SLUM: society of linguistics undergrads at mcgill

The grad school info session will be held in room3001 of the Brown Student Services building.

Want to know more about the linguistics program at McGill? Wondering what you can do with a degree in linguistics? Curious about graduate school? To help answer your questions, SLUM has organized futureweek; a whole week of events devoted to your future in linguistics! Whether you are about to graduate or have yet to take your first linguistics course, have a look at the schedule of events below:

Monday March 23^rd: CV Drop in, 1:30-4:30 in the CAPS office. (Brown Building suite 2200)

If you are applying to grad school, looking for a summer job, or anything in between, a good CV is important. Here’s your chance to have a CAPS linguistics advisor go over your CV with you. If you would like to sign up for a short 15 minute meeting, then put your name down for a time slot on our sign-up sheet in the linguistics lounge or e-mail slum.linguistics@mail.mcgill.ca with a time from 1:30-4:30 that you would like to come. Don’t forget to bring a rough draft of your CV to the meeting!

Tuesday March 24^th: Career Pannel, 4:00-5:00 in the CAPS library (Brown Building suite 2200)

Wondering what jobs you can get with a degree in linguistics? Come hear our panelists from various fields talk about what they are doing and how they got there. On this year’s panel: Heather Goad, Eva Dobler and Jason McDevitt (a speech pathologist from Idilia).

Wednesday March 25^th: Peer advising session, 4:00-5:00 in the CAPS library (Brown Building suite 2200)

Want to know more about the linguistics program at McGill? Interested in doing a major or a minor in linguistics? Thinking about honours? Come meet current linguistics students and ask them all of your linguistics related questions! Or just stop by for some free beverages and snacks…

Thursday March 26^th: Grad school info session, 4:00-5:00 (Room TBD, keep an eye out for more info coming soon)

This session is geared towards students who are thinking about applying to graduate school in linguistics. The linguistics department’s Graduate Admissions Officer and a current graduate student will team up to tell you what you need to know about applying for graduate school and for funding.

Plus….In addition to the regular futureweek events, Prof. Boberg will be offering advising for returning students from 2:00 to 5:00 on Wednesday, March 25th in his office (1085 Dr. Penfield room 223).

The third annual McCCLU, McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates, will be happening this weekend! When McCCLU was first held three years ago, it was the only event of its kind in Canada; this year, we’re proud to continue in this auspicious tradition with a program that is more engaging than ever! For three days SLUM will host speakers discussing original research in all areas of linguistics. The majority will be undergraduates, just like you! If you’re interested in seeing the sorts of fascinating things your peers are working on, possibly even leading to inspiration for your own research, you won’t be disappointed! Other highlights include:

- Keynote speeches by faculty members Heather Goad and Bernhard Schwarz
- Wine & cheese reception and drinks at Carlos & Pepe’s on Friday, pizza party Saturday, and breakfast food throughout the weekend
- Your own classmates from McGill, presenting on their research conducted within this very department!

Check out our schedule: http://mccclu.ausmcgill.com/blog/2009-schedule/

If you’re intrigued, swing by registration on Friday - 4:00-5:45 in the Linguistics building, 1085 Dr. Penfield - to sign up and get more information; if you’ve already pre-registered, come by then to receive your nametag and program. If you’ve got any questions, contact mccclu2009@gmail.com.

Hope to see you there!

-Kate McCurdy
(conference coordinator)