tips for making life at uic and cuppa easier
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Tips for Making Life at UIC and CUPPA easier. Get Connected. Get I-Card. Student Services Building Racine and Harrison Bring Photo ID Bring current semester schedule. Get a netid. http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/index.html/. Sign up for UIC SMS system. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Tips for Making Life at UIC and CUPPA easier
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Get Connected
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Get I-Card
Student Services BuildingRacine and Harrison
Bring Photo IDBring current semester schedule
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Sign up for UIC SMS system
• To enhance UIC's ability to alert the campus to emergencies, we are implementing a text-messaging system. This will enable campus officials to send very brief bulletins to you in the event of a serious crime, weather emergency, or similar incident.
To subscribe, simply go to http://sms.accc.uic.edu
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Keep your Emergency Contact info up to date
• Login into NESSIE:• https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/info/index
.cfm• Choose “Employee Information”• Enter Emergency Contact info
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Network
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On course of studies• Faculty• Advanced students
– Your student organizations--– SUPA (UPA undergrad) Facebook pages
• http://uic.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11001475471• http://uic.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6149152516
– PASA blog and Facebook page• http://uicpasa.blogspot.com/• http://uic.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5088541686
– UPPSA blog and Facebook page• http://uppsa.blogspot.com/2008/07/welcome-to-urban-planning-and-policy.html• http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/UPPSA/105881224966
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On career
• Faculty• Alumni
– Facebook– LinkedIn
• Professional organization mentors
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Take charge
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Share your creative ideas
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Ask for Advice
• See "Get Connected"
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Do not suffer in silence
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Report problems
• Make your concerns known– Your Department– Associate Dean, Albert Schorsch,
[email protected]– [email protected]
• Computer problems in CUPPA– [email protected]
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Use the "free" stuff
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Seminars
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CUPPA
• Research Center Seminars• Academic Department Seminars
– Often food included• Alumni Life-Long Learning Events
– http://tigger.uic.edu/cuppa/alumni/index.html• Podcasts
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Financial Aid
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Jobs, Assistantships, Internships
• CUPPA Career Center– http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/AlumniCareerCenternew.html
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TIP: Summer base tuition waiver for RAs, GAs, TAs with appointments ending May 15
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Tutorials
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ESRI GIS online tutorials• http://notes1.cc.uic.edu/depts/adn/software.nsf/esricourses?OpenPage
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UDV skills online tutorials
• http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/udv/education.html
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PBS VOD courses
• Stats course--Against All Odds--can be lifesaver– http://www.learner.org/vod/login.html?pid=139
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Professional training CDs and Videos
• UDV
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Library
• Reserve Desk– Order online, Walk in and Pick Up Your Books
• Online journals– http://library.uic.edu/
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Computing
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Use UIC e-mail
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Webdisk• http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/itl/webdisks/index.html
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Computer Access
• Lab Suburbs on 2nd floor CUPPA Hall• Printing
– In Lab Suburbs
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Software• Refworks
– http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/resources/refworks/refworksfaq.shtml
• EndNote– http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhs/resources/guides/endnote.pdf
• MindManager– http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/admin/secure/CUPPAMM7licenseaccess_092407.htm
• ACCC Software Sales– http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/software/software.html
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UIC Wireless
• CUPPA Hall and 2nd floor ADH• Student Centers, Libraries, Some
classroom buildings
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Space• Access to CUPPA Hall 24/7• Grad Student Lounge
– Rm. B11• PhD Workspace
– Rm. 216• Reserve a room for study group
– Department– Dean's office
• Unreserved spaces– RM. 105
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Transportation• CTA
– http://www.transitchicago.com/• I-Go Car
– http://www.igocars.org/• Bikes
– Rent-a-bike not yet– UIC College of Cycling
• http://bikeuic.org/• [email protected]
– WorkingBikes• http://workingbikes.org/
• Limited funds for student travel to professional meetings– Department– College
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Rec Centers
• East• West• Social and Religious Organizations on
Campus
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RTFM
• Read the directions• Your Department Web Page• http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/admin/howto
