S P E C I A L N O T I C E S
last updated 03/15/05
Attention all undergraduates interested in research!
You can receive money to help support your research activities here at UCSB.
Visit the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Office in 2105.
They have information there regarding URCA Awards and grants from various sources
that provide funding for your research activities, including Rhodes Scholarship,
National Security Education Program (NSEP), and the Chancellor's Award for
excellence in Undergraduate Research.
Visit or contact the Undergraduate
Research and Creative Activities (URCA) Office, College of Letters and Science.
Telephone: (805) 893-2319
E-mail: urca@ltsc.ucsb.edu
Office: 2105 North Hall
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Going Abroad!
Thinking about going abroad to study but not through EAP?
If you want to study at a foreign university but not through
the UC EAP program, you need to check to be sure that the university
is "accredited," meaning that UCSB will give you credit for those
courses. To find out, the ADMISSIONS OFFICE has advising hours
every Friday from 1-4 pm in Cheadle 1210 for such matters.
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The UCSB Wildland Studies Program
The University of California, Santa Barbara's Wildlands
Studies program offers a series of environmental and
cultural ecology field studies that we invite you to
join. This year you can choose among 25 wildlife,
wildland and cultural ecology field courses, searching
for solutions to environmental and cultural challenges.
Each program grants 5-15 units credit. Field studies take
place in wildland locations throughout the U.S. Mountain West,
Alaska, Hawai'i, Canada, Belize, Thailand, Fiji, Nepal, Costa Rica,
Kenya and New Zealand.
All of our programs, now available for your consideration,
are described at our
website: http://www.wildlandsstudies.com.
Or our catalog can be sent to you in the mail.
Our email address is: wildlands@sonic.net.
Additional information is available at program-specific websites
for Kenya - http://www.kenyawilds.com
, and
the California Sierras - http://home.attbi.com/~p.alagona/index3.htm.
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Christina Hernandez's film
A note from the undergraduate advisor:
Some of you have asked what can you do with the anthropology major.
Christina Hernandez is one of our majors, and her work is an excellent
example of what one can do as anthropology major here at UCSB.
Cristina's film is available at the anthropology office in
HSSB 2001A for check-out and viewing, and I highly encourage you
to watch her film. Here are a few words from Cristina about her film:
My name is Cristina Hernandez and I am an undergraduate cultural anthropology major
here at UCSB. Believing that South Africa--a vibrantly diverse country with twelve
national languages and a complicated political history--would be a great place to
pursue a visual Anthropology project, I decided to spend six months there last year.
When I arrived I was immediately struck by the fact that the majority of the homeless
begging class were children. After researching this topic, I found that though South
Africa is only one of many countries around the world grappling with the social epidemic
of homeless street children, South Africa's particular problem is complicated by the
high rate of HIV infection. Many children begin begging on the streets when parents
become ill and can no longer provide for their families. When their parents eventually
do die, these children routinely turn to the community they have found on the streets
for support.
My research was intended to examine how these children deal with this hard lifestyle
as well as the varied ways in which the greater Durban community has come to see them.
After taking the time to hear their stories, I found it difficult not to become
attached to these kids. I have seen in them courage, resourcefulness, and a maternal
concern for each other unlike any group I have yet studied, much less experienced first
hand. While filming my documentary, I noticed the way each child struggles to be heard,
boldly declaring the relevance of their experience to ours. If you come to conclude
along with myself and the many individuals working with these kids, that they are more
than simply a nuisance to be endured, do not simply take pity on them but consider what
that relevance might be.
Thanks for taking the time to listen to these kids, and I hope
you enjoy the film.
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Special Congradulations to Maria Cordero
Congradulations to Maria Cordero, Anthropology undergraduate, who will be honored at UC Day
in Sacramento. For the past four years, the University of California Office of Research
has held an undergraduate research contest, in which faculty deans from UC campuses select
their top undergraduate researchers across a diverse range of disciplines including
the arts, the humanities and the sciences.
For more information, visit their website at http://www.ucday.org
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Congratulations to Anthony Alvarez
Anthony Alvarez, currently a senior Anthropology major, spent 2 1/2 months of
this past summer vacation interning at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural
History in Washington, D.C. through the Smithsonian Research Training Program.
Anthony was one of 11 students selected for the program from among the 215
applications.
Selectees are partnered with a Smithsonian scientist to investigate a natural
history research topic as well as participate in a series of lectures,
workshops, demonstrations, behind-the-scenes tours, and field trips. In
addition, students are provided a stipend of $3,000 plus housing, travel, and
research support.
For more information on applying to this program, visit their website at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/
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