not, the time to start planning for these applications is now. To find out what you should be doing to strengthen your eventual candidacy, come to an informational meeting at one of the following twelve times:

 

Friday, April 1: 1:30-2:00, 2:00-2:30, 3:00-3:30, or 3:30-4:00

Tuesday, April 5: 12:00-12:30, 2:00-2:30, 4:30-5:00, or 5:00-5:30

Wednesday, April 6: 12:30-1:00, 1:00-1:30, 3:30-4:00, or 4:00-4:30

 

All sessions will be held in room 514, 807 S. Wright St. at the Campus Center for Advising and Academic Services.  Topics to be covered include information about the Beinecke, Churchill, Fulbright, Gates Cambridge, George Mitchell, Goldwater, Luce Scholars, Marshall, Rhodes, Schwarzman and Truman programs and how you may prepare for these opportunities.

 

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For more information, contact the scholarships program at topscholars@illinois.edu or visit our website at www.topscholars.illinois.edu.

 

Kind regards,

 

Richelle Bernazzoli, Ph.D.

National and International Scholarships Program  |  University of Illinois

Illini Union Bookstore, 5th Floor, MC-317  |  807 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820

Course Announcements, Fall 2016 courses

Gen Ed recommendation

FAMILIES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

HDFS 220 / ANTH 210

Professor Marcela Raffaelli (mraffael@illinois.edu)

(Department of Human Development & Family Studies, College of ACES)

 

Families in Global Perspective Fall 2016 (HDFS 220 ANTH 210)

Course Format: The course incorporates a dynamic mix of lectures, video case studies, discussions and in-class activities.

 

Sample topics. Students will learn how families are affected by the globalization of ideas (e.g., views about gender relations and child development transmitted through the media); global market forces (e.g., globalization of labor and transnational employment); and international development initiatives (e.g., the Sustainable Development Goals). We will also consider variations among families in different parts of the globe and examine variations due to historical, political, and cultural contexts.

 

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:

Cultural Studies: Non-Western and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Format: The course incorporates a dynamic mix of lectures, video case studies, discussions and in-class activities.

 

Sample topics. Students will learn how families are affected by the globalization of ideas (e.g., views about gender relations and child development transmitted through the media); global market forces (e.g., globalization of labor and transnational employment); and international development initiatives (e.g., the Sustainable Development Goals). We will also consider variations among families in different parts of the globe and examine variations due to historical, political, and cultural contexts.

 

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for:

Cultural Studies: Non-Western and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

new course LAS 199: Professional Development Seminar

 

What are you doing this summer?

 

An internship?

Part time work?

A service learning experience?

 

The College of LAS is excited to announce a new course to help you integrate your summer experience with your academic and career development goals. Introducing the:

 

LAS 199: Professional Development Seminar

 

This course meets in-person four times this spring (4/4, 4/11, 4/18, and 4/25) to help you prepare for the summer experience followed by six online modules over the summer and two in-person classes on 8/22 and 8/29.

 

In this course, students will connect experiential learning (internships, service learning, volunteer efforts, part-time work related to their field of study) to their liberal arts & sciences education and explore how out of class learning can support career exploration and skill development.

 

Students will make connections between their experiential learning experience and their academic, personal and professional goals through classroom activities, reflections, an e-portfolio as well as cover career development topics such as identifying your work style, company fit, and informational interviews.

 

While this course is open to all LAS students, it is expected that students who join this course will have at least a 20 hours/week experience for 5 weeks over the summer.

 

Enrollment is by application only: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/8891285

 

Questions may be directed to the course instructor, Robin Mosley Vaughan.

 

While the bulk of the work is done online this summer, this unique course will go on your transcript as a Spring 2016 course (i.e. summer school tuition is not required).

 

Apply now! Class begins Monday, April 4th!

LAS 199PDS: Professional Development Seminar (1 credit; CRN 64793)

Course Announcements, International study

Summer 2016 NEW faculty-led program

It’s not too late to apply for this NEW summer 2016 faculty-led program to Prague and Krakow! 5 weeks – 2 cities – 6 credit hours!

 

Application deadline: April 1

 

The application is not time consuming and can all be completed online. No recommendations are required. Students will just need to submit 5 short answer essay questions, a few signature documents and short questionnaires, unofficial transcript, and a photocopy of their valid passport (or receipt as proof of application for a new or renewed passport)!

 

See flier attached or visit the brochure page online for more information including cost: http://app.studyabroad.illinois.edu/?go=PolandCzechRepublic.

HIST Krakow_Prague

Stacy

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Stacy Billman

Assistant Director for Faculty-Led Programs

Illinois Abroad & Global Exchange

Illinois International Programs

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

112 International Studies Building

910 S. Fifth St. | Champaign, Illinois 61820

sbillman@illinois.edu | (217) 333-6322

Course Announcements, Fall 2016 courses

FSHN 220 – Principles of Nutrition: a blended course on Tues/Thur evenings

I have started teaching the fall section of FSHN 220 (principles of nutrition) on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (6:30-8:20) using a blended format.

If you know of students who are interested in nutrition as an elective, and who have difficult schedules to set, please consider this course.

All majors welcome, students only need one semester of general or introductory chemistry to be successful in this course.
 

Activities, Leadership, Service

Interfaith Literacy and Racial Justice Allies & Advocate Trainings

Racial Justice Allies & Advocates Training

Thursday, April 7th from 1-4pm

Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center (51 E. Gregory Dr.)

 

Registration is now open for the Racial Justice Allies and Advocates training session on Thursday,  April 7th. The training is designed as an introduction to the subject of race and racism on campus. It aims to provide students, faculty, and staff with a core awareness of the structures of racism, its role in interpersonal relationships, and empower participants to work as allies by elevating the voices of underrepresented populations at the University of Illinois.

The training will take place on Thursday, April 7th from 1pm-4pm at the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center. Follow the link below to register by Monday April 4th. For more information, contact DiversityEd@illinois.edu

https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6314800

 

Bringing Higher Education Professionals to the Interfaith Party

1-4pm, Friday, April 1st

Ikenberry SDRP Room 2050

(301 E. Gregory Dr.)

 

Higher education expert Dr. Kathy Goodman (Miami University – Oxford) will present a training for staff, faculty, and graduate students on the ways student affair professionals can best engage in interfaith work with students. This interactive training will include skills for creating a safe and tolerant campus climate. This session is a pre-conference for the Illinois Interfaith Conference. Register to attend this session and the entire conference at www.illinoisinterfaithservice.org. The Illinois Interfaith Conference is co-sponsored by a variety of campus and student organizations, and funded in part by SCPF, SORF, PCC, CRFB, and the Interfaith Youth Core’s Interfaith Leadership Lab.

 

 

Ross A. Wantland, M.Ed.

Director, Diversity & Social Justice Education

Advisor, Kappa Delta Chi Sorority

Chair, NASPA IV-E Spirituality & Religion in Higher Education KC

Diversity & Social Justice Education

1001 S. Wright St. (MC-410)

Room 5, Second Floor

Champaign, IL 61820

2nd half-session courses, Course Announcements

Seats still available for EPSY 203 social issues dialogue courses

EPSY 203 Social Justice Group Dialogue courses are now open for enrollment. These 1 credit hour, second 8 week courses provide students with opportunities to converse on specific diversity and social justice topic are offered as separate sections under the course heading. Each section uses a structure dialogue format to explore intergroup and intragroup differences and similarities within historical and contemporary contexts.  May be repeated in the same tem to a maximum of 2 hours. May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours.

This Spring 2016 semester we are offering the following dialogue topics: Exploring Gender (Cis & Trans); African/African American; 2 sections on Being White in a Multicultural Society Dialogue; 2 sections on Race/Ethnicity; Exploring LGBQA/Heterosexual dialogue; Exploring Socioeconomic Class; Conservative/Liberal (Political Affiliation) dialogue; Exploring Disability; and US/International Relations: A Global Dialogue. For specific day/time and location information and to register go to the Enterprise Self-Service Application. For descriptive information on the section topics please go to: http://go.illinois.edu/EPSY203

 

 

Joycelyn Landrum-Brown, Ph.D.

(Pronouns She, Her and Hers)

Adjunct Assistant Professor Educational Psychology and Psychology

Activities

Free 5K Race/Walk and Health Fair

Avicenna Community Health Center — Student Initiative will be hosting a 5K run/walk on April 3rd. The 5K event will be entirely FREE for all participants and food/refreshments will be provided. In addition, there will be an associated wellness fair featuring both health professionals and other health-orientated organizations.

 

Join Avicenna on a beautiful spring day where you can run or walk with fellow supporters as staff times your pace, hands out awards, and provides relevant health information.

 

Registration Link: http://goo.gl/forms/22f3VZWn1U

Event Date: April 3rd, 2016 (8 AM – 12 PM)

Event Address: UIUC Arboretum – 2001 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802

 

 

 

Cassie Meinert

Academic Advisor for Kinesiology

Department of Kinesiology and Community Health

College of Applied Health Sciences

Career opportunities, Scholarships/Fellowships

Fulbright Scholarship Information Sessions

llinois Fulbright Week 2016

Learn how Fulbright, the United States’ premier academic exchange, funds overseas study, research, or teaching for U.S. citizen students and alumni. This week will feature Fulbright alumni who will share their experience, opportunities to network with other aspiring Fulbrighters and will offer application workshops. Full workshop descriptions may be found at: http://topscholars.illinois.edu/FulbrightWeek

Fulbright Information Session

Thursday, April 14 from 3:30-5:30 pm in 180 Bevier Hall

Fulbright Panel on Fulbright and Your Future Career

Friday, April 15 from 3-4 pm at 514 Illini Union Bookstore

Fulbright Mixer

Friday, April 15 from 4-5pm – Illini Union Bookstore 5th floor lobby

Fulbright Informational Webinar for Illinois Alumni and Students Abroad

Monday, April 18 from 12-1 pm

Fulbright Personal Statement Workshop

Monday, April 18 from 3-4:30 at 514 Illini Union Bookstore

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Application Workshop

Tuesday, April 19 from 3:30-4:30 pm at 514 Illini Union Bookstore

Fulbright Informational Webinar for Illinois Alumni and Students Abroad

Wednesday, April 20 from 8-9 am

Workshop: Designing a Fulbright Research Proposal

Wednesday, April 20 from 3-4:30 pm in 161 Noyes (undergraduate session)

Informational Meeting, Majors/Minors

Spanish Major and Minor Info Session

Hi Everyone,

 

Please pass the following information to students:

 

Spanish Major/Minor Information Session

Wednesday March 9th, from 3-4 pm

Foreign Language Building Room 1080- Lucy Ellis Lounge

Major Minor Flyer 5

Thank you all for your help.

Kind Regards,

Tasha

 

Tasha Robles

Spanish Academic Advisor

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign