Undergraduate Newsletter
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Table of Contents Semester at a Glance January 15 Classes begin
January 20 No classes/campus closed (Martin Luther King Day) January 23 Last day to add classes without instructor’s signature February 11 Last day to drop classes without notation on transcript March 15-March 23 No classes (Spring Break)
Reminders
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May 2014 Graduation
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SGPP Events
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Campus Event
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Internship Opportunities
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Job Opportunities
15-17
Announcements
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Academic Advising
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May 7 Last Day of Classes May 8 Reading Day May 9-15 Final Exams
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Reminders
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Reminders Dear Juniors and Seniors, We have partnered with Career Services to give our junior and senior majors access to Wildcat Joblink. Wildcat JobLink is a state-of-the-art career management tool, offering UA students access to jobs, internships, and a range of other services including campus interviewing and resume referrals. To access JobLink, please visit the Career Services website at https:// www.career.arizona.edu/joblink. All you need is your NETID and password to login and take advantage of these great services. Why is SGPP only funding juniors and seniors to have access to JobLink? The funding comes from SGPP Program Fees, which only our junior and senior majors pay. If you are a freshman or sophomore, you are welcome to register and pay the annual $5 fee out of pocket. Visit https:// www.career.arizona.edu/joblink to register. I will be a junior at the end of the current semester. When can I have access? SGPP will be requesting access for any students who have reached 60+ credits each semester after the census date (the 21st day of the semester). So, if you will have 60+ completed credits at the end of this semester, you will be granted access next semester after the census date. If you have any questions, please email ctryon@email.arizona.edu.
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May 2014 Graduation GRADUATING
IN MAY? APPLICATION LATE FEE NOW APPLICABLE
If you are graduating this May you can still apply for degree candidacy, but a $50.00 late candidacy application fee will now be assessed. For detailed instructions on how to initiate your paperwork, please visit our degree check page.
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SGPP Events
http://sgpp.arizona.edu/content/speaker-series
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SGPP Events
http://sgpp.arizona.edu/spring-2014-workshop-series
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SGPP Events
http://sgpp.arizona.edu/spring-2014workshop-series
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Campus Event
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Internship Opportunities TurboVote Paid Internship Opportunity for Summer! TurboVote is an online voter registration service for The University of Arizona. TurboVote allows students to register to vote by putting in their information through https://ua.turbovote.org . When they are registering to vote students can pick the option to have their ballots mailed to them. The site also asks for the student’s number so that when it is time to vote the system will remind them that they should be receiving their ballot soon, and then again to remind each student to send in their ballot. ASUA will cover the postage for all U of A students who choose this option, so the service is free to them. This wonderful site can help the students at U of A be heard at a city, state, and national level. This summer we need an all-star “intern dream team� more than ever!
We need amazing organizers and student government leaders to drive our outreach efforts and provide excellent partner support and service at scale. We need top writers and designers who can drive the development of materials and programming that make that outreach and support more efficient and effective. Information regarding the paid summer internship program can be found at summer internship program Happy Voting! www.turbovote.org *Please note that this paid internship opportunity is available for internship credit for Public Management and Policy students, as well as Political Science students.
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Internship Opportunities
www.mifamiliavota.org
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Internship Opportunities
Looking for other internship opportunities? Check out our SGPP Internships page for a comprehensive list of internships, instructions on how to enroll, and more!
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Volunteer Opportunities Healthyouth Volunteer Summer Programs Healthyouth (pronounced Healthy Youth) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that works globally on projects related to youth. We are offering summer programs for volunteers interested in clinical medicine, public health, and education in Peru and Thailand. We also provide 2 annual scholarships to cover all program and in country costs to exceptional candidates and invite you to apply. Only 20 participants will be accepted in each country to maintain a quality program. Applications are due on March 1st for the 2014 summer cycle. Please apply at http://www.healthyouth.org/join-us/ About Healthyouth: Healthyouth has worked with more than 400 volunteers from University of Illinois, Arizona State University, and University of Arizona, University of Maryland, Yale University, University of New Mexico, Michigan State, University of Michigan, Dartmouth University and more to work on meaningful projects abroad. Our alumni network ranges from physicians and educators, to public health practitioners, and policy makers, many of whom cite their experience with Healthyouth as a key part of their personal and professional growth. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate email us at info@healthyouth.org<mailto:info@healthyouth.org> or visit us at www.healthyouth.org<http://www.healthyouth.org/> 'Like Us' on Facebook to stay up to speed on updates and announcements on webinars and Q&A sessions.
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Volunteer Opportunities Fun Volunteer Opportunity! Cats in the Community Day is the university’s own version of “extreme makeover.” Overseen by Community Relations, it’s a great opportunity for our team to get together and help a community partner at the same time.
This year, we’re helping Kellond Elementary School on the east side of town. Due to TUSD school closings and budget cuts, Kellond is now serving 600 students. Even with all the struggles of merging 3 schools together, they are a State of Arizona A-rated school. The staff, faculty, students and their families are super excited about the upcoming changes to their campus. UA visual art students designed the entire new color scheme and fabulous murals to better suit the current student body. The day also includes a partnership with Ben’s Bells and the creation of a one-of-a-kind mosaic mural in the school’s large courtyard. The day is filled with projects anywhere from building shelving, painting and organizing to cleaning windows and sweeping. No special skills required. DETAILS Cats in the Community Day Saturday, March 1, 2014 3 volunteer shifts available Kellond Elementary School 6606 E. Lehigh Drive (Broadway and Wilmot area) Lunch and refreshments are provided To register online visit: http://www.catsincommunity.arizona.edu/volunteer_information If you have any questions, I’m here to help. Sheila McGinnis, Office of Community Relations The University of Arizona 520.626.4671
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Job Opportunities
Now Recruiting for SGPP Peer Mentor Positions
Are you a junior or senior who has completed at least one semester at the University of Arizona?
Do you enjoy working with other students?
Are you looking for a great leadership and employment opportunity?
Apply to be a Peer Mentor for the School of Government and Public Policy! Application deadline: Monday, March 10, 2014@ 5:00 p.m. We will be conducting interviews after Spring Break.
For more details, please visit our website: http://sgpp.arizona.edu/peermentor
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Job Opportunities
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Job Opportunities Apple A job with Apple is unlike any other you’ve had. You’ll be challenged and motivated. Would you like to earn great pay working full-time this summer (from May through mid-August) and part-time while you are in school? Do you want to work for an innovative and fun company? Qualified UA students can work for Apple from home. All majors with a 2.7+ GPA who are enrolled at UA through May 2015 will be invited to attend a virtual information session after applying at apple.com/jobs/collegeadvisor.
Don’t miss your chance to connect with a recruiter from Apple at one of the following events: February 27th —— Tabling on UA Mall —— 10 AM to 2 PM March 6th —— Tabling on UA Mall —— 10 AM to 2 PM March 11th and 12th —— UA Spring Career Days Remember….apply online first at www.apple.com/jobs/ collegeadvisor
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Announcements The Story of Bear Down http://www.arizonawildcats.com University of Arizona Athletics’ most enduring tradition is the slogan and battle cry, “Bear Down.” More than a casual piece of encouragement, the rallying phrase has roots nearing a century old, to the Roaring ‘20s, and pre-dates another venerated exhortation, “Win one for the Gipper,” by several years. In the fall of 1926, John Byrd “Button” Salmon was newly installed student body president at the UA, a promising student and member of note of several of the school’s honor societies. He also was a varsity quarterback, a baseball catcher and generally acclaimed popular campus figure. He embodied all-around. In early October after the Wildcat varsity defeated the freshman squad in an annual match at the time, Salmon and several friends were returning from a visit to Phoenix, and an automobile crash north of Tucson near Florence left the young athlete critically injured. Salmon, then 22, lost his battle and died the morning of Oct. 18. A memorial service was held on campus that week, drawing a reported thousand mourners, and a line of cars stretched miles to his burial plot. The coach at the time, J.F. “Pop” McKale, had visited Salmon in the hospital regularly before his death, and later told the squad the young athlete’s last message to his teammates was, “Tell them... tell the team to bear down.”
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Announcements It’s unclear whether McKale invoked the phrase to the team before one of several games that year, a contest in Las Cruces against New Mexico A&M (NMSU) that same week, or two weeks later before a game against New Mexico in Tucson. UA won both. But when word spread, the UA student body drew to the phrase swiftly, and among other uses painted the slogan on the roof of the university gymnasium shortly thereafter, known since as Bear Down Gym. An airplane view of that huge-lettered phrase caused eventual long-time band director Jack K. Lee to write the song, “Bear Down, Arizona” during his application for the UA band job. The song, and Douglas Holsclaw’s “Fight, Wildcats, Fight,” are played throughout University of Arizona sporting events, and from the campus belltower daily. A memorial to Salmon, a bronze bust mounted on marble outside McKale Memorial Center, was erected in 1986 and soon should move to more visible quarters near the new Lowell-Stevens Football Facility. In spring of 2008, another highway memorial honoring the Bear Down tradition was installed along State Route 79 near the site of the tragic crash at Florence. With or without the pieces of bronze and marble, Bear Down as a phrase and song has been inexorably a part of UA athletics, woven into its fabric year after year since October 1926. Too, since 2000, UA Athletics has awarded John Button Salmon Awards to 17 former coaches or administrators for exemplary leadership and service to the University, in honor of the tradition’s namesake. “Button” Salmon died generations ago but his message still echoes across every UA athletic venue, in every corner and through every building on campus, and in the thoughts of tens of thousands of Wildcat supporters past, present and future. Bear Down!
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Announcements Summer Registration Information:
Summer Session 2014 Pre-Session: May 19 - June 7 Session 1: June 9 - July 10 Session 2: July 14 - August 13 Registration begins March 24, 2014 There is no priority registration for summer classes, all students can register for summer classes as of 3/24/14. For more information contact: The Office of Summer & Winter Session 1401 East University Blvd Administration Building 221G P.O. Box 210066 Tucson, AZ 85721-0066 uasummer@u.arizona.edu Phone: 520-626-8200 or 1-800-457-3349 Fax: 520-621-2099
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Announcements
http://uabookstore.arizona.edu/graduation/
SUMC
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Announcements
http://www.sundayeveningforum.com
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Announcements
*Please note that the 1 unit of credit is non-transferrable for University of Arizona students. SGPP Undergraduate Newsletter Page 23
Announcements
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Announcements The Writing Skills Improvement Program in the College of Humanities offers a new series of brown bag workshops: http://wsip.arizona.edu
NAVIGATING YOUR WAY THROUGH CITATION STYLES These workshops are designed to answer your most pressing questions regarding the various citation styles that you use when writing essays, research papers, theses, and dissertations. All workshops are free and open to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff, with no preregistration required. Just choose the workshop(s) you wish to attend and show up at the time, date, and location below:
The Basic Elements of MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, Dr. Leslie Dupont Tues. Feb. 18, 12-1, Student Union Copper Room This workshop will focus on comparing and contrasting elements in three commonly used documentation styles: Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago or Turabian). The workshop is not meant to be a thorough examination of each style; instead, it will provide you with an understanding of the basic elements in each style.
Using MLA Style, Dr. Leslie Dupont Thurs. Feb. 20, 12-1, Student Union Copper Room This workshop will cover the basics of Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation style guidelines. We will address issues such as essay formatting, elements of in-text citations and the works cited page, and how to navigate the MLA handbook.
Using APA Style, Andrea Hernandez Holm, M.A., M.S. Tues. Feb. 25, 12-1, Student Union Copper Room This workshop offers an introduction and overview of the American Psychological Association (APA) style for students and researchers. We will discuss how to follow the guidelines established for this style, including for basic citations and formatting issues.
Using Chicago Style, Andrea Hernandez Holm, M.A., M.S. Thurs. Feb. 27, 12-1, Student Union Presidio Room This workshop offers an introduction and overview of the Chicago Manual of Style for students and researchers. We will discuss how to follow the guidelines established for this style, including those for basic citations and formatting issues.
Offered by the Writing Skills Improvement Program; Dr. Donna Rabuck, Director; 621-5849.
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Announcements
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Announcements
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Announcements
For further information please go to OECD Student Ambassador Program 2014-2015 SGPP Undergraduate Newsletter Page 28
Announcements
For further information: Undergraduate Conference April 10-14, 2014 SGPP Undergraduate Newsletter Page 29
Academic Advising Academic Advising Info
To see your Academic Advisor click here for their contact information. You can also schedule an appointment with your advisor
by logging into SBS WiseAdvising here.
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