Opportunities
Be a Mentor in the ReNew Our Schools Competition
The St. Vrain Valley School District is running a competition and needs Mentors. If you would like to be involved in the competition, please sign up HERE. Invite others to participate by forwardingthe link to sign-up.
One of the most successful components of the program is providing each school with a Mentor - a professional expert, motivated or knowledgeable student or any other individual who feels they can contribute to this important cause! Mentors help the school conduct energy audits, identify measures to reduce electricity consumption and come up with fun and effective tactics to engage the community.
In past years, Mentors have been a hugely positive experience. Working with students of all ages, Mentors have the opportunity to serve as role models and encourage students to pursue careers in the energy and sustainability field.
The competition runs: February 2-27th, 2015.
Orientation: January 13th, 4-6 pm, 395 S. Pratt Parkway, Longmont (training, materials, meet your school sponsors, dinner!)
Expectations: A minimum of 1 school visit (obviously the more the better!), email/phone assistance, help schools with measures, resources, toolkits.
Sign up if you're interested.
DoE Wind Program Announces New Round of Funding for Collegiate Wind Competition
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory today issued a Request for Proposals seeking teams of students to participate in the 2016 U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition.
First held in 2014 at the American Wind Energy Association Annual Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, the Collegiate Wind Competition challenges teams to design and construct a wind-driven power system, develop a business plan to market their product, and demonstrate their knowledge of current and emerging issues facing the wind industry. This multidisciplinary Competition brings together students in the fields of engineering, business, marketing, communications, policy, and the social sciences, for the purpose of engaging our country's future workforce in the wind industry. The Competition is open to undergraduate students from two- and four-year institutions of higher education.
Central to the theme of the 2016 Competition is an overall mechanical and aerodynamic design that allows for the safe and efficient control of the power system throughout testing in the Competition wind tunnel. While the electricity produced by each team's device will be uniformly measured, each team may visually represent the power being generated by its turbine through a creative mechanism of its choosing.
Students develop their project throughout the academic year and come together in the spring to compete in three multi-faceted contests. The technical element of the Competition requires teams to design and build a wind turbine, and test the turbine against pre-determined criteria in an on-site wind tunnel. The second element of the Competition is the creation and presentation of a business plan that will be used to market each team's wind power system. Teams will present their business plans to a panel of judges and a public audience. The third element of the Competition aims to familiarize students with the siting, permitting, and planning process associated with the deployment of wind power systems. Teams will identify an installation site for their power system and develop a plan to install their system, taking into account siting constraints while developing innovative solutions to typical installation challenges. Winning teams in each contest receive awards, and the team with the best overall score will have its wind-driven power system displayed at DOE headquarters in Washington, D.C.
This competition is an opportunity for collegiate institutions to showcase their students' ingenuity and the programs that they represent. In addition, the Competition enables DOE to support institutions that incorporate renewable energy education into their curricula, supporting the nation's future wind energy workforce.
The Request for Proposals is available on the Federal Business Opportunities website, solicitation number RFC-5-52004. Proposals are due December 15, 2014.
More info available HERE.
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
Teach For America
NEXT Application Deadline: Friday, December 5th – Fall Break – a perfect time to work on your Teach For America application!
(Full salary up to $50,000 and benefits. Federal student loans deferred. ALL majors and career backgrounds.)
Education transforms lives. All kids can succeed when they get a great education.
Educational opportunities should not be determined by your family’s income or the neighborhood in which you live. That’s why Teach For America is growing the force of leaders committed to ensuring that all kids have an education that expands their opportunities and gives them more choices in life. Leadership through TFA begins in the classroom, where corps members spend at least two years in low-income communities teaching students and helping them reach their full potential. Through teaching, they develop the skills, mindsets, and relationships necessary to become lifelong advocates for students and join a nationwide network of change-makers.
This year, 11,000 corps members are teaching in 50 regions across the country, while nearly 37,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the changes necessary to make a great education a reality for all.
You have the power to help kids get a great education that will give them choices in life. Apply to the 2015 Teach For America corps.
To learn more, visit www.teachforamerica.org.
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