Welcome to UNO Mavericks' Poly Sci Grad Students' Resources!

This student supported and maintained web page is aimed at bridging the gap between the experiences that on campus students have and those that we, Distance Education Students, have. We can use this space, which is not affiliated with the UNO Political Science Department, as a quick reference to help us through our time at UNO from selecting courses, to material covered during class, and potentially after graduation. On campus students should also feel free to use, and contribute to, this resource.

If you want to get on our mailing list, let us know. Updates will be sent out when new posts are made and at the end of semesters to help select classes.

Please note that the posts specific to class topics were pulled down. We currently do not have the resources to maintain class topic specific posts, and we would rather have no information posted, rather than put out conflicting or incorrect information.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

The Value of a Personality

Recently I was able to attend a function on campus that included students and faculty of various departments, including members of the Political Science department.  It was a great experience: I learned great deal about a part of our government I unfortunately know too little about, I identified some new career objectives, and I was able to put faces to the names of professors of classes that I have taken at UNO.  Unfortunately I also saw the weak nature of the relationships I built with these previous professors as a distance education student.  Where the on campus students' relationships were strong and faces were familiar, I was akin to a visiting student.  It means that for the remaining short period I have left at UNO I will work very hard on turning my mere digital presence into a memorable (and hopefully positive) member of the Political Science graduate student body, by using such tools as posting a Blackboard picture, and increasing the frequency with which I email my fellow students and professors.

Chris
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The Writing Center is Streaming Online!

The UNO Writing Center is offering online writing consultations on Thursday mornings during the month of April.

You can:
Ask questions
Get feedback
Organize your thoughts
Expand your ideas
Learn tips and tricks to improve your writing

All from the convenience of your own computer!
In the future, online appointments will be scheduled online - just like our face-to-face appointments - but during this initial phase, appointments can be made only by calling the Writing Center.

To use online consultation, you will need:
A Computer with internet access
Updated Flash Player
Webcam, microphone, and earphones (recommended for video conferencing but not required)
Writing to work on
...And a desire to improve their writing

To schedule an appointment, please call the UNO Writing Center at 402.554.2946
Appointments are available 9:00 - 12:00 on April 17, and April 24.

I got to be the first student participant.  The person I worked with (and for April you would work with) is Suzanne, and she was great: patient, asked cogent questions, and provided great feedback. She helped me to strengthen my paper through suggestions for restructuring and developing the weaker parts.

Chris

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