Nominations now being accepted for the 2013 International Achievement Awards
You can also contact Christen Mercier in the Office of International Programs and Studies by email at cmercier@illinois.edu.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Invites undergraduate student applications for the 2013-2014 Peter and Joan Hood Internship.
One upper-level LAS student will be selected to serve as a paid intern in the Student Academic Affairs Office in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, assisting the Associate Dean and Assistant Deans with special projects and research studies pertaining to LAS Student Academic Affairs. Projects may include evaluative assistance in the study of “best practices,” in addition to support in the areas of access, admissions, honors, undergraduate research, transfer articulation, unit assessment and surveys.
Please make your students aware of this opportunity! The hourly rate will be $9.00 (4-6 hours a week by arrangement each semester). The application is attached; deadline for fullest consideration is July 29, 2013.
Application materials may be hand-delivered, sent by mail (faxes will not be accepted) to LAS Honors, Student Academic Affairs Office, 2002 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801, or electronically to las-studentoffice@illinois.edu (be sure to write HOOD INTERNSHIP in subject line of email).
Please make your students aware of this opportunity–open to eligible LAS students enrolled in LAS majors for both spring and fall 2013.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites applications for the Tessa Oberg Writing Award. Honoring the life of Tessa Oberg, a graduate of the English Department, the award is open to students who were enrolled in an LAS major either as a freshman, sophomore or junior during the spring 2013 semester and who will continue in LAS for the fall 2013 semester. Selection for the $500 Tessa Oberg Writing Award for 2013 will be based upon a 3,000 – 5,000 word essay of an analytical and expository nature submitted in response to the prompt included in the application.
Students should submit the following application components (see attachment) :
1. A completed and signed application
2. The required essay as referenced in the application.
Application deadline for fullest consideration: Monday, August 12, 2013.
By mail to: Assistant Dean Penelope Soskin, LAS Student Academic Affairs Office, 2002 Lincoln Hall,
702 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801. Electronic submissions may also be sent to las-studentoffice<at>illinois.edu (be sure to write TESSA OBERG WRITING AWARD in subject line of email). For more information, call (217) 333-1158.
Applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program must be U.S. citizens at the time of application and hold a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent by the beginning of the grant. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program does not require applicants to be currently enrolled in a college or university. Applications from young professionals interested in an international experience are also encouraged.
Spring Deadline