Virtual & In Person Ways to Engage on Campus |
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Opportunities for All UConn Campuses! |
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Undergraduate Level Up Challenge |
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Enter Weekly Drawings to Win
School of Business Items
for Strategically Engaging!
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Congratulations Week 4 Winners! |
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Black History Month VC Panel Series |
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Tyrre Burks
Players Health
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Hillside Ventures is excited to announce our Black History Month VC Panel Series. This panel was curated to highlight diverse perspectives within the VC and startup community. Through our friends from IU Ventures, HBCUvc, Jopwell, Overlooked Ventures, Synchrony, and Softbank, we are ecstatic to share this discussion with you all.
Our goal is to help initiate deep conversations, pertaining to the lived experiences of marginalized individuals within these spaces. We will be ending this two-part series with our Founders Panel on Wednesday, February 23rd.
Founder Panel
February 23rd, 2022
7 PM- 8:15 PM
Virtual
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Lockheed Martin Network of Women Series |
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Meet and speak with women working in STEM and Business at Lockheed Martin- women who thrive, lead, and positively impact their communities. Learn about their career paths and goals and the important of building relationships, identifying strong mentors, and developing a growth mindset while pursuing your professional and personal goals.
LeadHERship & Empowerment
Tuesday, February 22th
5:00 PM- 6:00 PM EST
Virtual Event
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Careers for the Common Good Job Fair |
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The Careers for the Common Good Job Fair is Tuesday, March 1st, from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. This virtual fair is the perfect opportunity to meet with organizations focused on serving the greater good, including not-for-profit organizations, benefit corporations, national service organizations, government agencies, graduate programs, and more!
Make a stellar first impression by attending information sessions and engaging in one-on-one conversations with employers. Learn ways you can make tangible differences in the world through socially-responsible career paths while also making a living.
Do you have questions about what a "Career for the Common Good" is? Be sure you attend our webinar on Wednesday, February 23rd to learn more and help you prepare for the fair.
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Business Communication Center |
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The Business Communication Center is now open! Our team of writing experts can help you with brainstorming, conducting research, and revision related to your business classes.
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COCC
February 22nd
1 PM-2 PM
Followed by Q&A
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RF Binder
February 22nd
4 PM- 5 PM
Followed by Q&A
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TIP Innovation Fellows Program |
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Who can apply?
- Master's students
- Undergraduate students
- December 2021 and May 2022 grads
Why should you apply?
- 10-week immersion
- Stipend provided $4000 for undergraduates and $5000 for master's students
- Host TIP start-ups are located in UConn's tech incubators in Stamford, Farmington, & Storrs
- Onsite and virtual internships available
- Workshops & seminars with in-Residence Entrepreneurs
- Networking and presentation opportunities
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The Be Fearless Summit is a program geared towards college-aged students who are looking to get out of their comfort zone and land their dream job. The Werth Institute has partnered with Alexa Curtis to bring the Be Fearless Summit to UConn! This conference-style event will feature keynote speaker, Amanda Torchia (Miss Connecticut), and many other exciting panel speakers including some of UConn's own undergraduate female entrepreneurs!
Students will have the opportunity to network and meet inspiring successful leaders. The first 50 students to register will receive a fab swag bag filled with goodies! A networking lunch will be provided and the opportunity to be matched with a mentor!
Be Fearless Summit
February 26th, 2022
8:30 AM- 3:00 PM
Werth Tower Residence Hall, Idea Lab/Forum
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Do you want to be involved in the first and only University of Connecticut student-run venture capital firm? We are seeking new talent for the Fall 2022 semester. Hillside Ventures manages $1M and provides capital funding for innovative start-up companies in the EdTech, InsurTech, and Sustainability industries.
Hillside offers students real-life, hands-on experiences with the opportunity to speak with CEOs, founders, UConn alumni, faculty, as well as the opportunity to attend business conferences across the United States.
Deadline is March,13th, 2022. Questions? email hillsideventurecapital@gmail.com.
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Join UConn Data Science Club!
UCONN’s Data Science Club is a group which aims to help students become better data scientists. We host weekly workshops and tutorials covering popular data science packages and libraries such as NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, Scikit-learn, and TensorFlow. These workshops serve as a wonderful introduction to Data Science at a professional level and prepares students for both engineering and quantitative roles. Furthermore, the content covered in our workshops is designed to prepare members for our end-of-the-year case competition with cash prizes.
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The Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation's NetWerx program is a mentorship/networking program targeted to first-year and sophomore students. This program connects current UConn students “virtually” to an alum, typically who graduated less than 15 years ago, for a series of five 30-minute sessions scheduled by you.
Alumni mentors have backgrounds in a wide array of areas including technology, marketing, engineering, and business. They are passionate about helping students build their self-confidence and discover the versatility of entrepreneurship...it’s more than just starting a business!
In order to be matched mentees are required to attend one of the following orientation sessions:
- Tuesday, February 22 at 6 PM
- Sunday, February 27th at 4 PM
- Wednesday, March 2nd at 4 PM
- Friday, March 4th at 12 PM
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Summer Orientation Leader Job |
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New Student Orientation Leaders (OLs) help with the transition of first-year and transfer students during the Mid-May through Mid-July Orientation program. OLs also help with the transition of international students. International students attend Orientation the week before classes begin in the Fall Semester. Finally, OLs work on the final Orientation session which occurs the Friday before classes begin in the Fall Semester.
Preference is given to applicants who can work all three programs (May through July, and the final session). Applicants that are not able to work every orientation session are not eliminated from consideration for this position.
- Applicants should be undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Connecticut through August 2022.
- Preference will be given to students at the Hartford campus but Storrs campus students are not eliminated from consideration for this position.
- There is a need for students who are living in Storrs and commuting back and forth to Hartford and Storrs campuses.
There will be tabling in the HTB Atrium on Wednesday, 2/23 from 1:30 PM- 2:30 PM for questions about the position.
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S3 is program that brings industry into education. Students will work collaboratively with studio leadership, consultants, corporate partners, and an advisory board to create early-stage solutions and prototypes to real-world problems.
Deadline to apply is 2/28/2022.
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Looking for Scholarships? |
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100 Years of Women Scholarship
Requirements: Current student at College or University/ Planning to attend college
Deadline: March 4th
Scholarship value: $750-1000
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Sportifies 2022-2023
Requirements: Current student at College or University/ Planning to attend college
Deadline: July 30th, 2022
Scholarship value: $2000
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American Association of University Women
Requirements: click application link for details
Deadline: March 28th,2022
Scholarship value: $2000
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Pinnacle Management
Requirements: For students with an interest in Project Management
Deadline: March 31st, 2022
Scholarship value: $500
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Crossword Hobbyist
Requirements: Any currently enrolled student
Deadline: May 2nd, 2022
Scholarship value: $1000
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PIMCO Future Leaders Scholarship
Requirements: Any Black, Hispanic, and Latinx student with an interest in investment management
Deadline: April 3rd, 2022
Scholarship value: $20,000
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Horsman Holdings
Requirements: Any currently enrolled student
Deadline: July 1st, 2022
Scholarship value: $2500
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True Eye Experts
Requirements: any US citizen currently enrolled in a university
Deadline: March 31st, 2022
Scholarship value: $1000
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The SBM Charitable Foundation Inc,
Requirements: Check link for details
Deadline: March 31st, 2022
Scholarship value: $5000
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Clean Up Expert
Requirements: any currently enrolled college student
Deadline: July 5th, 2022
Scholarship value: $2000 or $3500
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Questions?
Do you have a suggestion for content that will help students to strategically engage? Email laila.chaoui@uconn.edu.
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