Get the REAL STORY about Graduate School at Cornell
Are you considering graduate school, but don't know where to begin your search? Come hear two ISU Honors alumni, Akshali Gandhi, CRP '12 and Mischa Olson, Biology '12, speak about graduate student life at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). Akshali is a second-year professional Master's student in the City & Regional Planning department at Cornell's College of Architecture, Art & Planning, and Mischa is a second year PhD candidate in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences studying Plant Biology. Come hear about their transition from the Honors Program at Iowa State to life in graduate school during a brownbag presentation. Bring your lunch and we’ll provide the cookies!
Topics covered will include:
- What to look for in a graduate school
- Applying
- Student life
- Academic programs available at Cornell
- Funding
- Differences between undergraduate and graduate school
- Our own personal experiences from our first year at Cornell
Time:
12:10 – 1:00 pm
Date:
Friday, October 31st
Place:
1155 Jischke
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John/Ringo/Paul/George Info TONIGHT!
Have you heard about the Beatles Honors seminar next spring that includes an optional travel component to the UK over spring break? Jen is having an info session about it this evening:
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Need A Job? Be A Tutor!
The Academic Success Center is looking for tutors interested in assisting others while gaining leadership experience, strengthening their facilitation and time management skills, and acquiring transferable skills a future employer will value. Tutors can facilitate their own academic success using the skills they learn to apply in their sessions.
Students have the flexibility to work as few as 2 hours or as many as 20 hours per week! Not only does tutoring offer
flexible hours and
great pay ($9.50) for a campus job, but it is a valuable learning experience and
resume builder!
Students can tutor for any course in which they earned a ‘B’ or higher. For more information the application process or current tutoring needs, students can contact Joshua Mitchell (
jjm1@iastate.edu) or visit
http://www.dso.iastate.edu/asc/tutoring.
The highest demand is for tutors in:
ACCT 284, 285;
ASTRO 120;
BBMB 221, 301, 316;
BIOL 155, 211, 313;
CHEM 163, 231, 332;
COM S 228;
E E 332, 442;
E M 274, 345;
ECON 101, 102, 301;
FIN 301;
KIN 355;
M E 160, 231, 332;
MAT E 273;
MATH 10X, 143X, 150, 151, 165, 265, 266, 267;
PHYS 101, 111, 115, 221, 222;
STAT 104, 226, 305
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Love Iowa State? Apply To Be A STAR!
The Office of Admissions is currently accepting applications for STARS:
STudent
Admissions
Representative
S (STARS) is an exciting volunteer opportunity for students to present a positive, realistic student view of Iowa State to prospective students and their families. If you love Iowa State and want to share that love with future Cyclones, this is the opportunity for you! STARS duties include campus tours, residence hall tours, Experience Iowa State visit days, and visits for middle school and high school groups.
Spring 2015 application information can be found here:
https://www.admissions.iastate.edu/leaders/stars.php. Applications are due
October 17!
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Interested in Politics/Communications? Intern at the State Capitol!
The Iowa House of Representatives' Democratic Caucus is looking for communications interns for the 2015 legislative session, which begins in January at the state capitol. Interns will work directly with the communications director and deputy director in a variety of activities, including press release production and distribution, media list management, newsletter production and distribution, website publishing/social media, video and radio production and editing, and official photography for representatives and constituents. The minimum time requirement is 10 hours/week, and internship dates are January through May 2015 (with flexible start and end dates). This is an unpaid internship and the application deadline is Monday, December 1, 2014.
For more information, contact Rachelle Thomas at
Rachelle.Thomas@legis.iowa.gov or see
iowahouse.org.
