The GLASS Needs Filling Special activities and initiatives of the Great Lakes Alliance for Social Sciences (GLASS)

Alliance Members Northwestern University University of Chicago University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Ohio State University Penn State University Temple University University of Wisconsin

Characteristics of Alliance Members Mix of public and private. Medium to large. All R1 universities.

Shared Recruiting Name exchanges –Names from recruiting trips –Our own undergraduates –Our own PhDs ready to graduate

Shared Recruiting Common recruiting brochure –Template with information for all members –Blank space for each school to specialize –Know each others strengths recruit for alliance direct potential students to best school increase chances of success

Shared Recruiting New venues for recruiting – 18 midwest small liberal arts colleges Special programs: –Tuition scholarship for Fattah attendees with 1200 GRE who matriculate at Temple – possible adaptation at other members –Possible application fee waivers for applications within alliance

Shared SROP Initiatives Search for and share new kinds of opportunities –e.g., Ohio State University connection to Law and Criminal Justice Institute Possible shared, multi-year experiences –Students do two years at two institutions but working on same research Alliance presence at SROP conferences –Group meetings between grads and undergrads from across alliance –Joint presentations/discussions by alliance

Shared Workshops Joint sponsorship of video conferences –Temple – Diversity in Public Health –Wisconsin – Jobs in Library Science –U. Chicago (this spring) – Publishing Shared local workshops –Retention (statistics, writing) –Professional Development (how to negotiate the job) Alliance annual conference (planned)

Others Northwestern Book Club – may share across alliance via video-conferencing Possible cooperation between alliances –Midwest AGEP – STEM (Purdue, Indiana, NU) –GLASS –Emphasize the need for social-science input to technology