Planning for Post-Graduate Success

1. Planning for Post-Graduate Success How to Make the Most Of Your Senior Year

2. How Do You End Up Where You Want to Be at the End of Senior Year? PLANNING!

3. Deadlines, Drafts and Delays… • Many scholarship and program deadlines occur early in the fall • You may be able to use the same core essay over and over with slight changes, but maybe not • Good essays require 5-20 drafts • Recommendation writers need you to be organized • Summer is a GREAT time to plan ahead

4. How to Get Organized…in 6 Steps • Research what you are applying for • Know your deadlines • Know the applications (number of essays, special items to submit, like portfolios) • Know how many references you need and what type • Create a spreadsheet, list or other document to keep yourself on track • Prioritize

5. Examples of Spreadsheets Student Thinking of Teaching/Service Pre-Med Student

6. Scholarships…What’s Out There? British Scholarships International Awards U.S. Graduate Study Fellowships Graduate Fellowships in International Affairs Other Scholarship Awards

7. British Scholarships • UIC Deadline: September 11 • Rhodes – Oxford • www.rhodesscholar.org • Marshall – any UK university • www.marshallscholarship.org • Gates Cambridge – Cambridge • www.gatesscholar.org • Mitchell – any Irish university • www.us-irelandalliance.org • Fulbright – any UK university • www.fulbright.co.uk

8. International Awards • Fulbright – research, study or teaching English • UIC deadline: September 11 • www.iie.org/fulbright • Rotary – graduate study abroad • Annual deadline: Cycle begins in spring • www.rotary.org • DAAD – research, intern or study in Germany • Annual deadline: January 31 • www.daad.de

9. Fellowships for U.S. Graduate Study • NSF – graduate study in math, science, engineering and the social sciences • Annual Deadline: early November • www.nsf.gov • Javits – graduate study in the humanities and some social sciences • Annual Deadline: early October • www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits • Jack Kent Cooke –graduate/professional study in any field • UIC Deadline: February 15 • www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships

10. Graduate Fellowships in International Affairs • Pickering – graduate study, internships, mentoring in international affairs • Enter Foreign Service upon completing graduate degree • Annual deadline: early February • www.woodrow.org/fellowships/foreign_affairs/pickering_grad • Rangel – graduate study, internship, mentoring in international affairs • Enter Foreign Service upon completing graduate degree • Annual Deadline: late January • www.howard.edu/rjb/rangelprogram

11. Other Graduate Awards • For Immigrants… • Soros – for “new Americans” in any field of graduate/professional study • www.pdsoros.org • Annual Deadline: November 1 • Merage – for immigrants in any field of graduate or professional study/development • www.meragefoundations.com/mfad • UIC Deadline: November 15 • For Social Studies Teachers… • Madison – supports graduate study for high school social studies or history teachers • www.jamesmadison.com • Annual Deadline: March 1

12. And Even More Awards! • Critical Languages – fully-funded summer language study abroad • www.clscholarship.org • Annual Deadline: mid-November • McKelvie –supports students planning careers in government • http://polisci.unl.edu/undergrad/undergrad_scholarships • Annual Deadline: April 1 • J.W. Saxe – supports service projects, and no or low-pay internships • www.jwsaxefund.org • Annual Deadline: March 15

13. Post-Graduation Teaching Programs Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program Teach for America Math for America Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) Fellowships Mississippi Teacher Corps

14. Teaching Programs • Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship • Teach in one of 38 countries, various levels • http://us.fulbrightonline.org/thinking/thinking_teaching • UIC Deadline: September 11 • JET – teach English in Japan for 2 years • Annual Deadline: late November • www.us.em-japan.go.jp/JET/ • Contacts – Consulate General of Japan, Chicago • 312.280.0428 or jickono@webkddi.com, jicmext@webkddi.com • Teach for America – teach 2 years in underserved areas of the country • Annual Deadlines: 4 yearly (Sept., Nov., Jan., Feb.) • www.teachforamerica.org • Contacts – TFA Chicago office, 312.254.1000

15. More Teaching Programs • Math for America – teach math in public schools in NYC, San Diego, LA or DC • 5-year commitment ending in master’s degree or teaching certificate • www.mathforamerica.org • Annual Deadlines: Vary by city applying to • Contacts: • NYC – Jonathan Schweig, 212.206.0053 • San Diego – Susan Millen, 858.822.6284 • LA – Pam Mason, 213.740.6740 • DC – Bianca Abrams, 202.939.1135

16. And Finally, More Teaching Programs! • KSTF Fellowship – teach physical science, biological science or math in secondary schools • 5-year commitment beginning with master’s degree in teacher education program • www.kstf.org • Annual Deadline: mid-January • Contacts: Nicole Gillespie, Senior Program Officer, Teaching Fellowships, ngillespie@kstf.org, 856.608.0001 • Mississippi Teacher Corps – teach in critical-need public schools in Mississippi (rural and urban) • 2-year commitment ending in master’s degree in education from Ole Miss • www.olemiss.edu/programs/mtc • Annual Deadline: 4 yearly (Oct., Nov., Jan., Mar.) • Contacts: Ben Guest, Program Manager, mtc@olemiss.edu, 662.915.5224

17. Post-Graduation Job and Volunteer Programs Carnegie Endowment Junior Fellowship Peace Corps Coro Fellowship AmeriCorps (VISTA) City Year

18. Job and Volunteer Programs • Carnegie Fellowship – spend a year in DC as paid Junior Research Fellow in int’l. affairs (www.carnegieendowment.org) • UIC Deadline: November 20 • Peace Corps – commit to 2 years working in a developing country (www.peacecorps.gov) • Annual Deadline: Rolling Application • Contacts: Chicago Regional Office, 312.353.4990, chicago@peacecorps.gov • Coro Fellowship – full-time, 9-month leadership training program in public affairs (www.coro.org) • Placements in LA, NYC, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and St. Louis • Annual Deadline: mid-January • Contacts: Coro Leadership Center – St. Louis, kari@coro.org, 636.827.9805

19. More Job and Volunteer Programs • AmeriCorps (VISTA) – commit to one year in same community helping to fight poverty there (http://americorps.gov/for_individuals/choose/vista.asp) • Education award or stipend upon completion • Annual Deadline: Rolling Application • Contacts : National AmeriCorps center, 800.942.2677, questions@americorps.org • City Year – commitment to one year of full-time service either in schools or community orgs. (www.cityyear.org) • One of largest AmeriCorps programs (ed. award/stipend apply) • 18 U.S. locations and Johannesburg, South Africa • Annual Deadline: 4 yearly (Nov., Feb., Apr., May) • Contacts: Can specifically contact city you are interested in applying to (http://www.cityyear.org/contact-recruitment.aspx)

20. Special Scholarship Programs We are here to help…

21. What We Provide Students Applying for Nationally-Competitive Awards • Talk to you about your plans • IN THE SUMMER!!! Phone, in-person, email • Advise you on the application processes • Integral to Fulbright, British, Merage processes (and others that require official nominations) • Help with essays, resumes, references • Assistance with mailing, and • All the moral support you need!

22. Where You Can Find Us… Office of Special Scholarship Programs 2506 University Hall Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30AM-4:45PM, open during the school year, over breaks and in the summer Phone: 312-355-2477 Email: Beth – bpowers@uic.edu; Amanda – amandao@uic.edu Website: http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ssp

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