Illinois Integrity, Saturday, March 5 ,2011

What are your personal values?  Well now’s the perfect opportunity to learn at our last Integrity program this semester!

Integrity - Saturday, March 5, 2011
10:00am -5:00pm

Illini Union

At Illinois Integrity, you will learn skills that will help you:
• Understand your personal values and your leadership behaviors
• Determine how a group's goals effect team development and effectiveness
• Personally define your values such as honesty, fairness, concern for others, and achievement
This program is offered at no cost to Illinois students!
If you have already attended Insight, tell a friend! Let them know about your experience. This is the last Integrity of the 2010-2011 school year. Do not miss out!

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)

VentureLab Green Living 2011, Deadline: March 1, 2011

Innovators and Inventors!  Are you looking to commercialize a product or innovation in the areas of alternative energy, green building, community sustainability, water quality or another that addresses a "green" or "sustainability" issue?   Join us for VentureLab Green Living, a five day, highly experiential and immersive program developed and designed to enhance the success of your "green" business idea.

Trying to balance all the things you have to do to get your business not just off the ground, but flying high, can be tough, and early-stage entrepreneurs often know they could be doing things more effectively.  At VentureLab Green Living you'll have the space to think and explore within a dynamic environment that will help you evolve your business strategy, sales channels and marketing, as well as better understand the financial mechanics of your venture, helped by people who have been there and done it.  You'll come out of the program not only with a more competitive action plan, but also with a set of tools that will help you grow your business for years to come. 

Applications are due by March 1, 2011.  To apply, please visit the VentureLab website.

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/