The Undergraduate Sociological Association ("USA") is a student organization based on three main objectives:
- To provide sociology students a place for their voices to be heard.
- To provide a place for sociology majors and minors to interact with fellow undergraduates, graduate students and faculty within the department.
- To broaden the awareness of the sociology department to sociology majors/minors or perspective sociology majors/minors.
Fall 2008 : TBD
All soc majors and minors are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Schedule of Upcoming Events:
Date |
Event |
Early September |
Congratulations to our new leadership team for the 2008-2009 academic year. Check back here for future events starting in early September. |
It should also be noted that there are several other events that USA members are looking into hosting/sponsoring. Please check back for updates.
Our 2008-2009 USA leadership team:
President - Meagan Lindquist - lindq160@umn.edu
Vice-President - Jackie Ewald - ewal0033@umn.edu
Secretary - Suzy Maves - mave0013@umn.edu
Treasurer -
Volunteer Chairperson - Rebekah Garcia - garci136@umn.edu
Committee Chairperson - Sothea Sar - sarxx004@umn.edu
Committee Chairperson - Tyler Wooley - wool0103@umn.edu
There are many ways to get involved with USA. Feel free to contact any of the students above if you have suggestions for an event or if you want to learn more about your student organization. This is a very informal association and we are always looking for new members. Please join us if you would like a more active roll in your department.
Our Undergrad Soc Assoc. held several dynamic events over the past few years. Listed below are a few examples of the types of sessions we have organized on your behalf.
Past Events:
We held a Picnic on the Plaza in front of the Social Science building and distributed Chipotle burritos, chips and Coca-Cola products. This event was a fun way to meet with other majors and we were particularly thrilled with the turn out considering the challenging weather.
We held a welcome reception for our new and visiting faculty held on Wednesday, September 29, followed by pizza and a movie. In October we held a session for students interested in careers in law enforcement and early in November we had a faculty panel discuss courses for Spring 05.
In spring 2005, we invited a few of our instructors to share tips on how to successfully prepare for the Sociology senior project. The session was part fact-sharing, part myth-dispelling and part question/answer. The panel included Ann Hironaka, Ryan King, and Rob Warren. In March 2005, we facilitated a round table discussion with majors who had recently returned from study abroad in such places as Ecuador, Korea, Australia, France, Spain, and India. Late in April 2005, we had a special guest speaker from the Bloomington Police Department, Commander Ryan, speak about Homeland Security and Emergency Management in MN. Finally, in May, our own honors student Dallas Drake, principal researcher and cofounder of the Center for Homicide Research, a Minnesota-based academic research project on homosexual homicide, presented a lecture on understanding homicide in general and the unique aspects associated with homicides involving the GLBT community.
If you have questions or are interested in becoming more involved in this student organization, please contact Meagan Lindquist, USA President, via email at lindq160@umn.edu