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Hiring UAA Peer Advisers
As we approach the start of Winter Quarter, please note that UAA Advising will be hiring new Academic Peer Advisers for the 2019—2020 school year. Please forward this opportunity to any rising Juniors or Seniors that you feel may be interested in acting as an undergraduate peer adviser in our office.
The application can be found at bit.ly/PeerAdviser2019 and is due February 8, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.
UAA Peer Advisers are undergraduate students who work in close collaboration with academic advising staff to support students in Undergraduate Academic Affairs Advising. These students provide one-on-one advising to pre-major students as well as answer the advising email account. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone looking to develop transferable interpersonal and communication skills in a supportive environment (plus it is a paid position on campus!).
Student Leadership Advisers. The Student Leadership Advisers are eager to support others in navigating the many (and often overwhelming) leadership opportunities at the University of Washington. These students are deeply engaged in various parts of the campus community, and have been trained to provide guidance to students who are looking to get connected and involved.
Students who are interested in meeting with a Student Leadership Adviser (SLA) can simply fill out a quick form on our website and will be connected
UAA Peer Hiring 2017-2018
The time has come to hire next year’s UAA Peer Advisers! Our catalyst application is now open and will close on February 3rd.
The application can be found at this Catalyst link: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/kylaek/320684
We will be hosting four information sessions starting this week:
· January 10, 4-5pm, MGH 258
· January 12, 4-5pm, MGH 258
· January 18, 4-5pm, MGH 258
· January 23, 4-5pm, MGH 258
Health Sciences Peer Advisors Wanted!
Health Sciences Peer Advising Job Description General Summary: The Health Sciences Peer Advisors are a team of four-five Health Science seniors operating within the Department of Health Sciences, under the supervision of the Academic Advising Intern. They work together with the department faculty and staff to increase and improve guidance and support resources available to Health Sciences students. They also serve as student representatives for the Health Sciences department for various DePaul events. The position is unpaid, but students can earn one credit hour per quarter through HLTH 379 Peer Advising in Health Sciences.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: • Hold a minimum of 5 hours a week for walk-in advising hours, according to student’s availability (schedule is self-determined) • Answer student questions via email and in-person • Assist in promoting the peer advising program through in class announcements and pamphlets • Assist in planning departmental events for the Health Sciences majors • Attend bi-weekly meetings with the Peer Advisor supervisor • Contribute to the DePaul Health Sciences social media with opportunities for jobs, internships and volunteering
Minimum Requirements • Have junior status by autumn quarter 2015 • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Reliable and self-motivated • Possess good team work skills • Interest in improving the experience of students in the major
Preferred Requirements: • Be in good academic standing • Current or previous involvement with DePaul student organizations, volunteer organizations, or student employment
To express your interest please email Hallie Harmon ([email protected]) your resume as well as paragraph on why you are interested in becoming a Peer Advisor.
UWP Peer Adviser Tanya Vu's Office Hours
Our peer adviser for the University Writing Program, Tanya Vu, will have regular office hours this quarter twice a week.
When: Mondays 11:00am-1:30pm AND Thursdays 3:00-4:30pm
Where:181 Voorhies
If you have any questions, you can also contact Tanya by email, at [email protected].
She is really nice and knows a lot about the program and writing in general, plus she's your peer, so there's no pressure in talking with her! Don't be nervous to go into her office hours and talk or ask questions! She is here just for our benefit and wants to help.
Gonen Dori-Hacohen
By: Kaitlyn Ferrini
Gonen Dori-Hacohen has been studying communication since 1996 when he started working on his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism that he received from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in his native country of Israel. 2013 marks his third year at UMass Amherst.
Professor Dori-Hacohen’s main focus of studies within the field of communication is interaction between people, how people interact with each other. He says that he specifically studies how ordinary people interact in the media. In the past he has done research on radio and television phone-ins. For his dissertation, Professor Dor-Hacohen studied Israeli radio phone-ins where ordinary Israeli citizens called in to radio talk shows and discussed Israeli politics. He also says that he has done some work with American talk radio shows, mostly those in relation to the conservative right wing. He mentions having looked at Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on on the radio as well as looking at Jim Cramer’s television show on NBC entitled Mad Money and the ordinary people that called in to hear his advice.
In the future Gonen Dori-Hacohen is planning to do more work in regards to American radio. He is also working on a paper about lists and hopes to eventually continue his research on ordinary people and their interaction with the media through the channels of Internet forums and comments. He says that he is currently looking at Israeli comments; which are much more vicious than American comments. He has also started looking at American Comments on sites such as Yahoo! Sports.
At UMass Amherst, Gonen Dori-Hacohen teaches multiple classes. He teaches Comm 118: Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Comm 397: Studying Social Interaction, a 400-level class called Interaction in the Media as well as some graduate level courses.
Professor Dori-Hacohen wants his students to know that his is a big fan of football and is very excited about a student of his who is doing some research having to do with football fans and studying them from a communication standpoint.
For more information about Professor Dori-Hacohen’s work in the Communication field, be sure to check out his bio on the Communication Faculty webpage! Professor Dori-Hacohen can also be reached by email at [email protected]. His office is located in 304 Machmer hall.
Perspective: Stage Right
by Erica Kliment
So I’ve realized that I’ve been walking on egg shells lately, and I think I finally know why. But first, some background: Before leaving, so many people told me about the different “stages” of study abroad…
First, it’s the I-can’t-believe-I’m-living-in-a-foreign-country-this-is-so-cool honeymoon stage. You meet new friends, visit all the tourist attractions, find secret “local” hideouts, go on awesome weekend trips, and don’t worry about a thing. But pretty soon, that wears off, and you go into the I-don’t-care-how-pretty-everything-is-anymore-I-miss-my-hometown culture shock stage. You’ll start to notice all the glaring differences between your current and previous countries of residence, get easily irritated, and be homesick for a majority of the time. After the ride has finally slowed, you should “supposedly” be able to regain the abilities of a fully-functioning human being. This is known as the I-know-there-are-differences-but-it’s-okay-because-this-is-such-a-great-experience final adjustment stage, which will leave you with a much better understanding of the world around you and how it all seems to work around the chaos. (Side note – need some perspective?)
So there’s my version of how that all works. But what happens once you realize you’ve been in the honeymoon stage for quite a bit of time now? After the first day or so which was expectedly a bit of a challenge, I was feeling all too excited for everything, literally everything. –That bar has tapas for only €2?? OMG so does this one! You saw a cute tiny dog?! WHERE I must stalk it.– And now that I’m decidedly in the advanced phase of the honeymooners, I feel this gravitational pull towards the slump of the culture shock stage.
For example, this afternoon I was going through emails when one startled me. I had been waiting for en email confirmation for a flight I was trying to book, and it was said airline company (so I thought) telling me there were even more fees that were incurred and I needed to respond back to the email saying whether or not I still want the ticket I was trying to reserve. Although I was confused as to why I needed to pay an extra fee since I had already “booked” my flight, I emailed back saying yes but please explain. Immediately, I got yet another email: the message I was trying to send had failed. That’s because it was a no-reply email address. Fishy, right? I realized that the website I had used, though manipulatively similar to the actual airline address, was another cheap-comparison-type site that worked as a mini travel agent to book the tickets for you instead of directly with the airline. Of course I had no idea (rookie mistake), and now I’m sitting here still wondering if I have a ticket on the plane, and if I just lost almost 100€ in an airline scam. Well, the bottom of it is that I got pretty stressed, tried to explain this all to my Dad (still at work) through frequent and vehement iMessages, and freaked out some more, but the worst part is I can’t do anything about it until I talk to the company tomorrow via a 10 cents per minute phone call.
Now of course this is stressful because there is a lot involved (precious euros and necessary travel items aka plane tickets). However, after my nerves were interrupted by dinner and I was able to sit back down to reevaluate, I realized that this is exactly the silly type of thing that marks the beginnings of the dreaded next stage. I’m not ready for the culture shock to make me easily stressed and irritated, so I’m not going to let it. Yes, things are different, confusing, and hard (especially since classes just started this week), but there’s no reason to add to that stress with something that will eventually be fixed with time and understanding. Why walk on eggshells, scared to slip into the mess of culture shock, when you should be squeezing out the experiences of every moment you can? That’s just counterproductive. Besides, I think I’ve forgotten something: I’m spending the next three months in SPAIN. Living, learning, experiencing, and generally having a fabulous time.
Also, when in doubt, listen to Mom: “The first time you do something, it’s probably never going to be perfect. That’s the point of learning.” – via emergency Skype session to calm me down. Well said, Mom.
As long as I can remember to keep my perspective in check, I know I’ll be able to keep my head above the flood of culture shock.