Advising & Placement

Monday, September 2, 2024

- All Day
Become a McKinley Wellness Peer
- Health/Fitness

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Graduate Assistant Employee Orientation (for TAs, RAs, GAs, and PGAs)
- Informational
- All Day
Graduate Student Welcome/Welcome Back
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Writing an Effective NSF-GRF Personal Statement

Learn to craft a compelling Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement.
- Professional Development
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)
Faculty Job Search: Research Statements
- Professional Development

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

- All Day
Graduate Student Welcome/Welcome Back
- Social/Informal Event
- All Day
- ARC Instructional Kitchen
Get Fresh! Seasonal Food Program
- Health/Fitness

Thursday, September 5, 2024

- All Day
Graduate Student Welcome/Welcome Back
- Social/Informal Event
- 9:00 - 10:30 am
Graduate Assistant Employee Orientation (for TAs, RAs, GAs, and PGAs)
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
Gates Priority Deadline
- Informational
- 2:00 - 4:30 pm
Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals in STEM

Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.
- Professional Development
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Grainger Library, 4th floor
Bring a Healthy U & I
- Health/Fitness

Friday, September 6, 2024

- All Day
Graduate Student Welcome/Welcome Back
- Social/Informal Event
- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals in the Social Sciences & Humanities

Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.
- Professional Development
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building
Churchill Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Monday, September 9, 2024

- 12:00 pm
Knight-Hennessy Priority Deadline
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
Luce Priority Deadline
- Informational
- 7:00 - 8:00 pm
- Grainger Library, 4th floor
Mindful Mondays
- Health/Fitness

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

- 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Writing an Effective NSF-GRF Graduate Research Plan

Learn to craft a compelling Graduate Research Plan Statement.
- Professional Development
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)
Faculty Job Search: Teaching & Diversity Statements
- Professional Development

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

- All Day
- ARC Instructional Kitchen
Get Fresh! Seasonal Food Program
- Health/Fitness

Thursday, September 12, 2024

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- McKinley Health Center, outside front entrance
Orange & Blue Bubble Bash
- Health/Fitness
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
First Steps Workshop
- Informational
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Chez Veteran Center, 908 W. Nevada Street, Urbana
Bring a Healthy U & I
- Health/Fitness

Friday, September 13, 2024

- 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Writing an Effective NSF-GRF Personal Statement

Learn to craft a compelling Personal, Relevant Background, and Future Goals Statement.
- Professional Development

Monday, September 16, 2024

- 7:00 - 8:00 pm
- Main Library, Orange Room
Mindful Mondays
- Health/Fitness

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)
Faculty Job Search: Interviews
- Professional Development

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

- All Day
- ARC Instructional Kitchen
Get Fresh! Seasonal Food Program
- Health/Fitness

Thursday, September 19, 2024

- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Grainger Library, 4th floor
Bring a Healthy U & I
- Health/Fitness

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)
Faculty Job Search: Negotiation
- Professional Development

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

- All Day
- ARC Instructional Kitchen
Get Fresh! Seasonal Food Program
- Health/Fitness
- 1:30 - 2:30 pm
- Room 200, International Studies Building (910 S. Fifth, Champaign)
First Steps Workshop (In Person)
- Informational

Thursday, September 26, 2024

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building
Truman Scholarship Information Session
- Informational

Friday, September 27, 2024

- 9:00 - 10:00 am
ONLINE Truman Scholarship Information Session
- Informational
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- 514 Illini Union Bookstore Building
Truman Scholarship Workshop
- Informational

Monday, September 30, 2024

- 8:00 am
Fulbright Final Submittal Deadline
- Informational

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Graduate College 202 (507 E. Green St., Champaign)
Faculty Job Search: Dual Career Considerations
- Professional Development

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

- All Day
- ARC Instructional Kitchen
Get Fresh! Seasonal Food Program
- Health/Fitness
- 2:00 - 4:30 pm
Writing Effective Fellowship Proposals in STEM

Learn to craft a compelling fellowship proposal.
- Professional Development

Thursday, October 3, 2024

- 12:00 pm
Churchill Campus Deadline
- Informational
- 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- Grainger Library, 4th floor
Bring a Healthy U & I
- Health/Fitness