The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is seeking highly motivated and personable undergraduate students in the Arts and Humanities who are eager to guide and support their peers through the Illinois undergraduate research experience. If you have previous experience in research, whether through coursework, assisting faculty, research staff, or graduate students, or conducting a project of your own, we invite you to apply to become an Illinois Undergraduate Research Ambassador. In this role, you will have the opportunity to help other students navigate their own research journeys. As an undergraduate research ambassador, you will:
Research looks different across various fields! How do you now if you have research experience? You probably have experience if you have:
The deadline to apply is February 6, 2023 at 11:59pm. To learn more about the program, including its eligibility requirements and application process, please visit: https://go.illinois.edu/IURA_Apply |
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Do research with impact this summer! $4K stipend included
Do research with impact this summer!
Spend your summer conducting research that makes an impact on our local community through the Community-Academic Scholars Program. Scholars from disciplines across campus work on a research project designed to directly benefit the community. Students from all majors are encouraged to apply to this interdisciplinary program. Selected students receive training, support, and a $4K stipend during the 10-week summer program. Learn more and apply by Feb. 6: go.illinois.edu/community-academicscholars
The Summer 2023 Community-Academic Scholar application period is now open. We have opportunities that may be of interest to students who are passionate about working toward solutions to many of the challenges facing our local and regional communities: mental and physical health, poverty, health disparities, and our society’s urgent need for racial and social justice. Please consider sharing the information below with undergraduate students in your networks.
We cannot stress enough that this program is truly open to all majors. Some of the best work comes out of the interdisciplinary collaboration that occurs between students and academic mentors from different fields!
Interested in spending summer 2023 abroad? Options in England, Finland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, & Japan
Interested in spending summer 2023 abroad?
Opportunities for:
Music Residency in Cambridge, England
Sustainable Design in Finland
Lorenzo de Medici in Italy
DIS Copenhagen in Denmark and Sweden
Akita International University in Japan
Click here to check out FAA’s options in England, Finland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, & Japan
Freshmen and sophomores: Do you want to study in the United Kingdom this summer for free?
Freshmen and sophomores,
Do you want to study in the United Kingdom this summer for free? The Fulbright UK Summer Institutes offer five programs for this upcoming summer:
- Interested in climate change? Explore how STEM can support sustainability at the University of Exeter.
- Interested in identity and nationhood? Join the Aberstwyth University and its Center for Welsh Politics and Society.
- Interested in arts as activism? Consider how literature, music, visual arts, poetry and storytelling, dance, philosophy, and critical social theories have shaped movements for social justice across the globe at the University of Bristol.
- Interested in technology and innovation? Explore Scotland’s creative and technological industries through study at the University of Strathclyde and the Glasgow School of Art.
- Interested in Northern Ireland’s historical, cultural, and political, environment? Engage with local people and visit a range of cultural sites with the Queen’s University Belfast program.
The Summer Institutes cover the majority of the participant costs (round-trip airfare from the US to the UK, tuition and fees at the university, room and board, and social programs). Students must be US citizen freshmen or sophomores with a GPA of 3.7 or above.
The National and International Scholarship Program will be hosting an information session for high-achieving freshman and sophomore students to learn about the Fulbright UK Summer Institutes. The information session will take place Thursday, January 12th from 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Use this link to register in advance.
Please direct any questions to topscholars@illinois.edu.
Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships
The European Union Center is offering Academic Year 2022-23 and Summer 2023 Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to both undergraduate and graduate students interested in studying one of the following languages: Arabic, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, French (graduate students only), German (graduate students only), Modern Greek, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish (graduate students only), Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply, and we encourage applications from all majors, programs, and departments.
If you have students who might be interested, please let them know about this great fellowship opportunity, and feel free to share my contact information with them if they have questions.
Many thanks,
Sydney
Sydney Lazarus
Outreach & FLAS Coordinator, European Union Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tel. +1 217.244.5648
Student Leadership Scholarships
Call for Nominations to the Student Leadership Awards and Scholarships
Know a student leader who needs recognition for their work and efforts? The Student Leadership Awards and Scholarships are now accepting nominations through January 31, 2023. There is over $28,000 available to students of all class years. For questions, please contact the Illinois Leadership Center.
Joy Das • Illinois Leadership Center
Poetry contest for First-Year students only!!
Applications are now being accepted for the 2022-2023 Kevin T. Early Memorial Scholarship, a poetry prize open to first-year undergraduates in all majors. This scholarship is made possible by an endowment from William and Donna Early in memory of their son, a poet, Kevin T. Early. It awards $2000 to a student with freshman standing at UIUC for the 2022-2023 school year. The deadline for application is January 31, 2023.
If you have any students that might qualify, please send the attached flyer. We’re starting this process early so we can get as many submissions as possible.
For consideration, students must submit 5 poems via email to me at: Jdudek4@illinois.edu. The complete submission should not exceed 5 pages (so 1 poem to a page). Submissions should be attached to the email as .docx (Word) files.
The subject line of the email should read: “EARLY PRIZE SUBMISSION: Last name.”
The body of the email should include the student’s name, address, phone number, e-mail, UIN, and the titles of the poems. The name should not appear on the entry file itself. Complete guidelines are included in the attached document.
If you have any questions, please email me at jdudek4@illinois.edu
Thanks!
John
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John Dudek
Associate Director, Creative Writing
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Earn credit, get paid: Become a Peer Educator
Want to create positive change on campus? Interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how to prevent sexual violence in our community? Looking for a paid job?
Consider enrolling in CHLH 126: CARE next semester to become a paid peer educator in the Fall! All students are invited and encouraged to enroll. See the attached flyer.
TR 3:30 – 4:50 PM | 3 credit hours | CRN 71651
Contact Associate Director Prevention, Nora Peterson (nepeters@illinois.edu) with any questions.
Do research with impact this summer—and get paid!
Spend your summer conducting research that makes an impact on our local community through the Community-Academic Scholars Initiative.
Scholars from disciplines across campus work with an Illinois researcher and a community organization on a research project designed to directly benefit community members served by the partner organization, including program evaluations, needs assessments, or similar projects. Selected students receive training, support, and a $4K stipend during the 10-week summer program.
For more information, contact:
AMY RENEE KENILEY CLAY-MOORE (she/her/hers)
Communications Manager
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute
901 W. University Ave, Suite 201, | M/C 261
Urbana, IL 61801
217.300.2172 | amyclay@illinois.edu
healthinstitute.illinois.edu
Present Your Research! Office of Academic Research
Read the Office of Undergraduate Research newsletter. It is chock full of ideas and opportunities for undergraduates!
The Office of Undergraduate Research is excited to announce the dates for the 2023 Undergraduate Research Week & Symposium. The 2023 Undergraduate Research Week will run April 23 – 29, 2023, and will feature the Undergraduate Research Symposium to be held on Thursday, April 27, 2023.