Footnotes: The Department Newsletter

Volume 52 |April 21, 2008| Number 28

FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE 

Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Spring semester (1/16/08-5/15/08), will receive their first fellowship payment on 2/16/08 and their last payment on 5/16/08.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Congratulations!
Sarah Alexander  successfully defended her dissertation “SHOPPING FOR PLEASURE: THE FASHION LOVER IN VICTORIAN FICTION.” ( Garrett, Ch.; Goodlad, Nazar, Saville) on 4/7/08.

Rebecca Bilbro  successfully passed her Special Field exam with distinction on Disciplinary Rhetorics and Writing Across the Curriculum (Prior, Ch.; Schaffner, Markley, Bauer) on 4/10/08.

Christina Walter  successfully defended her dissertation “THE MODERNIST IMAGETEXT: EMBODYING IMPERSONALITY FROM OPTICS TO AESTHETICS.” ( Esty, Ch.; Saville, Matz, Valente) on 4/11/08.

Kim O'Neill  successfully passed her Special Field exam with distinction on Race and the Imperial U.S., 1898-2005 ( Bauer, Ch.; Rodriguez, Castro, Hutner) on 4/18/08.

Spring 2008 – Dates to Remember
April 25: Last day to elect/change credit/no-credit option for a second half-session course
April 25: Last day to drop a second half-session course
April 25: Last day to deposit May master’s theses
April 30: Last day of instruction
May 1: Reading Day
May 1: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
May 1: Last day to remove an I grade from fall 2007 to prevent F by rule
May 2-9: Final examination period
May 2 : Last day to deposit May doctoral dissertations
May 11: May degree conferral (Commencement)

 

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Graduate Assistantship – Beginning Summer 2008
College of Business , Department of Finance
Career Services and Admissions

The Department of Finance in the College of Business is seeking applicants for a Graduate Assistantship to work with the MSF program. This position will work with Assistant Director of Corporate Relations and Employment Services in the Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program as well as the Admissions Committee.

For career services the Graduate Assistant will:

• Assist with resume/cover letter review for graduate level finance students
• Provide administrative support to Assistant Director – conducting student surveys, coordinating mailings, compiling resume books, coordinating workshops and other support as needed by the Assistant Director
• Conduct interviews to identify strengths/weaknesses in employment skills set; suggest strategy to address weaknesses

For the Admissions Committee the Graduate Assistant will:

• Assist with application processing, data entry, and files
• Communicate with applicants as needed requiring their application documents
• Compiling statistical reports as needed

Applicants should possess the following attributes:

• Graduate student in good academic standing
• Superior written and verbal skills
• Excellent editing skills and strong attention to detail
• Ability to work closely with highly diverse student population
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite including experience working with databases
• Experience in working with confidential information

Preference given to students with:

• Experience working with and/or counseling international students/applicants
• Experience assessing communication skills of non-native speakers
• Familiarity with business terminology

Appointment terms and salary are negotiable. Applicants should submit a resume (with names of at least 2 references) to: tylerc@cba.uiuc.edu or to Cathy Tyler, UIUC, CBA, Department of Finance, 206 DKH, MC-706, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801.