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Hello BOLD students and friends!
We hope all is well and that we see your happy faces around The BOLD Center. Here's some of what's happening...
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Power Hours
March 1: Interning and working at Intel
March 8: Ball Aerospace - Making the Most of Your Summer
Power Hours are
Wednesdays, 4 - 5 pm at The BOLD Center.
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Immigration Questions? Here's where to get answers
Additionally, the offices listed below may provide further guidance if you feel it is necessary:
Faculty always may contact the Office of Faculty Affairs at 303-492-5491
Undergraduate students may contact the Office of Student Affairs at 303-492-8478
Graduate students may contact the Graduate School at 303-492-8220
Staff and post-docs may contact Human Resources at 303-492-6475
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Olivia Zanoni (far left), a BOLD Scholar, is one of four
Colorado Space Grant Consortium undergraduates heading for NASA this week to present a new spacecraft design for moving cargo from Earth orbit to the moon and Mars. We are all very proud of Olivia! Read the whole story here.
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Financial Aid information for ASSET/DACA students
The Office of Financial Aid has updated their web page for Undocumented (ASSET/DACA) students.
There is now an institutional application for these students to apply for financial aid instead of using the FAFSA.
Also, the scholarship application deadline is quickly approaching,
February 15th! ASSET eligible students are considered resident students for scholarship eligibility.
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Academics, Research, & Internships
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Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering/Science Program (SURE) at Georgia Tech.
May 21-July 29, 2017
Deadline for applications: March 1, 2017
For more information visit
sure.gatech.edu.
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Summer 2017 Undergraduate Research Fellowships
National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Application Deadline March 17, 2017 (5:00 PM, EST)
Applications are invited from qualified and motivated undergraduate students (rising sophomores, juniors and seniors) from all U.S. colleges/universities to participate in a 10-week (May 21-July 28, 2017) summer research in interdisciplinary water science and engineering at Virginia Tech. U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents are eligible to apply. The research program is funded through the National Science Foundation - Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program. The 10-week internship will begin on May 21, 2017 (arrival day) at Virginia Tech and end on July 29, 2017 (departure day).
The research internship includes a stipend of $500/week, housing (two persons per room), meals, and travel expenses.
Ten students will be recruited for this program and two of them will travel to India for research. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) is the host institution in India. Additional details can be found on the website.
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Paid summer research opportunity
The Syracuse University Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Research Program is a paid summer research opportunity that provides undergraduate scholars with the opportunity to work with distinguished faculty and staff as well as network with others in their field of interest. Student scholars have the opportunity to conduct and present research over a ten-week period under the direction of a faculty research mentor at Syracuse University.
Through this program, scholars will gain theoretical knowledge and practical training in academic research and scientific experimentation. The SU LSAMP research program was developed to aid in the retention of traditionally underrepresented groups in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
What are the benefits?
- $3400 research stipend
- Round-trip travel stipend of up to $150*
- Free double occupancy room on the SU campus
- State-of-the-art laboratories, libraries, computers, etc.
- Meals provided during group events
*For students living outside of the Syracuse area
Who is eligible?
- Students must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident and African American, Latino, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Native Pacific Islander.
- Applicants must be in good academic standing with a GPA of 2.80 or better
- Have completed at least two semesters of college
- Participants may NOT take courses during the summer program
Research Areas
Students may apply for research opportunities in any of the following NSF-classified STEM disciplines: Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Geosciences, Life/Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Physics/Astronomy
Application Deadline: February 17, 2017
Notification of acceptance will be March 31st
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Internship at Ericsson
Internship positions available for summer 2017.
During this project, you will brainstorm ideas with experts at Ericsson on: new media-related devices, the problems users may face in interacting with them, and how we can improve the user interaction and experience. You will identify potential challenges or opportunities, design and build prototypes,and test them with users.
Our general interests include video-on-demand, personalization, recommender systems, live TV, AR/VR and Drones. We will encourage you to pursue ideas and projects that appeal to you the most, and work on those. Each candidate will be therefore be individually assessed for skills that they bring to the table, and based on their potential to contribute to the project.
We expect that a suitable candidate will have skills in the following areas: humancomputer
interaction, prototyping, programming, machine learning, data mining, web development, HTML5, and databases.
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NSF Research Experience in Fluid Mechanics
Summer 2017 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Fluid Mechanics with Analysis using Computations and Experiments. Ten-week summer internship open to engineering and physics majors. Apply anytime before
March 6, 2017.
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Emma Bowen Foundation Paid Internships
Do you have what it takes for a career in the media? Join the Emma Bowen Foundation paid internship program and find out!
Visit the
website for more information.
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Uber Summer Design/Research Internships
Uber is seeking talented and thoughtful design & research interns to help define and execute against big ideas that build upon what Uber has brought to the world so far.
If you have the right stuff to join the Uber Design team as an intern, you'll work among best-in-class designers, product managers and design-oriented engineers in a fast-paced, rapidly growing, hybrid (technology/operations) environment. Info and application info is available here:
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Career Fair at Auraria Campus
Monday, March 13 | Turnhalle Room, Tivoli Center | Noon-3pm
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www.teachforamerica.org/apply
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iD Tech Summer Student Instructors
iD is interested in hiring instructors and staff to show younger kids how their interests in technology can turn into fun learning experiences.Their programs emphasize tech education for girls, teens, tweens and younger children.
We're looking for energetic, tech-savvy, summer staff who understand the need for quality technology education for young students. Staff members receive competitive compensation, room & board (overnight staff only), custom built apps supporting operations and curriculum, college internship credit (if applicable), guidance from our experienced team of managers, and more.
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Brighter Vision F/T & P/T
Web Design
Brighter Vision has open fulltime and part time positions. Are you an amazingly talented web designer? Can you write well-crated, thoughtful emails? And do you want to get your foot in the door at a startup and have a direct impact on the lives of thousands of people? Brighter Vision is on the hunt for WordPress Designers and other tech and support positions.
Info and application is available
here.
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Mentoring Opportunity Summer 2017
Do you need some extra help in the lab? Do you want experience being a mentor? Would an extra $750 help you during the summer? You might be perfect for the Summer Mentoring program through CU Science Discovery. Every summer, Science Discovery brings High Students from around the world to participate in a Research Experience and we are currently recruiting labs to host them. This program runs from July 5th to July 28th, 2017.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please fill out the google form here:
Mentors for 2017
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Engineering Trailblazers Scholarship
Engineering majors admitted to a new or off-the-beaten-path program are eligible to receive a
$1500 travel grant. Moreover, students with demonstrated financial need are eligible for additional grant money from the Education Abroad Office.
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Simple Steps on How to Fund
a Career in STEM
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For a list of scholarships available through The BOLD Center as well as other scholarship opportunities, visit the BOLD website scholarship page.
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