Weekly Digest

Career Fair Report

I toured this year's Career Fair at the Classic Center, and wow, it was amazing! The space was packed with all sorts of businesses and organizations hoping to recruit our students. There was something for everyone. I walked past booths for:

• The Carter Center and other non-profits from the whole spectrum of the non-profit world
• Food producers and distributors such as Hershey's, Zaxby's, Aldi, Dollar General, and Ernest and Julio Gallow wines
• The Secret Service, military branches, and smaller police precincts from all over the country
• Tech companies or all sorts
• School districts from all over the country
• Construction firms, property management, and real estate companies
• Banks, mortgage companies, and investment firms
• Health care companies and providers of all kinds
• And many, many more!

In addition, there was an area for students to collect themselves, practice their elevator speech with a Career Consultant, and with a map of all participants in hand figure out their strategy for the event. I highly recommend letting your students know about the Majors Fairs. It's like a great opportunity to connect with employers in a supportive environment!

Please contact me at mjenn@uga.edu if you have suggestions or if there is anything you'd like me to include in the digest.

Reminder to Place No-Show Flags

• Please make sure to use the No-Show flag on your students who no-show. It will help our assessment efforts tremendously this semester.

Chinese and Korean Language Proficiency

• Any student who needs to be evaluated for proficiency in Chinese or Korean should be referred to Dr. Mori (mamo@uga.edu), who will in turn refer the student to the correct evaluator.

Experiential Learning (EL) Internship Program

• The EL Internship Program, headed by Karen Saunders, is a newly approved EL activity for Franklin College majors as of spring 2020. Students do not need to go through Dr. Kagel in the Dean's Office for approval. Currently, the EL Office can only accept 25 students per semester, so interested students should reach out to them early.

Students who wish to participate in the program need to do the following:

• find the internship (keeping in mind that not all companies are willing to participate in this program)

• demonstrate that the internship is a good fit with their major

• complete a “course” of modules in addition to the internship itself

• apply through the Experiential Learning Office well ahead of the start of the internship

• sign an MOU for each internship

The EL Office will be launching a new website soon that will contain resources on how the program will work.

• Wednesday, February 5th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, OAA Meeting - Biology & Psychology Training, 348 Brooks

Minors and the Residency Requirement (with thanks to Morgan!)

• Not all UGA minors require UGA courses to fulfill the minor requirements. The Bulletin states, "The department shall make available to students the requirements for the minor--the total number of hours required, along with the enumeration of any particular courses that are mandated or excluded, residency requirements (if any) for the minor courses."
• If a student is interested in a minor, check the Bulletin entry for that minor and see what specific residency requirements exist, if any.

Do You Have a Student Interested in Intended-Business?

• All students interested in switching to an intended-business major must attend an info session at the Exploratory Center. (See additional information below.)
• The attached cards provide students with information about how to sign up for the sessions, so please pass them along to prospective Terry students.

UGAAlert Test and Statewide Severe Weather Drill

• The test will be conducted on Wednesday, February 5th at 9:00 am.

New CAPS Outreach Program: Let's Talk, Wednesdays from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm in the Science Learning Center room 136

• Free and confidential student drop-in consultations with CAPS clinicians

• See https://www.uhs.uga.edu/caps/letstalk for more information

Pre-Law Advising

• Endia Paige has left her position as the pre-law advisor. Until a new pre-law advisor is hired, feel free to use the attached Pre-Law Advising Information sheet to guide your students.
• Advisors should continue using the Pre-Law flag in SAGE
• Feel free to contact the Pre-Professional Advising Office coordinator, Caroline Piotrowski, if you have any questions.

Exploratory Center Updates

The Exploratory Center has *new* programming this semester to assist non-Honors students who are exploring majors and those who need a primary advisor within the EC! Please see our EC website for informational flyers, links and details. The bullet points below should provide advisors with a quick guide to the changes we’ve made for Spring 2020:

Summary: All three areas of the EC (Intended Terry, Intended Grady, and Undecided/Exploring) are now offering information sessions for students new to the EC. Primary advisor assignments are made following info sessions if a student feels confident in declaring one of our majors or becoming an Exploring student.

Undecided/Exploring students:

• Explore Hours (for drop-in visits) have been replaced by Explore Information Sessions (which require registration) for students who want to begin a major exploration process in the EC

Students considering Intended Terry majors:

• Intended Business Information Sessions for recent major changers or students considering business majors will continue and also require registration

Students considering Intended Grady majors:

• 2 options:

  • Prospective Grady majors (i.e., considering Grady but not ready to declare) may contact Gradyprospective@uga.edu to connect with Grady’s Prospective Student Advisor

  • Declared major changers may register here for an Intended Grady Information Session

Drop In Hours:

• For any Exploring Student:
• Career Consultant Drop-in Hours in Memorial Hall for Exploring Students are every Tuesday, 2-4 pm, as shown here
• For students assigned to an EC advisor:
• International Student EC Drop-in Hours are on Wednesdays and Fridays as shown here
• All other EC students can view their advisor’s drop-in hours on SAGE

How to contact us:

• Our EC online referral form provides students a way to reach out to our office for more info about registering for these sessions or about getting a primary advisor within the EC
• General student questions may be addressed to exploration@uga.edu
• Any advisor questions may be addressed to:
• Jennifer Eberhart, EC Coordinator, jteber@uga.edu
• Litashia Carter, Lead Explore Advisor, lscarter@uga.edu
• Will Lewis, Lead Intended Business Advisor, wal24@uga.edu
• Ali Gerlach, Lead Intended Grady Advisor, ali08@uga.edu

Holmes-Hunter Lecture, Monday, February 3 at 2:00pm, Chapel (For students, too!)

• Justice Robert Benham, the longest serving and first African American member of the Supreme Court of Georgia, will present the 2020 Holmes-Hunter Lecture Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel.
  
  

• Pre-Law Advising Information sheet
• I-BBA Information Session cards

Transfer Champion Awards

• In your first semester(s) at UGA, has there been a Franklin advisor or staff person who has welcomed, assisted, or brightened your experience in some way? If so, nominate them for the 2019-2020 Transfer Champion Award! All students who submit a nomination form will be entered into a raffle for a Franklin College prize bag.
• The nomination form is located here: https://bit.ly/2GxaS4l. You could also stop by room 350 Brooks Hall and fill out a nomination in person
• The nomination deadline is March 31st at 5:00 pm.

Road Dawgs

• Road Dawgs is a spring semester outreach program that allows UGA students the opportunity to spread the Bulldog spirit to a selected group of schools in the state. Through collaborations between the UGA Office of the President, Office of Admissions, and Office of Institutional Diversity, this program provides students with the exciting opportunity to learn more about the benefits of a college education. There will be a Road Dawgs information session on Wednesday, February 5 at 5:30 – 6:30 PM in the presentation hall on the second floor of Terrell Hall.

Monday

Silent Disco, Monday, February 3 at 8:00pm to 11:00pm, Tate Student Center, Tate Grand Hall

• Join University Union for a night full of all the greatest hits at a silent disco.

Tuesday

Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: Will Leitch, Tuesday, February 4 at 5:30pm to 6:30pm, Studio 225

• Will Leitch is a writer and the founding editor of the Gawker Media sports blog Deadspin.

Laser Tag, Tuesday, February 4 at 8:00pm to 10:00pm, Tate Student Center, Tate Grand Hall

• No need to travel off-campus — enjoy a game of laser tag on campus. The game will be played in teams of six.

• Free food while supplies last.

• The event is open only to activity-fees paid UGA students on the Athens campus with valid UGACards.

Wednesday

Global Education Information Session, Wednesday, February 5th, 1:25-2:15 PM, Miller Learning Center Room #367

• Attend this session to learn how to strengthen your applications for Study Abroad and scholarships. The Office of Global Engagement at UGA offers academic opportunities in over 60 countries, as well as domestically. Attend this session to learn more.

Friday

Lecture: Antwain Hunter, Friday, February 7 at 3:30pm, LeConte Hall, 320 (For advisors, too!)

• “'A Boy of Tender Years' or 'A Felon of a Character so Hardened'?: Firearms, Slavery, and Manhood in Antebellum North Carolina." Antwain Hunter is an assistant professor of history at Butler University.

• Please email Annelle Brunson (annelle.brunson25@uga.edu) for suggested readings.