This week in HES...
HES Graduate School Series: Professor Panel
02/27/19 Wed. in 290 Hearst Mining from 6-8pm
Come get to know Professors from a variety of fields in STEM! The participating professors are:
Data Science: Fernando Perez
Computer Science: Joey Gonzalez
Mechanical Engineering: Carlos Fernandez-Pello
Civil Engineering: Scott Moura
MSE/Physics: Robert Birgeneau
Suggestions for Anonymous Questions
Autodesk Lunch InfoSession
02/28/19 Thur. in 310 Soda from 12-1:30pm
Meet professionals at Autodesk for Lunch and an Infosession! Get to know Autodesk, and what they offer.
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HES Updates
Pi Day Volunteering
Malcolm X Elementary needs a panel of UC students to come talk about the experiences and support that made them decide to pursue STEM degrees with parents, teachers, & students on March 14th from 6-8pm. Interested? Email: malmaraz14@berkeley.edu
Inclusivity Toolkit
During the Latinx Town Hall we talked of developing a “Toolkit for Creating Inclusive Classrooms” . This toolkit is to be integrated into trainings for UGSIs, GSIs, and faculty. If you're comfortable sharing, we ask that you fill out the anonymous form with any experienced you've had with university UGSIs, GSIs, staff, or faculty that demonstrates exclusionary behavior, poor classroom management, or any other discouraging behavior.
Not on our list-serve(separate from newsletter) Join HERE
Not on SLACK Join HERE
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Launchathon
Launchathon is a two-day (March 16-17) on-campus event where students will get to work directly with a startup team in developing a software product, business/marketing plan, or promotional/media content. Hosted by UC Berkeley’s LAUNCH Startup Accelerator program, you will work directly with a startup on a project and present your results at the end in a contest to win prizes ($500 top prize for each category). Depending on your skill set, we will match you with a startup who needs your skills the most, whether it be app software development or graphic design.
Free meals, snacks and drinks provided
Apply
Deadline: March 3rd |
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LOFT Fellowship
Fellowship Components
The Fellowship consists of five 1-hour meetings with a mentor (virtual or in person), participation in the Harvard-certified ExxonMobil mentee program (on-line), curriculum to introduce Fellows to ExxonMobil and career opportunities, and a $1,000 educational grant. There exists the possibility to interview for ExxonMobil positions (internships/full-time) upon successful completion of the Fellowship.
Fellowship Requirements
Open to freshman, sophomores, and juniors.
Applicants with priority: CivE, ChemE, EECS, EE, Geoscience, Material Science, MechE
Other Requirements:
Must plan to pursue a career in the fields/majors listed above
GPA of 3.5 or higher
Be a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States with a valid SSN at the time of application. All legal permanent residents must submit a copy of their
valid permanent resident card or passport stamped I-551 (not expired).
Apply
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NSF Research Experience for Undergrads (REU)
Cyberinfrastructure Research 4 Social Change
June 1 - August 3, 2019 @ UT Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center
The enriching and transformative experience at a world-class supercomputing center includes:
- Training in High Performance Computing, visualization, and data intensive computing
- Multidisciplinary research projects across engineering, science, and computational medicine
- Mentoring by researchers at UT, Austin
Participants receive a $4,500 stipend along with housing, a meal card, and paid travel.
More Info
Apply before Monday, April 1st, 11:59 CST
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Latinx in Grad School Mixer
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Workshops
EOP Beyond Berkeley Workshop Series
info
Funding Grad School Workshop
March 13th 6:30-8pm
Multicultural Community Center(MCC in 2nd floor MLK) |
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MEDLIFE
MEDLIFE is doing amazing things in Peru. Communities that we started working with nearly 10 years ago are now officially recognized by the government with proper land titles, and have access to better and safer electricity, hygiene, etc. MEDLIFE continues to work on projects year round, as listed above. These include building new community infrastructure, retaining walls, hygiene stations, etc. We really need the help of engineers such as those in HES as the number of projects that we have is beginning to overwhelm our existing engineering team in Peru.
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Central Valley Outreach
At last week's Town Hall meeting we mentioned outreach to the Central Valley as an initiative that Engineering Student Services is leading. We are specifically interested in connecting with high school students and teachers as well as community college students and teachers from the Central Valley (Fresno, Bakersfield, Kern County).
Please let your HES members know about this and if they are interested in helping out or have ideas to contact me.
Since some students may be planning to head back home during the break we have set aside some funding for travel for students that might be interested in helping out with this initiative.
Tiffany Shaleen Reardon
Associate Director for Engineering Excellence Programs
Treardon@berkeley.edu
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1st Gen Career Conference
2019 First Generation Career Conference , will take place on March 1 at 1:00-6:00 PM at the Career Center!
This event will bring together students, staff, and industry professionals to discuss topics around career development and issues facing first-generation students. This conference is a great way for first-generation students to discuss shared experiences, learn more about career development (on topics such as mentorship, personal branding, networking, and more) and connect with professionals across many industries. We will kick off the conference with a dynamic keynote speech followed by concurrent workshops presented by employers and campus partners, and a networking session for students to informally meet alumni and professionals across industries.
Agenda:
1:00-1:10pm Opening
1:10-1:50pm Keynote Speaker
2:00-2:50pm Workshop #1
3:00-3:50pm Workshop #2
4:00-4:30pm Break/Activity
4:30-5:30pm Networking Session
5:30-5:40pm Closing
5:40-6:00pm Informal Conversations (optional)
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Fill out this form to nominate someone (it can be yourself) for HES Star. The accomplishments can range from getting into graduate school, getting a research position, internship, job, building something, cooking for the first time, increasing the amount of weight you squat or lift... you name it.
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