Looking for a part-time job this winter/spring in Eugene? Or want to learn more about future work-study opportunities during your time at UO? Stop by the UO Part-Time Job & Work-Study Fair, Wednesday, January 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Tykeson Hall 1st Floor Commons area to meet local and on-campus employers hiring for seasonal employees! Bring your resume and apply on the spot, or just look around and learn more about the great ways you can get work experience and build career readiness skills during your time at the UO.

FYI: Work-Study is a specific type of part-time job available to students based on financial need. If a job says it requires Work-Study, you must have accepted an award on Duckweb. To learn more about the program and how to find your award, check out https://career.uoregon.edu/jobs-and-internships/work-study

There will still be LOTS of jobs at this event that do not require work-study in order to apply--something for everyone!

Register in Handshake to keep up to date on which employers are coming to the fair and what jobs you can be applying for!  

Join us to hear a Senior Lecturer of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, Ms. Natalia Echeverri will discuss the integration of ecology into landscape architecture education and practice. Her lecture will highlight interdisciplinary collaboration challenges and showcase practice-based projects that address sensitive sites and transform traditional aquaculture landscapes in Southern China. The SDGs touched upon include Sustainable Cities and Communities, Climate Action, and Life on Land.

This event is housed by the Global Studies Institute along with the Association of Pacific Rim Universities and the School of Architecture and Environment. It is also sponsored by the Global Justice Program and Partnering with Student ASLA DEI Committee. 

From 1985 to 1995, Bill Watterson created one of the most celebrated and beloved newspaper comic strips of all time: Calvin and Hobbes. The strip featured the adventures (and misadventures) of 6-year-old Calvin and his trusty companion, Hobbes. Join Jenny Robb in exploring Watterson’s masterful artistry and storytelling, the evolution of the strip, and his significance in the history of the art form. 

Jenny Robb is Head Curator of Comics and Cartoon Art and Associate Professor at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum where she manages the world’s largest collection of comics and cartoon materials. She holds master’s degrees in History and Museum Studies from Syracuse University. Before coming to Ohio State in 2005, she worked as a curator at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. Robb has curated more than 25 exhibitions of comics and cartoon art and is the author of numerous comics-related book chapters, articles and essays.

Creating citations and bibliographies can be difficult, and so can keeping track of all the reading that you’ll do over the course of a class, a term, and your academic career. Join us for a one-hour workshop where you’ll learn to navigate Zotero, a free, open-source citation management tool designed to simplify your research process.

UO Libraries hosts a free workshop, which will introduce you to Zotero’s features, showing you how to collect, organize, cite, and share your research effortlessly. You’ll learn how to create bibliographies and in-text citations in popular styles such as MLA, APA, and Chicago, all while developing strategies to effectively utilize Zotero in your writing.

Join us in the Knight Library DREAM Lab and transform the way you manage your research!

Register through the UO Libraries' website.

The Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) is excited to host a special book talk celebrating the release of Professor Chris Chávez's new book Isle of Rum: Havana Club, Cultural Mediation, and the Fight for Cuban Authenticity. Through the lens of Havana Club rum, Chávez examines how Western cultural producers, in collaboration with the Cuban state, shape and sell an image of Cuba to the world. He explores how advertising, music, film, and art intersect with corporate marketing, revealing which aspects of Cuban culture are deemed most profitable. This thought-provoking discussion will delve into the complexities of cultural authenticity, economic reform, and global markets, offering a unique perspective on Cuba's Special Period in a Time of Peace. 

Are issues of diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility important to you? The Department of History D.E.I. Committee is hosting an open house to discuss these issues and bring interested students together with faculty in a conversation about making our department more diverse and inclusive. 

Please join us at the open house on Thursday, Jan. 16th at 4 pm in McKenzie 375 to create and think about building diverse, accessible, and inclusive community in and around the department and contribute to planning future initiatives. Refreshments will be served. 

The D.E.I. Committee is also inviting applications for students interested in joining the committee this year. Modest stipends are available. Deadline to apply: January 23, 2025. 

Please join us Tuesday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community. We’re excited to continue this tradition for our history undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!

Enjoy stress-free time together with disabled and neurodivergent graduate students from across campus. Share experiences, exchange resources, or consult with a GE from the Accessible Education Center. Refreshments served.

Are you looking for ways to really stand out as a candidate? Come learn about the basics of interviewing and have the opportunity to ask questions on:  question and answer structures, strategies, and how to best prepare for your upcoming interviews. Questions welcomed and encouraged! Please RSVP!

This workshop is hosted by the University Career Center's Career Readiness Coaching team! To learn more about career coaching, drop-in peer advising, and other career readiness workshops and events visit career.uoregon.edu/coaching or stop by the UCC in Tykeson Hall-Garden Level

This event is part of the 2025 Winter Career Readiness Week sponsored by the University Career Center, Enterprise Mobility, and Sherwin Williams. To learn more about all of the week's events visit http://career.uoregon.edu/events  

Join Global Education Oregon for an information session for our Writing in East Asia program in summer 2025. In this four-week program, you will explore the linguistic, historical, and cultural features of the three dominant writing systems of East Asia: Chinese 漢字, Japanese 平仮名 and 片仮名, and Korean 한글, while immersed in the city of Kyoto.