Roundtable - Women in Business

Wednesday, May 01, 2013, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Illini Center 4th Floor, 200 S. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606, Chicago, IL

The business behind operating and sustaining a successful non-profit organization is tremendously complex.  Join us as Rita Canning, Chairman, and Rebecca Darr, Executive Director of WINGS, a suburban Chicago-based non-profit business share their organization’s story of re-creation and growth to expand services for victims of domestic violence and their children. Don't miss this engaging conversation and opportunity to connect.  Lunch and CPE...

UIS Class of 2013 membership drive

Thursday, May 02, 2013, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

PAC Cafeteria, Springfield, IL

Join us May 2 for the UIS Class of 2013 membership drive: PAC Cafeteria, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; and University Hall, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. New graduate memberships start at only $25 (half the annual fee). And the first 100 members to join on-site will receive loyalty medallions.

UIS Class of 2013 membership drive

Thursday, May 02, 2013, 4-7 p.m.

University Hall, Springfield, IL

Join us May 2 for the UIS Class of 2013 membership drive: PAC Cafeteria, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; and University Hall, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. New graduate memberships start at only $25 (half the annual fee). And the first 100 members to join on-site will receive loyalty medallions.

UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business Information Session

Saturday, May 04, 2013, 9:30-11 a.m.

Douglas Hall, Chicago, IL

Learn more about the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business master's degree programs at this Informational session. The session begins with a short presentation, followed by an open question-and-answer session with current students and program personnel.

Commencement ceremony for College of Education

Thursday, May 09, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

The College of Education will grant degrees to graduates who have completed their programs during the summer 2012, fall 2012 and spring 2013 terms. The commencement speaker will be Dr. Barbara Eason-Watkins, superintendent of Michigan City Area Schools in Michigan City, Ind. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony from 8-9 p.m. in the Student Services Building Atrium across the street from the...

Alumni Connection After Five

Thursday, May 09, 2013, 5-7 PM, Central Time

The UIAA Alumni Career Center invites alumni to join us at our first Alumni Connections After Five networking event. Alumni Connections After Five is designed to provide University of Illinois professionals, from our 3 campuses (Chicago, Springfield, and Urbana) an opportunity to meet up with fellow alumni and create new professional connections along the way. Two networking events are scheduled. Join...

Workshop: Identifying and Demonstrating Your Strengths

Friday, May 10, 2013, 9:00 - 11:00 AM, Central Time

200 S. Wacker Drive, Orange and Blue Room, Chicago, IL

Only a few spaces open.  The session will explore attendees’ strengths as identified through the Strengths-Based Leadership assessment. Using their leadership themes (executing, influencing, relationship building and strategic thinking), attendees will discuss past experiences and accomplishments. The session will provide strategies for matching personal strengths with those sought by prospective employers and for marketing strengths and accomplishments as part of overall...

GradFest 2013

Sunday, May 12, 2013, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Alice Campbell Alumni Center (601 S. Lincoln Ave.), Urbana, IL

Congratulations, graduate! Commencement is just around the corner. Mark your success and celebrate your transition from student to alumnus at GradFest, a University of Illinois Alumni Association event at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center on campus. Attendees will be treated to lunch and have the opportunity to win many prize giveaways. We congratulate you on your achievement and are excited to...

Pre-show dinner prior to 'Rock of Ages' musical

Monday, May 13, 2013, 7:30 p.m.

UIS Public Affairs Center Restaurant, Springfield, IL

Come early, get a good parking space, relax and enjoy a buffet-style dinner served in the same building as Sangamon Auditorium. The menu and décor is designed to complement the evening’s performance. You will enjoy great food and camaraderie with other audience members. These dinners sell out quickly and space is limited. Tickets are available when purchasing tickets to the performance. Dinner...

Beginner Vinyasa Yoga

Monday, May 13, 2013, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Sports & Fitness Center

Flowing, dynamic yoga that connects and coordinates asana movement with breath inhalation and exhalation. This linking of breath with movement allows for a powerful energy-building experience that creates strength and flexibility through the body and deep relaxed clarity for the mind.  

Hawaiian Hula lessons

Monday, May 13, 2013, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Student Recreation Facility, Chicago, IL

In ancient Hawai’i there was no written language. Stories were passed down through generations through Hula. This class focuses on the basic hula techniques that were danced in ancient Hawai’i and those danced today. Students will learn how to tell the story with their hands, while the rest of their bodies move to the music and beat of a drum. Different...

Ori Tahiti Dance

Monday, May 13, 2013, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Student Recreation Facility, Chicago, IL

The beauty of Tahiti is captured in the dances native to the islands. This class focuses on the rapid hip movements that replicate the island’s stories of day-to-day life. Set to upbeat music and drums, it's no wonder why Tahitian dance is so popular around the world. Students in this dance will learn isolation and coordination when putting simple routines together. Some...

Yoga for Joint Health

Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 6-7 p.m.

Sports & Fitness Center , Chicago, IL

Do you have tightness or pain in your shoulders, back or hip joints? Yoga for Joint Health helps relieve pain and brings mobility to tight joints and muscles. Yoga for Joint Health will focus on lengthening and strengthening the muscles notorious for causing pain in these joints and relieve muscle tension. Yoga also reduces stress and improves mental focus.  

Hip-Hop class

Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 7-8 p.m.

Student Recreation Facility, Chicago, IL

This class utilizes upbeat music from various genres, in addition to the latest hip-hop hits. The result is an energetic class that teaches hip-hop moves and techniques that will make you feel like a true hip-hop dancer. Experience a new theme each week!  

Bodies of Work Festival Opening Celebration

Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 6-8:30 p.m.

Chicago Cultural Center

The evening’s honoree is Chicago playwright Susan Nussbaum. The keynote speaker is Simi Linton. A panel discussion, "Framing the Festival: A Critical Discussion on Disability Art and Culture,” will address some of the history, trends and cultural contexts of disability art in general, as well as specific representational and narrative strategies being presented at the BOW festival. Panelists include Ann Fox,...

Women's Self-Defense class

Thursday, May 16, 2013, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Sports & Fitness Center , Chicago, IL

Cutting-edge techniques for escaping and evading the attacks most frequently perpetrated against women.

Web-Panel: What Employers Listen for in the Interview

Thursday, May 16, 2013, 7-8 PM, Central Time

200 S. Wacker Drive, Orange and Blue Room and via Webinar

Our panelists will share experience-based information about interviewing formats, and why companies conduct interviews the way they do. Learn about the challenges interviewers face as they talk with leading candidates and make the best hire – a new employee who can do the job, will do the job, and will work well with the rest of team. Add with...