Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Offices, Laboratories and Farms

Office space is available to graduate students in the Department of Animal Sciences. Academic advisors manage and assign student office space. The University Library, located just one block from Mumford Hall, has limited-access study carrels for which graduate students may apply. Students may use Departmental laboratories and farms with permission of their academic advisor and the faculty or staff supervisors of the specific facility.

Keys

Keys to outside doors, graduate student offices and laboratories are available from Operations and Maintenance, Key Distribution, O & M Building, 1501 S. Oak Street, Champaign IL. Students must get a key authorization from the Departmental office prior to obtaining a key. Students are responsible for key deposits and lost key replacement charges.

Secretarial Service

Secretarial assistance and computers used by secretaries are not available to graduate students. On occasion, secretarial assistance may be appropriate in connection with a teaching or research activity. Arrangements for such assistance are made by the faculty supervisor of the teaching or research.

Mail

Graduate student mailboxes are located in 132 Animal Sciences Laboratory, 205 Meat Sciences Laboratory or 212 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory. It is important that students check their mail slot regularly. Important messages may be left for you. We encourage you to not have personal mail sent to the Department. Personal mail delivery to the Department increases security risks and the mail sorting load. Respect the privacy of others' mail. Do not read anyone else's mail and do not remove mail from anyone else's mail box.

Incoming mail should be addressed as follows, with the lines in this order:

(your name)
University of Illinois
Department of Animal Sciences
(room # ) (building name)
(street address)
Urbana, IL 61801-3681

Outgoing mail may be placed in designated slots or tubs. All personal mail must already have postage applied. Departmental business mail only goes in the "postage to be applied" slots or tubs.

After you leave the University of Illinois, your mail will not be forwarded from the Department. Make all necessary arrangements with the U.S. Post Office. Please leave a forwarding address with the Department so that correspondence related to your degree may be forwarded to you.

Computer Facilities and E-mail

CITES (Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services) provides computing and telecommunications services and support to students, faculty, and staff. It also maintains several computer sites on campus equipped with Macs and PCs available for use by students. For further information, consult CITES' Guide to Resources for Students (http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/students/) or inquire at the CITES Resource Center in 1420 DCL. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications, located on the UIUC campus, provides access for faculty and student research that demands intense computational support. The College of Agriculture Computer Laboratory is available to graduate students during off-hours on a special arrangement basis. The Department of Animal Sciences maintains a computer facility in room 324 ASL. Additionally, students working on specific research projects may have access to equipment under the direction of a project's supervisor.

Telephones

Telephones in the graduate student offices and labs are for on-campus and Champaign-Urbana calls only. Dial "9" first before an off-campus number. Dial only the last five digits of an on-campus number. Please be considerate of other students in your office by keeping personal outgoing calls to a minimum and eliminating personal incoming calls.

FAX machines

FAX machines are available in various Department Offices. For further information on procedures and charges, see your faculty supervisor. Computer generated FAX transmissions may be sent from your University CCSO computer account.

Departmental Directory

A directory of all Department members' address, phone number and e-mail address is published yearly. Please keep the Department Office and the Department Graduate Program Office, 436 Animal Sciences Laboratory, 1207 West Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801 informed of your current address, phone number and e-mail address.

Office Supplies

Students who are employed on assistantship may obtain supplies for use on research projects or teaching activities only. Check with your area secretary to obtain supplies. Notebooks and other material required in your course work are personal expenses. If you need research supplies, equipment, or farm facilities for your research project, check with your advisor.

Copy Machines

Departmental copy machines are located in the area secretaries office. Copy machines may be used only with faculty supervisor approval. The machines require a card which is assigned to your faculty supervisor or other person for whom you are working. If you are unfamiliar with how the copier operates, or if the copier malfunctions, please ask for assistance from your area secretary.

Personal copies (any copying not for assistantship duties) may not be made. Copying your own class work, papers, theses, etc. are personal expenses.

Campus Parking

The Campus Parking Office is located on the second floor in room 201 Public Safety Building, 1110 W. Springfield, Urbana, IL. Parking spaces are in very limited supply and it is expensive to rent space close to the Department.

Paychecks

If you have been appointed to an assistantship, you may expect your salary check on the 21st of each month. Be sure to sign and return your W-2 forms. If you do not, your checks will probably be delayed. Almost all assistantships are taxable.

Emergencies

On campus, the emergency phone number is 9-911. Off-campus is 911.

In an extreme emergency, help may be summoned by a fire alarm station. Know where the ones nearest your office and lab are located.

Security and Safety

Do not leave any personal valuables in your office or desk. Keep all books, notes, etc. put away in your cabinet or desk. So that no rooms are left unattended, the last person leaving an office should lock the door. Radiation labs must be locked at all times.

Report all injuries or hazards to your faculty supervisor immediately. There are special hazards if you are working alone; please be extra careful and pay attention to your surroundings at all times. Campus Police or Campus Parking will escort students to their car at night.

University Police - Non-emergency 333-8911

Campus Parking Helpline 244-4357

(Will also help with dead batteries or other car trouble )

If you are involved in a threatening situation of any kind in or near a University facility, DO NOT engage or confront individual(s). Find any faculty member immediately and report the situation or call the police. If you are concerned about someone else's safety or well being, report to a faculty member immediately or call the police.

Travel

If you need to travel in connection with your assistantship duties, please coordinate first with the faculty member in charge and obtain an account number along with permission to use it. Travel options include use of a car pool vehicle; purchase of rail, bus, or air tickets by University Air Travel Order (ATO); and reimbursement for miles driven in your personal vehicle. Reimbursement for travel expenses requires faculty supervisor approval, specific documentation and some items have specific limits, so please check with the Business Office before traveling.

Job Opportunities

Announcements of job opportunities that come to the Department or an individual faculty may be posted on area bulletin boards and listed in NODAS, the Department newsletter. There are also a number of campus units which provide employment assistance.

The Career Services Center, 310 Student Services Building, 610 East John or at (http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/Career_Services/), although focused on undergraduates, has extensive information on job search strategies, job search resources on the web, assistance in writing resumes and preparing for interviews, employer directories, job fairs and other resources.

The University Biotechnology Center Placement Office, 108 Observatory, 901 South Mathews or at (http://www.biotech.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/placement.pl) provides job listings, job search assistance and resume assistance.

Various journals and agencies also list job openings. Some examples include: