10/17/2007 12:15 - 1:00 pm
54 Rapson Hall
This information session is to announce all of the 2007-08 School of Architecture's study abroad trips. Flyers with detailed information will be available soon. Open to all undergraduate and graduate students.
Interested? Attend either of the two upcoming information sessions for this undergraduate architecture program.
10/3/2007 AND 10/10/2007 12:15 - 1:00 p.m.
54 Rapson Hall
Entry deadline: Thursday, October 11th
Open to students and faculty in the School of Architecture. More info, including the design format and guidelines can be found on the CDes Competitions and Outside Scholarships web site.
Friday, September 28, 5 - 8 pm
100 Rapson Hall
This exhibition features 31 recently-built or designed schools from Zürich Switzerland, along with examples from Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Austria. It is intended to facilitate a dialog among educators, architects, and the community about a new architecture for a new education.
Presentations 5-6 pm
Panel Discussion 6-7 pm
Gallery Reception 7-8 pm
FYLI is an 11 week-long program offered in the spring semester for first-year students designed to help these students enhance leadership skills, foster intrapersonal, interpersonal, ethical and moral development, as well as connect first-year students to the U of M and surrounding communities.
Participants will attend weekly meetings, a weekend retreat, and will be paired with a senior student mentor. In addition, participants will work on Campus Engagement Projects throughout the program to make change for the better on a campus-related issue they care about.
Applications are currently available and are due by October 22.
The Leadership Certification Program (LCP) is a certification available to students at the University of Minnesota interested in enhancing their leadership knowledge, application, and skills through a series of workshops tailored to their own interests offered over the course of the academic year. The program has no requirements in regards to length of participation and students can start the certificate program at any time during the year. This is an ideal opportunity for students to learn about leadership while allowing for the flexibility to accommodate their busy lives and schedules.
Workshops begin next week (but, again, students can begin whenever they choose) on 22 different leadership topics. A few topics (including 3 required workshops) are offered multiple times for a total of 30 workshops in the fall semester alone!
Students can pre-register for each workshop, sign-up for the LCP, and get more specific information on the LCP website.
Each year the Institute for Advanced Study offers a University Symposium - a series of connected events which explore a critical question or issue from a variety of vantage points. The 2007-08 University Symposium focuses on how we perceive and construct Time.
Scholars across the curriculum view time as a vital element in the production of knowledge, yet they understand and use time in a wide variety of ways. The geologist's examination of time over vast eons, for instance, distinctly differs from the biographer's examination of a single human lifetime, while the physicist and the philosopher, in contrast, may share fundamental ideas about time as one among many dimensions.
The Social Justice Leadership Retreat: Sharing in a Social Justice Journey provides an amazing and unique forum for students to hold open dialogue about issues of cultural pluralism and social justice. 56 students and 18 facilitators take a 3-day retreat to embark on a group journey to explore their individual and group identities, how those identities are impacted by social injustice and oppression, and what steps can be taken to address injustice on campus and other communities.
If you are someone who believes in a safe and inclusive campus, enjoys meeting new people, is comfortable sharing and listening to stories, and is looking for powerful experiences that will last a lifetime, then this retreat is for you!
2007-08 retreat dates are November 9-11 and January 19-21.
If you plan to study abroad during your undergraduate years (and we hope you do), attend a fall semester First Step meeting at the Learning Abroad Center. Meetings are scheduled multiple times during each week of the term. Check the Learning Abroad website for more details. No need to sign up in advance.
Looking to do something fun this winter and/or spring break? Want some leadership experience? Interested in doing service learning projects? If YES is your answer to any of these questions, then check out the University YMCA’s Immersion/EBP Program!
The Y Immersion/EBP program offers alternative break trips over winter, spring, and summer breaks. Each trip offers students the chance to travel, to explore a social justice or environmental issue, to serve the community that they visit, and to bring their experiences back to youth in Minneapolis/St. Paul. All trips are student led, and we are currently recruiting trip leaders for 2008 trips. Trip destinations include Costa Rica, San Francisco/Bay Area, Guatemala, New York, Seattle/Vancouver, San Diego/Tijuana, Virginia/Appalachian Mountains, and New Orleans.
Location: University YMCA, 1801 University Ave SE, Minneapolis
Contact: uyimmersion@gmail.com or http://immersionebp.blogspot.com/
Earn continuing education hours for licensure. Grow professionally. Explore new ideas. Refine your design skills.
The College of Design Continuing Education program (CDCE) at the University of Minnesota offers a broad range of seminars, lectures, and hands-on workshops for design professionals with topics ranging from architecture and landscape architecture to interior design, design history, hands-on media, and product development.
Note: Undergraduate students are welcome to participate, but the courses do not offer U of M academic credit.
Choose. Plan. Succeed.
Graduation Planner is a Web-based planning tool for University of Minnesota undergraduates. Use Graduation Planner to:
* Explore the requirements for majors and minors
* Discover what courses you need to take and when you should take them
* Make a plan to achieve your academic goals
* Work with your academic adviser to stay on track
Fall deadline: October 5, 2007
Applications for the DHA Undergraduate Internship Scholarship are now available in the racks outside CDes Student Services in 12 McNeal Hall. The monetary award for this competitive scholarship is $500 and is available for both paid and unpaid internships. Apply now!
LEGO(R) Architecture Building Event for Children and Families
October 13, 2007
Noon - 4 pm
McRae Park on 46th and Chicago in South Minneapolis
All About Family is a community organization that fosters the development of solid families in the Twin Cities by providing them with resources, activities and opportunities that encourage and build stronger families.
They are in need of student volunteers to help children and parents build a model of the Hiawatha Train Station and participate in a discussion of the Pullman Porters of the railroad. A lunch will be served and this event is FREE and open to the public.
For more info or to sign up as a volunteer, contact Brian Kelley at kelley01@visi.com or 612-824-4900
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Campus application deadline: November 5, 2007
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is an opportunity for outstanding undergraduates who intend to pursue graduate study and research-based careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Applicants must be SOPHOMORES or JUNIORS, U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents, with strong academic records; undergraduate research experience is a plus. The Goldwater Scholarship provides up to $7,500 per year toward undergraduate education. Freshman, sophomore, and junior students are encouraged to attend the program.
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Campus application deadline: November 9, 2007
Info Session Date: Thursday, September 27
3:30-4:30
Lippincott Room, 1314 Social Sciences
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is an opportunity for outstanding undergraduates who intend to pursue careers in government, education, the non-profit sector, or elsewhere in public service, and want to make a difference. Applicants must be JUNIORS, U.S. citizens or nationals, with strong academic records, and should be engaged in community service and/or political activism. The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 for graduate or professional school. Freshman, sophomore, and junior students are encouraged to attend the program.
Morris K. Udall Scholarship (Environmental focus)
Campus application deadline: November 19, 2007
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Location: Fireplace Room, 135 Nicholson Hall
The Morris K. Udall Scholarship is an opportunity for outstanding undergraduates currently in their SOPHOMORE or JUNIOR year who are EITHER:
• preparing for careers related to the environment (candidates may be of any ethnicity);
• Native American or Alaska Native students preparing for careers related to native health care or tribal policy.
Students must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents with strong academic records and a demonstrated commitment to environmental or tribal issues. The Udall Scholarship provides up to $5000 per year toward undergraduate education. Freshman, sophomore, and junior students are encouraged to attend the program. For further information, visit:
http://www.honors.umn.edu/scholarships/information/index.html
Meet employers hiring interns and full-time employees in fields related
to agronomy, animal science, bank/finance, bio-based products, commodity
trading, food industry, human resources, retail, and sales & marketing.
To learn how to make the most of a career fair view our online Job Fair
Success workshop. Questions about the event? Call the St. Paul Campus Career Center at 612-624-2710.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
10 am – 2 pm
Continuing Education and Conference Center
Fall deadline: Monday, October 8, 2007
Expand your knowledge and gain valuable experience with a UROP grant. The U of M's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) offers financial awards to full-time undergraduates for research, scholarly, and creative projects undertaken in partnership with a faculty member. Stipends up to $1,400 are awarded to students as salary for actual time spent working on a project. An additional $300 expense allowance may be awarded for expenses directly related to the project.
Information Session:
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., 433 Johnston Hall, East Bank
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) is offering a competitive scholarship of $2,000 for students working toward a degree in computer graphic design. The deadline is October 15.
For more information, visit their website or contact Norma Corrales by e-mail at scholarship@afcea.org or phone at 703-631-6149 or 800-336-4583 ext. 6149.
There are 14 exciting programs for 2008: two for Winter Break and 12 for May Session! Students earn 3 credits at the 3xxx level. These seminars are perfect for first-year students because there are no pre-requisites and no language requirements.
You might be particularly interested in:
Sacred India: Architecture, Environment, Spirit
Professor Virajita Singh Vrindavan, India
December 28, 2007 - January 20, 2008
Check out all the Global Seminars and apply for Global Seminar scholarships.