WECE National Conference, Registration Deadline: Noon - February 10th

The first annual WECE National Conference will be held from Friday, February 11 to Saturday, February 12, 2011. Many corporations will be present, including Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Google, and Accenture.

The registration deadline for this event is Thursday, February 10th at Noon.  To register, please visit this web site and fill out the form completely.

Grassroots Organizing Weekend, February 11-13, 2011

Dear student leaders,

Have you struggled to motivate your fellow students? Are you interested in building more effective coalitions? Would you like to increase the membership, reputation, funding, and influence of your organization?  The GrassRoots Organizing Weekend is coming to campus to help you develop your organizing skills and build student power!

On February 11-13, 2011, the University of Illinois campus will host USSA Foundation’s GrassRoots Organizing Weekend (GROW). GROW is a three-day intensive training designed to help student organizers be more strategic in their fight for justice on campus and in the community. (For more information on GROW, visit their site.) 

Want to be a part of this free and important training? Complete the online application by Wednesday, February 2^nd for full consideration!

Questions? Contact Ross at wantland@illinois.edu or 217-244-1814.

The GrassRoots Organizing Weekend is sponsored by OIIR, DiversityEd, the Asian American Cultural Center, the Women’s Resources Center, and the Illinois Leadership Center.

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)

Society of Women Engineers Scholarships

The upperclass application for SWE Scholarships opened December 1st. Sophomores and above for the 2011-2012 academic year sophomores can apply through February 15th. Freshmen can create a profile now, but their application will not be available until March.

For more information, visit the SWE Scholarship page.

REU: "Engineering Biological Machines." Deadline: February 15, 2011.

Get involved in the "Engineering Biological Machines" REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) this summer! The REU has locations at MIT, Georgia Tech, and the University of Illinois. This 10-week program is full time, offers a generous stipend and travel allowance, as well as all food and housing expenses.

By combining scientific and engineering methods, students will:
-Use stem cells to create biological machines.
-Create 3D cellular structures for new drug discoveries.
-Develop research for environmental health applications.

Who Should Apply?
-Any undergraduate student majoring in biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics, or related engineering field.
-Students from underrepresented minority groups and women are strongly encouraged to apply.
-US citizenship or permanent residency is required.

The application and more information is available at http://www.ebics.net/   Or contact Tia Jackson-Truitt, EBICS Program Manager, at Tia.Jackson@gatech.edu or 404-894-9669.

Application deadline is February 15, 2011.