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Career
Services to sponsor recruitment webcast
UIS will show a live webcast by
Dr. Phil Gardner about recruitment trends in the job market on
Nov. 19 from 9 – 11 a.m. in room 2008 of the University Hall
Building.
Gardner, director of the
Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State
University, will present the findings of an annual survey of
employers nationwide.
The webcast will address changes
in campus recruitment strategies and techniques, anticipated
changes in hiring trends for new college graduates and expected
salaries by major and degree level. There will also be a one
hour question and answer session.
The event is open to the campus
community and sponsored by the UIS Career Services Center, GPSI
Career Development Seminar and UIS Speakers Award Committee.
Prominent abstract
painter exhibit at UIS Visual Arts Gallery
Prominent abstract artist Robert Natkin will display an exhibit
of his works at the UIS Visual Arts Gallery from Nov. 4 - 24.
The Visual Arts Gallery is
located in room 201 of the Health and Sciences Building. Gallery
hours are 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Thursday. For further
information about the exhibit or the gallery, contact Emily
Laverty at 206-6506.
For more information about Natkin
and to preview some of his work, go to www.robertnatkin.com.
Taste of
UIS lecture series examines implications of new technology
The University of Illinois Alumni
Association at UIS will present “Nanotechnology: How It Might
Change Your Life,” the third and final program in this fall’s
Taste of UIS: Distinguished Faculty/Alumni Lunchtime Lecture
Series.
The event will be Thursday, Nov.
18 from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., at Maldaner’s Upstairs, 222 S.
Sixth St., Springfield. Reservations are required and should be
made no later than Friday, Nov. 12.
The featured speaker will be
Ronald D. McNeil, dean of the UIS College of Business and
Management.
Cost for the program – $18 per
person, $13 for Alumni Association members and their guests. The
cost includes a hot buffet lunch. To make reservations, call
Alumni Relations at (217) 206-7395, register on-line at
www.uiaa.org/spfld/, or e-mail alumni@uis.edu.
Volunteer
opportunity with Washington Middle School
Washington Middle School, 2300 E.
Jackson, is looking for mentors and tutors for children at hope
for sixth to eighth grade reading throughout the late fall and
spring semesters.
Tutors are needed for one to
three hour blocks during the school day, 8:45 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.,
and mentors are needed for one hour each week.
Training will be provided at the
school by Communities in Schools and Professionals at Washington
Middle School 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Nov. 9 and 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Nov.
10.
Background checks are required
and will be performed free of charge.
Applications are available by
contacting the Office of Student Volunteers and Service Learning
in the Student Affairs Building, room 60.
For more information call
206-7716.
UIS
Fall Music Showcase to feature four ensembles
The UIS Fall Music Showcase,
featuring four musical ensembles, will be presented at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 19, in the Studio Theatre at UIS. The Studio
Theatre is located on the lower level of the PAC.
Tickets for the program are $5
and all proceeds will benefit the UIS Music Student Scholarship
Fund, which will present its first awards during this event.
Featured groups are the UIS Band,
Chamber Ensemble, World Percussion Ensemble, and Chorus. This
concert represents the work that each group has done since the
fall semester began in August.
A live webcast of the concert
will also be broadcast on the UIS website at www.uis.edu. For
more information, contact Graf by phone at 206-6570 or by e-mail
at graf.sharon@uis.edu.
Multicultural
student leadership retreat
The Office of Multicultural
Student Affairs at the University of Illinois at Springfield
will be hosting a multicultural student leadership retreat on
Jan. 14-16, 2005.
The program is designed to
prepare participants to work with individuals of different
backgrounds on campus and in the community and empower student
leaders to take action.
If you are interested in
attending, please fill out an online application at www.uis.edu/multiculturalstudentaffairs.
A $20 materials fee is charged if the application is expected.
Food, lodging and transportation will be provided free of
charge.
For more information contact the
Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at 206-6333 or e-mail
Kitty Harris at kharr04@uis.edu.
Operation
Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child, an
event organized by the Christian organization Samaritan’s Purse,
is being sponsored at the University of Illinois at Springfield
by the Lincoln Residence Hall Resident Assistants.
To participate, fill a shoe box
with toys, candy and other fun things and it will be delivered
to a needy child in a third world country. Shoe boxes can be
picked up between noon and 8 p.m. Nov. 16 at the LRH front desk.
Boxes must be turned in by Nov.
19.
For more
information contact Brad Ward by e-mail at bward03s@uis.edu or
Jen Davis at jdavi11s@uis.edu.
Volunteers
needed to help wrap presents at Barnes & Noble
Your help is needed for Friday,
Dec. 3 to fill two to three hour shifts wrapping presents with
WIPA Radio Information Service at Barnes and Noble.
Volunteers are needed from 10
a.m. - 10 p.m. Wrapping paper and tape will be provided.
If you are interested in helping
out WUIS/WIPA Radio Information Service by signing up at your
local Barnes & Noble, please call Becky Yaeger as soon as
possible at (217) 206-6405. |
