Deadline for students to drop a course or withdraw from the university without having the course(s) appear on the transcript (after: will show as a DR grade for individual courses)
Sept. 15, 2021
Deadline for students to drop a Fall term course and receive 100% tuition adjustment
Sept. 17, 2021
Deadline for students to add, swap, or change sections in a Fall term course (after: need department permission)
Sept. 17, 2021
Deadline for students to begin initial Fall enrollment (after: $50 late fee, need dept. & academic dean permission)
Drop-in Advising with Undergraduate Advisor (In person room 1244 Van Hise or Zoom) Wednesday, Sept. 15th 10 am - 11 am; 2-3:30 pm
ALC Happenings
ALC Peer Language Tutoring Sessions in-person or virtual group sessions for beginner & intermediate students
Sign up for the week of 9/13
Chinese Language students (enrolled in 1st, Elementary II, 3rd, 5th semester are welcome to sign up) w/ Vivienne (Sign up for this week)
Korean Language students (enrolled in 1st, 3rd, 5th, semester are welcome to sign up) w/ Aniya (Sign up for this week)
Japanese Language students (enrolled in 1st, Elementary II, 3rd, 5th semester are welcome to sign up) w/ Saya (Sign up for this week)
Intern in Asia with The International Internship Program (IIP)
The International Internship Program (IIP) offers international internships with organizations all over the world! This fall we are offering part-time,virtual international internships with our partner organizations abroad. Virtual spring internships will open later in September, and both in-person and virtual internships will be offered for summer 2022.
Gain professional and cross-cultural experience and skills. There is NO FEE for our virtual internships. Credit is optional. Attend a fall IIP event or make an appointment with an advisor to learn more!
Virtual internship opportunities for ALC students (deadline September 19th)!
Guangwai-Pacelli High School Virtual Advising intern in China. Apply here
International University Exchange Center (IUEC) Virtual English Teaching Intern in South Korea.Apply here
Bring The Elephant Home Virtual Communications & Community Outreach internships in Thailand. Apply here
Docu+ Virtual Documentary Research Intern in South Korea (Korean required!). Apply here
Peer Mentors are available to prospective and current students. Peer Mentors will serve as someone students can turn to for questions about what it’s like to be an ALC student, share information about courses, tips on finding campus resources, or campus/community engagement.
Chinese studies / EAS students:
Olivia (International Studies (IS), ALC-EAS)
Kelly (Nutri Sciences, ALC-EAS, Global Health cert)
Ethan (Finance, Business)
Amanda (Edu Studies, Global Health cert, L&S Honors)
Ariana (IS Global Security, ROTC)
Thekla (Psychology, Digital Studies cert)
Emma (IS, Environmental Studies cert)
Angela (Community and Non-profit Leadership, SOHE)
Reena (Economics)
Ellie (Econ, Sociology, Sports Communication cert)
Japanese studies / EAS students:
Shrey (Computer Science)
Erika (Biochemistry, pre-PharmTox)
Josie (International Studies)
Korean studies / EAS students:
Sara (Political Science, ALC-EAS)
Are you interested in making a difference in the world? Join an info session to learn more about theCharles B. Rangel, Thomas R. Pickering, andDonald M. Payne Graduate Fellowships. Fellows receive support for a master's degree, two internships, mentorship, and professional development. Upon completion of the program, fellows embark on a uniquely rewarding career in international service.
Please join Patricia Scroggs, the Director of the Rangel Program, and Julia Benson, a 2013 Rangel Fellow, to learn about program benefits and ask questions about the Foreign Service.
The Rangel and Pickering Fellowships are U.S. Department of State programs administered by Howard University and designed to enhance excellence and diversity in the Foreign Service. The Payne Fellowship is a U.S. Agency for International Development program. The fellowships encourage applications from members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need.
Public Service Fair: September 20
The Public Service Fair is taking place at Gordon Commons on Monday, Sept. 20, 3-6pm.
The Public Service Fair is a great opportunity for students to connect with organizations to:
- Get involved with and give back to the local community
- Explore career areas of interest
- Gain real-world experience with different roles and populations
Come learn about local area nonprofits doing work in social impact and public service. Organizations in attendance are eager to connect with students to grow awareness, to find volunteers, and to offer internship and service-year opportunities. There are many different types of organizations and levels of engagement - so you can find something that fits with your interests and schedule!
Want to learn about organizations before the fair or can’t attend the in-person event?
Check out these Flipgrid sites to see videos about organizations attending the fair and opportunities available.To learn about nonprofits seeking volunteers or interns go to https://flipgrid.com/4a48d0bd and enter passcode PSF2021!
To learn about service year programs promoting their opportunities for service/gap years, go to: https://flipgrid.com/185d22cf and enter passcode PSF2021!
Register for the Public Service Fair on Handshake to see the list of organizations attending and navigate to their pages within Handshake.
SuccessWorks' Career Services (3rd Floor University Bookstore)
Drop by SuccessWorks on the third floor of the University Book Store (711 State Street – right on Library Mall) to make an appointment with a Career & Internship Specialist or a Career Peer Advisor. It’s also a snap to make an appointment online. SuccessWorks will also help visitors answer quick questions about exploring careers and the best ways to connect with their helpful and motivating programs. Plus, SuccessWorks offers free coffee, making it a great spot to relax, recharge or study!
SuccessWorks Hours:
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Monday – Friday
Online anytime at successworks.wisc.edu
Canvas Module: Jobs, Internships & How to Get Them
Students don’t even need to take a step into SuccessWorks to get their career planning off on the right foot. The brand new Canvas module Jobs, Internships & How to Get Them is an interactive, step-by-stepguide that helps students explore their career interests, discover how to build skills, experiences and valuable connections while at UW-Madison, and reflect on the steps they can take now to get the jobs and internships they want.Learn more and get started.
Career Closet
For students with financial need who have interviews, internships or jobs starting soon, SuccessWorks has re-opened the Career Closet to get them the professional attire and accessories they need to look and feel sharp.
Students in the College of Letters & Science can visit SuccessWorks to pick four free items per semester from the Career Closet, including suits, jackets, blazers, dress pants, skirts, button-down shirts, blouses, ties, sweaters and dresses. Learn more.
The Centers for Pre-Health & Pre-LawAdvising are UW-Madison’s Pre-Professional Advising (PPA) units. Co-located and highly collaborative, these units provide career development-oriented advising to undergraduates and alumni (no time limit!) from all UW-Madison schools and colleges/all majors who are interested in pursuing nation-wide graduate-level health professions programs or law school. We serve advisees at all stages of the process of considering, preparing for, and applying for these programs.
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The Graduate School is excited to offer a workshop series for graduate students focused on applying for fellowships from external agencies and foundations. In this workshop series, you will learn the basics of grant applications, what funders look for, and how to write a compelling application. Even if you are not ready to apply to a fellowship at this point, this series can be a great professional development tool.
Reasons to participate your grant writing skills:
Enhance your grant writing skills
Get advice and feedback on writing strong personal statements
A fellowship allows you to focus on your research and/or dissertation writing instead of work requirements Fellowships are great CV enhancers and some provide additional networking opportunities
Many fellowships do or may receive additional financial support from the Graduate School
Fellowship Application Writing Workshop
Friday, September 24th 10am-12pm Virtual - registration required at https://go.wisc.edu/y8l6kj
Cosponsored by the Libraries
During this session, we will present students with information on fellowships available to them, which fellowships UW-Madison students have received in recent years, and common fellowship proposal elements.
Personal Statement Peer Review
Thursday, October 7th 1pm-3pm Virtual - registration required at https://go.wisc.edu/tsnpop
Cosponsored by the Writing Center Give and receive feedback with other fellowship applicants and Writing Center staff on the personal statement portion of the fellowship application using Google Docs
Campus Resources
Flu Shot Appointments Available at UHS
Starting September 13, University Health Services (UHS) will offer flu shots to all students and employees. Campus community members can significantly reduce their chance of becoming ill by getting vaccinated.
Our first clinic will be at Union South (1308 W. Dayton Street), Monday, September 13 from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Visit uhs.wisc.edu/flushots for dates, times, and locations throughout the fall semester.
Scholarships
UW-Madison Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program)
UW-Madison Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program) is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 academic year! Applications will remain open on the Wisconsin Scholarship Hub (WiSH) through October 17th, 2021.
The McNair Scholars Program is an academic excellence opportunity for undergraduate students with aspiration and strong academic potential for advancing toward doctoral (Ph.D.) study upon completing the bachelor's degree. The program creates a bridge between undergraduate and graduate education through academic, research, and scholarly experiences. Students selected for the McNair Scholars Program join a supportive community of peers, faculty, staff, and alumni. For more information about the program, please visit the McNair Scholars Program website at mcnair.wisc.edu or email at mcnair@cdo.wisc.edu.
The McNair Staff are hosting two *virtual* informational sessions for interested students:
Upcoming Virtual Lecture - Professor Katherine Bowie
September 16, 2021 | 9:00 am CT | Zoom Link
In this talk, Professor Khoja-Moolji reflects on the complexities as well as the promises of enacting a decolonial praxis in the context of teacher professional development. Focusing on a specific case of teacher professional development workshops in Pakistan, and drawing on the methodology of narrative inquiry, she will outline some of the pedagogical (re)encounters that she created to reclaim local knowledge ecologies. It entailed examining the current moment of coloniality; an active reengagement with local landscapes, intellectual productions, and teacher selves; and becoming hunarmand (skillful) in taking up, twisting, and molding dominant pedagogical models toward anti- and decolonial ends. Here is the registration link for this event.
The constancy of American war, and its paradoxical erasure in U.S. politics and culture, were central concerns of Marilyn Young, the preeminent historian of war’s place in modern U.S. history. This roundtable on Making the Forever War, a new collection of Young’s most important writings, will explore how endless war came about, the nature of its deadly consequences, and how it became embedded and invisible for most Americans.
Department of Geography Yi-Fu Tuan Lecture (September 17, 3.30 PM CT)
Co-Producing Climate Change Narratives: An Ethnographic Account from Nan Province, Northern Thailand
Chaya Vaddhanaputi (Chiang Mai University)
Join via Zoom here
Thursday, September 23, 12:00PM-1:00PM Central
Todd Michelson-Ambelang, Librarian for Scandinavian Humanities and South Asian Studies; ADA Liaison for Public Services, General Library System, UW–Madison
Thursday, October 7, 12:00PM-1:00PM Central
Priya Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Applied Economics, UW-Madison
Thursday, October 14, 12:00PM-1:00PM Central
Informal Meet-and-Greet
Judy Frater, Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence (Spring, 2022), UW-Madison
Job Postings & Opportunities
Search for the Assistant Director for Civic Engagement
The Morgridge Center for Public Service is the primary civic engagement and community-engaged scholarship center on the UW-Madison campus. It has campus-wide responsibilities, supporting all 13 colleges and schools, over 300 community partners, and over 4,400 students each year. Established in 1996, the Morgridge Center has aimed to connect campus and community through community engagement, community-based learning and research with goals of building a thriving democratic society and at the same time building capacity in partnership with our local, regional and global communities. We strive to provide a safe, comfortable, and inclusive atmosphere for everyone. We encourage community minded folks with a social justice orientation to consider joining the Morgridge Center family.
The Assistant Director for Civic Engagement oversees co-curricular programming; supports student development, preparation and engagement; creatively works to find ways to better respond to community-identified priorities; and promotes civic engagement on campus.
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. (Institutional Statement on Diversity)
The position has been posted and will now close at 11:55pm on Sunday, September 26th.
GUTS - Utilize GUTS/Be a Peer Tutor
Are you interested in FREE academic support services or in becoming a volunteer tutor? The Greater University Tutoring Services (GUTS) is recruiting peer tutors and tutees for all GUTS programs.
GUTS is a great campus resource if you’d like support in your UW classes, learning or speaking a second language, or developing study and learning strategies. All GUTS programs are FREE and provided by peer tutors who have taken the classes you are going through right now, and have earned an AB or higher.
GUTS also provides valuable volunteer opportunities, where you can develop teaching/tutoring, communication, and other professional skills, while helping fellow students achieve their academic goals. We are recruiting tutors for all programs, and we have a specific need for tutors in our Drop-In Program (DI).
Overview of GUTS Programs
Academic Match (AM): Small-group tutoring (608 tutees meet weekly with 1 tutor for a UW course)
Drop-In Program (DI): One-to-one, drop-in tutoring that takes place in-person at Steenbock Library, College Library, and the Multicultural Student Center, or online by appointment through Starfish
Conversational English (CE): Small-group conversational English skills practice (3 tutees meet weekly for 2 hours with 1 tutor
World Language Learners (WLL): Matches student volunteer tutors fluent in a world language with world language students to converse for 2 hours per week
Language Exchange (LE): Participants are matched in pairs based on the desired languages they want to work with, and will meet for 2 hours per week, splitting the time spent talking in each language equally
Conversational English Eagle Heights (CEEH): Tutors work in small groups to create engaging activities to help children develop their written and verbal English skill
Study Skills (SS): One-hour long, 1-on-1 study and learning skills appointments are available with GUTS study skills advisors
NEW! Peer-2-Peer Mentorship Program (P2P): The Peer-2-Peer Mentorship Program (P2P) is a GUTS pilot program intended to support first-year students, second-year students, and transfer students who have started college during the pandemic or who do not have much familiarity with the UW-Madison campus and its resources. Students who participate in this program will be matched with a peer mentor who will meet with them, respond to their questions or concerns, and help them get acclimated to UW-Madison’s campus.
Photography Internship @ Wisconsin Union
Are you looking for further experience in photography? Wisconsin Union has a student photography internship opportunity. The deadline is October 1, 2021 at 12:00 midnight.
This position is open to all students.
Open positions: 2
Pay rate: $11/hour
10-15 hours during the academic year, up to 30 in the summer.
Work is primarily during evening and weekends, an estimated 10-15 hours per week (# of events varies). Schedule will vary from week to week, based on # of events to be photographed, so flexibility is a must. This role requires onsite presence at Wisconsin Union events, which are held weekly throughout the year. *Consistent evening and weekend availability is required
Duties:
Capture, edit and produce high quality photographic media, which document and tell the story of a wide array of events, activities and programs developed in the Wisconsin Union, with a particular focus on Wisconsin Union Directorate student programming committees
Work in close collaboration with event organizers to determine desired shot lists and optimal photographic summary of the event or project
Collaborate with members of the marketing staff— including graphic designers and account reps—to incorporate custom photography into a broad range of Union and WUD marketing collateral
Required Skills:
Deadline-oriented, quality-orientated and efficient. Must return full set of high-quality event photos within 48 hours of capture.
Samples of past photographic work, demonstrating a passion for visual storytelling
Proficiency with professional-grade photography equipment, as well as editing digital images
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, judgment and problem solving, strong client focus
Ability to work independently with minimal direction— reliability is crucial.
Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends, with a regularly changing schedule
Experience with Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, etc.), and Box.com.
Previous experience in photojournalism style photography and staged photoshoots a plus, but not required.
Please submit the following to tamsin.ford@wisc.edu: 1. Resume 2. Cover Letter 3. Samples of your best photographic work (via a link to an online portfolio)
This position has a 1-year commitment.
Supervisor: Tamsin Ford
Email: tamsin.ford@wisc.edu
ASM Internship Program Application
The Associated Students of Madison (ASM) Internship is a small cohort-program that combines the passion and drive of college students with political expertise and community organizing methods to address and react to student concerns and issues. In addition to playing a major role in shaping the University, interns also build problem-solving skills, meet new people, and get hands-on experience working for issues that matter to them. The internship class will meet weekly on Fridays from 2:00-3:15pm this semester, and participants will work on their own project with support from student mentors and staff advisors. Interns can also work with a faculty sponsor to take this program for credit.
To send items for the next ALC e-news please email: Rachel Weiss
Undergraduate Advisor and Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Asian Languages & Cultures
(608) 890-0138 E-mail: rweiss@wisc.edu
