CEHD Career Corner

Students:
** Are you interested in a health career or thinking of becoming a health
professional? **
** Wondering what kinds of education the University of Minnesota has to
offer? **
** Want to talk to admissions representatives from the different health and
health-related programs? **

This is the event for you!

Mark your calendars for the annual Health Careers Fair on Tuesday, October
13, in the Coffman Memorial Union's Great Hall from 2:00 - 5:00pm and
explore academic paths to a health career. This is your one chance to visit
with admissions and program representatives from different health
professional programs available here at the U - all on the same day! Don't
miss it!

HEALTH CAREERS FAIR 2009
Explore academic paths to a health career
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Coffman Memorial Union
Great Hall

Invited programs include:

* Clinical Lab Sciences
* Dental Hygiene
* Dentistry
* Genetics
* Health Journalism & Communications
* Kinesiology
* Medicine (MD, MD/PhD, Duluth)
* Mortuary Science
* Nursing
* Occupational Therapy
* Pharmacy
* Physical Therapy
* Public Health
* Respiratory Care
* Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
* Social Work
* Scientific & Technical Writing
* Spirituality & Healing
* Veterinary Medicine

Plus related majors, programs, student groups, and MORE! Come and check it
out!

For additional details, click here:
http://www.healthcareers.umn.edu/events/healthcareersfair/home.html

This event is free and no registration is required. This event is sponsored
by the Health Careers Center. Visit us online at www.healthcareers.umn.edu,
stop by our office in 2-565 Moos Tower, or contact us at HCC@umn.edu or by
calling 612-624-6767.

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Is applying to a health professional school in your future?

Need to write your personal statement?

* Take the Personal Statements for a Health Program short course!

Nervous about an on campus interview?

* Check-out the Interview Skills for a Health Program short course!

Thinking about Medical School or already plan to apply?

* Sign-up for the Planning for Medical School short course!

These no-cost, online short courses can be completed in as little as 45
minutes and will walk you through the steps of writing a personal statement,
interviewing, or - if you are thinking about medical school - planning for
medical school as a whole. These easily accessible short courses can be used
on your own time, at your convenience. And, after you complete your short
course, meet with a Health Careers Center staff member for personalized
feedback on your personal statement, "mock" interview, or action plan for
medical school.

Comprehensive Content
The Personal Statements and Interviewing Skills online short courses prepare
you for any health professional programs requiring interviews or personal
statements, such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary
medicine, and others health professions.

The Planning for Medical School online short course will help you get
started in your preparation for medical school, by providing many answers to
questions you likely have and giving you tips on how to organize yourself in
your preparation.

Direct Coaching Follow-up
Upon completion of a short course, you can meet with a Health Careers Center
staff member for a:

* Personal statement draft review
* Interview feedback (using online InterviewStream software)
* Medical school action plan review

Get more information about your application essentials here:
http://www.healthcareers.umn.edu/shortcourses/

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University of Minnesota Alumni Association Etiquette Dinner

October 20, 2009

To register visit www.MinnesotaAlumni.org/etiquette

When you register, you may either create a guest account
or use your Alumni Association membership number to register for our Web
site.

Students will need to create a non-member 'guest' account.

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In an effort to engage students in shaping the future of the University
of Minnesota's St. Paul campus, the St. Paul Campus Task Force on Campus
Identity is sponsoring Greening Grants for student projects during the
2009-2010 academic year.

A minimum of 10 Greening Grants of up to $500 each will be awarded based
on YOUR vision and ingenuity for how to improve the St. Paul campus and
make it more sustainable.

GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009.

More details and application materials can be found at the following link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=C_2ftzTVNI_2f00IT6kcG3832Q_3d...

Questions? Contact Beth Mercer-Taylor (bethmt@umn.edu) or Mike White
(mwhite@umn.edu)

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The Minnesota Twins are currently accepting applications for the 2010 Minnesota
Twins Internship Program. The following internship opportunities, including
full descriptions and requirements, are now posted on their website
www.twinsbaseball.com/jobopportunities:

Intern, Accounting
Intern, Ballpark Engineering
Intern, Ballpark Maintenance
Intern, Ballpark Operations
Intern, Baseball Communications
Intern, Baseball Operations
Intern, Broadcast
Intern, Community Fund
Intern, Community Relations
Intern, Corporate Partnerships
Intern, Emerging Markets
Intern, Game Presentation
Intern, Information Technology
Intern, Marketing
Intern, S/T Baseball Communications
Intern, S/T Community Relations
Intern, Ticket Office
Intern, Ticket Sales
Intern, TSS Game Day

Qualified applicants should apply online only.
www.twinsbaseball.com/jobopportunities
All applications must be turned in by October 15, 2009.

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Join more than 1,000 of your nonprofit and philanthropy colleagues at the
foremost event of the year - the MCN/MCF Joint Conference. Only once every
three years do these two organizations come together for an experience bringing
both nonprofits and grantmakers together. This is it!

Watch a special video invitation at www.transformingourwork.org from conference
planning committee co-chairs Ellis Bullock, executive director of the Grotto
Foundation and Susan Haigh, president & CEO of Twin Cities Habitat for
Humanity.

Get all the the latest conference information at www.transformingourwork.org:

* Plan your conference with the schedule at a glance
* View the conference sessions by track
* Get to know the conference speakers
* See who else is going to be there
* And don't miss the best parts of the conference

Get the best rates! There are two ways to save:

* Team Registration makes it affordable for your organization to get the
most out of the conference by sending four people and get the fourth free.
* MCN and MCF members save $60 off their registration just for being a
member! Get the member rates of $179 by using the promo code TRANSFORM when
registering online. Plus, there are scholarships available for small
organizations.

Don't miss out on the largest conference of its kind - right here in Minnesota.
Register now! at www.transformingourwork.org.

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Idealist.org will be holding a Graduate School Fair on Wednesday, October 7, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, at Coffman Memorial Union at 300 Washington Avenue SE. If you, or anyone you know, are thinking of going to grad-school next year, this fair is a great place to meet with representatives from 55 graduate programs in fields such as Nonprofit Management, Education, Social Work, Global Health, International Affairs, Law, Business,
Public Policy, Urban Planning, and more.

For more information and to register for free, please go to http://bit.ly/minnegf and click on
Registration on the top right-hand side of the page.

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You are invited to an information session to learn more about graduate
programs in Public Policy and Urban and Regional planning on the
following dates:

* *Monday, October 5, 2009 from 5:30-7:30 PM
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 from 5:30-7:30 PM
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 from 12:00-1:30 PM
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 from 5:30-7:30 PM
Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 5:30-7:30 PM
Monday, February 15, 2010 from 5:30-7:30 PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 5:30-7:30 PM
Thursday, April 22, 2010, 12:00-1:30 PM

The information session will take place in Room 205 Humphrey Center
(Freeman Commons). Beverages and pizza will be served. Faculty and
current students will speak briefly about each of our degree programs
and will also be available to answer questions.

People with interests such as yours have been very successful in our
programs, and in their careers promoting the public good (through the
public, non-profit and private sectors).

We offer concentrations and specializations in Public and Non-Profit
Management and Leadership, Community and Economic Development, Social
Policy, Policy Analysis, Global Public Policy (including International
Development), Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, Women and
Public Policy, Transportation Planning, Environmental Planning, Land Use
and Urban Design, Housing and Community Development, and Regional,
Economic and Workforce Development. We also offer joint degrees with the
schools of Business, Law, Social Work, Public Health, Architecture and
Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering.

This event is free and open to the public

Space is limited, so please visit our recruitment events page to RSVP:

http://www.hhh.umn.edu/learn/LearnMore.html

Information about our degree programs can also be found on our website
at www.hhh.umn.edu .

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Hubert Humphrey Center, Room 215 (Wilkins)

Talk to a panel of professionals working in many interesting government and
law enforcement fields. Learn about their career paths, what it requires to
do their job, and why you might consider a career in any of these fields.
Ask any questions you have. Attend the whole event or come for as much as
you can!

This event is free and open to all U of M students. Feel free to bring your
lunch-cookies will be served. Note that this event is good preparation for
the October 26 Government Job and Internship Fair. For more deatils visit www.mcucsa.org/govjobfair.

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