THE DAILY ILLINI
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Visits to campus boost local tourism Chinese teens’ college tours increase business and recruitment
can cost up to thousands of dollars for a short period of time. But since it can also be expensive to enroll their kids in a good local summer camp, Chinese parents consider traveling abroad a good deal financially. However, Huang said these tours are not purely for picking out a University to study abroad at, since the students are often in middle school or early high school. The focus on these tours are primarily to expose kids to different cultures. “It’s not really a plan for education in foreign countries, it’s more like the parents think it’s a good idea to expand the global view,” Huang said. “It’s more like a cultural tour that parents think is good for their kids to learn the foreign language, to go to the foreign language environment, to learn about the culture and be more international, all those things.” Since the college tours are usually conducted by travel agencies, it is important for it to be cost-effective. Huang said travel agents don’t usually favor cities such as Chicago because of the high costs. Instead, places like Champaign-Urbana would be more ideal. Huang said the shift in expectations also plays a part. While Chinese parents in the past used to dream of their kids going to Harvard, more and more people are realizing there are many public universities that provide a
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Qing Cao was hired over the summer as an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Cao, along with Rodney Hopson and David Spekorski, joined University faculty under the President’s Distinguished Faculty Hiring Program over the summer.
University hires new faculty over summer BY ZIHAN WANG STAFF WRITER
Over the summer, three faculty members from other universities joined the University under the President’s Distinguished Faculty Hiring Program, and a University professor was appointed the dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts. The three faculty members who joined the Urbana-Champaign campus are Rodney Hopson, David Sepkoski and Qing Cao. Cao started as an associate professor in the Department of Materi-
als Science and Engineering. He was a member of the research staff at the IBM Watson Research Center, the headquarter of one of the largest industrial research organizations in the world. Cao was named one of Forbes Magazine’s “Top 30
under 30” in science and is one of the “35 Innovators under 35” by MIT Technology Review for his work on replacing silicon transistors with more efficient carbon nanotubes. “I did have options from other universities, but the University of Illinois has a
“I did have options from other universities, but the University of Illinois has a very strong reputation.” QING CAO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN ENGINEERING
very strong reputation in material science, and engineering in general,” Cao said. “This is one of the best colleges in engineering in the world.” Cao also said the funding the program gave him to help him start his research is an important reason why he chose the University. Cao said he would need to shift his focus solely from research to helping his graduate students succeed. He said he will have two graduate students and two post-docs join his SEE FACULTY | 3A
Before making the decision to commit to the University, Dennis Zhao, junior in LAS, like many other Chinese students, took a college tour to see the campus for himself. “It played as a big part of my final decision,” Zhao said in an email. “It reflects a lot more about each college than just looking at rankings online about each school.” A recent study conducted by University professor Joy Huang shows Chinese students taking college tours not only helps them make a decision on where to attend school, but also makes a growing impact in the local tourist industry. Huang said the trend of Chinese parents sending their kids to travel abroad in developed countries has been growing in recent years, and will continue to grow. “Middle class in China, this group obviously according to every report, is growing,” Huang said. “On the other hand, Chinese people are very willing to spend and invest in children’s education.” Although the cost of a college tour in America can vary widely, Huang said it
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GEO remains unshaken by Janus v. AFSCME ruling Union membership rates decrease over time in right-to-work and union security states
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Two months after the Supreme Court ruling in the Janus v. AFSCME case, which was predicted to weaken public-sector unions, Graduate Employees’ Organization members say they are unshaken, but are bracing for more constraints on organized labor. The Janus v. AFSCME ruling banned public-sector unions from charging fair-share fees. Fair-share fees are paid by workers who choose not to be part of the union, but who benefit from wage increases, representation in griev-
Right-to-work laws prevent unions from charging non-members fees to receive benefits.
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UI helps students make the most of work experiences students. According to naceweb.org, the competencies are critical thinking and problem solving, oral and written communication, collaboration and teamwork, digital technology, leadership, professional and work ethic, career management and global and intercultural fluency. Towner said the Career Center met with an advertising class last fall to discuss this idea. The students ran it and created the campaign. From this, the idea has spread across campus into different departments. The Career Center debuted the campaign on Quad Day and will have a booth at the part-time job fair, Towner said. Elizabeth Ferguson, freshman in LAS, said she was surprised they weren’t doing this already because it seems like a helpful thing for students to have. “(The Campaign) would
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The University Career Center has created a Career Readiness Campaign to help students make meaningful connections between everyday jobs and their future careers. “(Students) need to understand how the skills they’ve developed (and) how the experiences they’ve had in the past will help support them in their professional development,” said Tracy Parish, director at Gies Business Career Services. The campaign is designed to help students articulate their seemingly mundane experiences in useful ways to potential employers, said Monica Towner, assistant director for campus recruiting and job and internship preparation. Towner gave an example of an articulation. Instead of saying ‘waitress at Merry Ann’s Diner,’ students can put ‘recorded over 100 customer orders a day or
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The Career Center launched the Career Readiness Campaign, which aims to help students better connect everyday jobs to their future careers.
handled $400 in different transactions.’ “So, that shows that you have some different experiences, but they were meaningful even though you may
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