To Strive, To Seek, To Find

I just got this email from Professor Gremore, Literature and Language Department Chair. Zoiks, people! Apply for the free money already!!!

As chair of the University Scholarship Committee, I want to let you know
about free money that might be available to your students:

Please encourage your students to log in to Metro State’s financial aid
office web site and look on that page’s “deadlines calendar” for the
listing on May 14. This is the deadline to apply for Student Senate
Academic Achievement awards for next fall and spring.

At the moment, we do not have enough applications to use all the
available award funds.

The Student Senate Academic Achievement Award provides a grant of $600
per semester for two semesters to students who have done outstanding
academic work at Metropolitan State University.  Students whose GPA is
above 3.5 might qualify for these awards.  

The application process is simple, and the deadline is May 14, 2010. We
are seeking applications for fall, 2010, and spring 2011.  More
information and online application forms are available on the Financial
Aid home page (http://metrostate.edu/msweb/pathway/aid/index.html).

We recommend that students act quickly, because they will need to ask
two instructors to log in to a web site and complete a short
recommendation form for them.

Full eligibility requirements and application instructions are on the
financial aid home page

Seniors, mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 28, 2010!

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

MEC M2100 and M2200,

Minneapolis Campus

Sixteen employers are anticipated, including Sam’s Club, the Metropolitan Council and Best Buy Mobile!

This is a free event, but let Career Services know if you plan to attend. RSVP by phoning 651.793.1528, emailing career.services@metrostate.edu or registering at  www.metrostate.edu/career.

The long awaited Minnesota State Universities Job Fair is coming soon: mark your calendars for Friday, February 19.

Register now through February 10 and pay only $10 for registration.  Register February 11-18 and pay $15. On February 19, pay a late registration of $20.

The MNSU Job Fair is an exciting opportunity to meet prospective employers, network with industry recruiters, and maybe even interview  for actual employment. Registrants may upload their resumes to the Job Fair website, where attending employers can view them.

Go here  http://www.mnsujobfair.org/     to find out more about this Job Fair, including location, hours, parking, attending employers, a how-to video, and more.

Go to Metropolitan State’s own Career Center to register and find out about upcoming workshops to hone your resume-writing and interviewing skills: http://www.metrostate.edu/msweb/pathway/academic_success/counselcareer/career_services/

Money Tree by Andy Hawkins (Wikimedia Commons)

Maybe you’re lucky enough to have one of these money trees in your backyard. No?

Then, you’re probably looking for a job. The blog will be announcing a series of springtime job fairs, so make sure to suscribe to the RSS feed (the little orange box) to get automatic notification when this blog’s been updated, or check back frequently.

First up is the Diversity Job Fair at Saint Cloud University, January 29, 2010, 1-4 p.m. Click here for general career information at Saint Cloud U and here for a list of specific employers who’ll be attending Friday’s fair. 

To make  the most of your job fair visits, watch this video and brush up on those skills!

Even if you can’t make this particular fair, more opportunities are coming. Get ahead of the pack by working with Metropolitan State’s own Career Services workshops and counseling. Make sure your resume is ready when opportunity knocks!

(Cris contributes today’s post announcing the exciting production of Macbeth. Break a leg, Cris!) read more »

Goethe in Italy by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbien (1787)

Edited to add this special update: LIT 390: Topics German Literature fulfills the ‘ethnic or world literature’ requirement for the English Major — another great reason to take this course!

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It’s that time of year again!  Here are the offerings in the Literature and Language Department for Spring 2010. Questions about your English Major requirements?  Make an appointment right now to see your advisor. See the Links in the sidebar to the right for a link to the English Major requirements. read more »

Hey, Everyone! Come see me tomorrow (Thursday, Oct 15, 3:00-6:00) in New Main. A whole bunch of graduate programs will be setting up tables and displays in the Great Hall. You can talk to representatives of several different kinds of programs — from professional schools in nursing and business to traditional scholarly programs.

I’ll be camping at Metropolitan State’s very own MLS table. MLS, you ask? Why, the Master’s of Liberal Studies Program, I reply with great excitement. See me at the fair or contact me via my campus email to discuss this interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences master’s degree in more detail.

There really is life after the bachelor’s!

Publicity Poster (Wikipedia)

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If you’re planning to graduate this semester with a December diploma, be sure to  fill out the Declaration of Intent to Graduate form. The deadline is this Friday, September 18, 2009.  The form itself has a link for submission, so you’ll know exactly where to send your completed form.

It’s a good idea to zip an email to your advisor when you’ve submitted the form – just an FYI to keep him or her in the loop.

• The Declaration of Intent to Graduate form available at: http://www.metrostate.edu/msweb/pathway/registration/forms.cfm

• Other information about 2009 Fall Graduation is available here: http://www.metrostate.edu/msweb/pathway/registration/graduation/index.html

And…..CONGRATULATIONS!