Month: October 2023

Registration for the spring semester begins for ‘special categories’ this Fri. (Nov. 3), and for most, next Monday (Nov. 6).

If you have not heard from your adviser, please be a little patient? You almost certainly will this week. In the meantime, perhaps take some time and make sure you are familiar with your DegreeWorks audit.

ATTN. PS MAJORS: Early registration, for special categories, begins FRI., NOV. 3. For most students registration begins MON., NOV. 6. The full registration schedule is below.

When you register depends on the number of credit hours you completed PRIOR to this semester. You can find this number on Degree Works: You are looking for “OVERALL CREDITS.” This is the number of COMPLETED HOURS, as of SEPTEMBER, 2023. Do NOT use the “credits applied” (this number includes the classes you are currently enrolled in).

Your adviser should contact you sometime this week (if he or she has not already done so) to give you’re your PIN and/or set up an appointment.

You should, of course, familiarize yourself with your Degree Works record

Please remember that we STRONGLY ADVISE PS majors take the following classes in the following years/semesters:

1. Take the writing course (POLS 2090) in their second (sophomore) year. It’s a good course to have as a base. By the way, you should take this course before you take ENGL 2201.
2. Take POLS 3031 (political science research methods) in the FALL of your JUNIOR year. (1) It’s only offered in the fall, and if you are a BS major, you need to take this course before you take POLS 3032.
3. For BS majors, POLS 3032 (statistical methods) should be taken in the SPRING of your JUNIOR year. It’s ONLY offered in the spring.
4. Finally, if you are BS Pre-Law, look to take the pre-law concentration courses as early as possible – they may not be offered later!

OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTRATION CAN BE FOUND HERE
https://registrar.ecu.edu/students
https://politicalscience.ecu.edu/for-students/

Understanding How DEGREE WORKS Works Matters! Probably the single best online tool ECU students can be familiar with is Degree Works, which makes navigating your degree – what classes to take, etc. – simple!

See: https://bit.ly/3MgOrTb

Suffragist organizers hold the first-ever National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 23, 1850. More than 1,000 delegates from 11 states arrived for the two-day conference, which had been planned by members of the Anti-Slavery Society. The convention followed the steps laid out at the landmark Seneca Falls Convention two years before: “In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object.”

Read More: https://bit.ly/46E4PFp

Contact your adviser if you have any questions.

“Saturday Night Live,” Ask President Carter

THCAS Scholarship Luncheon: On Sept. 15, 2023, Harriot College held a scholarship luncheon that brought together scholarship donors, recipients, and department chairs to celebrate the ripple effect giving can have on students. Representing political science, From left to right:
*Aimee Heroux
*Alethia Cook
*Michael McShane (donor)
*Dianna Arbelaez
*Melvina Nimley
*Nathan Krull
*Sarah Mejia
*Javier Limon
*Tierney Reardon
*Emily Bronson
*Ms. Stewart

Read more: https://bit.ly/46wocAc

DOPS Alumna and East Carolina University Scholar Lily Faulconer is being recognized by Business North Carolina as a 2023 Trailblazer. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3FhJ6XU

Dept. of Political Science Alum Kenny Talton was recently was awarded the Best of the Boot award for “Best Government Employee” by The New Old North and the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce (the County of Wayne is shaped just like a boot, hence, the name!)