Category Archives: Other departments

Informational Meeting, International study, Majors/Minors, Other departments

Spanish Minor and Studying Abroad for Spanish

 We are receiving many inquiries from students  about declaring and completing a Spanish Minor along with studying abroad for Spanish which is wonderful. In order to provide the most efficient and accurate information, please encourage students to attend one of the minor information meetings scheduled for this semester. The schedule can be found on my webpage below. I have also attached it here in case you would like to send it directly as a PDF to interested students. (Some of you might also be interested in additional links found on my webpage such as Studying Abroad for Spanish, Minor Requirements, Proficiency and Placement Testing, and 100 level course information, etc.)
In the event a student cannot attend a meeting, they are encouraged to meet with me during my walk-in hours which will resume next week.


Thank you to all for your support and encouragement of our undergraduate students.
Regards,
Beth

Beth Chasco
Undergraduate Spanish Advisor
4004 FLB MC-176
Walk-in hours posted weekly on:
http://www.sip.illinois.edu/spanish/advising/index.html

BLOG
https://publish.illinois.edu/spanadvising/

Career opportunities, Informational Meeting, Other departments

Updates for Students Pursuing a Health Profession

Hello!
 
I have some updates for students pursuing a health profession:
·         The Prerequisite Coursework flyers are all updated and can be viewed on our website at https://www.careercenter.illinois.edu/health%20professions. If you would like physical copies of these flyers, please e-mail me with the flyer(s) name and total number you would like.
 
·         This semester The Career Center is starting a pilot program, the Health Professions Certificate program. This will be a semester long program to help students stay on track with their health career goals, and help them become a competitive applicant to graduate and professional programs. We are hoping that this may be a way for students not currently utilizing The Career Center and a Health Professions Advisor to connect with us. I am reaching out to you, in the hope, that you will advertise this program to your students. I have attached the application form and the certificate completion form which outlines the requirements of the program. Please share widely.
 
·         Over the next two weeks we will be hosting information sessions for health profession students. These are designed for first year and transfer students. Please encourage your students to attend. All occur at noon at The Career Center Interview Suite located at 616 E Green Street.
·         Wednesday, Aug. 27  Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry, Veterinary Medicine
·         Thursday, Aug. 28 Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy
·         Tuesday, Sept. 2 Nursing
·         Wednesday, Sept. 3 Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Pharmacy
·         Thursday, Sept. 4 Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry, Veterinary Medicine
 
·         Please encourage your students to attend the Health Related RSO Fair. This is an opportunity for new and transfer students to identify pre-health clubs and get involved. Light refreshments and snacks will also be served.
·         Wednesday, Sept. 3 5-7pm at the SDRP (Ikenberry Commons) MPR 2025 A and B
 
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
 
Sincerely,
 
Arianna Agramonte Holterman
Assistant Director
The Career Center
Student Services Arcade Building, MC 383
715 South Wright Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Informational Meeting, Majors/Minors, Other departments

College of Media ICT Info

Want to major in Advertising, Agricultural Communications, Media and Cinema Studies, Broadcast Journalism or News-Editorial Journalism?
 
College of Media Informational Meetings:
4:00 p.m. • Wednesday, Sept 10 • Room 100 Gregory Hall
4:00 p.m. • Tuesday, Sept 16 • Room 100 Gregory Hall
4:00 p.m. • Monday, Sept 22 • Room 100 Gregory Hall
 
Pick the day that fits your schedule. Each session is the same.
 
Who should attend?
Freshmen and Sophomores who want to enter the College as Advertising, Agricultural Communications, Media and Cinemas Studies, Broadcast Journalism or News-Editorial Journalism majors.
 
All materials must be submitted to the Student Services Center in 18 Gregory Hall by the deadline: Thursday, September 25th
 
COLLEGE OF MEDIA • STUDENT SERVICES CENTER
18 Gregory Hall • 217-244-4329 • media-ssc@illinois.edu • www.media.illinois.edu
 
If students have any questions they can email media-ssc@illinois.edu

 

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Informational Meeting, Majors/Minors, Other departments

Message for students looking to transfer to LAS

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will hold ICT Meetings on Thursday, August 21, Friday, August 22, and Monday, August 25.  Here are the details:
 
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Thursday, August 21 1002 Lincoln Hall
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Friday, August 22 1002 Lincoln Hall
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Monday, August 25, 1092 Lincoln Hall
 
After all three meetings, we will send all attendees links to our online ICT form.  This is absolutely the best way to get the information you need, as we’ll be able to answer your questions directly and make sure you’re all set for the application process.
 
If you cannot attend one of these sessions, please log on to Moodle using the link and Enrollment Key below and watch our ICT video; take the very brief quiz afterwards, and you’ll receive an email containing the aforementioned link to our ICT form.
 
 
Enrollment Key: LASICTFA14
 
Please direct any questions you may have about our ICT meetings or the ICT video to Gretchen Pein (pein@illinois.edu) or Bob Steltman (steltman@illinois.edu).

 

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Course Announcements, Other departments

History Proficiency Exams – Fall 2014

This is just a friendly reminder that the Department of History will be offering proficiency exams in FA ’14 for the following courses:
 
HIST 141:  Western Civ to 1660
HIST 142:  Western Cive Since 1660
HIST 171:  US Hist to 1877
HIST 172:  US Hist Since 1877
 
For more information, please refer your students to this link:  http://www.history.illinois.edu/undergraduate/proexams/
 
HIST Proficiency Exam Registration Link (Net ID/Password Required):  https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/6579673
 
Thank you!
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Other departments, Seminars

Talk by former Governor Edgar

Former Governor of Illinois, Jim Edgar will speak on “Leadership and Solving Problems” on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30, in Room 233 Gregory Hall.  This talk is of interest to all students interested in civic leadership, public engagement and public life after college.  Kindly pass along this information to interested students.

Questions?  Contact  Katie Clark keclark@illinois.edu of the Department of Political Science.
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Career opportunities, Other departments, Seminars

ECE Explorations Seminar

DATA SCIENCE MEETS AGRICULTURE
Brian Zimmer-VP of Engineering & Erik Andrejko-Senior Lead, Science
The Climate Corporation
Wednesday, March 19 | 5:00pm | 151 Everitt Lab
 
The demand for agricultural outputs is growing. To meet this demand,increasingly mechanized precision agriculture must be combined with enormous amounts of collected data to intelligently optimize agriculture outputs. We will consider the challenges and possible approaches inherent to tackling this problem: optimizing global food production.
 
Zimmer leads the The Climate Corporation’s science and engineering teams. He has more than 15 years of experience leading the development of large-scale systems in a variety of industries. He earned a BS in finance from Illinois.
 
Andrejko leads The Climate Corporation Science and Research Organization, spanning research across teams including climatology, producing hyper-local weather forecasts; and agronomic models,  connecting hyper-local weather measurements to agronomic outcomes.
 
Open to all | Pizza will be provided after the talk!
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Informational Meeting, Majors/Minors, Other departments

Spanish Minor Information Meeting Tomorrow

There will be a Spanish Minor Information Meeting tomorrow, March 18 from 4:30 to 5:30 in the Lucy Ellis Lounge (Rm 1080) of the Foreign Languages Building.

Students should come to ask questions about the minor and studying abroad.

Find out how and when to declare the minor or bring your INTENT TO DECLARE A CAMPUS MINOR  form to the minor information meetings along with a print out of your academic record proving completion of 200, 204 and 228 if you are ready to do so.

Or, if you would like to speak to me in person, come in to my walk-in hours which are posted on the main advising page(below). Thank you for your interest and I look forward to meeting you should you decide to become a Spanish minor in SIP.

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Career opportunities, Other departments

Illinois in Washington

ILLINOIS-IN-WASHINGTON, EXTENDED DEADLINE.

The Illinois in Washington Program has extended its deadline for FALL, 2014 applications to  Tuesday, April 1.

In IIW, students live in Washington, DC for a semester, intern 4 days a week, and take U of I classes.  Students intern in a wide variety of places from Capitol Hill to nonprofits to advocacy organizations.  Below are some of the places where students have interned:

Congress: Senators Durbin, Franken, Kirk, Reid; Representatives Davis, Roskam, Schock, Shimkus, Kinzinger;

Political parties, political organizations and lobbying firms: Democratic National Committee, Republican National Committee, DC Legislative and Regulatory Services, The Keelen Group, The Monument Policy Group

Think Tanks: Brookings Institution, Center for American Progress, Middle East Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Not-for-Profits: Free the Slaves, Truman National Security Project, Center for International Policy, Global Solutions, Alliance for Aging Research, National Parks Foundation, America Votes, Rock the Vote, Environmental Law Institute, Arms Control Association, Search for Common Ground

U.S. Government Agencies: State Department, Department of Labor, FCC, Legal Services Corporation, Office of the US Trade Representative

Applications and information are available at www.washington.illinois.edu.  Illinois in Washington is an academic internship program for all U of I undergraduates.  Questions?  Contact Susan Halebsky Dimock, PhD Interim Director, Illinois in Washington sdimock@illinois.edu  www.washington.illinois.edu 

www.facebook.com/IllinoisinWashington

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