The University at Buffalo self-nomination deadline for Nationally Competitive Fellowships and Scholarships is Thursday, October 1, 2009. Students interested in the awards listed should submit the following information to the University Honors College office (214 Talbert Hall) by 4:30p.m. Thursday, October 1, 2009:
- a resume highlighting career goals, leadership positions, and awards received.
- a personal statement discussing professional aspirations; outline important skills and insights acquired through studies, research, co-curricular, and non-academic experiences; highlight strengths or most significant accomplishments in academic, creative and extracurricular endeavors; discuss any major challenges encountered and how they were dealt.
From this information, the University Fellowship and Scholarship Nominations Committee will select the UB student nominees by early November.
For more information plesase consult the following: self-nomination-deadline-note_f2009
Posted by Jessica on September 28, 2009 in Academics, Internships
This spring: January 13 – May 1, 2010
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
www.DCinternships.org/CS
EARLY DEADLINE – OCTOBER 1, 2009
**SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP CONSIDERATION FOR NCHC HONORS STUDENTS**
Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies in partnership with Georgetown University, Capital Semester combines substantive internships, rigorous courses for academic credit, career development activities, exclusive briefings and lectures led by prominent policy experts.
EARLY DEADLINE – 5% DISCOUNT
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the Final Deadline of November 1, 2009. Students are encouraged to apply for the early deadline of October 1, 2009 to receive a 5% discount on their tuition balance as well as priority internship placement.
PRIORITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Students from NCHC honors programs will be given priority in scholarship awards from our general scholarship fund. Honors students should indicate on their application materials that they are a member of an honors program and list their honors activities on their resume.
- Internships – Competitive placements with top sites in D.C.
- Classes – 12 transferable credits in political science and economics from Georgetown University
- Housing – Roommate matching and furnished apartments on Capitol Hill
- Guest Lectures – Featuring prominent government officials and policy experts
- Site Briefings – At the World, State Department, Capitol Hill and Federal Reserve
- Leadership & Professional Development – Leadership, mentoring and career building activities
- Networking – Interaction with seasoned professionals and student leaders from around the world
- Scholarships – Over half of all students receive full or partial funding based on merit and financial need
Internship placements are available in the following subject areas:
- Politics, Public Policy and International Affairs
- Journalism, Communications and Public Relations
- Corporate Business and Government Affairs
- Nonprofit Sector and Community Service
For more information and an online application, please visit our website www.DCinternships.org/CS or contact Dana Faught, Recruitment and Admissions Coordinator, at admissions@tfas.org or 202.986.0384.
Please visit this website to request an informational brochure: https://www.dcinternships.org/tfas/brochure/index.asp
WORKSHOP: FUNDING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Date: Thursday October 1, 2009 @ 3:30-4:30 PM
Location: 12 Capen Hall
Hosted by: Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities
Money is available to students wishing to fund their research projects and creative endeavors, come and learn the in’s and out’s of grant proposals-federal funding and UB support for your project.
For more information to register for this event, please visit: http://workshops.buffalo.edu
Thesis Writing Workshop
Friday, October 16th
4:00p.m.
212 Talbert Hall
Dr. Robert Daly, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the English department will be hosting a thesis writing workshop for students of all majors in the Honors College. Whether you are choosing a topic (or just thinking about attempting a thesis), or well into your project, this workshop is for you! Dr. Daly will be sharing tips and insights into the process of writing a thesis as well as answering your questions.
If you are interesting in attending this workshop, pleased contact Karyn St. George at kcs9@buffalo.edu by Wednesday, October 14, 2009.
A former Honors College student, Hannah Dobbs, has just completed her first documentary “Shelter: A Squatumentary” and we have been fortunate enough that she will be making a stop here at UB on her national promotional tour.
The screening will be on Monday, October 5th and start at 5:10 in Talbert 212, the Honors Seminar room. The screening will last about 60 minutes and Hannah will then lead a discussion about the topics raised in the film for an additional 45 minutes to an hour.
Space is limited to 20 people so if you would like to attend please RSVP to Nigel at nmarrine@buffalo.edu to reserve a space. Food and beverages will be provided.
A summary for her film is as follows: “In economically turbulent times, rent and home-ownership have become unaffordable at best and impossible at worst. Thus, people all over the world continue a long tradition of reclaiming this basic human right by squatting. Shelter: a Squatumentary is a documentary film that explores the squatting movement in the East Bay from 2004 to 2007. We follow three examples of the struggle for housing in an unaffordable marketplace such as the San Francisco Bay Area. Hellarity House, Banana House, and Power Machine are stories of squatters who have found one tentative solution to the ongoing housing crisis.”
To view the trailer go to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488083/
Here is some more information from Hannah: “I finished the Advanced Honors Program in December 2008, and I have spent most of my time since promoting this documentary. The film took over three years to finish on a zero-dollar budget. We completed it in 2007, and now that I have graduated, I finally have time to show it to the world. Our group is currently working on another documentary that looks more deeply into property law and its intersections with the squatting movement. If we’re lucky, this time we’ll have a budget!”
***Are you interested in psychology?
***Do you want to learn more about undergraduate research?
***Have you ever wanted to visit a social science research lab?
If so, then join the Undergraduate Academies for: Interventions for Children with Disruptive Behavior and ADHD
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:00 PM
Location: Center for Children and Families – 106 Diefendorf [south campus]
If you want to travel together, meet us at 2:30 pm in the Flint Loop to catch the Stampede bus to South Campus. Otherwise, feel free to meet us there!
A talk presented by Dr. Greg Fabiano, School of Counseling & Educational Psychology
For more information: research-in-the-social-sciences_ug-academies-event-929091
The Honors registration window for Spring 2010 is Monday, October 19th through Wednesday, October 21st 2009.
**When you check your registration window on MyUB or on BIRD it will not give you the Honors window, it will only give you your regular window (based on the number of credit hours you have earned). This is normal. Just go ahead and register during the Honors window.**
If you miss the window or decide to change any courses after the Honors registration, please try to do the following: (1) Attempt to change your schedule yourself just in case your registration window remained open or became open as a result of your credit hour standing, (2) If that doesn’t work email your Honors Advisor and ask them to make the requested changes to your schedule. REMEMBER to include your Person Number, email address and the necessary Registration numbers.
The Spring 2010 class schedule should be available very soon on MyUB.
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FAIR
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 @ 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Location: Student Union
Hosted by: Career Services
Meet with school representatives from across the country.
For more information on this event, please visit: http://www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu/
Attached is a description of two summer programs for undergraduates who are enrolled in a 4-year program in some area of environmental biology and are interested in pursuing a career in field-based research in environmental biology. This invitation to apply for these programs is extended to students following their sophomore year. Because this program can only accommodate a small number of students, admittance will be highly competitive based on past academic performance and the student’s desire to undertake future graduate studies in environmental biology.
These programs provide a fruitful step in the students’ career development by allowing them to conduct independent research and giving them an opportunity to work with established scientists in environmental biology in remarkable natural settings. A number of the students from other universities have decided to apply for graduate studies at Notre Dame after participating in these programs and have been accepted into the program.
For more information please open this document: field-environmental-reu-nd1
Over $10,000 in cash awards available to undergraduate college students
Rhio O’Connor was a remarkable man. He was diagnosed with a deadly cancer and given a year to live. Instead of giving up he found his own path to health and outlived his prognosis by more than six years.
Rhio survived by intensively researching his cancer. He spent hours in the library and spoke to countless doctors, researchers and patients. He learned what various therapies offered, their long and short term side effects, and the theories and philosophies behind them.
Through this rigorous educational process, Rhio was able to help create his own therapeutic protocol along side the clinicians that he selected. He also developed the capacity to exercise informed consent that was truly fact based and informed.
This extraordinary intellectual effort along with Rhio’s optimistic spirit, belief in something greater than himself, and the ability to make tough choices helped him beat his prognosis and live with a cancer considered “incurable” for many years.
Undergraduate students at colleges and universities in the United States are invited to honor Rhio’s spirit of self determination and intellectual curiosity by writing an essay about what they would do if they faced the same challenges that Rhio faced. For example, what steps would you take if you were given a dire cancer prognosis? How would you conduct your research and make an informed decision when choosing a treatment? Would you look beyond chemo, radiation and surgery if they had little to offer? What resources would you use to make an informed decision? Essays will be scored by a review board composed of College Professors.
The cash awards are:
$5,000 First Prize
$2,000 Second Prize
$1000 Third Prize
$500 Fourth Prize
$100 Fifth Prize
$50 Honorable Mention (there are thirty Honorable Mention awards)
The deadline is Friday February 26, 2010 at 10:00 P.M. Eastern Time.
For more information and to receive a scholarship application please send an email to: info@cancermonthly.com Please put the word “scholarship” in the subject line.
