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NCSA STUDENT COMMITTEE
The NCSA Student Committee
exists as a resource to: facilitate student involvement in the NCSA,
connect graduate and undergraduate students, provide an informal and
welcoming environment for network building, and support one another
in our sociological journeys. The committee representatives include
the graduate student representative, Shelly McGrath (mcgrath@siu.edu), an undergraduate representative,
Jessica Hoover (hooverj@hanover.edu),
and several
other appointed Student Committee members from around the North
Central region.
NCSA Student Committee
endeavors:
Student listserv
–Keep up to date on NCSA
announcements as well as take advantage of the opportunity to
connect with other students via email.
Student Committee
Meetings –Student-only
session for students to share stories, research and free food. Meet
students from throughout the region.
Appointed
Representatives –Learn
about how to become an appointed representative of the Student
Committee.
Undergraduate-to-graduate student mentor program
–Undergraduates interested in
graduate school may contact NCSA graduate students.
Inform
Students of
additional NCSA opportunities
The committee
encourages undergraduate students to take advantage
opportunities to present at the NCSA conference and submit research
papers to the Student Paper Competition.
Promote additional
programs offered to graduate students including the
Preparing Future Faculty Certification.
As a part of
our commitment to facilitating effective teaching and
learning in sociology, the North Central Sociological
Association provides graduate students the opportunity to
improve their skills by earning a Future Faculty
Certificate. Each year at the NCSA annual meeting, graduate
students can earn the Future Faculty Certificate by
attending five sessions related to teaching and learning,
strategies for success in graduate school, and negotiating
the job market. Since 2003 over 80 certificates have been
awarded to students from 34 universities.
To begin taking part in the NCSA
Student Committee,
http://groups.google.com/group/NCSA_Students and join our
listserv.
Student Paper Competition
Student Paper Competition
2009
Submit your paper to the competition and you
may have the chance to publish your work in Sociological Focus.
Two divisional awards:
1. Graduate Student division and 2. Undergraduate Division (open to
all students at 2-year and 4-year colleges, universities, and
community colleges).
Competition rules:
The maximum length of a paper is 5000 words (approximately 18-20
pages). An abstract of no more than 100 words must also be included.
Papers with multiple authors will be considered provided that all
authors are students in the same division category. Winners are
expected to present their papers at the 2009 annual meeting to
receive the monetary award.
Please submit entries by
Monday, January 5th, 2009 to: Carolette Norwood, chair Student
Paper Awards Committee, Department of
African and African American Studies, University of Cincinnati 609
Old Chemistry Building, P.O. Box 210370 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0370 or
contact:
Carolette.Norwood@uc.edu
Student Paper Competitions Awards:
1st
Place = $150 Award and consideration for Sociological Focus
Honored as recipient of the John Seidler Award
2nd
Place = $125 Award
3rd Place = $100
Previous Winners
2007
2006
2005
2004
Revised 2/17/09
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