Sponsored Projects Services is looking for a student, preferably freshman, and who is available to work most of the summer. Job duties would include: filing, correspondence and various clerical duties, data entry, etc. We are looking for someone with a good knowledge in excel and word, also with accurate typing skills. If you are interested please email resumes to Kimberly Burns at kburns@business.buffalo.edu
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is pleased to announce a new undergraduate scholarship opportunity for Summer 2007. With a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, SEASSI will offer 20 scholarships to undergraduates to attend SEASSI 2007, an intensive summer language program offering instruction in nine languages of
Southeast Asia: Burmese, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, and Vietnamese. Summer 2007 program will be held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus; program dates are June 18 through August 10, 2007. Students receive two semesters of academic credit for language study at SEASSI. The scholarship provides payment of tuition, fees, and an $1,800 living stipend for the 8-week SEASSI program. A very modest travel supplement, ranging from $0 to $200 depending on the student’s travel expenses, may also be included in the scholarship. By funding intensive Southeast Asian language study for top academic undergraduate students, these awards are meant to strengthen the U.S. national capacity for Southeast Asia area specialists, and foster the development of new scholars in Southeast Asian studies.
The application deadline for the SEASSI Undergraduate Scholars competition is April 16, 2007. Award announcements will be made by May 1, 2007. Application and program information are available from:
http://seassi.wisc.edu
The Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has established the CAS Study Abroad Scholarship to encourage undergraduate students who are majors in the College, to pursue an opportunity to study abroad. The scholarship amount varies from a minimum of $500 to a maximum of a $1,000 depending on availability of funds and the number of applicants. The scholarship is awarded annually, and it is administered by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.
http://www.cas.buffalo.edu/for-students/study-abroad.html
Application deadline is Friday, April 13, 2007. Each year there are approximately 14 fellowships awarded.
All Senate fellowships are on-site in Albany, New York. Fellowships are not financial aid for academic work, on-campus or classroom study. Housing in Albany is the responsibility of the Fellow.
A Grant-in-Study Stipend is awarded — $32,000 — distributed in biweekly installments prorated from the first day to the last day of enrollment. Some benefit options are available (health, dental, vision, life insurance and the retirement program).
Applications from a wide range of interests and disciplines are welcome and encouraged. Training in the history/politics/government of New York is not required. Placements are usually to the office of an elected Member of the Senate.
While Fellows are not Senate employees, after the programs end, Fellows may sometimes be hired to full employee status in the Senate. A great number of former Fellows are today employees of the Senate, the Assembly, and the Executive Chamber, agencies, associations, and lobbying firms.
For more information visit
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/StudentPrograms.nsf/Public_index?openform
Posted by jdudek on March 7, 2007 in Uncategorized
Southern Utah University is proud to host the first NCHC Partners in the Park seminar. We are inviting Honors faculty/students from across the country to join us in exploring southern Utah’ s amazing red rock country. For one exciting week, May 11-17, 2007, the canyons, mountains, and forests of scenic southern Utah become our classroom as we take the NCHC Place As Text program into the wild. This Partners in the Parks seminar will be a fun, non-credit bearing, experiential learning activity. Outdoor learning is a hallmark of the SUU Honors Program and the seminar director has over 10 years of experience organizing and leading outdoor/wilderness classes. We hope that you will join us for an Honors experience you will never forget. For more information visit the Web site at: http://www.suu.edu/honors/parks/
Posted by jdudek on March 7, 2007 in Internships
The Politics & Journalism Semester is a program of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism. The Center brings thirteen college student journalists, whose career goal is political reporting, to Washington each semester. Students learn about campaign, governance and interest group politics in twice-weekly seminars, featuring political consultants and operatives, elected and party officials, and national political journalists. They receive practical experience and exposure to national politics as reporting interns in major Washington news. For more information and an application visit www.wcpj.org Applications are due April 6th.
USAB, the University Student Alumni Board, the Student Affiliate of the UB Alumni Association, seeks to encourage lifelong student/alumni participation in the University at Buffalo by involving students in traditional programs, spirit activities and programs which promote UB pride while they are undergraduates. USAB works to connect alumni and students for career advancement and to recognize volunteer and leadership efforts in support of the University. USAB is the student affiliate of the UB Alumni Association, a volunteer-led international organization that provides ongoing service to alumni and a focus of alumni support for, and service to, the University at Buffalo, its students, faculty and work staff. USAB sponsors a variety of events in support of the university. Active participants develop leadership and organizational skills as well as a valuable understanding of university life. In the process of serving the university, its students and alumni, critical network are naturally cultivated- as an added benefit of membership.Â
For information on getting involved with USAB, visit their website at http://alumni.buffalo.edu/usab/index.php
Posted by jdudek on March 7, 2007 in Internships
The InnoVision Basic and Applied Research Office of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is looking to select undergraduate, Masters or Ph.D. academic interns to provide technical support for Office research and development activities. The Office performs work in three general areas: remote sensing, geodesy and geophysics, geospatial analytic techniques. These include work in automated image analysis, spectral exploitation, gravitational and geomagnetic modeling, subsurface geophysical sensor applications, human computer interfaces, neuroscience, information technology and other related subjects. Academic interns will assist with testing algorithms, evaluating and developing analytical techniques, analyzing data and physical models, and other R&D work commensurate with the intern’s background and experience. Academic interns will have the opportunity to work with NGA data, with NGA scientists and other outstanding scientists working in the NGA environment, and with NGA analysts.
For more information, visit
http://orise.orau.gov/sep/needs/files/NGA-2007-02.pdf
Posted by jdudek on March 7, 2007 in Study Abroad
The University of Arizona has partnered with the Center for Mesoamerican Research (CIRMA) in Antigua, Guatemala, to offer a summer and semester study abroad program for undergraduate honors students.
This an academically rigorous program, with many opportunities for honors students to interact with Central American researchers and activists and engage in co-curricular activities in Guatemala. CIRMA is Central America’s premier social science center, with an extensive research library and opportunities for students to conduct independent research.
CIRMA offers personalized classes taught by Central American scholars. Classes are offered in anthropology, archeology, history, literature, and politics, as well as Spanish and Mayan languages. The program includes field trips and a colloquium series, as well as internship and volunteer opportunities.
Classes can be taken for undergraduate or undergraduate honors credit, and sometimes for graduate credit. Students receive a University of Arizona transcript, so credits are fairly easy to transfer.
More information about this program can be found at
http://studyabroad.arizona.edu/display_program.php?id=76
Posted by jdudek on March 7, 2007 in Internships
Student Advising Services (SAS) has created a new Peer Assistant Program to begin in Fall 2007 and we are looking for interested and eligible students to apply! For more information, students are encouraged to visit our Peer Assistant web site at http://sas.buffalo.edu/peer/index.php.Â
DEADLINE:
The deadline to apply for the Peer Assistant Program is Monday, April 2, 2007. Eligible students are asked to please print and complete the Peer Assistant Application (at http://sas.buffalo.edu/pdfs/peer_asst_application.pdf) and include two letters of recommendation.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Questions and submission materials can be addressed to Lisa H. Tuyn (lhackett@buffalo.edu) or Lia Hallett (hallettl@buffalo.edu) of Student Advising Services at 645-6013 or 109 Norton Hall.
