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Advice from Graduating Seniors

ASA Meeting in August 2015

Congratulations on your achievements

Courses of Special Interest
Dates to Remember

Grove-Law Internship Stipend

Human Services Club Happenings

MSS 2015 Annual Meeting

SSSP Call for Papers

Video: Why Sociology?

Dates
Dates to Remember

Finals start Thursday, December 11, 2014.

The Spring 2015 Semester starts on Monday,
January 12th

A Few Spring Courses
SpCoursesof Special Interest

Most students have already finished registering for Spring semester. However, you may still want to consider picking up one or more of these special offerings:

Soc 245 S01
Energy, Environment & Society

Soc 286 S01
Service Learning

Soc 286 S02
Service Learning - Citizens Academy

Soc 286 S03
Service Learning
Mental Health/First Aid

Soc 492 S01
Drugs & Society

Soc 492 S03U
Death & Dying (in Sioux Falls)

Soc 492 S04
Sexuality & Society
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Congratulations! Congratulations
On your awards....

At the GPSA Annual Meeting, Sandra Pickard received the award for Best Undergraduate Research Paper and Dr. Patricia Ahmed received an award as Sandra's faculty mentor! Congratulations to you both!

The annual meetings of the GPSA (Great Plains Sociological Association) afford new and seasoned researchers the opportunity to present their findings in an academic and comfortable setting. 

 

Congratulations! 
Dr. Meredith Redlin congratulating Mugisha
on his award 
On your award....


PhD Student, Marion Mugisha was honored at last month's GPSA Annual Meeting for his poster presentation. 
 
Congratulations!  
 On your research...


Dr. Jeffrey Jacquet and PhD student Josh Fergen made the cover of Newswise!
 



Read the article at:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/communities-support-wind-farms-on-the-prairies

 


GroveLawGrove-Law Human Service Internship Stipend helps Female Students! 

 

The Grove-Law Human Service Internship is unique opportunity available to female students who plan to intern with a

non-profit organization or human service agency

for academic credit. For more details, check out the links below:  

 

Grove-Law Application      Grove-Law POSTER 

  

Human Services ClubHSClub 
Party  
with a 
service
Project
   

The semester is almost done but the Human Services Club has one more meeting and they're making it count! They are having a party, but they will also be doing a service project.

It's almost the end of the year and the HSC is meeting on Dec 3, 8:30 in Union 260.  We will be having our end of semester party and making tie blankets for the Domestic Violence shelter.   
 
AdviceAdvice from graduating Seniors to other students:

Students who will soon be graduating were asked what advice they would give to incoming Sociology majors. Their answers included the following:

 

Don't be afraid to take classes with intimidating names, they're usually the best.

 

Textbooks are more useful than you think! Look for similar material. Some classes will lecture on sociological concepts.

 

Stay focused and get involved in an internship or club.

 

Don't memorize the material, learn the material and apply it to your everyday life. That's how you learn.

 

Study hard and the work you put in will be beneficial in the end! Also, get involved!

 

Get to know the Sociology professors and take any research opportunity that's available.

 

When taking Sociology courses, I found it easier to understand when applying concepts to my own life.

 

Enjoy the experience!

MidwestSSMidwest Sociological Society
2015 Annual Meeting

 

Kansas City, MO

Marriott Downtown

Thursday - Sunday, March 26-29, 2015. 

 

Mark your calendars and plan to attend!

 

For more info contact Susan Yerhot (susan.yerhot@sdstate.edu).  

For information on the Student Paper Competition in Honor of R. Dean Wright, click:

http://www.themss.org/Students/52nd_Annual_MSS_Student_Paper_Competition_Rules_poster.pdf    
   

SocSocProbCall for Papers and the Student Paper Competitions and Outstanding Scholarship Awards for the Society for the Study of Social Problems' (SSSP) 65th Annual Meeting,

to be held August 21-23, 2015, at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago, IL. This year's theme, selected by President Marlese Durr, is Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil: Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century. 

 

Call for Papers:

 

http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/611/

Student Paper Competitions and Outstanding Scholarship Awards: http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/pageid/1702/ 

   

The 2015 Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship Committee is also accepting applications. Click here for more information (SSSP Minority Grad Scholarship).

  
The American ASASociological Association

Annual Meeting 
August 22-25, 201

Hilton Chicago and Hilton Palmer House Chicago, IL

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