Seminar on Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 offers graduate credit to Illinois teachers

CHICAGO - Illinois teachers can earn one hour of graduate credit and learn about the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933 in Ukraine by attending a special seminar on Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood of Chicago.

The seminar will take place at the Ukrainian National Museum, 2249 W. Superior St. (corner of Oakley and Superior streets) on Friday at 5-9 p.m. and on Saturday at 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The seminar is being held under the aegis of Northern Illinois University. The instructor is Dr. Myron B. Kuropas. Graduate credit costs at NIU are $278.16 per credit hour. Included in the fee are a luncheon, a teacher's curriculum packet, a textbook and a video about the Famine-Genocide.

Prospective students are advised that if they have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited institution and have not taken a graduate-level course from NIU within the past two years, they must apply for and obtain permission from the Graduate School of NIU to register as a student-at-large.

Applying to the university as a student-at-large and enrolling in the seminar may be done by calling NIU's Registration and Records voice response system (TRACS) at (815) 753-8900, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. TRACS is a menu-driven system. On the first menu, students should select "2" for TRACS. The system will then prompt them to enter their Social Security number. However, seminar students should ignore the prompt and stay on the line; after about 15 seconds callers will be transferred to an operator. Students should inform the operator that they wish to apply to NIU as a students-at-large and would also like to register for a spring course. The course number is EPFE 590BE1, while the reference number is 9299.

Once students have completed the course, they will need to provide the NIU Graduate School with an official transcript (with institutional seal) from the college or university that granted their highest degree.

For further information, readers may call Dr. Kuropas at (815) 758-6897.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 6, 2005, No. 10, Vol. LXXIII

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