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Get Elon Musk to CU! New Opportunities!
Energy Talks Friday @ noon in Gold A2B70!

The CU Energy Club recently reached out to Elon Musk inviting him to speak at Energy Frontiers 2015, our annual energy conference that is held in the spring. We sent a formal letter followed by an email, but now we need YOUR help to get Elon's attention via a Twitter campaign! See the instructions below! We also have some new opportunities announced in this email, so check them out below. Also remember that Energy Talks is Friday at Noon, as always, free Half-Fast Subs!

Elon Musk Twitter Campaign:

We need your help to get Elon Musk to CU by tweeting him
- Get on twitter and tweet to @elonmusk with hashtag #CUwantsElon
(Make sure you use the hashtag, as it will represent the student interest)
- Note you may also send the tweet to us as well @CUenergy
- Make sure your tweet is polite and states we want him to come to CU!
- Here is an example tweet you could use:
I would love @elonmusk to speak at Energy Frontiers 2015 with @CUEnergy this spring! Students are excited. #CUwantsElon

If you want to find out more about Elon Musk you can watch this brief video clip HERE or watch his TED talk HERE.

Upcoming Events

All of our events can be found on our calendar, but here is a brief list of our upcoming events:

10/24- Energy Talks- Energy Subsidies
12-1pm, GOLD A2B70 (Directions)
More info HERE. As always, we will provide FREE Half-Fast Subs!

10/24- Energy Talks- CSP (Concentrated Solar Power)
12-1pm, GOLD A2B70 (Directions)
More info HERE. As always, we will provide FREE Half-Fast Subs!

11/03- General Monthly Meeting- Bill Hargett, Skyfuels
5pm, Koelbel S127
Bill Hargett of Skyfuels will be talking about concentrated solar thermal and some of the recent projects that Skyfuels have been working on. As always, we will provide FREE Cosmos pizza!

Get More Involved

Join a Subcommittee! Help make the magic happen by joining one of the subcommittees:

Street team (Advertising Subcommittee)
Events Subcommittee
Corporate Outreach Subcommittee

Vote on Energy Talks topics or sign up to lead a talk!
Want to have a say in the topics for Energy Talks? Interested in leading an Energy Talks session? Take a minute to fill out the Energy Talks form!

Don't miss an event!
Import our Google Calendar to stay updated with our official events! Simply go to our Calendar Webpage and click the '+Google Calendar' in the bottom right hand corner!

When should we hold events?
The Energy Club wants to make sure that as many people as are interested can attend our events. If you want to make sure the events we plan work with your schedule, please fill out this form. Thanks!

Opportunities

Society of Petroleum Engineers Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental Student Challenge

We are pleased to invite University of Colorado Boulder to participate in the first‐ever Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental (HSSE) Student Challenge presented by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)! The event will be held outside Denver, Colorado in association with the March 2015 E&P Health, Safety, Security, and Environmental Conference – Americas.

This year we are seeking undergraduate student participants only. If you are interested in being a team captain or participant in this event and representing CU Energy and CU Boulder, please email CUenergy@colorado.edu with subject line HSSE Student Challenge by the end of the day this Thursday 10/23.

More info and signup form available HERE

NREL Industry Growth Forum
Hello CU Energy Club Members,
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is hosting our annual Industry Growth Forum. It’s a premier clean tech startup event hosted October 28-29th this year. Investors, government members, corporations, and startup companies will all be attending.
We are looking for volunteers to help manage this event. College students with an interest in clean tech energy are preferred. Volunteers will be able to participate when their schedule permits.
As an additional benefit, we encourage students to network with professionals during this event. Any fees for participating will be comped for you.
Thanks,
Christopher Carter
Industry Growth Forum
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Christopher.carter@nrel.gov

ORAU Opportunity: Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship

ORAU is pleased to provide the information below regarding an opportunity available to all institutions. This notice is a service to ORAU Sponsoring and Associate Institutions. Please forward within your institution and broadly to colleagues as you feel appropriate.

The Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program provides students with an opportunity to gain and develop research skills with the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy for 10 weeks over the summer. For 20 years, this program has increased awareness of DOE research opportunities to students pursuing STEM degrees (short for science, technology, engineering and math). The goal of the program is to improve opportunities for women and minority students in these fields, however all eligible candidates are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time in an accredited college or university (sophomore or higher) or had a Ph.D. conferred on or after January 2, 2014; have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; be a U.S. citizen; and be at least 18 years of age. The deadline to apply is January 2, 2015.

For more information, visit http://orise.orau.gov/mlef/ or contact Leslie Fox, Leslie.Fox@orau.org, (865) 241-3319.

ORAU, University Partnerships Office, university.partnerships@orau.org www.orau.org

Website, Calendar, and Jobs Board

We have done a re-design of our website and have moved our calendar and jobs board to a new platform through EnergyFolks. When you visit our website, feel free to sign into EnergyFolks in the top left corner of the page using your LinkedIn account (remember to join the CU Energy network when you edit your EnergyFolks profile). The EnergyFolks platform allows anyone to submit events or jobs directly through the respective website pages, even if you don't sign in!
To submit an event or job/internship, simply go to the respective page and click 'Post New Event' or 'Post New Job'. Fill in all the details in the pop-up window and specify whether you want the posting to be broadcast to all the EnergyFolks networks (internationally) or if you want it to only appear on the CU Energy Club webpage!
Note: Let us know if you have any issues using this new interface.

New Partnership!

The CU Energy Club has partnered with Student Energy! One benefit of membership with Student Energy is a discount for students to become members, from $19 to $9 annually by using the promo code "CUenergy".
More information about our partnerships with this organization will be coming soon! Learn more about Student Energy now by clicking on the link above.

Contact Us

The CU Energy Club values your feedback and is open to your ideas about potential speakers or partnering on events. We are committed to offering free and non-partisan programs that are accessible to students with various backgrounds.

The CU Energy Club is the student alliance of RASEI, the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, which is a joint collaboration between CU and NREL. Click the logo on the left to learn more about RASEI, who offers energy seminars, an undergraduate and graduate Energy Certificate Program, and more!

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