Undergraduate Newsletter
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Table of Contents Semester at a Glance
May 2014 Graduation
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Reminder
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January 15 Classes begin
SGPP Events
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Faculty Spotlight
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Internship Opportunities
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Non-SGPP Internship
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Job Opportunity
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Announcements
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Academic Advising
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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) May 7 Last Day of Classes May 8 Reading Day May 9-15 Final Exams
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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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Reminder 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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SGPP Events
http://sgpp.arizona.edu/spring-2014workshop-series
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SGPP Events
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SGPP Events
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Faculty Spotlight Professor Adams At what institution did you do your undergrad and graduate work? Undergraduate Studies were in Biology/Chemistry – University of Arizona Graduate Studies – University of Arizona What was your favorite course in your undergraduate career? I liked a lot of them. When you are studying a science, they make you take a liberal arts class. They made me take a course on music so we had to go to concerts and were exposed to different things. I absolutely loved it and found that I loved music. My other favorite was genetics. I liked it so well that they made me TA the next semester. The other one I loved was Vertebrate Biology because we got to dissect a cat. What is your field of research in? It is ethics and healthcare. I really have been focusing on Obamacare and really trying to understand fact and fiction. So many things that the press twists. I want to figure out if this is going to be a good thing or a bad thing. I spend most of my time looking at that. What initiated your interest in this field? I didn’t want to take a departure from healthcare. The School of Government and Public Policy had a concentration in healthcare so it has been a lifelong fascination. When I went through the program, Arizona was the last state to come up with a Medicaid program but in some senses it laid the groun work for the best Medicaid program. When I went through my masters program, we helped to draft the Medicaid program in Arizona. It was called Arizona Cost Containment System, it was so interesting to be part of the how the state learned how to utilize this program. What inspired you to want to teach? When I was a little girl, I didn’t like dolls but loved to play school and always played the teacher. I loved it! I thought I wanted to be a high school teacher but my mom told me that I was too smart. I listened to her and went to college. I got my first job out of my masters program because I saw an ad on the newspaper for a position as a teacher. I talked to Dr. Mil-
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Faculty Spotlight -ward and he stuck me in Harvil with a class called the Business Side of the Law, or some weird title, 150 kids in it and was told that if I survived it I could have the healthcare class I wanted to teach. It taught me that I loved teaching. It has been an evolution. I am where I need to be. It is who I am. I am a teacher and it is what I do. The day that I think the students are a problem is when I won’t teach. What do you think a professor’s role is in a student’s academic journey? I think a facilitator. It is not my responsibility to make you learn. It is my responsibility to make you want to read and engage the material and make you critically think about how it fits into your life, current, and future. Not to give it to you but to facilitate. What words of advice do you have for students who may be taking your course(s)? Show up and participate. There is 5% of students who don’t go to class, but there is a correlation between attendance and participation and a good grade. What is your teaching philosophy? There are some things that are on me as a teacher, some things that are on you as students, and some things that are on the institution. The institution should provide an environment where its not too hot/not too cold, the technology works, and other things that foster learning. I should create an atmosphere that facilitates and students should participate actively in this role and when the three come together and do what they are supposed to do, magic happens. What do you like to do in your free time? Wildcat for life like everyone else here. I garden and already have my flowers planted. I love to read. I read everything. I love to be outside. I love this university, still here and I’m not going anywhere. Who is your greatest inspiration? My grandfather. He came from 11 kids, was the first to go to college. He donated his time to the inner city kids and coached them with swimming or softball. He had a camp in the lake and there would be boating and all kinds of things. He always, in my opinion, did the right thing. Just a great husband, great father, and great grandfather. He was inducted in his college hall of fame for being a good athlete. Just a good person.
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Internship Opportunities
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Internship Opportunities
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Internship Opportunities
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Internship Opportunities
For further information regarding application instructions and other requirements please refer to the Japan Information & Culture Center flyer located on the SGPP Internship website.
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Internship Opportunities
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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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Non-SGPP Internship English Teaching in Korea Program Extended deadline: March 25 Program Cost: Approximately $1600 + $80 application fee (this cost includes tuition, round trip airfare, room and board, and insurance) Dates: mid July – mid August (exact dates TBD) Credit: 6 units of EAS 493/593 or ENGL 493/593 Internship Program Description: This summer, gain real teaching experience, work alongside Korean teachers, experience a new country and culture, and earn UA internship credit through the English Teaching in Korea program. This international service-learning program takes place in Jeollanam province in southwest South Korea and is based on a unique partnership between the University of Arizona and the Jeollanam provincial government. The mission of the program is to expose South Korean middle school students from rural areas to native English speakers and present them with different opportunities to utilize their newly acquired language skills. Ideal candidates will enjoy teaching and working with children, and will be open-minded, flexible, and creative. Selected participants will complete summer coursework online prior to going abroad. While abroad, participants will first attend an on-site orientation before participating as English teachers at English camps, one for approximately 6 days and one for approximately 10 days. In addition, there will be cultural excursions. A final report will be due after returning to the United States. Program Website and Application Link: http://global.arizona.edu/study-abroad/ program/english-teaching-korea *Please note that this is not an SGPP internship for credit.
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Job Opportunity
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Announcements
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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
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Announcements
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Announcements
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Academic Advising Academic Advising Info
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