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SCHOLARSHIPS
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RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIPS
Grants
UNDERGRADUATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES
SCHOLARSHIPS
Take the time now to fill out scholarship applications. The time
you take could save you hours spent working an hourly job!
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
Educational Foundation scholarships from $2,000-$5,000. Offered to sophomore and
junior undergraduates and full-or part-time graduate students.
www.afcea.org/education/scholarships
Boulder County Community Action Programs (CAP)
has scholarships available for low-income students living in
Boulder County. Scholarships range from $500-$1,000
www.bouldercountycap.org
The Astronaut Foundation
Scholarship $10,000 Nomination must come from faculty.
Deadline: March 6 Contact
Debroah Viles
viles@colorado.edu
Elevations
Credit Union scholarships for graduating high school seniors and students
already enrolled in a college level program. Deadline is
March, 18.
www.elevationscu.com/life_stages/scholarships/
QuestBridge 10 full scholarships to summer programs at Harvard University,
Stanford University, the University of Notre Dame, and Yale
University. Deadline March 31. www.questbridge.org
Active Learning Award - Graduating Seniors: Deadline April 1
http://engineering.colorado.edu/activelearning/downloads/ALA_application.pdf
Terry Mayes
(303) 735-6446, Administrative area (ECAD 106)
Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association Tony Campman
Scholarship Fund:Applicants pursuing studies in the water environment
profession (e.g., biology, environmental science, engineering
with a strong emphasis in wastewater treatment, water pollution
control, or environmental protection.
Deadline May 1
www.rmwea.org
ASCO Numatics (Emerson Industrial Automation) Scholarships:
Applicants need to have completed sophomore year to apply for
2009-10, have at least a 3.200 GPA, be a US citizen or legal US
resident.
Deadline
June 30
www.asconumatics.com/scholarship
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Scholarship Program
https://www.nrotc.navy.mil/
RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIPS
Internship applications deadlines for Summer 2009 are rapidly
approaching. If you are a current sophomore or junior, think
strongly about your interests and explore some opportunities on
line to submit applications for this Summer.
Internships at CU Boulder:
Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART)
http://www.colorado.edu/graduateschool/DiversityIntiiative/undergraduateResearch.html#summer
Behavior, Ecology & Evolution
http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/EEBprojects/reu/
Environmental Fluids: Science, Assessment & Treatment
http://spot.colorado.edu/~bielefel/REU.html
Functional Materials Science & Engineering
www.colorado.edu/che/reu/
Department of Physics & JILA
www.colorado.edu/physics/Web/reu/index.html
Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research & Science
(SOARS)
www.soars.ucar.edu/
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Eligible majors:
physics, materials science, chemistry, math, computer science or
engineering.
http://SURF.Boulder.NIST.gov
Northrop Grumman
Engineering Intern 6 openings Requisition Number: 74465
Program covers a broad range of assignments: Systems engineering
- requirements development, architecture design, h/w design and
implementation; Test and integration - of software and software
components; Software development - design and code using c/c++
and software development tools
www.careers.northorpgrumman.com
Recruiting Day Engineering Specialists: Fishery/WIldllife
Biologists
Denver Federal Building 56 March 6. RSVP by March 4 Judy Foy
303-445-2654
www.usbr.gov
www.usEmma L. Bowmen Foundation for Minority Students
High school senior or college freshman. 5 year program
rita.torres@mptp.com
Denver Foundation
Internship for undergraduate students.
http://www.denverfoundation.org/page10001707.cfm
Genome Center at Washington University-St. Louis
Open to US citizens or permanent residents. Research programs
for sophomores - seniors and recent college graduates.
Contact Cerilynn Shadding, Ph. D.
cshaddin@genome.wustl.edu
http://genome.wustl.edu/outreach.cgi
Hope College
10 week program, $4000 and 100% housing subsidy, travel
reimbursement. Must be a US citizen. Women and under represented
minorities encouraged to apply.http://sharp.hope.edu
or
chemreu@hope.edu
National Science Foundation (NSF) Science & Technology Centers:
Undergraduates conduct research in a "graduate school" setting
in the following fields: biological sciences, computer and
information sciences, engineering, geosciences, and
mathematical and physical sciences.
www.nsfstc.org.
Dartmouth Research Experience for Undergraduates, focused
on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for physics, engineering or
chemistry students. Click on the Summer Programs link at
http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/nanomaterials.
UMass Amherst Undergraduate Research
in Nanotechnology is looking for bright students from diverse
backgrounds interested in a Ph.D. in science or engineering.
Deadline is February 29th.
www.umass.edu/massnanotech/SURE2008.htm.
Summer Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, Integrated
Bioengineering Research, Education and Outreach Opportunities
funded by National Science Foundation. :
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/BME/Research/reu.html
MIT Materials Processing Center and Center for Materials
Science and Engineering
June 7 - August 8, 2009 $5700 stipend plus travel expenses.
Open to US citizens or permanent residents and are entering
their junior or senior year 2009. Contact:
http://mpc-web.mit.edu
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Work
on problems related to National Security focusing on research
and development supported by a broad base in advanced
electronics. Click on the information link at:
http://www.ll.mit.edu/college/summerproam.html
Master's Fellowship Program
openings that have been posted on the Sandia National
Laboratories website:
http://www.sandia.gov/employment/career-opp/index.html.
Provides graduating minority students a fellowship to obtain a
Master's degree in a science, engineering or math discipline -
including full tuition
and related costs, stipend and relocation expense.
Internships at Colorado State University:
Science, Math and Engineering
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~agep
Science, Math and Engineering
www.mcnair.colostate.edu
Extreme Ultraviolet Engineering Research Center (EUV ERC)
www.engr.colostate.edu/ece/www_research/reu.shtml
Summer Program in Molecular Biosciences
www.bmb.colostate.edu/reu.cfm
Medical Sciences
www.biology.colostate.edu/Undergraduate/minoritytraininginfo.html
Materials Chemistry Research
http://franklin.chm.colostate.edu/nel/REU
Summer Program on Mind & Brain
www.reu.colostate.edu/reu/index.htm
ASSURE: Program in Water Research
http://waterreu.colostate.edu/
Shortgrass Steppe (SGS) Long-term Ecological Research (LTER)
http://sgs.cnr.colostate.edu/EDWeb/EdREU/reu.htm
FEScUE Interdisciplinary Research
www.fescue.colostate.edu/
Grants
Sun Change Your World Grant Program
http://www.sun.com/solutions/landing/industry/education/sgp.xml
piloting an Equipment donation program for students
interested in using Sun Hardware for projects they may have.
Students will need a faculty member to support their
application.
CU Career Services link:
http://careerservices.colorado.edu/public.cs?internships
Whitney’s Availability for Students for Spring 2009:
To Make an Appointment call 492-6541
Engineering - ECCE 100/BOLD Center:
Tuesday 9am-12pm & 1:30-4:00pm (by Appointment)
Wednesday 1:30-4pm (Walk-In)
UNDERGRADUATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES
DCMA Electronics Engineer
Lockheed Marin Campus, Littleton Graduates and Seniors
graduating Spring 2009 position # 0855 Deadline March 16
position# 0854 open until May 2010
Carissa Carter
The LASP Space Flight Operations Team has opportunities for
undergraduate employment as Command Controllers. Candidates
would start May 25th, 2008 and employment would continue through
subsequent school years. The position requires a commitment of
40 hours a week during the first summer for training and 20
hours during the school year. Students with four semesters left
in their education will be recruited from all disciplines.
Please see the ad at:
http://lasp.colorado.edu/employment/
OPPORTUNITIES
Yoga and Dance with Shelly
Miller Tuesday, March 3 in the DLC Bechtel Conference Room 5:30
- 6:30 PM
In this class, we will explore how different forms of movement,
including 5Rhythms™ dance and yoga, can bring us to a place of
inner awareness, a feeling of less stress, and a calmer mind.
This type of practice can help you stay healthy, improve your
ability to concentrate, and be in tune with present emotions.
Shelly Miller is a trained fitness and dance teacher and has
taught a variety of movement classes for over 13 years. She is a
devoted yogi and dancer of the 5Rhythms™. Shelly Miller is an
environmental and Mechanical engineering professor at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, where she teaches and mentors
students.
Accenture Women's Networking Forum
Leading management consulting, technology services and
outsourcing companies hosting a Women's Networking Forum for
junior and senior female students in Denver.
www.accenture.com/womensnetworking
American Society for Engineering Education: Chemical
Engineers
http://www.asee-ched.org/
Call For Judges ! MESA Competitions
Thursday, April 9 Colorado School of Mines 7 am - 2 pm High School Engineering
and Science Jamboree, June 25 - 28 University of Colorado Denver
- National competition for middle and high school team state
champions. please contact Victor Vialpando at
victor.vialpando@ucdenver.edu
or by phone at 303.352.3869 or Gale Day at 720.352.5771
Volunteer for Girl Scout Outreach contact
cugirlscouts@gmail.com if you would like to help with their
upcoming events.
Drop in Tutoring
is provided (free) to all CEAS students in need of one-to-one or
small group tutoring for Calculus I, II, III, Differential
Equations, and CHEN 1211 through the Student Success Center
located in the BOLD Center (ECCE 100). Sundays from 5:00 pm –
8:00 pm , Monday through Thursday from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm.
Study Sessions for sophomore technical
courses. New this semester.
Sundays, 5-8:00 p.m. Materials & Energy Balances, Mondays 5-7:00
p.m. Circuits, Wednesdays 5-7:00 p.m. Computing, Time - TBA --
Organic Chemistry
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Spring 2009
Calendar of Events
March 3
Yoga and Dance with
Shelly Miller
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Bechtel Conf. Rm, DLC
March 4
Networking Night
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Aspen Room
March 5
Mastering Interviews
5:00 - 6:30 pm
ECCR 200
March 6
Luncheon: CBEN, CHEN, ECEN, EEN, CSEN, OPEN
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
DLC Collaboratory
March 6
& 13
Admissions Student for a Day Tour
2:15 pm
Engineering Lobby
March 24
- 27
Spring Break
April 15
Just in Time Hiring & Internship Fair
10:00 - 3:00 pm
UMC Ballroom & Rm 235
April 16
Job Search Strategies Panel: Chance to ask questions from large
company recruiters
5:00 - 6:30 pm
ECCR 200
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