Sociology Information Session this Friday

Thinking about Majoring in Sociology? Attend the Sociology Information Session and hear from Sociology Students & Advisors.

Friday March 8

Noon-1pm

3057 Lincoln Hall

Free Pizza & Pop

Engineering Majors and Minors Fair

The College of Engineering will be sponsoring an Engineering Majors and Minors Fair on Wednesday, March 27th from 4-5:30pm on the 4th floor of Grainger Library. DGS students are welcome to attend this event.

LGBT Resource Center is hiring an intern

Interested in joining the LGBT Resource Center staff at the U of I?

The LGBT Resource Center is looking for student interns for next academic year, 2013-14. This is a paid internship, open to University of Illinois undergraduate students. The time commitment is 8-10 hours/week when school is in session. Preference is given to students with federal work study. Please see attached for the application. Application Deadline: 5 PM, March 15th, 2013.

This position works directly with the Assistant Director of the LGBT Resource Center to increase student involvement and to enhance students’ collegiate experience by supporting the initiatives of the LGBT Resource Center with specific attention to event programming, leadership development, and marketing support.

Event Programming: Create and implement programs of social, political, educational and cultural nature in collaboration with RSOs, other cultural centers and campus units.

Leadership: Create and implement programs to address retention and leadership at all undergraduate levels; promote personal and academic development; develop mentorship networks among faculty, staff and students.

Marketing and Publications: Develop strategies to market LGBT Resource Center programs; assist with publications. Assist the Office Support Specialist with daily operational tasks (answering phones, assisting students, staff or faculty that visit or inquire about the LGBT Resource Center, record keeping, etc.) as well as assist in other clerical duties.

Preferred skills:

· Familiarity with LGBTQIA communities

· Familiarity and/or involvement with LGBTQIA RSO's at U of I.

· Strong organizational skills and a willingness to learn

· Previous leadership and/or involvement experiences with advocacy, community service, event planning, facilitation, and other educational activities.

You may submit the application (attached) and resume in-person or through email to:

Saida Bonifield
LGBT Resource Center
1401 W Green Street, room 323 MC-384
Urbana, IL 61801
sbonifie@illinois.edu

seats available in RST course in 2nd 8 weeks

RST 255 - Ethical Issues in Sport Mgmt.

Credit: 2 hours.

Explores ethical issues in sport related to government, sporting opportunities, journalism and media, education, coaching, and business. Students become familiar with concepts and principles of applied ethics and gain insight into the complexity of ethical issues in sport.

CRN 43106 – Tue/Thurs 2:00 – 3:40 – Instructor: Don Hardin

If you have any troubles registering just email lkpaden@illinois.edu with your UIN!

SPED 117 online this summer

SPED 117: The Culture of Disability is being taught in an online format during summer session II and satisfies the Historical & Philosophical perspectives general education requirement. Questions about the course should be directed to Dr. Johnell Bentz (jbentz@illinois.edu).

LAS Open House

Want to learn how you can invent yourself with amazing opportunities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences? Join LAS for their first annual Open House and you can explore the possibilities!  

More information can be found here:  http://www.las.illinois.edu/students/admission/openhouse/

There’s an RSVP link on the website, and “Current DGS Student,” is an option for you to select. 

Senior 100 Honorary

A note from Julia Weiss, Vice-President of Student Engagement for Student Alumni Ambassadors (SAA), the student division of the University of Illinois Alumni Association.

One component of SAA’s mission is encouraging students to take full advantage of the opportunities at Illinois, and honor those who have distinguished themselves in their time on campus.

Today, I would like to ask your help in identifying the top 100 seniors from the Class of 2013. Senior 100 Honorary, sponsored by Student Alumni Ambassadors and the University of Illinois Alumni Association, recognizes outstanding seniors for their academic achievements, engagement, and demonstrated leadership. Our hope is that, upon graduation, these young alumni will stay connected to the University, strengthening its future and sharing its message of excellence in the global community.

Interested students can visit the application link at: www.uiaa.org/Illinois/honors/senior100_form.html.

Applications are due by 11:59pm on Thursday, March 14.

If you would like any other information, please contact Julia and the Senior 100 Honorary team at illinisaa@gmail.com.

tutoring available for Engineering classes

Did you know FREE tutoring is available at Grainger Library for Engineering and non-Engineering students?  Tutoring is available for classes like Math, Chem, Phys, ECE, GE, CS, and more. Visit https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/display/care/Center+for+Academic+Resources+in+Engineering+%28CARE%29

for more information.

2nd 8 weeks course: Writing to get that job!

ENGL 199
Credit Hours: 1
Semester: Spring 2013 (online-only); MAR 11 thru finals
Sections: F: MW 2-2:50, CRN 58392
N: TuTh 10-10:50, CRN 59903
P: TuTh 11-11:50, CRN 59907

Meets: Each section meets online, twice-a-week
Required Texts: BTW wiki (access is free for Spring 2013)

Course Description
Through conceptual development and context-sensitive lessons/assignments, students will: [1] develop/improve writing skills particularly germane to successfully applying for an internship, a post-baccalaureate job, or an advanced-degree program and [2] apply those skills to create a polished set of recruiter-ready texts relevant to their career plans and a career-relevant, currently-advertised job/internship/program.

2nd 8 weeks course

Looking for a course to take for the second 8 weeks of this semester?

SCAN 215: Madness, Myth and Murder

From contemporary crime novels and TV thrillers, to vampire stories, to Vikings and trolls, to early twentieth century Gothic tales, Scandinavian literatures are full of exciting avenues for scholarly exploration. This survey course focuses (broadly) on the achievements of major Scandinavian writers and filmmakers from 1850 to today. As much as possible we will favor the thematic over the chronological, and this thematic investigation will be focused on issues of madness, murder, and myth. As such, our reading (and viewing) will investigate a broad range of Scandinavian cultural aspects, historical and contemporary, in order to offer a representative sample of Scandinavian literature.

All texts assigned will be in English, and any previous knowledge of Scandinavian culture or languages is not expected. Significant emphasis will be placed on acquiring and practicing skills of critical, close reading as well as on the development of good academic writing. This course satisfies the General Education requirement for a Literature and the Arts course.

Questions should be directed to Germanic@illinois.edu

MACS courses in the 2nd 8 weeks

MACS 364 B (CRN 59788) Meets TR 3:30-6:20 pm in room 133 Armory - Topics in Media Business  "Planet Google"  The course focuses on Google as an example of a defining media company.  It also uses Google as a lens through which to reflect critically on the ways in which new media companies change our communication experiences and the ways understand the world. 

MACS 395 P (CRN 59888) Meets TR 4:00-6:50  pm in room 331 Gregory Hall  - "Introduction to Digital Video Production":  This intensive, 8-week course offers an introduction to digital video production utilizing the new Media Commons facilities in the University Library. Students will acquire a professional perspective and gain experience with pre-production planning; cinematography, audio recording, and lighting; and nonlinear editing. The course will involve significant work in teams; successful participants will be curious, self-motivated, disciplined, and cooperative.  

MACS 199

Watching the Environment

Course views environmental films as an active process, wherein viewers critically evaluate representations of the environment and of environmental activism. Approach is multi-disciplinary, combining the physical and social sciences understanding of environmental issues, with social science's research on credibility, and film theory's understanding of the constraints that narrative form, production routines, financing and distribution put on representing environmental problems and activism. Students will compare how physical and social scientists' explain environmental problems and solutions (presented in readings) with the presentations of the same problems and solutions shown in film. An emphasis of the class is that the credibility of film is earned, rather than given. During the course participants are expected to become familiar with both background information on the science of selected environmental issues, and the constraints of producing special interest and broad distribution film.

 

While these courses are open to any major and any class level, some students might find it beneficial to have completed at least a 100 level MACS course before taking a 300 level MACS course.