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    LAS Students On-Line

    LAS Students On-Line is a bi-monthly e-mail publication informing students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics of interest.

    LAS FORTNIGHT
    January 8: Spring Semester Classes begin
    January 15: Martin Luther King Holiday, no classes held and offices closed
    Complete LAS Calendar on-line at www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/calendar.shtml

    IMPORTANT FUTURE DATES
    January 23: Career Services Workshop – "Exploring the Job Market and On-Line Application Process," 302 Catt Hall, 3-5 p.m.
    January 31: LAS/Business Career Fair, Hilton Coliseum, noon to 6 p.m.

    NEW ON THE WEB
    LAS Student Organizations: www.las.iastate.edu/students/organizations

    ACADEMIC NEWS
    Software Engineering has been approved as a new major in the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering effective for the fall 2007 semester.
    www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/news1204.shtml

    An Undergraduate Certificate in Latin American Studies has been approved in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The cross-disciplinary course of study is designed for undergraduate students in any major who wish to enhance their degree and employment possibilities by adding expertise in Latin America and linguistic competence in a primary and secondary world language.
    www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/latinamcert.shtml

    The Department of World Languages and Cultures is offering a series of non-credit short courses in Russian, beginning Spanish, conversational Spanish and beginning Turkish II. The short courses consist of 24 hours of classroom instruction in a six-week format with a fee of $200 per short course.
    www.language.iastate.edu/main/programs/ShortCourses.htm

    A series of seminars and learning communities are being offered for first-year students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during the 2007 spring semester. Information on "Connections," "Great Challenges" and "Frontiers of the Discipline" are available on-line. Students wishing to enroll in the seminars and/or learning communities should get the course instructor to sign an add slip.
    www.las.iastate.edu/admissions/connections.shtml
    www.las.iastate.edu/admissions/frontiers.shtml
    www.las.iastate.edu/admissions/challenges.shtml

    INTERNSHIPS
     LONDON CALLING – A new program has been established for internship opportunities in London. The 10-week program for the 2007 summer session includes a two-week orientation in Washington, D.C., and eight weeks in London.

    Students can earn academic credit, participate in cultural activities, obtain substantive internships tailored to their individual career interests and have a furnished apartment.

    The application deadline is Feb. 2 and students should contact LAS Career Services in 351 Catt Hall, 294-4841 or lascs@iastate.edu.

    The program is coordinated by The Washington Center and more information is available on-line at www.twc.edu/students/london.shtml.

    STUDENT GROUPS
    STARTING FROM SCRATCH – A new student organization, the LAS Dean’s Leadership Team, is being established in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The new group will, among other projects, help plan student activities within the College including VEISHEA events and a week-long LAS student celebration in the fall semester.

    Interested students should contact Dave Gieseke at dgieseke@iastate.edu or 294-7742 if they are interested in creating this new student group.

    STUDENT FEATURES
    INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR – Rohini Ramnath has felt comfortable no matter where she has gone abroad – to Europe to study abroad or to India to visit family. That’s why she decided to use a $24,000 Rotary Scholarship she was recently awarded to study next academic year at the University of Ghana in Africa.
    www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/students0122.shtml

    ARTS
    The 42nd edition of the Department of Music’s Madrigal Dinner will be held Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12-13, in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
    www.las.iastate.edu/newnews/madrigal07.shtml

    Michael B. Whiteford, dean
    Dave Gieseke, editor

LAS Students On-Line is a weekly e-mail publication informing students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of events and topics of interest.
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African American Studies - American Indian Studies - Biological/Premedical Illustration - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Classical Studies - Communication Studies - Criminal Justice Studies - Environmental Science - Environmental Studies - Interdisciplinary Studies
International Studies - Liberal Studies - Linguistics - Software Engineering - Speech Communication - U.S. Latino/a Studies - Women's Studies