[Agvisors] CALS Monday Message January 26, 2015

Mon Jan 26 10:10:30 MST 2015

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** CALS Monday Message
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** We think outside the barn.
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** Volume 13, Issue 3: January 26, 2015
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* Dates and Deadlines
* CALS Scholarship OPEN
* CALS Career Center Workshops
* 'Work-from-home' Scam Targeting University Students
* Guidelines for Use of Chosen or Preferred Names at the UA
* Join Project SOAR
* UA Career Services: Now Hiring Student Workers
* Join the Edge Program
* Attention Students Planning a May or August Graduation Date
* International Cooperative Education Internships
* Mediterranean Diet and Health Study Abroad Information
* Walk-in hours

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Dates and Deadlines
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* Jan 27: The last day to receive a REFUND for a complete withdrawal or any drop in units
* Jan 28: Last day to drop without a W. Classes dropped on or before this date will remain on your UAccess academic record with a status of dropped but will not appear on transcript.
* Jan 29: W period begins.A penalty grade of W will be awarded and the class will appear on transricpt
* Feb 1: Deadline to apply for Spring 2015 and Summer 2015 degree candidacy. Applications will be accepted after this date, however charged a $50 Late Candidacy Application fee will be assessed.

Guidelines for Use of Chosen or Preferred Names at the UA

The UA now offers an option for those who have a chosen or preferred name that they would like to show on their CatCards, in the directory, on class and grade rosters, on D2L/Blackboard, etc.  You can learn more about this option through the UA Registrar's website:
http://arizona.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d02ce653ff78467d92a1ca720&id=22b3c32207&e=af2923c469 PreferredChosen%20Name%20Guidelines% 20V%201.pdf (http://arizona.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d02ce653ff78467d92a1ca720&id=40ff4441da&e=af2923c469)
Looking for ways to get involved in the Tucson community?  Be a role model and mentor middle school students through Project SOAR!

Check us out on Facebook at http://arizona.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d02ce653ff78467d92a1ca720&id=d2e6306ce0&e=af2923c469

Project SOAR is a 2-unit service-learning course (HED 397B) designed for those committed to providing mentoring for students at under-resourced middle schools in the Tucson community, in an effort to increase the academic achievement for these students. This course provides an introduction to research around learning and developmental factors as well as cultural, social and environmental factors that affect student academic achievement and the path to higher education.

Although there is an academic component to this upper-division course, a majority of the time (2 hrs/wk) is spent mentoring at a local middle school (we serve 13 middle schools in the Tucson area, most of which are about a 20 min drive from campus) for a total of 25 hours per semester (this includes travel time & prep time). Carpooling is available, students DO NOT have to have a car.

You can enroll in HED 397B directly on UAccess Student link.

Check out the website at http://arizona.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d02ce653ff78467d92a1ca720&id=1717650cc3&e=af2923c469 or contact Dr. Mary Irwin, Director of Project SOAR, with questions at mairwin at arizona.edu (mailto:mairwin at arizona.edu)

UA Career Serivces is hiring two student workers.

1. The first student worker position is Smartweb Testing Coordinator. They want a non-technical student for this position so as to identify and test issues with Smartweb. The job ID on Wildcat Joblink is 767930.
2. The second student worker must be Work Study eligible. They will be doing a variety of projects, but mostly working on the tech side with JobLink. They will be approving job postings, helping others to navigate through JobLink. The job ID on JobLink is 768508.

If you have any questions, contact Karen Bartos at karens1 at email.arizona.edu (mailto:karens1 at email.arizona.edu)
Students Planning on a May 15 or Aug 15 Grad Date

The deadline for you to apply for graduation without incurring a late fee of $50 is Monday, Feb. 2nd. The only thing that must be completed by is date is submission of your graduation application via UAccess.
Please visit UAccess Student under your To Do List for instructions on how to apply for graduation.  Remember, once you have successfully applied for graduation, please contact your  major advisor and inform them you have recently applied for graduation.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences would like to say welcome back to the continuing students  and welcome to the new students who are with us for the first time .
You can find us in Saguaro Hall 221. We will have open walk-in hours for the first week starting TODAY, so appointments are not necessary.

Be sure to apply for the CALS Scholarship!
It is NOW OPEN!

For instructions on how to apply, visit: http://arizona.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d02ce653ff78467d92a1ca720&id=4432e96e51&e=af2923c469.

This application will be open until April 1st at 5:00pm- Decisions will be made over the summer and money will be awarded for the 2015-2016 academic year.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Career Center
Upcoming Workshops

Every Tuesday from 5 pm-6pm
Saguaro Hall 219

January 27
Internship and Career Wisdom with Dr. Winzerling, Assoc. Dean, Bart Cardon Career and Academic Services
Discover everything that CALS Career Center has to offer.

February 3
Resumes and Cover Letters
Learn how to compose a resume that reflects your greatest strengths/talents and explore different resume formats.

February 10
CALS Internship Requirements
Everything you need to know about the process of gaining college credit for your internship.

February 17
Internship Behavior
>From the way you present yourself to taking initiative in tasks, here are some pointers to help you make your internship successful.

February 24
Using LinkedIn for a Job Search
Here are ten easy steps to creating a LinkedIn profile and using it to network and find jobs/internships.
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For more information, please contact:
Dari Trujillo
Coordinator, Internships and Career Support
kdtrujil at email.arizona.edu
FBI Warns of Fictitious ‘Work-from-home’ Scam Targeting University Students

College students across the United States have been targeted to participate in work-from-home scams. Students have been receiving e-mails to their school accounts recruiting them for payroll and/or human resource positions with fictitious companies. The “position” simply requires the student to provide his/her bank account number to receive a deposit and then transfer a portion of the funds to another bank account. Unbeknownst to the student, the other account is involved in the scam that the student has now helped perpetrate. The funds the student receives and is directed elsewhere have been stolen by cyber criminals. Participating in the scam is a crime and could lead to the student’s bank account being closed due to fraudulent activity or federal charges. Here’s how the scam works:
-The student is asked to provide his/her bank account credentials under the guise of setting up direct deposit for his/her pay.
-The scammers will add the student’s bank account to a victim employee’s direct deposit information to redirect the victim’s payroll deposit to the student’s account.
-The student will receive the payroll deposit from the victim’s employer in the victim’s name.
-The student will be directed to withdraw funds from the account and send a portion of the deposit, via wire transfer, to other individuals involved in the scam. Consequences of Participating in the Scam:
-The student’s bank account will be identified by law enforcement as being involved in the fraud.
-The victim employee has his/her pay stolen by the scammers utilizing the student’s bank account.
-Without the student’s participation, the scam could not be perpetrated, so he/she facilitated the theft of the paycheck.
-The student could be arrested and prosecuted in federal court. A criminal record will stay with the student for the rest of his/her life and will have to be divulged on future job applications, which could prevent the student from beomg hired.
-The student’s bank account may be closed due to fraudulent activity and a report could be filed by the bank.
-This could adversely affect the student’s credit record.

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The University of Arizona's Mediterranean Diet & Health Study Abroad Program in Verona, Italy
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The syllabus includes discussions of the epidemiological and preclinical evidence related to the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet against chronic diseases (cancer, obesity, diabetes, etc) as well hands-on culinary experiences with Italian chefs and food experts. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the approach to food preparation, agriculture and community-based cultural activities characteristic to the Mediterranean region.  Excursions include meetings with food producers, visits to olive oil, pasta, and cheese processing plants as well as touring of historic sites including the Roman downtown of Verona, and opportunities to attend musical and opera events. Verona is located in close proximity to Venice, Milan, and Florence.

This 6-credit course is designed for students who have minimum junior standing, junior, and senior students in nutritional sciences, biological, physiological and related biomedical and social sciences, as well as undergraduate students who have a comparable background in the science and health fields.
This unique program begins on May 19th 2014 with coursework at the University of Arizona in Tucson, then continues from May 25 through June 20th, 2014 in Verona, Italy. Students not residing in Tucson during the first week will have the option of online participation. The link to the program is:Mediterranean Diet and Health (http://arizona.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d02ce653ff78467d92a1ca720&id=fc66e84ff8&e=af2923c469)

Application deadline: February 15, 2014.

For more information contact:

Donato F. Romagnolo, Ph.D., MSc.
Program Director
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Tel. 520-626-9108
Email: donato at u.arizona (mailto:donato at u.arizona)

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

General academic advising questions can be answered in this office. The two advisors in this office are Kristen Geary and Nancy Rodriguez-Lorta. Students can schedule half hour appointments; stop by for a walk-in; contact via email at kgeary at email.arizona.edu (mailto:kgeary at email.arizona.edu)  or nancyr at ag.arizona.edu (mailto:nancyr at ag.arizona.edu)  or by phone at (520) 621-3616. For a complete listing of the major advisors visit the CAS website at:cals.arizona.edu/academicprograms/advisors_by_major

Walk-in Hours for the week of January26 (for quick questions - 10 minutes or less):

Nancy Rodriguez-Lorta:
No walk-ins

Kristen Geary:
Monday: 1 pm to 2:30 pm
Wednesday: 11 am to Noon
Thursday: 1 pm to 3 pm

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