Study Abroad Fair TODAY

Friday, August 31st
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Illini Union Room C & South Lounge

• Talk to Study Abroad Advisors and returned students
• Programs for all majors and minors!
• Year, semester, spring/summer, and summer options!
• Scholarships and financial aid!

Please also note, if you are interested in study abroad, you can do 1 of 3 things:

1.) Go to a First Steps Info Session (held Mon-Thur, 4pm-5pm in LH 1027).
2.) Watch the First Steps Video Series online.
3.) Or stop by the Study Abroad Office to meet with a Peer Advisor for more information.

For more, visit the Study Abroad website at: www.studyabroad.illinois.edu

Illinois Leadership Center i-programs

What do you stand for? How do your social identities impact your leadership effectiveness? What are your unique talents and skills?

Join us for Insight to find out!

INSIGHT Leadership Program

When: Sat., September 15, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Insight is one of Illinois Leadership Center’s 5 i-Programs focused on building self-awareness and self-management skills.  Participants will learn how personal identities, personal values, and individual skills impacts leadership style and effectiveness. Attend Insight to learn important skills, continue developing your resume, meet new people, and gain the experience needed to positively impact your future.

Registration is open now at: http://www.illinoisleadership.uiuc.edu/programs/

INTERSECT Leadership Program

When: Sat., September 8, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Intersect is one of Illinois Leadership Center’s 5 i-Programs focused on interpersonal communication. It is designed to help improve how you work with others. Attend INTERSECT to gain valuable leadership skills such as: 

· Understand your personal communication style

· Discover how to improve your interpersonal skills

· Learn how to work more effectively in teams

Attend Intersect to learn important skills, continue developing your resume, meet new people, and gain the experience needed to positively impact your future.

Registration is open now at: http://www.illinoisleadership.uiuc.edu/programs/

Register now!

Open seats in AHS discovery course

AHS 199: Leadership Health

Students will learn about prominent and less prominent examples of individuals who are leading the way in enhancing health and well-being locally, regionally, nationally and globally. Each student will understand the important role that one person can play in "changing the world" with a focus on health. Students will analyze leaders using Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Challenge. First Year Discovery Program Course. Registration restricted to freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course.

Open seats in IB discovery courses

Chemicals in the Environment: Pssst--Have you heard?...Using no-stick frying pans can kill your parakeet. Bottled water causes infertility. Vaccines cause autism. Pesticides in your food cause cancer. Tuna fish causes brain damage... True or false? And how can you sure which is which? How do you find reliable information when the next scary story appears on the news? We will look at chemicals in the news now to examine the risks posed by chemicals in the environment-both to humans and to the environment itself. Specific topics will include (but need not be limited to) environmental endocrine disrupters, pesticide residues in food, and mercury and other metals in food and drugs. CRN: 30387

Bioinspiration: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Nature can serve as inspiration for important technological advancements. In the future our health, the environment, and other societal problems will benefit from basic research in biology. In this course animal and plant physiology, behavior and ecology will be discussed to serve as inspiration for innovation. Examples of the varied topics to be discussed: efficient architecture, cooperative control, robotics, multimodal sensory integration, and advanced materials. This course requires students to participate in group-work and in-class presentations and work at an accelerated rate because of the 8-week format. CRN: 54271

Biology in Science Fiction Films: Students will be introduced to the span of biological disciplines through the lens of Hollywood science fiction films. Representative films will be viewed in clips or in their entirety to introduce concepts in molecular biology, genetics, anatomy, endocrinology, immunology, pharmacology, plant biology, and entomology. Discussions will focus on the contrast between biological reality and the biological errors made by screenwriters and filmmakers. CRN: 59823

Deconstructing your syllabus

Now that you have all of your course syllabi, what do you plan to do with them?  Come find out what the best students do during “syllabus week” to have a successful semester!

Deconstructing Your Syllabus Workshop
Wednesday, Sept 5th 7-8pm
Undergraduate Library, Room 295 

Presented by the Counseling Center Paraprofessionals 

Hosted by The Division of General Studies