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James D. Anderson, Gutgsell Professor of Educational Policy Studies, Illinois
From Looney Coons to Tacos & Tequila: The Aesthetics of Race in Middle Class America
 
Jim Anderson explores the ways in which evolving forms of race and ethnic performance entered into and shaped the culture of middle class America from the late nineteenth century to the present. He begins with an analysis of the art and lyrics of minstrel sheet music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and then traces its legacy through television, “playful” racialized antics in educated environments and into the theme parties of contemporary campus life.  Then and now, race performances have supplied America’s middle class with fun and entertainment while offering up ethnic and race caricatures that have reinforced entrenched dynamics of race superiority, national identity and citizenship status.
 
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
7:30 PM
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 S. Gregory Street, Urbana

All CAS events are free and open to the public.

Each year the Campus Visitors Center employs around 50 students to serve as representatives for the University. These students primarily serve on student panels ranging in size from an individual family to over 900 people and provide tours around the main academic quad and through the residence halls.  Ideal tour guide candidates will have previous experience with public speaking, strong oral communication skills, and an ability to learn information quickly.  We are seeking candidates with diversity in major, ethnicity and geographic hometowns. See attached application.

For more information contact:

Jennifer Piercy
University of Illinois
Assistant Director Undergraduate Admissions
Campus Visitors Center
919 W. Illinois St.
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-3418
(217) 244-8416 (fax)
jwpiercy@illinois.edu

The College of Applied Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new degree program, Interdisciplinary Health or i-Health. Students who complete this program will receive a bachelor of science in Health. The i-Health program is interdisciplinary in nature, so students will take courses from a variety of disciplines and will learn, through an extensive practicum, how to synthesize cross-disciplinary information in order to effectively deal with issues related to health and health behavior.  Additionally, students will have an opportunity to concentrate in Health and Aging, Health Behavior Change and Health Diversity.
Interdisciplinary training is critical in today’s society as you will see that many researchers and policy makers are enlisting interdisciplinary teams in an effort to more holistically deal with health-related issues. We will be accepting applications for ICTs for the fall 2009 semester so please encourage interested students to attend one of the sessions listed on our website at http://ihealth.illinois.edu.  Additional information about degree requirements are listed here as well (under the ABOUT tab).  We will begin accepting freshmen into the i-Health program in the fall of 2010.  

If you have more detailed questions about i-Health, please contact Sheri Shaw, Program Coordinator, at snshaw@illinois.edu; Amy O’Neill, Academic Advisor, at aoneill@illinois.edu; Cassie Meinert, Academic Advisor, at cmeinert@illinois.edu; or Bill Stewart, Director of i-Health, at wstewart@illinois.edu.

The 12th annual Non-Profit and Government Career Fair is only one week away! This year we are very pleased to have 35 organizations which is one more than we had last year. Many of you may have heard that while the percentage of hiring is down in all sectors, the federal government’s hiring percentage actually went up. This should be a very exciting fair with many opportunities available for students!

Non-Profit and Government Career Fair

Monday, March 16, 2009

11am-3pm

Illini Union Rooms A, B, & C

www.careercenter.uiuc.edu/npgfair

RUSS 199 and SLAV 199, sec. SH. (CRN 48398 and 50340.)
TOPIC:  "HERITAGE OF RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN NAMES AND TERMS IN ENGLISH."

Course begins Mon., March 16, 2009; last class Wed., May 6. Taught in English.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE: Mon, Wed, Fri 9-10:15 a.m., 165 Noyes Lab.

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Have you declared a major or minor in Spanish, or are you considering doing so sometime?

Are you thinking about studying abroad?

If you answered yes to both questions, please come to this information session to learn how to prepare and what options are available to you.

Monday, March 16, 4 PM
106 Lincoln Hall

With questions, e-mail  Erika Ryser.

The Program on Intergroup Relations (PIR) still has seats available for its 1 credit hour, second-half semester Dialogue Courses:
 
Educational Psychology (EPSY) 203:
Social Issues Group Dialogues
1 credit (second-eight week, half-semester)
 
Dialogues are highly interactive, participatory classes where students meet weekly to discuss challenging social issues. (Formerly EOL199 Intergroup Dialogues)

Seats are limited. Apply today!
Course Applications (and detailed course descriptions) are available at the website:
http://www.intergrouprelations.uiuc.edu/

The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition will offer the following course in the Summer 2009 term. Registration is limited to 75 students.

http://courses.illinois.edu/cis/2009/summer/schedule/all/FSHN/120.html?skinId=2169

The POWER READING COURSE is designed to help students improve their reading speed, concentration, comprehension and productivity. This is a non-graded, non-credit, twelve session course that meets for 50 minutes on a M-W or T-TH sequence. Sessions will be available twice a semester. Books and materials will be provided. A materials fee of $15.00 will be assessed each student.

SCHEDULE

Second Session:
March 30 – May 6  M & W - 12:00, 1:00 & 2:00 pm. 102 Lincoln Hall
March 31 –  May 7  T & TH - 1:00, 2:00 pm 123 English Bldg & 3:00 pm 102 Lincoln Hall

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THE SCHOOL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY WORKSHOP SERIES

Tuesday, March 10
4-5 pm
135 Burrill Hall

Deciding to Major in IB?

Learn the specifics of the IB major and curriculum and how to declare the major.  This workshop is great for freshmen and students wanting to transfer into IB from another major or DGS.