November 30, 2016
Upper-Year Student
eNewsletter
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Important Dates & Deadlines
December 2
Fall Term classes end
December 3 - 6
Pre-examination study period
December 7 - December 22
Final examinations in Fall Term classes and mid-year tests in multi-term classes
December 23 (4:00 pm)
Faculty Office closes for Holiday Break
January 3
Faculty Office re-opens
January 9
Winter Term classes begin
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Make sure that you have the right calculator
Please don't forget that only calculators from the Cassio 991 series are permitted during exams. No other calculators will be allowed.
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Academic Advisors are here to help!
December Advising - ends December 23
Academic advising services remain available throughout exams and up to 4:00 pm December 23rd. Advising appointments are booked on the same day as we do not pre-book appointments. You may book an advising appointment by visiting our office by calling us as +1 (613) 533-2470. Please note that during our peak periods our advising slots fill up very quickly so we advise that you call or drop by our office when we open at 8:30 am to schedule an advising appointment for that day.
January Advising - begins January 3 Week one of term (January 3-6) is a hectic time with lots of demand for advising! In order to serve as many students as possible we operate on a first-come, first-serve (FCFS) basis until Week 2. Come to the Faculty Office early to receive a FCFS number - we begin distributing numbers when the office opens at 8:30am and again at 1:00pm.
Regular same-day appointment bookings will resume in Week 2 (January 9, 2017).
Students who require academic advice should come to Student Services, located on the main floor of Dunning Hall.
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Make sure to check your Exam Schedule on SOLUS
The
Fall 2016 Term Exam Schedule is now posted in the SOLUS Student Centre
1. On your SOLUS main page, under the 'Academics' section, click on the 'other academic...' dropdown menu.
2. 'Exam Schedule' will be the 11th menu item listed. Click on it, then click on the 'Go' icon;
3. From this screen, you will be able to view your Exam Timetable listing any centrally scheduled exam sittings;
4. Students with accommodations must refer to the email(s) sent from the Exams Office (by the last day of class) with the details for date, time, and location of their exam(s)
NOTE: For students registered in CDS courses, only the on-campus exam location shows. If you have made arrangements with the CDS office to write in an off-campus location, refer to SOLUS for the date and time of your exam only.
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Volunteer positions available in the School of English
The Queen's School of English is seeking student volunteers for their conversation partner programs beginning in January 2017.
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Summer Research Opportunities in Europe
Queen's University provides science and health science students with an opportunity to internationalize their studies through the Ontario Baden-Württemberg (OBW) and the Ontario Rhône-Alpes (ORA) Summer Research Programs (SRP). SRP participants head off to Germany or France to conduct research with faculty at a partner university for 2-3 months over the summer. The benefits of the SRP are numerous: students gain international experience, are provided financial assistance through scholarship, are exposed to different technologies and research practices, and conduct research in a new cultural and academic setting. The benefits of having contributed to an international research project in a globalizing world cannot be overstated.
The internal Queen's deadline for interested SRP candidates is
Friday, December 9, 2016 at 4:30pm. All applications and supporting documents are due in the International Programs Office (IPO) by this time and date. Full program details, links, and application procedures can be found
here.
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Spend your Fall term in Shanghai!
The
Queen's Semester in Shanghai program is an exchange opportunity like no other. Consider spending your Fall 2017 term in one of the world's most exhilarating international cities, Shanghai, while studying in English-taught classes at one of China's most prestigious universities: Fudan University. Courses taken in the program are pre-approved for transfer into plans in Film and Media Studies, Geography, Global Development Studies, History, Political Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology, and World Language Studies. Students on the Semester in Shanghai exchange program engage in undergraduate field research in a cross-cultural setting by teaming up with Fudan students to write research papers. Past paper titles include: "Leftover Ladies: Exploring the Dating and Marriage Culture of Graduate Students at Fudan University", "The Effects of Gentrification on Residents in Central Shanghai ", and "China's Unstoppable Labour Regime: An analysis of Foxconn's Working Conditions".
This opportunity is for current 2nd and 3rd year students (going out in their 3rd or 4th year). Applications for this program will be released in December and are due to the IPO on
Friday, January 18, 2017 at 4:30pm. Students will be applying to study abroad in the Fall 2017 term.
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Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Endowment
The 2017 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Endowment Fund for Study in a Second Official Language Award was established by the Government of Canada, to encourage young Canadians who wish to improve their proficiency in their second official language to pursue studies, on a full-time basis, at a university which functions in the other official language and in a milieu in which that language predominates.
Each institution may nominate only one candidate. Up to 3 awards are granted; $7,000 tenable for one year.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY
Eligible applicants must be:
- Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.
Eligible applicants must:
- Have sufficient ability in their second official language to pursue their studies in that language;
- Be enrolled in the second or third year of their first bachelor's degree program, at the time of application, and continue their first bachelor's degree program during the 2017-2018 academic year.
Application Process:
- Download the Guidelines and Application Form.
- Completed application (application form and nomination form) package must be submitted to the Student Awards Office by Thursday December 8, 2016.
- The Student Awards Office will submit one candidate to Universities Canada (award administrator) by December 16, 2016.
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QUIP Faculty of Arts and Science Postings
Sign up for a paid, on-your-transcript, 12-16 month credit-based internship with one of these employers:
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IBM
*Ongoing hiring - apply soon
*May 2017 start
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Business Operations Analyst |
- Economics
- Math/Statistics
- Certificate in Business
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IBM
*Ongoing hiring - apply soon
*May 2017 start
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Financial Intern |
- Economics
- Math/Statistics
- Certificate in Business
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IBM
*Ongoing hiring - apply soon
*May 2017 start
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Technical Writer |
- Students from any major who are skilled at synthesizing complex information into clear instructions and have some skills in HTML/XML
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IBM
*Ongoing hiring - apply soon
*May 2017 start
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Data Scientist |
- Math/Statistics
- Computing
- Students from any major who have passed a statistics course, can learn programming languages quickly, and can communicate well when teaching complex topics to others
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Students should email quip@queensu.ca if they would like more information.
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