SRC Fellowships and Scholarship Competition, Expiring February 15, 2011

The 2011-2012 SRC Global Research Collaboration (GRC) Fellowship and Scholarship Competition is still accepting applications.

All applications are due on February 15, 2011. Notifications will be made in April of 2011. Applications must be complete to be considered.

SRC offers doctoral fellowships and master's scholarships through the Global Research Collaboration (GRC) and one doctoral fellowship through the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), the SRC NRI/Hans J. Coufal Fellowship. The GRC Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP) is funded through GRC and the SRC Education Alliance and supports about 35 Fellowships each year. The GRC Master's Scholarship Program (MSP), targeting underrepresented minorities and women, is also funded through GRC and the SRC Education Alliance and supports about 12 Scholarships each year. Both the GFP and MSP include company-named awards currently supported by Advanced Micro Devices, Applied Materials, Freescale Semiconductor, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, IBM, Intel Foundation, NIST, Novellus Systems, and Texas Instruments.

The program is designed to attract students in underrepresented populations to graduate study in disciplines of interest to the semiconductor industry.  For additional information and application forms, visit http://www.src.org/student-center/fellowship/

NEW WITH THIS COMPETITION:
• Stipend for both the GFP and MSP will be $2,252/month beginning Fall 2011.
• Application materials must be RECEIVED (rather than postmarked) by February 15, 2011.

CRITERIA:
• US/permanent resident students
• Competition is open to students who are or will be pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. degree under a GRC research contract and under the direction of GRC-designated faculty.
     • Fellowships:          
o Tenure is five years with the intention of ATTRACTING new students; GRC encourages faculty to   use the fellowships as a recruiting tool. However, qualified students with at least two years to completion of the PhD are also encouraged to apply.
o A limited number of fellowships will be awarded for one year to promising students just beginning graduate studies, but not having a clear GRC contract connection (e.g., students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities program). If these students are able to connect to a GRC contract within the year, the fellowship will continue for the full tenure.
     • Scholarships:          
o Open to qualified students who are also women and/or members of underrepresented minority groups (African American, Hispanic, and Native American).

Illinois Insight, February 5, 2011

At Illinois Insight, you will learn skills that will help you:
• Understand how you think and why you do the things you do.
• Assess your own strengths and weaknesses.
• Identify your values, motivations, passions and leadership style.

This program is offered at no cost to Illinois students and is a great way to jump start the new semester!
If you have already attended Insight, tell a friend! Let them know about your experience.  This is the last Insight of the 2010-2011 school year. Do not miss out!

Illinois Insight will be held Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 9am-6pm in the Illini Union.

Register today, as spots fill quickly!https://www.illinoisleadership.uiuc.edu/getinvolved/insight.asp

Illinois Leadership Center
http://www.illinoisleadership.illinois.edu/
290 Illini Union, MC-384
1401 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801 USA
leadership@illinois.edu
217-333-0604 (phone)
217-265-8464 (fax)

Do the Student Survey!

It’s very important for you to participate in the Engineering Student Survey:  engineering.illinois.edu/survey.   As you might know from a statistics class, surveys can represent viewpoints of minorities (such as women in engineering),  only if those populations are ‘oversampled’.  Basically, the  survey response rate among women has to be higher than that of men, if  the concerns of women students are to be accurately represented. 

We need your voice – please complete the survey!

The administration is truly interested in hearing what you have to say.  They are willing to make changes in such things as college and departmental climate, student workload, and curricular flexibility, but can’t identify or justify changes without a good, solid data base that you can provide by filling out the survey.  The survey is open until February 6!

Alpha Omega Epsilon Spring Recruitment

Hey female engineers! Come check out Alpha Omega Epsilon, the only professional and social engineering sorority on campus! The benefits of joining A.O.E. are endless, including friendship, professional development, academic support, social activities, and leadership opportunities. Spring recruitment is here! If you’re interested in learning more about A.O.E. come to any of these events!

Activity Day: January 25 @11-3pm in Illini Union Rooms A, B, C
Info Night: January 25 @ 7pm in 106B3 EH (Free Food a.k.a. Pokey Stix!)
Career Fair Prep and Dessert Night: January 27 @ 6pm in 106B3 EH
Ice Skating: January 30 @ 1:30-4pm in Ice Arena
Info Night 2: February 2 @7pm in 106B3 EH
Potluck Dinner: February 7 @6:30pm in 135MEB
Mardi Gras Theme Night: February 10 @7pm in 106B6 EH (Prize for whoever makes the best mask!)

Feel free to e-mail Cassie Meisner (Vice President), at cassie.meisner@gmail.com if you have any questions! Also, you can visit the website at http://aoe.ec.uiuc.edu/recruitment.php  and sign up for A.O.E.’s recruitment mailing list!

ICSSP Scholarships, Deadline: March 1, 2011

INFORMATION TRUST INSTITUTE
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ILLINOIS CYBER SECURITY SCHOLARS PROGRAM (ICSSP)
www.iti.illinois.edu/icssp

Applications due March 1, 2011

Applications for ICSSP scholarships are now being accepted. The scholarships support the last 2 years of undergraduate study in the fields of information assurance and security at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  ICSSP is a program of the Information Trust Institute (ITI), overseen by ITI's NSA Center for Information Assurance Education and Research.

For scholarships covering periods of study that begin in Fall 2011, applications are due by March 1, 2011. Visit the home page for more information and a link to the application form: www.iti.illinois.edu/icssp

REQUIREMENTS:To be eligible for consideration for an ICSSP scholarship, you must be:
- A United States citizen, and
- A full-time student within two years of graduation in a coherent formal program at Illinois that is focused on computer security or information assurance.
Transfer students are eligible to apply upon admission to the UI College of Engineering; students transferring from 2-year colleges are encouraged to apply.

BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS:The value of the scholarship is approximately $30,000 per year. For a 2-year period, selected students will receive the following benefits:
- Tuition.
- Stipends to support room & board and other costs.
- Funding for travel needed to participate in ICSSP activities, such as relevant workshops and seminars and an annual job fair that all participating students are required to attend.
- Funding towards the cost of textbooks and equipment needed for success in the program.
- Internships and mentoring in a Federal Government and/or National Laboratory setting.
- Guidance from an ITI/ICSSP faculty advisor, identified through the ICSSP program, who can act as a mentor in the information assurance and security fields.
- Experience as an NSF research funding recipient.
- Research opportunities at ITI centers and laboratories.

ITI is a campus-wide interdisciplinary unit, led by the College of Engineering, that is fostering excellence in information trust and security. http://www.iti.illinois.edu/