Publishing & Other Opportunities
Academic Year 2012-2013
Sept 21 Loyola’s Urban Immersion Weekend Oct 5-8 in the Pilsen or Bridgeport neighborhoods.
Contact Campus Ministry for an application.
Oct 19 Loyola’s domestic and international Alternative Break Immersion trips during spring break and in May.
Contact Campus Ministry for an application.
Feb 15 ASA Honors Program to attend annual meeting (Requires faculty letter of nomination)
Go to www.asanet.org (click on “Teaching & Learning” and then “Students: Undergraduate”)
for more information and an application form
March 1 Loyola Fellowships:
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¨ CURL - Take a leadership role in an engaged research project
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¨ Provost - Pursue a research project in collaboration with a faculty mentor
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¨ Research Mentoring - Be a summer assistant to a Ph.D. student
Go to http://www.luc.edu/lurop/about.shtml (click on LUROP Programs)
April TBA Sociology Department Research Symposium
April 20
(Saturday) LUC Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 1 Fellowship Incentive Grants (FIG) Go to http://www.luc.edu/fellowshipoffice/index.shtml
UNDERGRADUATE PUBLISHING & PAPER COMPETITIONS
Oct 12 Illinois Sociological Association Undergraduate Paper Competition
Jan 7 Righting Wrongs journal , from Webster University
Jan 9 Application due for Midwest Sociological Society undergraduate paper and poster competition
Open Submission for The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography (JUE). The JUE encourages current undergraduates or those who have graduated within the past twelve months to submit original ethnographic manuscripts.
Open Submission for Sociological Insight, a peer reviewed journal for undergraduate papers
Dates vary for National Science Foundation-Research Experience for Undergraduates
There are three ongoing speaker series open to under graduates
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Master of Urban Affairs and Public Policy (MUAPP) Practitioner Series
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Friday morning seminars ▪ 10:30-12:00 ▪ Center for Urban Research and Learning
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Sociology Colloquium Fridays ▪ 3:00-4:30 ▪ Lake Shore Campus
BOREN SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications for the National Security Education Program’s David L. Boren Scholarships for undergraduate students and Fellowships for graduate students are now available at www.borenawards.org. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.