El Boletín Newsletter

Join the Peer Recruitment Program (PRP) as part of the Office of Admissions and Records! If you are interested in helping with the recruitment of underrepresented student populations to our campus, join PRP and participate in the high school visits coming up during Winter Break. For more information, please email Luis Narváez, Admissions Counselor at the Chicago Satellite Office (narvazgt@uiuc.edu).

The University of Illinois will be hosting information sessions on National Security Education Program (NSEP) undergraduate study abroad scholarships. In each 30-minute session, participants will receive information about the scholarship program and tips on filling out competitive applications. The campus application deadline is January 18, 2007 for any study between May 2007 and May 2008. The National Security Education Program (NSEP) provides study abroad scholarships of $6,000-$20,000 for a full academic year, $4,000-$10,000 for a semester, or $2,500-$8,000 for a summer session of at least 6 weeks. Scholarships may be used for U.S. citizens to study in Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, or the Middle East on almost any study abroad program. Further information is available at http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/scholarship/NSEPprocess.shtml Please direct questions to David Schug in Room 321, International Studies Building, 244-0254 or by email at dschug@uiuc.edu

3rd Biennial Latina/o Studies Graduate Student Conference invites proposals/abstracts for an interdisciplinary graduate student conference to be held at UIUC on February 23-25, 2007. The purpose of this Conference is to explore the historical and cultural processes that affect Latinas/os in the U.S. Abstracts should be no more than 500 words along with title, name, contact information, program, and university affiliation and should be submitted no later than December 1, 2006. For more info please email or call Laura Atuesta 217-265-0370.

Summer Writing Workshops in Florence and Barcelona taught by award winning author, Patricia Foster Fiction Writing Workshop in Florence: July 13 - 22, 2007 Memoir Writing Workshop in Barcelona: July 21 - 30, 2007. For more information: http://www.creativeseminars.net/writing 1-866-217-1980 (Toll-Free) 1-212-922-1555 contact@creativeseminars.net.

The Illinois Leadership Center is seeing a large increase in the number of students enrolled in the Leadership Certificate program. One of the most important requirements of the program is the Leadership Certificate student working with a Leadership Coach. Due to the increase number of students enrolled in the program, the Leadership Center is in need of additional Leadership Coaches. For more information about the Leadership Certificate program, contact contact Carol Bosley at cbosley@uiuc.edu. or go to http://www.illinoisleadership.uiuc.edu/leadership_center/leadership_certificate/default.asp

Get Credit for Talking! Train as a peer discussion leader for ACE IT (Alchol Culture Expored Interactive Theatre) a freshman orientation program that promotes risk reduction rather than abstinence. This is a 3 credit hour course offered Spring 2007. For more info contact Betsy Peterson at betsyp@uiuc.edu.