@UIUC: More Professionalization & Grad Student Stuff

Writers' Workshop
International Student Support Group
Services from CITES
R2P Essay Contest
WRK4US Listserv - Guest Speaker Discussion (re: non-academic careers for humanities PhDs)


Writers' Workshop

The Writers' Workshop, part of the Center for Writing Studies, provides free writing assistance for University of Illinois students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines and at all stages of the writing process. Graduate students have found it very helpful to discuss their writing, whether for a course or their dissertation, with consultants who are experienced writers and teachers of writing. Call 333-8796 to set up a 50-minute session at one of the four Workshop locations. See http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop for more information.

International Student Support Group


The International Student Support Group is a forum for international students to offer and receive support in the process of navigating their experiences at the University and in the US culture. The group will provide a safe space for participants to share their experiences and receive feedback from multiple perspectives about their situation, with the goal of helping the participants enhance the quality of their experience at UIUC.

Leaders: Kuanwu Lin, Psy.D. & Rakhi Sen, Ph.D.
Time: Thursdays, 4:45-6:15PM

See http://www.couns.uiuc.edu/ for more information.


Services from CITES

* CITES Software WebStore

* U of I students have access to software at unbeatable prices - up to 90% off retail! See http://webstore.uiuc.edu for more information

* CITES Training Services

* Take a CITES Training Services course, available for many popular applications including PowerPoint, EndNote, Dreamweaver, and Matlab, to quickly master the basics of your software. See http://training.cites.uiuc.edu for more information.

* CITES OnSite Consulting

* CITES OnSite Consulting provides trained computer technical service anywhere in the Champaign-Urbana area. Call 333-8628 for more information or to schedule a consultation.


R2P Essay Contest

In September 2005, the international community unanimously endorsed R2P. As adopted, this revolutionary doctrine lays the foundations for a new global moral compact between every State and every population on earth. The ultimate goal of the essay contest is to develop a comprehensive American definition of the norm of the Responsibility to Protect, by both analyzing its sources and identifying its implications for America and the world. The contest is open to enrolled M.S. and Ph.D. students who are residents of Illinois, and the first prizes are $5000. See http://r2pcoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=56 for more information.


WRK4US Listserv - Guest Speaker Discussion


Work for Us, a.k.a. WRK4US, is a national email discussion list about nonacademic careers for humanities PhDs. It is based at Duke University. Several times a year, the list manager organizes special Guest Speaker Discussions to focus on a particular career path.

The next Guest Speaker Discussion will focus on "Careers in Academic Publishing" and will take place on the list October 2 - 6, 2006.

Joining us for this Guest Speaker Discussion will be several humanities PhDs who work full-time in academic publishing. On Monday October 2, they will share their own stories of how they got into that field, then answer your questions for the rest of the week.

If you would like to learn about academic publishing as a potential career, subscribe to the Work For Us discussion list before the discussion begins on Monday October 2. Anyone may subscribe and any subscriber may participate by asking questions. The discussion will eventually be posted on the WRK4US website, but subscriber names will be disguised to protect their confidentiality.

To subscribe and/or learn more about WRK4US, visit http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/fhi/wrk4us/index.php.
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