If you would like to live in honors housing next year but you have not been offered a contract to Arroyo Vista, you’re in luck! To move forward with requesting one of the open spaces, click here to learn how you can put your name on the Arroyo Vista housing waitlist. Also, make sure to email Christina Treble at christina.treble@uci.edu to indicate your interest.
Freshmen: Courseplan Reminder
Attention first years! This is a reminder that your four-year course plan is due to the Honors Office by Friday, May 3rd! Remember that these need to be signed by the honors counselors in your individual schools, so be sure to plan accordingly. And if you have any questions about your plan, just call (949-824-5461), email (chppaa@uci.edu), or come see a PAA! Failure to meet the deadline may result in a hold being placed on your record.
Last chance to apply for Social Ecology peer mentor position
Social Ecology Students: Do you want to share your positive UCI experience with new students? Are you committed to meeting the needs of our school’s diverse first-year student population? Do you want to gain leadership and mentoring experience while earning units? If yes, you might be interested in this opportunity. The ACCESS Social Ecology Program is looking to select next year's group of committed student leaders who want to make a difference on campus and in the larger community. Launched in Fall 2011, ACCESS Social Ecology, an innovative retention and peer mentoring program, was designed to promote academic excellence, leadership development, and community engagement for new students from diverse backgrounds. More information about this innovative program and 2013-2014 peer mentor application can be found at http://students.soceco.uci.edu/pages/access-social-ecology-program-peer-mentors. Applications are also available at the front desk in the Office of Student Services in 102 Social Ecology I. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday of Week 4 (April 26). E-mail your questions to danielkp@uci.edu.
Stanford Young Entrepreneurs Study
Researchers at Stanford University would like to learn more about your career development experiences.
The Young Entrepreneurs Study (YES) (http://ase.tufts.edu/iaryd/researchYes.htm) is a cutting-edge
longitudinal study concerned with career achievements, purpose, and character attributes among young
adults in the United States.
Please follow the link provided in order to complete the survey:
https://tufts.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bq03EZWbHHheoh7
If you are between the ages of 19 and 25, we hope you will complete this brief survey, even if you are
still deciding on your career path. It should take no more than 30 minutes. Your responses are strictly
confidential. The answers you provide will be for the YES Project only and will not be used for any other
purpose. By participating in this study you will be entered into a raffle, conducted at the end of each
wave of data collection, for a chance to win one of 20 iPads.
Thank you for your participation.*
Best regards,
The YES Project
Grad School Entrance Exam Study
Dr. Joanne Zinger, a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior is conducting a
research study in which she is looking for students who are planning to take the MCAT, LSAT, or PCAT
sometime in the next year or so. This study is not at all associated with the Princeton Review, Kaplan
Test Prep, or any one of those courses, but she is basically interested in finding about the lives of
students who are preparing to take one of these major exams. If you participate in her study, she would
like to talk to you on the phone a few times to ask you questions about your mood, personality, health,
and studying habits, she would have you come to her office for one visit, and she would ask you to fill
out a very short survey right before and right after your exam that asks you how you are feeling at that
moment. The phone interviews and the office visit would be arranged totally around your schedule, and you
would be paid $35 (or given 3 experimetrix credits) to thank you for your help. If you think you would
like to participate, please call Dr. Zinger at (951) 662-3735 or send her an email at
joanne.zinger@yahoo.com .