Click the image above to view the podcast and take a tour of English department majors and minors with Keshia and Anna! Questions? Email us at englishadvising@illinois.edu.
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TAKE care of yourself and others!
This is a reminder to please do all you can do protect yourself and others from COVID-19 by wearing a mask, avoiding gatherings, and testing/isolating/quarantining *as instructed* regardless of whether you have symptoms.
Montage arts journal
More information will follow, but this is just a heads-up that Montage Arts Journal is accepting submissions for the Spring 2021 issue any time up to November 18, 2020. Each submission should be limited to 3000 lines of prose, 300 lines of poetry, or 10 images. For more information, email Luke Madden at lmadden2@illinois.edu. To view previous issues, see https://issuu.com/montagejournal.
Interested in the Peace Corps?
Nick Melrose is the new Peace Corps Strategic Campus Recruiter for this year! Nick did his Peace Corps service in Thailand as an education volunteer from 2018-2020. Before joining the Peace Corps, he worked on campus as an academic advisor in the Department of Economics, and he’s glad to be returning to this community. If you would like to know more about opportunities within the Peace Corps, get in touch with Nick at peacecorps@mx.uillinois.edu.
Join Sigma Tau Delta!
Join Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors Society! The first recruitment meeting will be on Wednesday, September 9 at 6 pm on Zoom (email for link and password). Members have the opportunity to meet and collaborate with other English students, participate in volunteer opportunities, conferences, and social events (safely on Zoom or at a distance!), and work on your writing skills with chances to publish your papers!
Email sigmataudeltaillinois@gmail.com if you have any questions or need the zoom information.
call for cultural committee members
The Illini Union Board is searching for passionate, organized, and responsible students to join the Cultural Committee. These students will help plan fun but educational events that promote an appreciation of diversity on campus. For more information or to indicate interest, email the director by Friday, Sept. 11.
Upcoming Book Talk
This semester, The Center for Children’s Books will host several virtual lectures presented by visiting scholars on a variety of topics connected to literacy and youth services. Join them on September 17th for the first lecture, on the subject of audio books!
See https://ccb.ischool.illinois.edu/ss/ for more info. Zoom details will be poster there the day of the event.
Join the Chorus!
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permission required to Underload
If you are enrolled in fewer than 12 hours for the fall semester and planning to remain so, then you need to fill out the form available on this website. Note the guidelines ( for example, you cannot underload if you have an advising agreement that stipulates a minimum of 12 hours). If you’re not sure whether you can or should underload, please consult a college advisor.
Did you know?
You probably all do know this, but I didn’t until a helpful new student clued me in (thank you, E.B.), so I’m sharing it here just in case. If you’re in the registration system and you select a course in your summary and then go to “Instructor/meeting times” you can click on the instructor name and the email will pop up. In some cases that will be easier/quicker than trying to find them in the directory, as I had previously suggested. If you are not yet registered for a course and want to reach out to an instructor, then the directory is still your best bet.
writers workshop
The Writers Workshop is online this fall! You can schedule a virtual consultation or attend an event (schedule is still being finalized, but you’ll find it on the website once it is).
ATLAS Internships
ATLAS is still looking for students to fill social media and communication internships this fall. Read about the internship program here and email atlas-internships@illinois.edu if you would like to know more. This is a great opportunity, open to all students regardless of GPA, no prior experience necessary, and it’s a great way to gain skills you can use in all sorts of ways!
Book Group for prospective teachers
Interested in education or becoming a teacher? Join BookED: Read and Chat!
We will be reading different books and discussing them and how to implement them on a practical level. These books will be aimed at all grade levels and subject areas.
Our first book will be We Got This: Education, Equity and the Quest To Be Who Our Students Need Us To Be.
If you are interested in joining us, please fill out this Google Form for further updates. If you have questions, please email Amanda Heinsman at heinsman@illinois.edu.
Conversation Café
The Office of Diversity and Social Justice Education will be kicking off the fall Conversation Café series Friday August 28, 2020. Chloe Johnson, a former student intern who now works with the Obama Foundation, will address first generation professionalism and imposter syndrome.
Date: Friday, August 28, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM Central Standard Time
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqc-qoqjwtH9cfdjkVu-F_t5aiqkL1mP70
Office of Undergraduate Research
The OUR is offering a variety of workshops for undergraduates on such topics as getting started in research, giving research presentations, proposal writing, and the value of research. Check out their website for details!
Study abroad scholarship
The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of $5,000 (plus up to a $3,000 supplement for critical languages) for U.S. citizen undergraduate students to pursue summer, semester, or academic-year study abroad opportunities in other countries. This is a need-based award, and to be eligible, you must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant.
The National and International Scholarships Program will assist in reviewing your scholarship application material. In fact, we welcome the opportunity to help make your application more competitive! To get you started, we are offering a two-day informational event about the Gilman Scholarship.
Gilman International Scholarship Information Session
September 3, 2020 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Online: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/99487287069
Gilman International Scholarship Writing Workshop
September 4, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Online: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/93901013751
For more information, contact the scholarships office at topscholars@illinois.edu or visit our website.
Pre-Law Students
Kappa Alpha Pi is the University of Illinois’ oldest, largest, and only exclusive pre-law co-ed fraternity on campus. With over 100 members, KAP strives to prepare pre-law students with the tools necessary to successfully enter law school. KAP has chapters across the US including the University of Michigan, Cornell, and the University of California Los Angeles. Some of the benefits of joining KAP include, community with other pre-law students on campus, networking opportunities with current lawyers, judges, law school professors, and law students, and discounts/workshops with LSAT materials. One of the major benefits is invitation to the KAP Conference, which is hosted here at the University exclusively for KAP members. At the conference, you are allowed 1-1 in-person access to law school admission deans. If you are interested in rushing Kappa Alpha Pi, please email us at: uiuckapprelaw@gmail.com so that we can add you to our email list. Feel free to follow us @ illinoiskap on Instagram and @ Kappa Alpha Pi at the University of Illinois on Facebook to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Below is our recruitment schedule for the fall 2020 semester:
- Info Session #1 (Via Zoom): Tuesday, September 1st, 6pm
- Info Session #2 (Via Zoom): Wednesday, September 9th, 6pm
- Social Session (Via Zoom): Tuesday, September 22nd, 5-7pm
- Interview (invite only): Thursday, September 24th, 5pm
Student Advocacy Coalition
The Student Advocacy Coalition (SAC) is a bi-partisan student organization that promotes civic engagement and lobbies legislators for higher education and student rights on behalf of the University of Illinois. SAC is housed under the University’s Office of Government Relations and provides opportunities for students to engage with state and federal legislators online and in person. SAC members are students from all walks of campus, diverse backgrounds and majors. Members build professional development skills through one-on-one interactions with their legislators, panels with alumni who are trailblazers in their field, and discussions on critical issues impacting our country. This year, our calendar includes a Dialogue Series with the 4 major political parties on campus, Policy Panels with state legislators and community leaders on the Black Lives Matter movement, and more! SAC believes being involved is more than attending mandatory meetings, it’s about participating in activities that are actually interesting, and spending your time in a community of people who care about making a difference! Our Virtual Info Session is on September 1st at 6pm and the link is as follows https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94134221769.
Our online application will be released on our website: https://sacurbana.weebly.com/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sac.urbana/.
All applications are due September 15th and will be followed by Zoom interviews. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to send us an email at studentadvocacy.uiuc@gmail.com.
Get Involved!
IllinoisPIRG is a statewide student-run non-profit that works to protect the public interest and recruit and train student activists. Partnered with other state chapters, we have a 45 year track record of making social change in the US through our organizing efforts on college campuses across the state.
IllinoisPIRG interns learn valuable organizing skills, like building a team of volunteers, taking on leadership within a campaign, organizing events on campus, lobbying elected officials, and working with the media. In addition to building skills and adding to a resume, our interns work to create tangible policy change on behalf of the public interest. Interns work between 5-10hrs per week.
For more information, visit our internship application page & apply today!
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take care of yourself and others
Welcome back! For those of you who are on campus, please be sure to follow all the safety guidelines to protect yourself and those around you. Please wear a mask, practice social distancing, and avoid large gatherings. Stay home if you feel sick, and get tested regularly as mandated. We know how difficult this is, but we really want you all to stay well and to do your part to keep the community safe. Thanks!
For more information, see https://covid19.illinois.edu/guides/students/
congratulations!
Join us in congratulating Kirstin Wilcox, Director of the Humanities Professional Resource Center, who recently won an IlliAAC Outstanding Student Services Professional Award. IlliAAC is a campus organization of advisors and student services professionals and this award is a meaningful and well-deserved acknowledgement of Kirstin’s dedication to students working in humanities fields (i.e. all of you)!
Study Spaces for Students
Looking for a quiet place to study on campus? This link will take you to a list of available spaces, plus information about the guidelines that will keep you and the other people who are using them safe.
https://registrar.illinois.edu/faculty-staff/course-catalog-and-scheduling/specifications/
secondary education minor application closes august 31
This is a reminder that if you will be a Junior this year (or if you will be a Senior planning for a 5th year) and you are NOT ALREADY in the minor, you MUST apply this August to begin the secondary education sequence this coming Spring. Assuming you are accepted into the minor, you would student teach and graduate in Spring of 2022. Questions? Contact Amanda Heinsman at heinsman@illinois.edu. Details and a link to the application can be found here.
SourceLab Information session
SourceLab is a student-led digital humanities research collective that publishes digital documentary editions of historical sources for public use. In addition, we host open events throughout the semester on the relationship between Digital Humanities, classroom education, and the future of the historical record. SourceLab draws on graduate and undergraduate students from across campus, and our graduates have gone on to careers in teaching, digital publishing, and archival work, as well as graduate school in a range of disciplines.
There is an information session coming up on Wednesday, August 26th at 4:30pm over Zoom. At that meeting you will meet some of the members of SourceLab and learn more about what we do, the events coming up, and how to get involved. There will be time for questions at the end.
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97936957492?pwd=ODBhTnZQRmp4dTZqbjIzelhZZ1ptUT09
Meeting ID: 979 3695 7492 I Password: 827624
The WRC’s “DISH IT UP” IS BACK
Join the WRC for the first Dish It Up of the semester, which will feature part one of a panel entitled “The State of Womxn.” Our panelists will discuss what they think are the most pressing issues facing womxn today and how we can stand in solidarity together. You don’t want to miss it!
Moderator: Dr. Flavia Andrade, acting Director of Women & Gender in Global Perspectives
Panelists: Leslie Morrow (Director of the LGBT Resource Center), Taylor Mazique, Sarah Locke.
Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96269686897?pwd=a0ora1g5akV1MHJKQmwzYjVOOUVYQT09
Zoom Meeting ID: 962 6968 6897 | Password: 123295
Campus Rec Food Assistance Program
The ARC Student Food Pantry is a shopping style pantry. Food is set up on shelves by food groups. Shoppers walk through the space and take food off shelves according to pantry guidelines. This model allows shoppers to handle food, choose items that they will eat and enjoy, and look at the labels just as if they were shopping in a store. Food Science and Human Nutrition Students will be available to answer shopper questions and to provide resources to prepare the food. The ARC Food Pantry is located in the rear of the ARC Instructional Kitchen (beside the indoor climbing wall).
Pantry hours:
Tuesday, 1-4 p.m.
Saturday, 2-5 p.m.
More info here: https://campusrec.illinois.edu/food-assistance-and-well-being-program/
SKY Happiness Retreat
SKY Happiness Retreat is a powerful weekend retreat filled with evidence-based meditation and breath-work practices, social connection, self-development and stress-management skills which bring calm, clarity and happiness.
Some Benefits
✔️ Learn powerful evidence-based meditation that brings clarity and calm
✔️ Understand sources of stress and the power of breath-work
✔️ Gain the ability to effectively manage stress, energy and negative emotions
✔️ Experience tools to increase personal happiness!
✔️ Increase social connection, enthusiasm, and inspiration
✔️ Learn to deal with criticism and mistakes
✔️ Increase capacity and self-confidence
✔️ Develop greater equanimity
Join this special experience in the comfort of your own home/dorm!
August 28-30 (Fri-Sun)
Friday: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm CST
Sat & Sun: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm CST
Cost: Fully funded for UIUC students, staff, and faculty
Apply here –– tiny.cc/SKYhappiness
If you have any questions please reach out to gerelbt2@illinois.edu