Honors College Announcements

The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) Pedestrian Program seeks volunteers to help count pedestrian traffic at key locations across the city. Reliable pedestrian counts provide critical data for assessing and improving pedestrian safety and walkability as well as tracking city-wide trends in walking to work, school, and transit.

The count contributes to the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project (http://bikepeddocumentation.org/) and helps meet goals set out in Chicago’s Pedestrian Plan (http://chicagocompletestreets.org/pedestrianplan/).

When:  July 8-10, 2014, 4:30-7 PM
Where: Various locations around downtown Chicago

CDOT appreciates your assistance in helping to develop this pedestrian initiative. Please email your interest to Eric Hanss, Pedestrian Program Project Manager, at eric.hanss@activetrans.org 

Poetry Contest Open for Entries

“THE BEST WORDS in their best order.” That was Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s definition of poetry. And it’s ours too. We’re looking for poems that attain this high mark.

Narrative Magazine's Eighth Annual Poetry Contest is open to all writers, and all entries will be considered for publication.     

• $1,500 First Prize     

• $750 Second Prize     

• $300 Third Prize     

• Ten finalists receive $75 each

See the Guidelines. Read prior winners.

Emerging poets account for a third of the scores of poets Narrative publishes each year.

Many of our contest winners go on to find agents, win other awards, and publish books.

We are committed to paying our authors, to providing excellent editorial support, and to encouraging a wide audience for poetry.

We look forward to reading your work.

Are you volunteering at UIC's Open House event on Saturday?  Wear your yellow Honors College button to show your Honors College pride!  Don't have one?  Stop by Burnham Hall or the Honors College table at the UIC Forum on Saturday to pick up one to wear.

The Disability Resource Center is seeking a Reader/Scribe to support a fellow student in ECON 121: Principles of Macroeconomics.

Duties: Reader/scribe will help a student with a visual impairment complete the requirements for ECON 121.   Honors student would attend discussion sections and meet with student as needed outside class to assist with the visual and writing aspects of homework and in-class activities.  The student would be responsible for informing the reader/scribe what tasks are needed such as filling out or reading graphs aloud, describing images in detail.  Reader/scribe will also provide assistance to student on exams and quizzes throughout the semester.

Qualifications: Previous experience in economics preferred. No plans on taking ECON 121 in the future.

Days and Times: Discussion Section meets Thursdays from 9:30-10:20 a.m. Other days and times as negotiated with student. 

Contact Info: If interested please contact Sara Vogt at svogt1@uic.edu or 312-413-9467

Writer’s Digest has been shining a spotlight on up and coming writers in all genres through its Annual Writing Competition for more than 80 years. Enter our 84th Annual Writing Competition for your chance to win and have your work be seen by editors and agents! The winning entries of this writing contest will also be on display in the 84th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition Collection.  Learn more and submit at http://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/annual-writing-competition. 

The American Literary Translators Association

Emerging Translator Mentorships

The ALTA Mentorship Program is designed to facilitate and establish a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator on a project selected by the emerging translator. The mentorship duration is one year, and the emerging translator is expected to choose a project that can be completed in a year’s time and will only be advised on that particular project.

Applications will be accepted from June 1 - July 1, 2015. The selected mentees will be announced in August.

2015-2016 Mentorships are available working from the following languages:

- Catalan (prose or poetry), with mentor Ronald Puppo

- French (prose only), with mentor Alyson Waters

- Polish (prose or poetry), with mentor Bill Johnston

Applications must be submitted online through our submission platform, and must include:

CV A project proposal of no more than 1000 words. Projects must be reasonably expected to be completed within the scope of the 1-year mentorship. Proposals should include information about the original author and importance of the source text, as well as how the emerging translator would benefit from mentorship. A sample translation of up to 10 pages double spaced (prose or poetry), along with the corresponding source text. 

British Centre for Literary Translation 

Emerging Translator Mentorship Programme

The programme is intended for Anglophone literary translators with promise rather than experience, who are at a stage in their professional careers when they would benefit from the opportunity to work closely with an experienced mentor over a six month period.

Visit their website for upcoming opportunities: http://www.bclt.org.uk/mentoring/ 

UIC Students:

My name is Jacob Schulz and I currently serve as President of the Undergraduate Student Government. As President, one of my goals is to work towards improving our academic and advising curriculum. Therefore, I have created the Academic and Advising Policy Committee (AAPC), a special committee of the Undergraduate Student Government. I am seeking student representatives from each college to join this committee. Listed below are the goals of the AAPC:

• A thorough analysis of the SIT Data
• Identify common core issues that students face in our classrooms.
• Identify effective practices that students face in our classrooms.
• Encourage all UIC Colleges to use the same advising system that is administered by the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs.
• Solicit input from students through forums and events in regards to academic policies.
• Encourage all UIC Colleges to create an evaluation system for advisors.
• Solicit feedback from students about common issues faced with advisors.
• Identify effective advising practices.
• Establish a list of Academic and Advising Policy Recommendations.
• Work with faculty representatives from each college to garner feedback and possible support for our recommendations.
• Submit them for consideration and possible implementation to the Undergraduate Policy Committee.

If you are interested in serving on the AAPC, please fill out the form at this link: https://uic.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5aV63pC1LN1GWTH by Friday, October 10th at 5:00 pm. If you have any questions or concerns, then please feel free to contact me at jschul28@uic.edu. Thank you.

Best Regards,
Jacob Schulz
President | Undergraduate Student Government
http://www.uic-usg.org

Film Matters is seeking current undergraduate students to review some recent academic titles for us.  The available books are listed below:

• Beyond the Looking Glass: Narcissism and Female Stardom in Studio-Era Hollywood, by Ana Salzberg (Berghahn Books).
• Boyhood: Twelve Years on Film, Photographs by Matt Lankes (University of Texas Press).
• The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez, by Frederick Luis Aldama (University of Texas Press).
• Parallel Lines: Post-9/11 American Cinema, by Guy Westwell (Wallflower Press).
• The Philosophy of Michael Mann, edited by Steven Sanders, Aeon J. Skoble, and R. Barton Palmer (University Press of Kentucky).
• A Pocket Guide to Analyzing Films, by Robert Spadoni (University of California Press).
• Terence Davies, by Michael Koresky (University of Illinois Press).

Students interested in this opportunity should send a statement of interest (taking care to indicate any relevant qualifications for reviewing a specific title, like past course work, etc.) to:  futurefilmscholars AT gmail.com

Priority will be given to emails received by January 15, 2015.

Students who are selected for this opportunity will receive a review copy of the book, which they can keep with our (and the publisher’s) compliments in exchange for the written review. This is an excellent way to build experience and CVs!

http://www.filmmattersmagazine.com/2014/12/01/call-for-book-reviews-2/

1) Help shoot and edit a brief video on the experiences of amputee athletes and prosthetics.  Time commitment of 10-20 hours off campus between now and April 1. Contact Prof. Paikoff-Holzmueller at birdy@uic.edu

2) A doctoral candidate in Disability Studies at UIC is working on a dissertation that addresses social relations of older adults with intellectual disabilities from a life course perspective.  The project will include the development of a 15-20 minute DVD with the life stories of six individuals with intellectual disabilities. This DVD will be used as an education and advocacy tool at agencies and universities. Seeking a research assistant to help collect video materials and edit final video beginning this spring. If the project receives grant funding, this may develop into a paid position. Contact Lieke van Heuman at lvheumen@uic.edu

SLASummit

A social entrepreneurship lab for sustainable development projects

Established in 2014 by McGill students, SLASummit quickly emerged as an innovative initiative focused on social development, entrepreneurship and Latin America.This year's edition will take place in Montreal from March 17-20, 2016.

It's a conference/case competition with a Latin American theme. Top US and Canadian universities participate. They need 10 more students to sign up: undergraduate or graduate students from any discipline. The organizers provide accommodations and food. Under the "How did you hear about this" section of registration, you just need to put the name, Rodrigo Cubedo.

Learn more at http://www.slasummit.org/.  Questions can be directed to Stephanie Cologna at cologna@uic.edu.  

Stop by for pizza with Dean Bottoms before her last day as Honors College Dean on July 31!

Wednesday, July 29 12:00 - 1:00 PM Honors College Student Lounge (BH 109)

RSVP Here by Friday, July 24: https://uofi.uic.edu/sb/sec/3971498 

Questions? Contact hcollege@uic.edu or 312-413-2260.

The AAMC Fee Assistance Program assists those who, without financial assistance, would be unable to take the Medical College Admission Test® (MCAT®) exam, apply to medical schools that use the American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®) application, and more. All information regarding the Fee Assistance Program, including the 2016 application guide, eligibility criteria, and full benefits package, is available on the AAMC Student Hub: https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school-process/fee-assistance-program/

Student Leadership Development and Volunteer Services is extending the deadline to submit applications to attend the LeaderShape Institute.

The Institute, provided by LeaderShape, is a six-day, five-night leadership retreat teaching visioning, relationship-building, and the importance of leading with integrity. At no cost to attendees, the Institute will take place May 7 to May 12, 2016 at an off campus retreat center. The only requirement for attendance is you must be returning to UIC in the Fall Semester

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications are due March 28, 2016.

Apply by visiting go.uic.edu/LeaderShape.

Any questions can be emailed to sldvs@uic.edu or feel free to call 312-996-4500.

FAQ’s

Q: What is the cost?

A: There is no cost to students attending.

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Q: Will transportation be provided?

A: There will be some form of transportation provided to and from the UIC East Campus.

The Fund for American Studies offers academic internships in Washington, D.C. through the Capital Semester program.   The comprehensive package includes a guaranteed internship placement, courses for credit, furnished housing, a variety of guest lectures and briefings, as well as opportunities for professional development and networking.

Two different program tracks are available: Public Policy and Political Journalism

Final Application Deadline: June 1, 2014

Learn more about the program, tuition costs, internships, and living arrangements at www.dcinternships.org 

Ever listened to StoryCorps on NPR?  StoryCorps, based in New York, records 40-minute interviews between two regular people, usually friends or family members, with the help of facilitators at sites across the country to show that everyone has a story and that every life matters. An interview airs every Friday on NPR. Since the project was created in 2003, about 100,000 Americans have participated.

Want to submit your own story?  StoryCorps is especially seeking stories from people who are traveling and/or visiting family or others this summer to consider contributing.  You can also use the new StoryCorps app to record StoryCorps interviews on your own.

Learn more about StoryCorps and how to submit your story here!   http://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/25/us/politics/ap-us-storycorps-global-expansion.html?referrer 

The Center for Interdisciplinary Polish Studies at the European University Viadrina in the Polish/German border will hold its THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY POLISH AND GERMAN STUDIES from JUNE 6 - JULY 15, 2016. This year’s emphasis is “Cultures in Transition. Central Europe in Transition.” Click on the post or go to the website to learn more.

https://www.zip.europa-uni.de/en/2_lehre/summer_school_2016/index.html

Social Services Internships in Paris: Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program with Kathryn Engel

Information Session

January 17, 1:00 PM

Burnham Hall B21 (Basement)  

This is a great time to begin plan for your Study Abroad, make scholarship applications, and connect with family and friends around crowdfunding.  There are two scholarships Kathryn want you to know about and she also wanted to share a couple of tips for fundraising.  The application for the Paris program is attached and also available online. 

Due on January 11, 2017:

Fund for Education Abroad.  This is for non-traditional locations for study abroad in programs that are both immersive and rigorous.  This fits this program (although Paris is traditional) because it is immersive, rigorous and non-traditional in that students are interning within the social services.  Emphasize that an internship in the social services is a unique and non-traditional destination for studies in France.  It is important to note that this scholarship only supports academically rigorous and immersive study abroad programs.  

http://fundforeducationabroad.org/applicants/

Due on March 07, 2017:

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the Department of State. This is for Pell eligible students.  The application will open mid January and you can begin preparations by looking at the website.  

http://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program/Deadlines-and-Timeline/Summer

Tips for fundraising:

Apply for scholarships,  use your financial aid, and use crowdfunding through a site or in person.  Be specific, describe your program and costs, and request airline miles donations for flights; miles all now have expiration dates so someone may share miles they cannot use.  

Steps to take in no specific order to have an early application for this program:

1)  Attend a First Step at Study Abroad  if you have not already

2)  Meet with Irina Krymova at Study Abroad

3)  Attend a Program Presentation with Kathryn and have an individual meeting with Kathryn 

4)  Begin applying for scholarships at the Special Scholarships Office and seek others outside of UIC

Please feel free to reach out any time with questions to fill in your scholarships or about any other way I can support you – engel@uic.edu  

Student Orientation is seeking Orientation Leaders for Summer 2017! Round 2 Applications opening 1/16.

The UIC Orientation Program seeks to serve its diverse population of prospective new students while connecting them to their advisors and preparing them for their transition into our university.

This program strives to aid students in more ways than just one, guiding through the historic campus, connecting with the numerous student resources, programs, and clubs available, and showing what we as a university have to offer.

Looking to gain professional experience? Is your student looking for a paid position? Would your student like to live on campus for FREE during the summer? Student Orientation Leader (SOL) applications for the summer of 2017 will be available as of Monday, January 16th.

As a SOL your students will gain an immeasurable amount of experience leading new incoming students and working with advisors. Round 2 applications are due January 25th, and your students can access the application at orientation.uic.edu.

The UIC WISE program has been asked to recruit science fair judges for the Upper Grade (6-8) Science Fair at Mark T. Skinner Fine Art & Technology School. They are looking for judges to evaluate the projects. If you or someone you know is able to come and help out, it will be appreciated. 

Judges just need to have a willingness to help a young person make their science project better. UIC students, staff and faculty are all welcome to volunteer. There is a good number of volunteers already, but still a few more people are needed to help out. The science teacher will have an easy scoring rubric to follow.

The Science Fair judging will take place on Monday, December 14th from 9:45 to 12:45 in the gym.

Skinner is located near Whitney Young High School at 1260 W Adams St in Chicago.

If you can volunteer, please email Veronica Arreola at via@uic.edu.

Thinking about law school?  The Florida State University College of Law is currently accepting applications for its 2014 Summer for Undergraduates Program, which provides students an inside look at law school and the legal profession.  The program will take place May 19-June 12. All undergraduate students, except those graduating in spring 2014, are eligible to apply. 

Approximately 60 students will be chosen from the applicant pool to participate in the intensive four-week program. Daily lecture classes taught by a Florida State Law professor will familiarize students with the functions of the American legal system and the process by which conflicts are resolved. Legal Writing classes will help students develop their verbal and written communication skills. In addition to the rigorous academic focus of the program, participants also will be exposed to LSAT overview workshops and a simulated exam, law school admissions sessions, visits to local state and federal courts and law offices, and guest lectures by prominent attorneys in a variety of practice areas.

The College of Law provides free room and board, course materials, and a travel stipend to all participants. There is no program tuition, but participants are responsible for their travel expenses to and from Tallahassee.  

To apply, students must complete the online application and submit a resume, one letter of recommendation, a personal statement, and a current transcript. Applications must be submitted by Friday, March 28, 2014. For more information or to view our program video, visit www.law.fsu.edu/slp.  Questions?  Contact summerprogram@law.fsu.edu. 

Carola Suárez-Orozco and Robert Teranishi, professors at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, are the Principal Investigators of the UndocuScholars Project. They seek to identify both barriers and opportunities that diverse undocumented college students experience on college campuses so that programs can be designed to provide better supports. They would like to hear from students about their experiences in order to understand how undocumented status is related to feeling connected to college as well as academic success and wellbeing.

To participate in this project, you would complete an online survey about your experiences in college. In order to qualify you must be between the ages of 18 and 30 and identify as an undocumented, DREAMer, or DACAmented college student. 

Participation in this research is completely confidential. They do not ask you to provide your name or any identifying information. Participation in this research is completely voluntary. You can refuse to answer any questions or end your involvement in the research at any time.

Because they will not be collecting any identifiable information, there are no risks, beyond those in ordinary everyday life, in taking part in this project. Approximately 1,000 students will be in this research project. There are also no direct benefits to you participating in this research project; however, your participation may help the researchers learn more about the experience of UndocuScholars and help to inform educational policy and reform.

You will be compensated with a $20 Reward for your time at the end of the completed survey. 

If you have any questions or concerns about this research or your participation in the survey, you can contact them at IGE@gseis.ucla.edu or (310) 825-5380. For questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact the UCLA Office of Human Research Protection Program (OHRPP) by phone: (310) 825-5344; by email: mirb@research.ucla.edu; or U.S. mail: UCLA OHRPP, 11000 Kinross Ave., Suite 211, Box 951694, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1694.

Global Asian Studies Video Contest

Theme: “How do you experience Global Asia?”

The new Global Asian Studies Program (GLAS) at UIC wants you to help us spread the word about our exciting new program! GLAS will combine Asian American Studies (ASAM) and Asian Studies (ASST) into an innovative new Program that explores transnational Asian cultures, histories, and communities. We are looking for brief (3 minute or less) videos that will help us imagine the idea of Global Asia, and shape what the Global Asian Studies Program will become. What ideas, experiences or events come to mind when you think of “Global Asia?” We want your most creative, original, and impactful ideas, and they can take any form—dance, skit, poetry, performance art, digital story, PSA (public service announcement), infomercial, or anything else.

Eligibility and Guidelines:  Any UIC undergraduate can enter (must be currently registered). Videos must be less than 3 minutes long. Do not submit the original video file. Instead you should post your video online (such as on YouTube) and submit a link to the video. Your video should be appropriate for a general audience.

Each video-making group can have as many members as it wants, but you need to appoint one person as the main contact. This is the person who will receive the prize money and it is their responsibility to disburse the money to group members.

Submissions Due: Monday, March 28, 2016, online at: http://go.uic.edu/GLASvideo

Prize: One (1) $300 Prize for First Place; One (1) $150 Prize for Second Place

Two (2) $50 Prizes for Honorable Mention

The winning entries will be announced and screened at the ASAM Expo, to be held on April 22, 3-5 pm in the Cardinal Rm (329 SCE). For any questions, please contact the Acting Director of the ASAM Program, Prof. Mark Chiang (mchiang@uic.edu).

The Cultural Vistas Fellowship affords underrepresented U.S. university students the unique opportunity to advance their career goals, develop global competencies, and experience life in another culture. Cultural Vistas will select up to 12 fellows to take part in this multinational professional development program that includes eight-week summer internships in Argentina, Germany, and India. This fellowship opportunity is funded by Cultural Vistas.

Eligibility:

Candidates for the Cultural Vistas Fellowship must meet the following requirements:

U.S. citizens enrolled full-time at a four-year accredited U.S. college or university
Sophomore or junior academic status at the time of application; 
minimum GPA of 3.0
Ages 18-30
No formal prior work or study abroad experiences
Prior knowledge of language of host country (applicable in Germany and Argentina only)

Strong preference will be given to students historically underrepresented in international exchange.

This includes, but is not limited to Pell Grant recipients; veterans; first-generation college students; STEM majors; members of minority communities within the United States; and non-traditional students. 

For more info, visit: http://culturalvistas.org/cvfellowship 

The UIC Gender and Sexuality Center is hosting the 20th annual Lavender Graduation Ceremony. This year's event will take place on Wednesday, April 29th from 5:00 - 6:30 pm in the UIC Forum. The event will feature welcome remarks from Interim Provost Gislason, a year-end review from the Chancellor's Committee on the Status of LGBTQ People and Allies, a keynote address from Angelica Ross, founder and CEO of Trans Tech Social Enterprises, and the presentation of this year's graduates followed by dinner at 6:30 and entertainment to follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Lavender Graduation recognizes that barriers exist for LGBTQ people navigating higher education and the event celebrates the academic and personal achievements of LGBTQ and Allied students in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs at UIC.

The registration links for graduates and guests are live on the Gender and Sexuality Center's website on the event page. Below is the guests RSVP link.

https://gscuic.wufoo.com/forms/uic-lavender-graduation-2015-guest-registration/

Looking for summer opportunities?  Check out these resources!

The Honors College and OSSP have compiled a list of programs and opportunities that you could apply for this summer.  This list is not comprehensive.  Continue to check the Honors College announcements, talk with your advisors, and explore and research other opportunities online as well.  

USG is the official governing body of undergraduate students at the University of Illinois at Chicago. USG represents undergraduates in many ways, including, but not limited to: improving policies that affect the welfare of the students; providing services to meet student needs; strengthening the sense of community among students, and serving as a communication medium between students and administration.

USG consists of a President, Vice President, Speaker of the Assembly, Secretary, and 30 General Assembly Members. We also have five standing committees that focus on various projects and tasks throughout the academic year, they are as follows:

University Relations Committee (URC): URC is concerned with adequately representing the interests of students to campus administrators, the Board of Trustees and the Illinois State Legislature. Efforts include increasing student involvement in university business and in maintaining necessary student services, while advocating to provide a better possibility to achieve higher education.

Sustainability and Infrastructure Committee (SIC): SIC is concerned with all matters pertaining to campus facilities including sustainability, campus safety, technology, buildings and maintenance.

Interpersonal Relations Committee (IRC): IRC is concerned with matters pertaining to local community organizations, upholding the UIC Urban Mission, working with the campus cultural centers, and working directly with Campus Programs to serve as a liaison between USG and the student organizations.

Treasury Committee (TC): This committee oversees and advises the Legislative Assembly on matters pertaining to the allocation of funds requested by student organizations and allocation of funds appropriated to USG.

Communications and Recruitment Committee (CRC): CRC oversees communications between the assembly and the student body. CRC is also in charge of all general USG publicity and promotions, as well as membership recruitment.

Individuals who join our assembly benefit by being able to enhance their leadership and professionalism skills. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to work with school administrators on a variety of campus issues.

Our general assembly meeting is on every Monday at 3:00pm in the Commuter Student Resource Center at Student Center East. If there are any students who are interested in joining USG, please tell them to send us an email, usguic@gmail.com. For more information, please visit our website: usg.uic.edu

REMAKING THE URBAN SOCIAL CONTRACT: Health, Energy and the Environment September 17, 2015 The politically tumultuous 1960s and early 1970s in the U.S. resulted in national, state and local governments promulgating policies designed to address a host of societal issues, including a degrading environment (e.g., National Environmental Policy Act of 1969), unaffordable health care for the poor and elderly (e.g., Medicaid and Medicare in 1965), and energy conservation (e.g., fuel efficiency standards in 1975). Although a broad commitment to meet these societal issues created a broad social contract among the people, the contract is becoming unraveled and contested even as important advances in these three areas have been undertaken in the past decade.

The challenges to the old social compact are most visibly played out in the nation's metropolitan regions, which generate 85% of the gross domestic product. Attacks on government regulation of health, energy and environment issues coupled with the recent contraction of the economy and challenges to the validity of sc ientific inquiry have created a political situation in which metropolitan regions and cities are grappling again with redefining, revising and remaking the social contract that prevailed for nearly half a century. With particular emphasis on the social contracts and political agreements on health, energy and environmental policies of the last 40-50 years, the 2015 UIC Urban Forum focuses on the substantive and philosophical shifts in the urban social contract and examines the remaking of urban social contracts today.

White papers for the 2015 UIC Urban Forum: The Overview White Paper From its origin, the notion of social contract seems to be related to different features of the collective (public?), sometimes based on society and others in specific institutions. From Socrates' argument about the need to obey human law to ensure the organization and functioning of society to a critical contemporary understanding of social rules as possible instrument of social control, theories about the social contract have historically accompanied the philosophical and political debate about the role of state and the making of public policy. This paper suggests that the contemporary shift in the balance of political and economic power represents an opportunity to review social contract theories from the understanding of the changing role of the state in the rise of economic power (and urban policies). David Perry and Natalia Villamizar-Duarte, Department of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago.

White Paper 1: The social contract on health issues William Kling and Emily Stiehl, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago

White Paper 2: The social contract on environmental issues Anthony Townsend, New York University

White Paper 3: The social contract on energy issues Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center

White Paper 4: NGOs, Governments, Private Providers of social and regulatory services. David McDonald, Queen's University

For full abstracts on the white papers visit www.uicurbanforum.org.

25th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize in Fiction, Essay and Poetry

Not Just Any Contest!

Select winning entries in the past have been reprinted in the Best American series.

$5,000 Fiction | $5,000 Poetry | $5,000 Essay  

DEADLINE: October 1, 2015

Submit online now or download the entry form (PDF) for print submissions.

Interested in reading a past Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize winner? Check out the essays “Big Jim,” “Letters to David,” and “My Thai Girlfriends” on textBOX, The Missouri Review‘s free online anthology: www.missourireview.com/anthology

Complete Guidelines

(No other information is needed to enter)

Page restrictions: Please include no more than 25 typed, double-spaced pages for fiction and nonfiction. Poetry entries can include any number of poems up to 10 pages in total. Each story, essay, or group of poems constitutes one entry.

Entry fee: $20 for each entry (make checks payable to The Missouri Review). Each fee entitles the entrant to a one-year subscription toTMR in print or digital format (for a free sample of a digital issue, go here!), an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription. Please enclose a complete address for subscriptions.

Entry instructions (for mailed entries): Include the printable contest entry form. On the first page of each submission, include author’s name, address, e-mail and telephone number. Entries must be previously unpublished and will not be returned. We accept simultaneous submissions but ask for immediate notification if the piece is accepted for publication elsewhere. Mark the outside of the envelope “Fiction,” “Essay,” or “Poetry.” Each entry in a separate category must be mailed in a separate envelope. Enclose a #10 SASE or e-mail address for an announcement of winners. Entries will not be returned.

Eligibility: Previous winners of the Editors’ Prize and previous employees of TMR are ineligible. Previous finalists, however, may enter again.

Mailing address:Missouri Review Editors’ Prize357 McReynolds HallUniversity of MissouriColumbia, MO 65211

What Are You Waiting For? Enter Online Now!

Download the entry form for print submissions.

The winners will be announced in January 2016.

Full details at http://www.missourireview.com/tmrsubmissions/editors-prize-contest/. If you have any questions regarding the Editors’ Prize Contest, please feel free to e-mail us at: contest_question@moreview.com.

We are currently recruiting a student in the School of Art and Design with experience in video editing to work on a project creating video testominals addressing barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP).  Our team currently consists of three UIC medical students, one Medical School faculty member, and the staff at Project Vida, an HIV/AIDS education and direct services organization in Little Village. We have the expertise to recruit participants for the testimonials and guide testimonial content, but need to recruit a student interested in being primarily responsible for video editing. If desired, the student would be able to discuss receiving Honors Activity or Capstone credit with their Honors Advisor.  Interested students should contact Wesley Gibbert at wgibbe2@uic.edu.

The Honors College is a proud cosponsor of the Future of Chicago lecture series, which is coordinated by the Political Science Department. This program brings current and former leaders to campus to discuss the current state and future of Chicago, and the Honors College offers students a chance to discuss with Alderman Edward Burke in a small-group lunch after his lecture on Monday 10/17.  The lecture is free and open to the public; The lunch is limited to 25 undergraduate students and RSVP is required.  Details are below. Please register at https://uofi.uic.edu/sb/sec/70030 if you would like to attend the lunch!

Lecture and Lunch with 14th Ward Alderman Edward Burke, Monday 10/17, 12pm - 2pm

Alderman Burke is the 14th Ward Alderman and represents part of the southwest side of Chicago.  He is the longest serving alderman in the city of Chicago and was named to the "100 Most Powerful Chicagoans" by Chicago Magazine.  As Chairman of the City Council Committee on Finance, Alderman Burke is responsible for all legislative matters pertaining to the city's finances, including municipal bonds, taxes and revenue matters.

Lecture: "The Chicago City Council and the Future of Chicago", 12:00 - 12:50 pm in Lecture Center C1

Lunch with the Alderman: 1:00 - 1:50 pm in 121 Burnham Hall.  RSVP for the lunch by noon on Thursday 10/13 at https://uofi.uic.edu/sb/sec/70030.

All students are welcome to attend the lecture without RSVP’ing.  Lunch is limited to 25 undergraduate students and RSVP is required for lunch.  If max capacity is reached for lunch, students will be notified. Students who plan on attending the lunch are also expected to attend the lecture beforehand to be prepared to engage in discussion with the Alderman.

Additional events in the Future of Chicago Lecture Series can be found here: https://uicalumni.org/events/uic-presents-the-future-of-chicago-lecture-series/.  More information about additional lunches will be forthcoming. 

The Future of Chicago Lecture Series is hosted by the UIC Department of Political Science and co-sponsored by the UIC Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement and the UIC Honors College.

Contact Sara Mehta (srmehta@uic.edu) for additional information.

Announcing Field Computational Ecology course.
Information meeting Monday, October 20, 6pm in 1127 SEO

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Field Course in Computational Population Biology
Spring 2015 (with preparation starting in November 2014)


Instructors:
Tanya Berger-Wolf (UIC),
Daniel Rubenstein (Princeton),
Iain Couzin (Max Planck Institute)

A unique highly integrated field course is offered partially in Kenya (at the Mpala Research Centre) where biology and engineering students will work with faculty in both disciplines to learn how to ask questions, frame hypotheses and understand how and why the disciplines and cultures do this differently. The course will begin with background preparation in November-December where students learn the key concepts and approaches from biology, computer science and engineering. The initial interdisciplinary orientation will be followed by a research project in the field. The on-location course January 5-23 will be followed up throughout the semester culminating in a conference of student presentations.

Fall lectures will cover a range of topics in computer science and ecology:
*Introduction to population biology and ecology
*Behavioral ecology and social interactions
*Computational thinking
*Data science
*Network analysis

The 2012 course is available at
http://compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya/teaching/KenyaCourse.html

The course is appropriate for upper level undergraduate students.
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Dr. Tanya Berger-Wolf
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya
tanyabw@uic.edu 

SPRING 2017 CTA Ventra U-PASS Distribution begins January 4.

ID Center: Student Services Building (SSB)1200 W. Harrison St. - Suite 1790

In order for an existing Ventra U-PASS to be activated on January 4, returning students need to register for a full-time course load for Spring Semester by December 16. If you register late and you use your Ventra U-PASS on trains or buses, you may incur a negative balance, because your U-PASS will not have been loaded for Spring Semester. It may take 3-5 business days after registration to activate your existing Ventra card.

For U-PASS details, visit http://idcenter.uic.edu/upass.shtml.

If you completed an internship in Fall 2016, or are currently participating in an ongoing internship, we want to hear about it!

If you did any kind of internship during the summer, whether on campus or off, paid or unpaid, short or long, please tell us about your experience in this short questionnaire: https://uofi.uic.edu/fb/sec/4362353

Why?  It’s fast and easy!  You get to talk about things you’ve done! You’ll help us to help other students who need good internships!  You get a chance to win Honors College swag!

The deadline to complete the survey and enter the swag drawing is February 3.  If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie O’Leary at soleary@uic.edu.

In conjunction with its Prop-Up Prop campaign, Prop Thtr is proud to announce the first event of its new bi-annual original film competition series, March Missed Connections: A 48-Hour Film Festival (MMCFF).

Open to all ages and levels of skill, registration for Prop’s MMCFF begins today and will remain open through 11:59 PM CT March 9th. For a meager entry fee of $20 and simple registration, at the newly redesigned Prop Thtr website (http://www.propthtr.org/film-festival.html), anyone, individual or group, may secure themselves a seat in the competition and screening!

The catch? Contestants’ films will be required to both draw their inspiration from a Missed Connection posting taken from a local source as well as feature a previously selected prop. Both the inspiration and prop assignments will be sent to registered teams, by e-mail, the evening of Friday, March 11th. As if things weren’t interesting enough; from the moment teams receive their assignment, the clock will be ticking! All films will be due, uploaded to YouTube, two days later moments before the stroke of midnight: 11:59 PM CT on Sunday, March 13th

Then what happens? ... A lot!

Each film will be screened by a panel of judges and critiqued against a standard criterion. 2 weeks later, on Friday March 25th & Saturday March 26th at 7 PM CT, Prop Thtr will roll out the red carpet for filmmakers, friends and family alike at the MMCFF screening festival during which all films will be premiered. Hosted at Prop’s home, 3502 N. Elston Ave., the MMCFF will offer filmmakers the chance to see their name in lights, have their filmed screened in 60+ seat houses two nights in a row, and a unique opportunity to network with other theatre and film artists in attendance as we work to break down the barriers between realms.

To mark the occasion the second, Saturday March 26th will with an awards ceremony honoring our filmmakers with awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor and many more as voted upon by our illustrious panel of judges. Those who are fortunate enough to walk away winners the evening of Saturday, March ,will not only retain the bragging rights tied to their awards but will also receive surprises from new 26th neighborhood favorites and longtime staples.

After the festival ends, all films will remain posted to the Prop Thtr YouTube channel for unlimited viewing by Prop audience members around the world. Additionally, the top films and their creators will also be honored with a dedicated profile and film page on the Prop Thtr website. In an effort to foster growth and as a courtesy to all our filmmakers, each team will receive formal feedback following the festival from judges offering their unique insight and interpretations.

Filmmakers; grab your cameras, your lights, get set and go! 

Until then, be sure to check out propthtr.org and Prop Thtr on Facebook for updates!

www.propthtr.org 

www.facebook.com/PropThtr 

www.twitter.com/propthtr 

The Sustainability Fee Advisory Board (SFAB) is currently accepting student proposals for Fall 2016. The Sustainability Fee's goal is to support projects that help to establish a sustainable campus environment. Paid by all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, the Sustainability Fee is $3 per semester.

The Sustainability Fee funds small, short-term projects, subsidizes larger, long-term projects on campus, and helps to fund student travel to sustainability-related conferences. Funding from this fee is administered by the SFAB, which is comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, as well as faculty and staff. More information can be found here: http://go.uic.edu/sustainabilityfee

Who can apply: All UIC students and student organizations are eligible to apply. If needed, the SFAB will help provide access to campus resources and personnel to approved projects. SFAB can also suggest other entities that may provide funding or additional assistance.

Application process: Students/student groups are required to submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) by Monday, September 19, 2016. The LOI allows the SFAB to pre-screen proposals for appropriateness and feasibility. Furthermore, the LOI should provide an approximate project budget, expected completion date, and cost savings, if any. Projects that pass this stage will be invited to prepare a final proposal for consideration by the board. The Letter of Inquiry form can be found here: http://go.uic.edu/letterofinquiry. Following review of LOIs, the board will notify all applicants via email by the end of February if they have been selected to submit a full proposal. Full proposals must be submitted by November 7, 2016. Grantees will be notified by the end of the fall semester. For questions regarding previously funded projects, funding criteria, as well as rules and restrictions, please contact skonin2@uic.edu or visit the website: http://go.uic.edu/sustainabilityfee

AICGS is pleased to announce its inaugural German-American youth exchange program on the theme “Immigration, Integration, and a New Transatlantic Generation.” AICGS is recruiting twenty young leaders from academia, media, business, politics, and society with little or no experience with transatlantic relations for seminars and site visits in Washington and Berlin. This program is generously funded by the Transatlantik-Programm der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus Mitteln des European Recovery Program (ERP) des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) (Transatlantic Program of the Federal Republic of Germany with Funds through the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWI)).

This innovative program will establish new connections between communities growing principally from an immigration background and address common challenges of integration such as unemployment, political and societal leadership, and international engagement. Project participants will include a core group of young leaders for intensive discussions and also interaction with the broader community of experts and advocates focused on issues of immigration, integration, and cross-cultural understanding.

Program

AICGS has two primary objectives for the program: (1) to deepen public understanding of the issues and concerns of the largest populations in Germany and the United States with an immigration background; (2) and to build and sustain a network of young leaders committed to transatlantic relations.

Activities comprise a conference and site visits in both cities. Participants at the conference will engage in small groups and interact with leading experts from minority umbrella organizations, government, research institutions, and political foundations. Participants will also have the opportunity to visit other institutions including cultural/historical sites, offices of elected representatives, and non-profit associations that focus on issues of the underrepresented.

Participants are required to take part in both seminars. The first takes place in Washington, DC from October 11-15, 2015 and the second in Berlin from May 1-4, 2016. Travel, accommodation, and most meals will be provided for the participants by AICGS.

Survey of Latina/o students' experiences, perceptions, and needs administered by the Rafael Cintrón Ortiz Latino Cultural Center  - due by April 19.

UIC is in the process of officially becoming a recognized "Hispanic Serving Institution." An important designation that will open doors to new resources and opportunities to help better serve our students.

If you are a UIC Latina/o student, please help us by completing the survey below. It should take you no more than 15 minutes to finish. We are looking to learn and collect data in regards to your experiences, perceptions and needs.  

We encourage any Latino students to take some time to complete this survey by April 19, 2015. 

As an incentive, students who finish and submit the survey will be eligible for a raffle to win a gift card from the UIC bookstore. One $200 card, one $100 card and five $50 cards will be raffled.

Survey link: https://uic.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4VLidLO7c7RmMSN 

The International Goethe Society will meet in May 2015 at a conference on the topic of "Goethe and European Romanticism." They are sponsoring a student essay contest in conjunction with the event. The deadline is in January and the details (in German!) are in the attached document. Prizes include free accommodations and entrance to cultural sites during the conference and publication in the 2015 Goethe-Jahrbuch. Any UIC winner would be encouraged to apply for travel funding through various units at UIC.  Entry Deadline is January 31, 2015.

William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India -- aims to help shape the next generation of leaders committed to impactful change while also strengthening civil society to be more efficient and effective. The 10-month fellowship pairs a select number of highly skilled young professionals with leading NGOs and social enterprises in India in order to accelerate impact and create effective projects that are replicable, scalable, and sustainable. Deadline: February 1 . Website: http://aif.org/investment-area/leadership 

At the end of this post are three flyers featuring information for upcoming Kaplan events for pre-health students (MCAT, etc.), pre-business students (GRE, GMAT, etc.), and pre-law students (LSAT). The events include practice tests, "bootcamps" (strategy sessions), and "inside the classroom" (glimpses inside of a live Kaplan class). Students can register through the links found on the flyers.  

EuroScholars is a unique research abroad programme designed for advanced and talented undergraduate students from US and Canadian institutions looking for an international research experience. The EuroScholars Program offers these students to conduct research at one of the 9 internationally renowned European Research Universities. In this programme, students have the opportunity to undertake one or two courses in the classroom and then work under the direct supervision of professors and other academic staff on a specific academic research project chosen by both the student and the faculty. There are an abundance of academic research projects in a variety of fields to choose from within the participating universities.

Learn more at http://euroscholars.eu/. 

Information on applications at http://euroscholars.eu/students/how-to-apply/. 

The UIC WISE program has been asked to recruit science fair judges for the Upper Grade (6-8) Science Fair at Mark T. Skinner Fine Art & Technology School. They are looking for judges to evaluate the projects. If you, or someone you know, are able to come and help out, please let us know! They will have rubrics ready to go for you.

The Science Fair judging will take place on Friday, December 12th from 9:45 to 12:45 in the gym.

Skinner is located near Whitney Young High School at 1260 W Adams St in Chicago.

If interested, please RSVP to Veronica Arreola at via@uic.edu by Wednesday, 12/10.

The goal of this program is to encourage students to think in complex ways through comparative analysis about issues of race, gender justice, identity and community from England to the US. The course will survey London's culture and politics through the experiences of the African, Caribbean and South Asian descended communities. Additionally, it will focus on the history of British colonialism, migration, discrimination and the hybrid cultural and political formations that emerge in London over time. Through readings, films and lively interactions with London-based researchers, students will explore some of the following issues:

• History of colonialism and anti-colonialism
• Women's organizations and grassroots movements
• Housing and immigration policies and patterns
• Social construction of race, ethnicity and identity

All Students will take London's Black and South Asian Communities: Politics, Culture and History for 6 credits. Undergraduate and Graduate students may apply.

An Info Session will be held on Feb. 13 from 12-1 in UH 1250.  Click on the post to learn more.

This is the end of year art show for the senior thesis BFA students! There will be lots of cool art to see including sculptures, paintings, photography, film, and more! Snacks and drinks will be there also! Please join us in supporting the UIC studio artists!

Friday, 4/17, 5 - 8 pm
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago IL