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ACADEMIC ADVISING

Carmen KelleThe fall semester is well underway. Now is the time to establish solid routines for balancing academics, home, work, and social aspects of your well-being. If you haven’t already, take the Well Being Assessment. Each of the dimensions of well-being feature an individual set of questions. Scores within each dimension reflect your level of well-being within that dimension, with a higher score indicating better well-being. The results can give you insight into what you are already doing well, and where you might need some added support from our great UNL student support services.

ACADEMIC ADVISING
Advising appointments are available for meetings via In-Person or Zoom. This week those appointments are 30 minutes to help answer more questions about drop and add, scheduling, or class questions. Appointments will move to 45 minutes later in the semester. Visit MyPLAN to schedule an appointment. Instructions for connecting to the Zoom meeting are in your appointment confirmation email sent to your huskers.unl.edu email account.

If you need help identifying or connecting with other advisors or a career coach, contact the CAS Academic and Career Advising Center at casadvising@unl.edu or (402) 472-4190.

DROP-IN ADVISING
Drop-in advising is great for short questions about course information, grade option, completing forms and other things of that nature. Students should schedule an academic advising appointment to discuss degree plans and goal setting. Drop-in advising is available via zoom only, Tuesdays from 1- 3 p.m. and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. You will enter the Zoom waiting room at https://unl.zoom.us/my/casadvising and be seen in the order you entered.
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More details at: https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b2QeJxTQYpvCWlT
 

STUDENT EVENT TO HIGHLIGHT DEMOCRACY DAY Sept. 15

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications will host an informational event on the meaning of democracy, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Sept. 15, at the Nebraska Union Memorial Plaza. The event, planned for Democracy Day in partnership with the college’s up-and-coming campus chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, UNL SPJ, will explore the importance of democracy and invite students, faculty and staff to answer, “What does democracy mean to you?” Continue reading…

More details at: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/student-event-to-highlight-democracy-day-on-sept-15/
 

2023 Central States Communication Association President's Undergraduate Honors Research Conference

The 2023 Central States Communication Association (CSCA) President’s Undergraduate Honors Research Conference (UHRC) will be held Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 during the 92nd annual CSCA convention in St. Louis, MO. The UHRC offers undergraduate students an opportunity to share their original research projects and provides a forum through which they can inquire about graduate study, meet graduate faculty, and interact with some of the leading scholars in the discipline of communication. The UHRC features a graduate school open house. Continue reading…

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CAS CAREER COACH RESUME DROP-INS

Sept. 14th, Wednesday, 9-12, 107 Oldfather AND Zoom: https://go.unl.edu/casresumelab
Sept. 29th, Thursday, 1-4, 107 Oldfather AND Zoom: https://go.unl.edu/casresumelab
Oct. 18th, Tuesday, 10-1, 107 Oldfather AND Zoom: https://go.unl.edu/casresumelab
Nov. 16th, Wednesday, 11-2, 107 Oldfather AND Zoom: https://go.unl.edu/casresumelab
Dec. 1st, Thursday, 12-3 (Zoom only): https://go.unl.edu/casresumelab
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ACADEMIC CALENDAR FALL 2022

Friday, Sept 16th - Last day to withdraw from a full semester course and receive 25% refund
Friday, Oct 14th - Last day to change a full semester course registration from Pass/No Pass
Oct 17th and 18th – UNL Fall Semester Break – student holiday, UNL offices open
Oct 24 – Nov 8 – Priority Registration for Spring 2023 Semester
Friday, Nov 11th – Last day to withdraw from one or more full semester courses for the term

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Law School Essay Workshop

Wednesday, Sept. 14, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. in Love Library South 221
This workshop will discuss what law schools are looking for in personal statements, and provide participants with writing exercises to begin the process of developing your individual story in a strong and compelling manner. This workshop will be co-presented by a writing expert from the UNL Writing Center.
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RA APPLICATION FOR 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR

• Application can be found at https://unl.erezlife.com/ or by visiting Handshake. Students would login with their UNL credentials to fill out the application and the application is notifying us of interest, no longer has essay questions as a part of it.
• The application will close on Monday, October 3, 2022
• Interviews will begin on October 4 and continue through October 28
• Information is being loaded on our website at https://housing.unl.edu/ra
• We have a live Q & A panel with current RAs happening on the following two times:
o Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 pm in various locations on City and East Campus.
o An additional panel will be on Thursday, September 22, at 7:00 pm in Willa Cather.
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More details at: https://housing.unl.edu/ra
 

LAW SCHOOL APPLICATION TIMELINE, preLaw Magazine

Another law school application cycle is about to begin. Will this cycle be as crazy competitive as last year? We don’t know yet. But we do know that you can at least control your part of it. You can get organized, perfect your documents and turn them in during the early part of the rolling admissions cycle. We recommend you try to apply by Thanksgiving of the cycle you are participating. That means that the early fall months should be spent getting everything ready so your essays, scores, resume and supporting documents are ready to go. https://nationaljurist.com/prelaw/advice/law-school-application-timeline-what-should-i-be-doing-now/?goal=0_e52e5dc8d4-5d80f73212-44820635 Continue reading…

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Additional Law School Essay Resources

Once you have started drafting your essay, Explore Center advisors are available to help provide individual feedback on your essay. Email us at explorecenter@unl.edu and we will get you set up with an advisor. Please note that the draft must be sent one week before the meeting to give our advisors time to prepare in depth feedback on your essay.

The UNL Writing Center is also available to help you draft and edit your essay this fall. Information on how to schedule an appointment can be found on the UNL Writing Center website.

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Originally published September 12, 2022 - Submit an Item