NSBE Newsletter 02/10/2016

(SUPER) NEW STUFF

  1. Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium
  2. H’University
  3. Volunteer Opportunity!!
  4. NSF Summer Internship Program
  5. BP Scholarship
  6. Become LEED Accredited
  7. Michigan Psychology Study WIN AN AMAZON GIFT CARD

Slightly Seasoned Stuff

  1. USC Graduate School Interest Program
  2. Become a NSBE Mentor!

Old, but good stuff

  • Box Software Engineering Internship (Juniors)
  • Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Check NSBE.org and Google
  • Genetech is hiring!
  • PROS is hiring programmers

(SUPER) NEW STUFF

Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium

The annual Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) is just around
the corner! The symposium offers the chance
for students to showcase their research, develop presentation skills,
and win prizes for exceptional work.

RURS will take place on Wednesday, April 13th at Tudor Fieldhouse.
Abstract submission opens on February 8th, and the deadline to submit
abstracts is March 4th. Once an abstract has been submitted, the
advising professor must approve it by March 11th. The Center for Civic
Leadership will hold abstract writing workshops on February 16th and
February 18th at noon in HUMA 328. The CWOVC will also hold poster
sessions in March to provide advice on poster presentation skills.

RURS is a great opportunity to share research with students and
faculty from the Rice community and compete for monetary prizes! To
submit an abstract, please visit the RURS website at
rurs.blogs.rice.edu. For more information, please see the attached
flyer.

If you have any questions, please contact rurs@rice.edu or visit our
website at rurs.blogs.rice.edu.

H’University

We’re recruiting the most ambitious college students form across the country for our spring semester of H’University. H’University is a tuition free, online education program designed to teach you real-world skills from world-class entrepreneurs, and then connect you to innovative companies for summer internships and full-time jobs.

I’d like to personally invite you and the members of National Society of Black Engineers to watch our classes (<20min per class) and apply to our jobs (30+ companies). Through H’University you’ll learn how to build and lead an organization from Kevin Systrom (CEO of Instagram). You’ll also get the opportunity to apply to interview for summer internships and entry-level full-time roles at innovative companies like Warby Parker, Michael Kors, Sweetgreen, Trunk Club, and more.

Check out huniversity.harrys.com and see for yourself.

Contact huniversity@harrys.com for more info.

SEE ATTACHED

Volunteer Opportunity!!

We have a great volunteer opportunity for you all to sign up for. Marshall Middle School is putting on their annual college week events and would love for us to come and participate to help their students aim for higher academic goals. There are two events that we are planning on attending…

The first event is on 2/18/2016 from 12:50 to 3:15pm– It is a college and career fair – so if any of you would like to come and sit at a table to talk with students about college life you are more than welcome to. You can even pass out information to the students about what you do.

The second event is on 2/19/15 from 2:00 to 3:30pm. I would like to invite you all to the College Experience Talks. You will go into one of the classes and talk to students about what it is like to be in college. Through this talk they get an idea of the experience and maybe you can even give them tips on what they can do to prepare now while they are in middle school.

Contact cjs9@rice.edu for more info (This is Ciara)

NSF Summer Internship Program

“Summer Internship Program (SSIP) conducted by the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are looking for undergraduate students from groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), particularly, but not limited to, students interested in pursuing careers in science policy or science education.The ten-week, Washington, DC-based internship (May 31–August 5, 2016) is made possible through a grant to the QEM Network from NSF. Students who successfully complete the internship will receive a taxable stipend, $4,000 for undergraduates

SEE ATTACHED

BP Scholarship

What are the BP Scholarship program details?
·         Applications accepted between January 15, 2016 and March 15, 2016
·         Recipients will be awarded $5,000 for the 2016-2017 academic year
·         Scholarships awarded on an annual basis with no automatic renewal.  Students are invited to reapply in subsequent years.
·         BP scholarship induction ceremony held in summer 2016 for selected recipients at BP Houston campus

Who is eligible to apply?
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for this scholarship:
·         Must be enrolled or accepted for enrolment as a full time student for the entire 2016-17 academic year.
·         Must be a US citizen or have the legal right to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
·         Must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
Where to apply?
Applicants can submit their application by visiting bp.com/us-scholarships and click on the Apply button.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, should you have any questions.
Thanks,
Erin T. Chang
BP GPO – Project Engineer
Lync: 281-892-4720
Mobile: 832-541-5930

Become LEED Accredited

LEED Green Associate (GA) Training

When: February 21st 2016 – 1:00PM to 5:00 PM

Where: University of Houston – Architecture Building – Room 209 –https://goo.gl/maps/SwNMAjtcQ7t

 Registration: http://leadinggreen.ca/houston

Interested in getting involved in the Green Building Industry? Opportunities are plentiful in the field of sustainable design and LEED is at its forefront.

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is simply a green-rating point system, or a scorecard. The more energy efficient and sustainable a building is, the more points it will earn. To date, this course and its materials have proven to be instrumental in helping over 5000 students pass their respective exam at a 100% pass rate. This course is offered at a quarter of the price and time as the competition and is geared at allowing students to graduate with letters after their name!

Just as Buildings can be LEED certified, people in the sustainable construction industry can become LEED Professionals. The LEED Green Associate (GA) credential is the only entry level sustainability designation and shows employers and clients that you have certified knowledge in the green building industry.  A new LEED rating system (v4) was introduced last month and this training course is one of the few that has been updated to teach the current rating system. This course meets the exam’s eligibility requirements and the USGBC charges a $100 (reduced for students) fee for the actual exam which can be taken at any time at your nearest Prometric center.

Cost$300 ($200 for full time students)

To register for the class please visit: http://leadinggreen.ca/houston

You can register via PayPal or RSVP your attendance by registering at the bottom of the page

FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE!

Regards,

Lorne Mlotek BASc., LEED AP BD+C, O+M

President, LeadingGreen

416-824-2677 / 585-764-5423

info@leadinggreen.ca

www.LeadingGreen.ca

Michigan Psychology Study WIN AN AMAZON GIFT CARD

The University of Michigan is conducting a nationally-representative study on leadership styles, personality, and how they affect perceptions of others.(They sent us this email you guys it it not spam) 
Link-  www.tinyurl.com/ ecqips-study1

All participants must be over 18 years of age and be students at your institution. All responses will be completely anonymous, and the survey should take only 15-20 minutes.

Everyone who successfully participates will be entered in a chance to win  one of three $25 Amazon gift cards!! In addition, the students from the institution that has the most respondents will be entered into an  additional drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card!! Therefore, if more people from Rice take the survey, you increase your chance of being entered in this additional drawing! 

Contact: equip.study@umich.edu for more info

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Slightly Seasoned Stuff

USC Graduate School Interest Program

This program called REACH is a two-day program in Los Angeles that will introduce you to their graduate programs!

For sophomores and juniors!

Application deadline is February 15th!

SEE ATTACHED

Become a NSBE Mentor!

Help out the future engineers!

You get to teach, you get paid, you get networking.

SEE ATTACHED

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OLD BUT GOOD STUFF

Box Software Engineering Internship (Juniors)

We currently have an opening at Box for our Software Engineering Internship which is open to current juniors. I’ve included the job description below. If you find this to be relevant for your members, please feel free to pass it along. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions at all.

Here is the link: https://boards.greenhouse.io/boxinc/jobs/124306#.VpXkuZOAOko

Contact Emily Chen at echen@box.com for more information.

Research and the Medical College of Wisconsin (See Attached)

This is a great research opportunity. You will get to do 2 months of research in real medical labs. If you have ever been interested in the medical field, I would strongly encourage you to apply. Even if you don’t think you will end up practicing research, it teaches a lot of working life lessons as well as exposes you to a different side of the field. SEE ATTACHED. 

Check out NSBE.org and Google

Log in to your account and check the updates! Also google for the big companu

yearly scholarships.

 

Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories would like to invite your National Society of Black Engineers students and members to apply to their Critical Skills Master’s Program or their Master’s Fellowship Program. Positions are available at their Albuquerque, NM and Livermore, CA locations, and they are hiring through November.

Sandia does national security work which make our nation safer, improve human and environmental health, and even boost the competitiveness of U.S. industry.

Sandia pays for your tuition and a stipend while in school. Following degree completion, you return to Sandia and start your life changing science or engineering career.

(SEE ATTACHED)

Genentech is Hiring! Apply ASAP

In the Process Development Rotation Program, associates have the opportunity to work on challenging technical projects in different areas supporting the process development of protein therapeutics, including: cell culture & fermentation development, purification development, analytical development & protein characterization, formulation development, device development, pilot plant production, and process development engineering.

Students and colleagues in the following disciplines: Chemical, Biomedical or Biochemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biology and related backgrounds.

“These telephone interviews will start as soon as resumes are received, so we encourage students to apply as soon as possible.”

Apply on careers.gene.com using the job ID numbers provided in the attached flyer (PDRP flyer).

PROS is Hiring Programmers

“PROS is currently actively hiring developers/programmers.  So, if you know of any good candidates, we’d love to talk to them. I can even come down to campus too.”

 

Contact info

Jarret Mathwig

Work: 713-335-5160

Cell: 832-472-8022

Email: jmathwig@pros.com

 

Your Secretary,

Brandi Ransom

 

Important Links

USC gradprogram

Medical School of Wisconsin

HUniversity

GenentechInfo

City Internships

NSBE Mentor