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Our teacher spotlight for this week is Diane Lang! 

Greetings Cal Teach students! 

My name is Diane Lang and I currently teach EdTech 82 K-8 Teaching and Inquiry-Based Lesson Design in the Science and Mathematics Classroom. 

One piece of advice I have for students who want to be teachers is in addition to content knowledge it is critical that we find common ground to build relationships with our students while creating opportunities for students to build relationships amongst one another. This allows students to rely on one another as part of a strong classroom community that centers collaboration and problem solving.

• Harry S. Truman Scholarship
  • The Harry S. Truman Scholarship provides $30,000 to juniors planning to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in public service. 
    Campus application deadline: January 19, 2023
• Boren Scholarships
  • Funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), provide up to $25,000 to U.S. undergraduates to study abroad for 8–52 weeks in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. 
    Campus application deadline: January 25, 2023
• Beinecke Scholarship 
  • Provides $35,000 ($5,000 prior to graduate study and $15,000 per year) for two years of graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. 
    Campus application deadline: January 27, 2023

Elevate Teaching is running a pilot program to co-design new pathways into teaching.  We’re looking for undergraduate students (Student Advisors) who identify as Black, Latinx or first generation college-going who are considering a career in teaching to partner with us.  The pilot will take place between November 14-30.  Participation benefits include: $200, food and a chance to learn more about career opportunities in teaching. 

Activities include:

• Workshop: A 2 hour workshop on the diversity gap and pathways into teaching (Week of November 14)

• Focus Group: A 2 hour focus group to explore career goals, motivations, and roadblocks for students considering a career in teaching (Week of November 21)

• Design Session: A 2 hour design session to co-create new pathways into teaching for college students of color that honors their lived experiences, builds community, and removes barriers (Week of November 28) 

• Undergraduate Research Assistants- Alison Gopnik's Cognitive Development & Learning Lab 
• Summer 2023 Analyst Interns - Russell Reynolds Associates
• Paid Spring Infrastructure Management Internship with the MANO Project- apply by Dec. 9, 8:59pm 
• Winter Job: Education Facilitator at The Lawrence Hall of Science 
• Research Internship- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
• Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues grad. and undergrad mini-grants
• Center for Race and Gender (independent projects)
• Linguistics Research Apprentice Practicum (LRAP) -- work undergrad student; Fall + Spring deadlines
• 2023 CAPAL Public Service Internship Program- apply by Dec. 8, 8:59pm
• Summer Internship in Microbiology Research- apply by Dec. 31
• Internship with the USDA for Spring 2023 

• Campus Commute Survey- open until Dec. 4 

• Academic Culture Forum - Dec. 1st @5pm in 2040 VLSB