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Issue: Oct. 27, 2008
Calendar of
Events High School Senior Day volunteers needed on Friday, October 31st to have lunch with students, lead campus or lab tours and be visible during departmental fair. If you can volunteer, talk to Julie.Price@colorado.edu or Lauren.Wenner@colorado.edu. SORCE
needs volunteers on Wednesday, October 29th to help out with
the Broncos Kids Boys and Girls club visit. Please email
floresmr@gmail.com with available times that match the following agenda: Help out at the Girl’s Exploring Science Engineering & Technology (GESET) convention on November 5th. For more information, contact Gale.Day@colorado.edu Tour guides needed for the MESA Fall Fling: On November 6th, from 1:30p.m. – 4:30p.m., lead a group of 10 high school students through the Earthquake Engineering Simulation Center, Fiske Astronomy Lab, ITLL, Bold Center (to meet students and staff), the Electronics Center, and the UMC. Even if you can help for a portion of the time, that would be great. Call Gale Day at 303-492-7601 or 720-352-5771 to sign-up. |
WIEP News and Events Dr. Donald Asher on how to “Gain Admission to Highly Competitive Graduate Program”: This lecture is on Wednesday, October 29th from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. in Humanities 150 and is FREE to students and alumni. If you have any questions, contact Ann.Herrmann@colorado.edu.
Departmental Luncheon
Applied Trust Engineering – Interested in what a consulting engineer does? Learn what this entails, explore different career paths and talk one-on-one with IT infrastructure engineers in the field. The company tour and info session starts at 4:00p.m. (Sharp) at 1033 Walnut, Suite 300 (Take the Skip or Hop) on Thursday, November 13th. Please register on CSO under “Career Events” and email Ann.Herrmann@colorado.edu for more information. Taking the FE exam? Practice online for $32.95 only from NCEES. Each purchase includes 60 AM questions + solutions and 30 PM questions + solutions from the discipline of choice. For more information visit http://www.ncees.org/exams/study_materials/diagnostic_exams.php#fe
Internships $3600 paid summer internship for nonprofit or government agencies in Colorado. Visit http://careerservices.colorado.edu/piie.html for more information. Hurry, the deadline to apply is 5p.m. on Friday, October 31st.
Scholarships Hispanic Scholarship Fund giving $1000 - $10,000 awards. Must be a U.S. citizen, have minimum 3.0 GPA, apply for the FAFSA, and have plans to be enrolled full-time for the Fall 2009 semester. Apply online at www.hsf.net Become a Gates Millennium Scholar – Are you a full-time student for Fall 2009, have a minimum GPA of 3.3, and demonstrate leadership skills and financial need? Then apply online at www.gmsp.org for a chance to become one of the 1,000 Gates Scholars selected each year. Women’s Transportation Seminar giving away Scholarships for undergraduates and graduates. If you are female, have at least a GPA of 3.0, are enrolled in a degree program related to transportation and have plans to pursue a career in the field, apply before November 10th at 5:00p.m. There are 3 awards: For undergrads, the Sharon D. Banks Scholarship ($2,000) and the Louise Moritz Leadership Award ($1,000). The Helene Overly Scholarship ($3,000) will be awarded to a graduate student. For more information visit: www.wtscolorado.org. |
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