People

This office provides administrative services to departments, programs, centers, and students in the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, as well as to students from other departments who are enrolled in classes taught by SLCL faculty and teaching assistants.

Undergraduate student services

  • Primary contact for inquiries from prospective/current undergraduate students
  • Primary SLCL undergraduate liaison with LAS and other departmental advisors
  • Primary contact for SLCL faculty and staff and campus personnel in regard to undergraduate student services
  • Coordinator of appointments for students with assigned academic advisors
  • Primary contact for undergraduate foreign language placement/proficiency campus-wide exams
  • Primary contact for Frances Scheidel Scholarship process
  • Participates in the maintenance and archival of undergraduate student records

Graduate student services

  • Admits new and matriculating graduate students
  • Facilitates written and oral exams, including prelims and dissertation/thesis defenses
  • Communicates academic regulations, processes, and deadlines to students and faculty
  • Processes graduate petitions, degree certifications, dissertation/thesis deposits, and fellowships
  • Serves as primary graduate liaison with the Graduate College and the Office of the Registrar
  • Primarily responsible for maintenance and archival of graduate student records
  • Maintains list of departmental directors of graduate studies (DGSs) 
Contact information
Undergraduate Student Services Office
3070 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
slclundergradservices@illinois.edu
(217) 244-2725		 Graduate Student Services Office
3070 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
707 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
slclgradservices@illinois.edu
(217) 244-5783
Robb Larson

Robb Larson
Office manager
3070B Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
(217) 244-5783 | rolarso@illinois.edu

 

Jessy Ruddell

Jessy Ruddell
Office support specialist
3070 Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
(217) 244-9418 | jruddell@illinois.edu

Lynn Stanke

Lynn Stanke
Admissions and records officer
3070C Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building
(217) 333-6269 | stanke@illinois.edu