holiday cards for military service members

DGS Council will be gathering next Wednesday, 12/5/12, from 4 to 5 p.m. to write holiday cards for military service members.  Join them at 160 English Building if you're interested in helping out!

IGNITE over winter break

Did you enjoy attending one of our i-Programs this year? Looking for something productive to do over your winter break?

Check out IGNITE!

IGNITE is one of the Illinois Leadership Center’s i-programs focused on group development and leading change within an organization.

If you want to make a difference on campus or transform your RSO, attend IGNITE!

IGNITE will be held over winter break on January 4th and January 5th in Chicago.

Pick one of these two dates to attend IGNITE and develop your leadership skills with the Illinois Leadership Center.

Still not convinced?

Watch the link below to hear why YOU should register for IGNITE from past participants:

http://youtu.be/uUmiG2DE5N4

Visit www.illinoisleadership.illinois.edu to register for IGNITE today!

Pizza and a Professional Lunch: Careers in Government & NonProfit

Pizza and a Professional Lunch: Careers in Government & NonProfit
Wednesday, November 28, 12:00-1:00 pm
Student Arcade Building, Conference Room 143 (The Career Center)

Do you seek you to make a difference in your community, your country, the world? Come enjoy lunch on us and hear from professionals who work in government and with nonprofit organizations. Learn about their experiences with choosing a major and pursuing their careers. Broaden your network and find out how to conduct informational interviews with professionals in your field of interest.

GLBL 250

GLBL 250: Development
Instructor: Laura Russ
Schedule: Tuesday/Thursday 3:30-4:50
Location: 260 Mechanical Engineering Bldg

GLBL 250 is an interdisciplinary introduction to the theory and practice of international development.

In this course students will:

· Question existing definitions of and goals for “international development”.

· Learn to critique historical and contemporary theories of development and explore how these theories have been enacted by states, international agencies and local actors.

· Study gender and development, microfinance, and urbanization in depth.

· Learn about a global development concern of their choosing through independent research.

art classes

Restrictions were recently lifted from the following art courses for Spring 2013:

ARTD 260 (Basic Photography)

ARTS 210 (Ceramics Sculpture 1)

ARTS 230 (Jewelry/Metals 1)

ARTS 280 (Sculpture 1)

ARTS 340 (The Art of 3D Imaging)

ARTS 343 (Time Arts I)

ARTS 445 (Special Topics in New Media)

two elective course options

There are still seats available in two interesting electives that are suitable for all undergrads.


NRES 199 Wild Animal Planet is taught by Dr. Mike Ward--Wednesdays 6:30-7:50 pm in 120 Architecture Building (3 hours, CRN: 57253). Wild Animal Planet is the perfect course for students who love nature shows and want to be able to interact with an expert. It will expose students to the amazing diversity and behavior of animals and provide an introduction to applied ecology. This course will cover the diversity of fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and birds both around the world and here in Illinois. It will provide basic information on how these organisms are able to survive in the harshest environments ranging from the Sahara Desert to Michigan Avenue, Chicago. The course will introduce students to the variety of behaviors exhibited by different organisms (e.g. the mating displays of birds of paradise, the great migrations of mammals and birds). While many of these behaviors occur in remote locations, the course will highlight the amazing behaviors of animals in the student's backyard. The course will have a strong conservation component where students are introduced to a variety of threats facing animals. It will also present information on how to manage sustainable populations in order to provide fishing and hunting opportunities. Finally, the students will be exposed to current issues in Illinois to illustrate how people and animals can co-occur and a broad overview of the management, restoration, and conservation techniques require to maintain animal populations.

ACES 199 Sustainable Food Systems is team taught by faculty from several departments in the College of ACES--Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:20 pm in 108 Bevier Hall (3 hours, CRN: 57624). We get bombarded with conflicting messages about food, hunger, health, and sustainability. Here's a chance to learn how to make sense of it all! This course is designed to foster critical systems thinking and collaborative analysis across multiple disciplines for the production, preparation, and consumption of food within complex social and ecological systems. The course includes the consideration of challenge of producing enough food to feed the world population, and the environmental (e.g., climate change, sustainability, environmental footprint), economic (e.g., food insecurity) and health (e. g., obesity, diabetes) issues that are related to food. A central idea is to start with “the food we eat” and connect it to health (e.g., obesity, nutrition, disease), the environment (e.g., environmental implications), the global economy (e.g., population growth, community economic development), and technology (e.g., genomics, engineering, information processing).

Education application workshop

This message is only for those students who plan to apply THIS SPRING to the following programs: Elementary Education, Early-Childhood Education, and Special Education

You must attend one of the following mandatory meetings if you are planning to apply to any of these three programs. This is the best way for you to get information about how to actually apply to the major in the spring semester. I will go into detail about the requirements for the application and how you will submit your application to the College of Education.

Friday, November 30th, 3-5pm, Education Building room 2
or
Thursday, December 13th, 3-5pm, Education Building room 2