Chicago Bound - University of Chicago

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07/28/2016

Still not sure why you should participate in ? Mahi Senthilkumar, one of our eight amazing group leaders for this coming year, faced a similar struggle. Here's why she chose Chicago Bound, the best pre-orientation program on campus:

"Before choosing Chicago Bound from the pre orientation programs that accepted me, I was a cynic, a serial slacktivist, and a stranger to leadership positions. TBH, I just wanted an excuse to move in early. However, Chicago Bound changed my life. CB challenged and energized and compelled me so much, I feel like I came out of the week completely reborn. It rewired the way that I think about school, politics, and people. Most importantly, it empowered me to become my best self at a critical point of transition in my life.

I chose Chicago Bound over UChicago Leads mostly because CB had been in operation longer. More importantly, when I emailed the director of UChicago Leads with my questions, they admitted that only CB had the capacity to integrate a focus service based leadership into its programming.

The choice definitely paid off. Qudsiyyah and Liz (who were both in my CB cohort) were a great source of support and inspiration during our successful campaign to be College Council representatives, a leadership role I had previously never imagined for myself.

Chicago Bound’s program structure acknowledges each individual’s unique background, creating an experience that showcases personal talent and cultivates genuine empathy and interest for the issues discussed. Some people fail to discover this sort of passion until far into adulthood. Some people never do. That’s what makes Chicago Bound a once in a lifetime opportunity. If you are on the fence about participating, I urge you to take the leap and take part in this program that simply refuses to disappoint."

07/11/2016

It's not too late to apply for ! You have until midnight central time tonight to complete the app: https://ucsc.uchicago.edu/page/chicago-bound

07/10/2016

TOMORROW is the last day to apply for Chicago Bound 2016!

UChicago alum are pretty amazing, but CB alum are perhaps even more so -- they're incredibly diverse, passionate, and driven -- here's only a tiny fraction of some of the things Chicago Bounders have done and are doing!

Bounders have taken roles as:
--College Council Class Representative (c/o '19, '18, '17)
--Student Government President
--VP of OBS (Organization of Black Students)
--President of Motet Choir
--Member of Women in Public Service Program (WPSP) at the IOP
--House President
--APO Assistant Pledge Master (Alpha Phi Omega, a CSRSO)
--Maroon Key Society member
--cast members in Le Vorris & Vox Circus shows
--founder and owner of a non-profit (Warming the World)
--dancers in UChicago Bangra (UCB)
--leadership in UChicago Climate Action Network (UCAN)
--authors of South Side Weekly pieces
--College Housing Resident Assistants
--recipients of the Davis Project for Peace grant to establish "Ode to the City," which will be orchestrating 40 arts-focused workshops all over the South Side
--co-founder of UChicago Q***r + Asian
--UChicago Tour Guides
--volunteer at Neighborhood Schools Program
--volunteer in Washington Park at Chicago Youth Program (CYP)

They have:
--organized an event on South Asians for Black Lives Matter
--worked on criminal justice reform at Orleans Public Defenders Office and Louisiana Campaign for Equal Justice
--barista'd at almost every student-run coffee shop on campus
--interned at the UCSC
--been UCSC Seeds of Justice and Summer Links participants
--received the Center for Leadership and Involvement Bridge Builder Award
--received grants for the Pozen Center Human Rights Internship Program
--authored pieces in Grey City magazine
--interned at J.P. Morgan, BNP Paribas, The Clinton Foundation, United Airlines

And they represent a plethora of RSOs and organization on campus:
--University Theater
--Fire Escape Films
--UChicago Maya
--African Caribbean Students Association (ACSA)
--Smart Woman Securities
--International Leadership Council
--The Ransom Notes
--Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS)
--Pre-Med Students Association
--University Symphony Orchestra
--University Wind Ensemble
--UC Dems
--Spiritual Life Office
--College Programming Office (CPO)
--COUP (Council on University Programming)
--UChicago Mock Trial
--Chicago Economics Forum

APPLY TO CHICAGO BOUND TODAY! https://ucsc.uchicago.edu/page/chicago-bound

07/09/2016

If you have a passion for social justice and want to learn how to be civically engaged in the Chicago community, make sure you take some time this weekend to apply to Chicago Bound 2016!

Deadline is this Monday, July 11! Let us know if you have any questions!

07/06/2016

ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT to apply for Chicago Bound 2016!

Are you interested in service? Learning more about the city of Chicago? Having discussions about social justice issues? Meeting your classmates a whole week before O-week? Apply to Chicago Bound! Only 40 spots available and the deadline is THIS Monday, July 11. https://ucsc.uchicago.edu/page/chicago-bound

06/27/2016

Hello everyone! Reminder that applications for the 2016 Chicago Bound program are due in ~two weeks~. If you’re wondering about what the program is like, watch this video from ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rMXAJDvcvc

Applications due Monday, July 11 -- apply today at https://ucsc.uchicago.edu/co…/chicago-bound-2016-application

Chicago Bound is a program run jointly by the Institute of Politics and University Community Service Center at the University of Chicago. It gives incoming s...

06/21/2016

Only three weeks left to apply to Chicago Bound 2016! Did you know this pre-orientation program covers ALL living expenses including food (~delicious food~), housing, transportation in the city of Chicago, and more! Thanks to two incredible organizations, the University Community Service Center (UChicago) and The University of Chicago Institute of Politics, we can cultivate an amazing program week!

Application here: https://ucsc.uchicago.edu/co…/chicago-bound-2016-application

05/31/2016

Outgoing Student Government President Tyler Kissinger (CB '12) sat down with the Maroon and reflected on his time at UChicago, giving a shout out to Chicago Bound & the UCSC!

"I wasn’t really that interested in being publicly political, but I’d gotten really involved with the University Community Service Center (UCSC)…. I came from rural North Carolina, [and had] never really been in a city before. I’d never even been to Chicago before I came to move into UChicago; that was my first experience.

I did a lot of programs like Chicago Bound, Seeds of Justice, and then Summer Links at the UCSC. That got me really interested in the way that the school interfaces with community and…being someone from a rural area that had no idea how cities work, that was my initial entryway to the University of Chicago community.

05/19/2016

The Chicago Bound 2016 application for 1st-Years is live! Invite any incoming 1st-years you know to apply for this 7-day (all expenses paid) pre-orientation week program!

Applications are due July 11!

If you have questions about the program, feel free to ask this year's Program Coordinators: Victoria Huang, Sisi Liu, and Katherine Vega

In addition to responding to all of the items below, please write short (250-500 word) essay responses to the following three (3) questions in a separate document. You will be prompted to upload this document in Microsoft Word, PDF, open doc, or text (.txt, .rtf) format at the end of the applicatio...

05/13/2016

UChicago will begin holding African Civ study abroad in Dakar, Senegal starting in Winter 2018 – thanks in no small part to the advocacy of students like Shae Omonijo (CB '14).

Check out Shae's piece, A Case for African Studies, which helped restore Civ offerings on the African continent!

(News on the Senegal African Civ program)

05/12/2016

Bringing back this picture to congratulate Roni Lubofsky (CB '14, GL '15) for being selected as an Assistant Resident Head (RA) for Wendt House and to celebrate Shaila Sundram (CB '13), Skylar Liam Spear (CB '13), and Kiran Misra (CB'13, GL, '14, PC '15) returning to their RA positions in Palmer, Halperin, and Flint Houses next year!

College housing decisions are being released today... However, the incoming Chicago Bound first years are soon to learn what our 83 program alumni already know: no matter what academic year dorm a CB participant is placed in, they will always be a part of Chicago Bound House, Best House!!!