University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Student Affairs • Office of the Dean of Students
October 20-October 27, 2006 |
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Latino/a Law Student Association will be reviewing personal statements during this application season. If you would like a law student to review your personal statement and give you advice please contact lisa@law.uiuc.edu. We will set up an appointment for you to meet one on one with a student at the College of Law. We are also happy to answer any questions you might have.
The Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), would like senior standing students to participate in a focus group session. This focus group deals with the issue regarding how to best reach out to underrepresented populations here on campus (i.e. African Americans, Latina/os, and Native Americans). The purpose of this focus group session is to receive thoughts and ideas regarding how to increase the number of applicants from these student populations in the hopes of promoting higher level education at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations. Please contact garibay2@uiuc.edu or call (773) 540-2882 if you are interested in participating in this focus group. The focus group session will be held on November 7, 2006 at La Casa at 7PM.
3rd Annual Multicultural Youth Conference will be held on Wednesday, October 25 from 6pm-9pm in the Illinois Terminal 45 E. University 4th floor Champaign, IL. Registration and additional information: Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society cdms@uiuc.edu or 244.0188.
Resume Critique sponsored by The Career Center is offered at La Casa on Mondays from 3:00-5:00pm in room 204.
Counseling Center Drop in Hours Geneva Reynaga-Abiko, Psy.D.is available at La Casa every Wednesday afternoon from 3:30-5pm for walk-in appointments.
La Casa Men's and Women's Soccer Team. The women's team play every Tuesday at 8pm and the men's team play every Sundays at 10pm. Games are south of the tennis courts on First St. Soccer practices are on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fridays at 4:30pm behind FAR south of Lincoln Ave. Come support the Soccer team!
La Casa hosts MEET McKinley, the Health Resource Center on Wednesdays 2-5pm on the second floor in the Library room 204. On a student budget? Medications and other things that help you stay healthy can be expensive, so take advantage of McKinley’s Health Resource Center. For more information, check it out on the web: http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/health-info/hlthpro/hlth-res.html
The Second Annual HLAI JD Mentors Program Law School Crawl will be held on two consecutive Saturdays, October 28, 2006 and November 4, 2006. During the event, prospective Hispanic law students will be able to visit six Chicago-area law schools. Each school will give a unique presentation during the event that will provide potential students with an opportunity to experience what it's like to be a law student at the schools they may attend one day. For more information please contact: gutierrez.olga@gmail.com.
Dept of Biological Sciences at UIC is having a 2 open houses for those interested in the graduate study in Molecular, Cell and Development Biology on Friday, November 3 from 10am-4pm. For more information please contact ckitch2@uic.edu. The second open house is for Graduate Study in Neurobiology on Friday, November 10 from 10am-2pm. For more information please contact dmurphy@uic.edu.
9th Annual Midwest Hispanic Student Leadership Conference Saturday, October 28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago 151 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL. for more information please contact: Christina Rodriguez email cerodrig@uiuc.edu or call 773.396.9698.
The Office of Minority Student Affairs is looking for students to contribute articles to its newsletter, the eSpectrum. They are looking for students to write about one article per month. The eSpectrum consists of articles relating to minority-conscious issues throughout campus and the country. Please contact Christina Merced at cjmerced@gmail.com.
Teach For America's next information session is Nov. 1, for time and location please contact Therese Rogers at terogers@uiuc.edu. The next application deadline is Sunday, Nov 5.
Even Start is offering GED and ESL classes for adults, Bilingual Educational-Childcare provided for children 6wks through 3 years. This program is free if you live in Champaign or Urbana. Please call 352-8382.
Free Classes for Adults: ESL, Basic Education (reading and math), Computers, GED or Diploma. Call the Urbana Adult Education at 384-3530 for more information.
Friday, Oct 20
10pm-12am WRFU-LP 104.5FM's The Show with Raymond Morales will be broadcasting live from U of I's Roger Adams Laboratory with a discussion on politics and general Current Events and featuring Live Mandolin performance.
Saturday, Oct 21
10am "Proyecto 4H Che" at La Casa.
Sunday, Oct 22
9am-4pm Latino Family Visit Day at the Illini Union South Lounge.
5-7pm International Potluck at La Casa's living room 104 and dining room 116. Sponsored by Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
6-9pm La Fe Latino Bible Discussion at La Casa's 107 conference room.
7-9pm Salsa/Merengue Classes with Eliana Manero classes free and open to the public @ La Casa's living room 116.
Monday, Oct 23
6pm "Lost in Translation"
workshop on biculturalism at La Casa. Sponsored by the Omega Phi Beta.
7-9pm Radio Triple R: El Ritmo y Resistencia de La Raza 104.5 WRFU" Radio Free Urbana Community Radio.
8pm Lambda Theta Phi meeting at La Casa.
8-9:30pm Colors of Pride in 323 Illini Union meeting every Monday. For more info contact: colorsofpride@gmail.com.
Tuesday, Oct 24
2pm "I Have a Major...Now What?" workshop located at the Career Center located on 715 S. Wright St., Champaign.
5-7pm English/Spanish ConvoTable in La Casa's conference room 107.
6:30-7:45pm Women's Support Group meets every Tuesday from @ Women's Studies House located at 911 S. Sixth St., Champaign. Last meeting will be on December 12, 2006
7pm "Taste of Puerto Rico" at La Casa's kitchen, dining room 116 and conference room 107 sponsored by the Puerto Rican Student Association. Free and open to the public.
7pm "Winning Resumes" workshop located at The Career Center located at 715 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL
8pm "Inner Voices" theatre performance focusing on diversity issues that arise around ethnicity. It will be held in Allen Hall.
Wednesday, Oct 25
12noon "Post-Brown Segregation and the Struggle of Youth against Government Sanctioned Violence"
with Joe Ferial, grad student in EPS. Sponsored by LLS at La Casa's conference room 107.
2pm "Finding a Major that Fits" workshop located at The Career Center located at 715 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL.
4pm "Internship Essentials" workshop located at the The Career Center located at 715 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL.
6pm "What you Think you Know" informational at La Casa's dining room 116. Sponsored by the Sigma Gamma Rho.
6-9pm Multicultural Youth Conference providing pre-college knowledge for students adn families in grades 7-12 at the Illinois Terminal 4th floor located at 45 E. University Ave., Champaign, IL. for more information please contact cdms@uiuc.edu or 217-244-0188.
7pm-9pm CSASA meeting at La Casa's conference room 211.
7pm - 8pm La Colectiva meeting at La Casa's conference room 107.
7pm "Castro and Beyond: Recent Development and The Future of Cuban Revolution" South Rec Room - Allen Hall. Panel discussion with Prof. Dara E. Goldman (CLACS),
Prof. Marc Perry (Anthropology/African-American Studies) and
Alyssa García (Anthropology).
8pm "Racial Segregation on Campus" discussion at La Casa's living room 104 and dining room 116. Sponsored by the Sigma Lambda Betas.
Thursday, Oct 26
3pm "I Have a Major...Now What? " workshop located at The Career Center located at 715 S. Wright St., Champaign.
4pm "Career Center 101" workshop located at The Career Center located at 715 S. Wright St., Champaign.
5pm "Brazilian Cooking Lesson" at La Casa's kitchen and dining room 116. Sponsored by the Luso Brazilian Student Association.
5pm "La Carta" meeting at La Casa's conference room 211.
5-7pm Puerto Rican Student Association meeting at La Casa's conference room 107.
6pm "Sex Education Workshop" at La Casa's living room 104. Sponsored by Alpha Psi Lambda.
7pm "30 Days" movie screening at La Casa's living room 104. An unscripted, documentary-style program where an individual is inserted into a lifestyle that is completely different from his or her upbringing, beliefs, religion or profession for 30 days. Sponsored by the Mexican Student Association.
7pm "Indian Country Diaries: "Spiral of Fire" screening of PBS television series. Followed by a panel discussion on timely and local issues of Native sovereignty and image production lead by LeAnne Howe (Choctaw) in the Main Library Room 66. For more information please contact the Native American House at www.nah.uiuc.edu.
7pm Think Before You Drink in Colonial room at the Union. - McKinley Health Center's Special Populations Student Health Concerns Committee (SPSHCC) is having a program during Alcohol Awareness Week to educate students about alcohol consumption misconceptions. Special guests have been invited to share information on how to be responsible when drinking alcohol.
7-9pm LGBT Coming Out Support Group meets every Thursday from in 323 Illini Union. Questions? contact comingout@uiuc.edu.
8-9pm Lambda Theta Phi's interested gentlemen meeting at La Casa's conference room 107.
9-10pm Queer Women of Color Group meeting in 323 Illini Union. For more info. contact seclemon@uiuc.edu.
Friday, Oct 27
3:30pm La Casa Advisory Committee meeting at La Casa's conference room 107.
5-9pm "Brazilian, Argentinean and Uruguay Association Halloween Party" at La Casa.
10pm-12am WRFU-LP 104.5FM's The Show with Raymond Morales.
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