[Agvisors] CALS Monday Message April 6, 2015

[UA Agriculture and Life Sciences Career and Academic Services]

CALS Monday Message
April 6, 2015
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Are you interested in sharing your experiences as a student with new CALS students?  Do you have a passion for helping people?  Are you interested in being part of a college-wide leadership group that will allow you to work with students from across CALS?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider joining the CALS PALS Peer Mentorship program!

Hard copies of the application are available in Saguaro Hall Room 221.

If you have any additional questions you can contact one of the program coordinators:
Nancy Rodriguez-Lorta (nancyr at email.arizona.edu (mailto:nancyr at email.arizona.edu) ) or Kristen Geary (kgeary at email.arizona.edu (mailto:kgeary at email.arizona.edu) )
Phone: 520-621-3616
Office: Saguaro Hall 221

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Visit our webpage for more information and to download the application: https://cals.arizona.edu/cas/deans-leadership-50

Hard copies of the application are available in Saguaro Hall 221.

If you have any questions, contact Dari Trujillo (kdtrujil at email.arizona.edu) or Kyle Sharp (ksharp at email.arizona.edu)
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Dates and Deadlines
April 1-April 21: Course withdrawals may be processed only with the approval of the student's College Dean on a Late Change Petition now through April 14th. Students must have an extra ordinary reason for approval. Visit Saguaro Hall Room 221 for additional information.

May 6, 2015: LAST DAY OF CLASSES.  No registration changes can be made after the last day of classes. Last day to: File a complete withdrawal (https://www.registrar.arizona.edu/complete-withdrawal) , File a $25.00 Late Drop Fee Appeal form, File $250.00 Late Registration Fee appeal

May 7, 2015: Reading day - no classes or finals

May 8 - 14, 2015: FINAL EXAMS PERIOD

May 16, 2015:Spring Commencement date and degree award date for students completing by close of spring semester
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The Fall 2015 Schedule of Classes will be available  March 2, 2015.  Students will be able to use their shopping carts and view their Enrollment Appointments in UAccess on March 2, 2015 as well.
April 6 - 12, 2015
Juniors and National Student Exchange students – You will be able to register beginning at 6am on 4/6/15 through 8pm on 4/12/15.

April 13 - 19, 2015
Sophomores - You will be able to register beginning at 6am on 4/13/15 through 8pm on 4/19/15.

April 20 - 26, 2015
Freshman - You will be able to register beginning at 6am on 4/20/15 through 8pm on 4/26/15.

April 27, 2015
Registration open to all degree seeking continuing students for registration, adds, drops, and changes.

April 29, 2015
Registration open to all degree seeking readmits and transfer students for registration, adds, drops, and changes.

August 17, 2015
Registration open to all non-degree seeking undergraduate students.
Announcements
Announcing a scholarship opportunity that you may be interested in applying for: the Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship program, which is open to graduate and undergraduate college students pursuing degrees in crop-related disciplines. You may apply by submitting a 750- to 1,000-word essay on the chosen topic (more information on the essay topic can be found on the Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship web page (http://www.syngenta-us.com/scholarships/) ) to compete for a portion of $20,000 in available awards to help grow your future. The application deadline is May 15, 2015.

If this sounds like a scholarship you’re interested in applying for, I encourage you to visit the
Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship web page (http://www.syngenta-us.com/scholarships/) where you can find more information and apply via an online form.
If you have any questions about the scholarship, please feel free to contact Lauren Hafezi at G&S Business Communications. Lauren may be reached at lhafezi at gscommunications.com (mailto:lhafezi at gscommunications.com) or (919) 870-5718.

Summer Financial Aid Changes

Students will no longer be dropped from their summer courses for non-payment. Visit the Registrar’s Office for a list of add/drop dates and deadlines: http://registrar.arizona.edu/ schedules/dates.htm (http://registrar.arizona.edu/schedules/dates.htm) .

The Summer Aid Application is only needed if you wish to apply for Summer Federal Work Study (FWS)
Undergraduate and Graduate students not applying for FWS will automatically be reviewed for Summer Federal and Institutional Aid if the student meets the following criteria:
oEnrolled in at least 1 Summer unit (See Minimum Enrollment Requirement for Federal and Institutional Aid section for eligibility requirements to receive disbursements)
o    Does NOT have a May 2015 Graduation Check-Out on file
oHas an official 2014-2015 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on record with UA

Undergraduate students wishing to be considered for Summer Institutional Grant Aid must additionally meet the following criteria:
oEnrolled in at least 1 Summer unit by April 6, 2015 (See Minimum Enrollment Requirement for Federal and Institutional Aid section for eligibility requirements to receive disbursements)

·Summer Aid will be awarded starting April 1, 2015. Awarding will continue on a weekly basis through July 31, 2015.

MAIN CAMPUS FARMER'S MARKET

The UA is hosting its first farmers' market on the mall next Wednesday, April 8, from 10 am until 2 pm.
ENGL Online Summer Courses

In just 5 weeks online students who require ENGL102 or 109H can complete the UA Writing Requirement and students who require ENGL308 can complete a major requirement! If ENGL101 is needed, students should consider the online summer course so that they can take ENGL102 in fall. Visit the summer session schedule of classes to register.

Richard A. Harvill Graduate Fellowship

The mission of the Richard A. Harvill Endowment is to perpetuate knowledge of Dr. Harvill, who served as UA president from 1951 to 1971, a period in which UA began its furious post-war enrollment growth, and the institution took its place among the leading research universities of the west. The award targets University of Arizona senior undergraduates, domestic or international who have completed a bachelor's degree at the UA in May 2015, have an undergraduate GPA of 3.5 or higher, and have been admitted to a PhD program at the UA for Fall 2015. The Fellowship provides an annual stipend of $12,000, disbursed in two equal payments between the fall and spring terms and a Graduate Tuition Scholarship that covers base graduate level tuition (not the differential tuition assessed by some programs) for each semester of award.

Deadline to apply:  May 1, 2015, 5 pm, for 2015-16 award period
Eligibility:  A current UA undergraduate, domestic or international, who will complete his or her UA bachelor's degree in May 2015, who will be admitted to a UA doctoral program for Fall 2015, and who has a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Award amount: $12,000 plus full base tuition (excludes mandatory registration fees and student health insurance) for one year only.  Please note that the Richard A. Harvill Fellow may hold a concurrent graduate research or teaching assistantship, or additional department funds. Fellows will be required to be enrolled for a minimum of 9 graduate units during the tenure of the fellowship (or 6 graduate units if on a concurrent assistantship).

Questions? Please contact Stephanie Adamson, Graduate College, adamsons at email.arizona.edu (https://mail.catnet.arizona.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=KPmV2QP4M0iIBVgOiX7tZOSlOVdfPNIInDk6q1kfrhZ0nAwIYoJ3fWToXJvFtMBxRyASsOVCZcQ.&URL=mailto%3aadamsons%40email.arizona.edu%3fsubject%3dHarvill%2520Fellowship)  or 520-626-0095.
The 2015 Montgomery & Associates Summer Writing Internship at the WRRC
The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) is offering a summer internship to a student interested in gaining experience writing about environmental and water issues. The internship is supported by Montgomery & Associates, an Arizona-based consulting firm specializing in hydrology and water resource issues. The selected intern will contribute to research and writing for an issue of Arroyo, the annual WRRC publication that focuses on a critical Arizona water issue. Arroyo is recognized as source of objective, accurate and understandable information and reaches a wide audience that includes policy makers and water professionals as well as the interested public.
The topic selected for the 2016 Arroyo is potable water reuse. It will provide an overview of history, plans, technologies, water quality concerns, regulations, and public acceptance issues regarding the potable reuse of water in Arizona.
Enrolled students in good standing at the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University are eligible. The intern will work approximately 20 hours per week for 10 weeks between the end of May and the beginning of August 2015 for a stipend of $2,500.
The intern will work at the WRRC offices in Tucson.  The successful applicant will be responsible for his/her own accommodations.
To Apply: Complete the application form downloadable from http://wrrc.arizona.edu/montgomery  and send the completed form, along with a writing sample and a letter of recommendation, to Susanna Eden at seden at email.arizona.edu (mailto:seden at email.arizona.edu) .
The 500-1,000 word writing sample may be on any topic; however, it should not be a technical report. The writing sample should avoid jargon and be understandable by general readers.  Applicants are encouraged to look at previous issues of Arroyo on the WRRC website at http://wrrc.arizona.edu/publications/arroyo.
The letter of recommendation should come from a faculty member familiar with applicant’s writing.
Deadline: Applications are due no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 17, 2015.
Questions? Please direct any questions to seden at email.arizona.edu (mailto:seden at email.arizona.edu) .

ENGL Online Summer Courses

In just 5 weeks online students who require ENGL102 or 109H can complete the UA Writing Requirement and students who require ENGL308 can complete a major requirement! If ENGL101 is needed, students should consider the online summer course so that they can take ENGL102 in fall. Visit the summer session schedule of classes to register.

The Testing Office is seeking student employees for a temporary project that will take place between May 4th and May 15, 2015.  These position would be for test proctors who will assist with facilitating Advanced Placement (AP) exams on behalf of TUSD.  All exams will take place at Santa Rita High School and work hours will range between 6 am – 5 pm depending on the day and exam(s) being proctored.  In addition, we have a couple of permanent positions at the office that need to be filled.  You would have to be available to work Monday – Friday over the summer and have to be enrolled as a full time student in the Fall, 2015.  Please add if you would be interested to be considered for this postion as well in your email.

If interested email both Dafne Johnson (dafnej at email.arizona.edu (mailto:dafnej at email.arizona.edu) ) and Hannah Douglas (hndouglas at email.arizona.edu (mailto:hndouglas at email.arizona.edu) ) with your resume and your availability over this time frame (May 4 – May 15, 2015).  We will contact you for an interview. Please keep in mind that this project will be taking place over finals and right before Spring Commencement, please be mindful of this when providing your availability.

This fall, the UA School of Journalism will be offering a science journalism course that might interest your students. The course will be taught by a former bench scientist who studied genetics in the Animal Science Department at UC Davis and is now a science journalist.

There are no prerequisites, and we encourage graduate and undergraduate
students of all majors to consider taking the course.

Science journalism students will:

uLearn how to communicate with the public about science, technology, nature, the environment, medicine and health.
uObserve scientists in their habitat, interview researchers in action and interact with prominent science journalists and scientists.
uGain career skills, write stories for newspapers and magazines.
uExplore the world of online science journalism and learn how to start a science blog.
uLearn how to mine science websites for story ideas. Learn how to design and produce a simple infographic.
uGive themselves a competitive edge, and learn about science journalism opportunities, including internships!

The instructor will teach transferable critical thinking skills and hands-on writing skills.


Find out how you might translate your love of ivy-covered institutions into a professional career at the UA Career Services’ College Careers Panel & Networking Event. Panelists include an eclectic group of successful UA alums currently excelling at careers on campus. Panelists will share information on their own career paths, trends and the critical skills students should hone.
Whether students and alums are just considering a career in higher education, or are absolutely convinced this career path is their destiny, they should check out this Panel and Networking Event on Tuesday, April 7th, 5:30 pm to 7 pm in the Catalina Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Student Union Memorial Center. Panelists will share information on their own career paths, trends and the critical skills students should hone.
A networking session following the panel will offer students and alumni an opportunity to connect directly with panelists. Students and alumni can look forward to meeting:

Scott Koenig (’05, ’09), Director of Development for the UA Alumni Association and a UA fundraiser since 2010. Prior to completing UA’s full-time Eller MBA program, he worked in marketing and social services in Tucson. Scott was a four-year letter winner and captain of the UA swimming & diving team and president of the student-athlete advisory board.

Tannya Gaxiola (’99), Assistant V.P. for Community Relations. Tannya leads UA community relations efforts, building relationships with city, county and neighborhood leaders; as well as local businesses and the non-profit community.  She received her Harvard Business School MBA in 2006 and a B.S. in Finance and Marketing from the UA Eller College of Management in 1999. She grew up in Tucson and is immediate past chair of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board and a Flinn-Brown Fellow.

Rachael Ronald (’09), Director of Student Engagement and Academic Advising in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Previously, Rachael developed and ran the Honors College Student Success Program. Rachael is currently finishing her Ph.D. in history here with an emphasis on popular consumption patterns and domestic beer production in Guatemala in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Neysha Aguilar ('11), Specialist, Diversity and Clubs, coordinates initiatives around diversity and alumni clubs for the UA Alumni Association. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Neysha has worked as office supervisor for presidential events and visitor services and community affairs coordinator for UA's Presidential Advance Team, after five years in the corporate world at Bank of America.

Jessica Crombie Hill, Associate Director of Leadership Programs and Blue Chip Arts Theme Coordinator, coordinates the IBM Co-Op Program, serves as the Omicron Delta Kappa Staff Secretary and advises the 15-member Planning Committee for the National Collegiate Leadership Conference. She received her Master's degree from Ball State University and brings years of experience teaching, facilitating, advising and conference planning to the table.

Jorge Aguilar ('11) is a Senior Information Technology Support Analyst for the Workgroup and Network Consulting group at University Information Technology Services (UITS). He has worked for UITS since 2010 in several challenging roles.

A UA Student Services fee grant has made this career panel/networking event series possible. Seating is limited and food and beverage is included (free!). Interested students and alumni can RSVP by clicking the College Careers Panel RSVP link here: www.career.arizona.edu/events/panels-mixers. Walk-ins are welcome. All students and alumni are invited. Please encourage your students to attend this event!

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Office of Career and Academic Services Advising located in Saguaro Hall 221

Hours of Operation 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday
Appointment Number: (520) 621-3616

Walk-in Hours for the week of April 6 (for quick questions - 10 minutes or less):

For Academic Advising Questions:
Nancy Rodriguez-Lorta:
No walk-ins this week

Kristen Geary:
Monday & Thursday: 1: 00 pm to 2:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Wednesday: 11:00 am to Noon

For Career and Internship Questions:
Kyle Sharp:
No walk-ins this week

Dari Trujillo:
Tuesday: 1 pm to 4 pm
Thursday: 9 am to Noon
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