IT & CBS Career Exploration Panel
Tuesday, Sept. 16
4- 6 p.m.
Digital Technology Center, 402 Walter Library
Institute of Technology and College of Biological Sciences students are invited to attend the 2008-2009 Career Exploration Panel. Three industry leaders will talk about the journeys that made them successful. Participants will learn more about the paths they took and the lessons they learned. The panelists will highlight opportunities most students never knew existed. The event is free and open to all Institute of Technology undergraduate and graduate students. Space is limited. Register by Sept. 10 to ensure a spot. To register and for more information visit: http://www.cbs.umn.edu/careerpanel.
IT Career Fair
Tuesday, Sept. 30 and Wednesday, Oct.1
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Great Hall, Coffman Memorial Union
Mark you calendar now for the biggest Institute of Technology career fair of the year. About 150 employers are scheduled to attend. Majors represented include: aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, bioproducts and biosystems engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, geology, geological engineering, geophysics, material science and engineering, mathematics, mechanical engineering, physics, and statistics.
For career fair tips and more information on the fair visit: http://www.ccse.umn.edu/careerfair.
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Darren S. Kaltved
Associate Director
Career Center for Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota
50 Lind Hall
207 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-4090
E-mail: dkaltved@umn.edu
Web: http://www.ccse.umn.edu
To search for jobs and internships, visit http://goldpass.umn.edu
]]>A new course this fall on the East Bank, taught by software entrepreneur Dan Grigsby, will focus on technology-based entrepreneurship. Enrollment is open to students from any department or college within the University. The case studies, speakers, and discussion in this class will focus on the unique processes and challenges facing technology firms.
The 4-credit class meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:45-3:25 p.m. in 309 Akerman Hall
Contact James Kahl at jkahl@umn.edu for more information.
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James Kahl
Assistant Director
Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship
3-306 Carlson School of Management
321- 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
jkahl@umn.edu
W: 612-625-9808
C: 763-607-2693
www.entrepreneurship.umn.edu
You can also call your parents or friends at a preset time while you sit in front of the campus Webcam. We've created preset camera views, which can be accessed from the "Control the Camera" interface. The "Sidewalk Bench" preset, zooms in on the bench outside Walter Library for a nice chat with mom and dad or your best friend. The "Weather at the U of M" preset zooms back for a wide view of the skies over campus--nice for those with out-of-state parents curious about Minnesota winters.
Visit http://www.it.umn.edu/webcam
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Institute of Technology Communications Office
University of Minnesota
105 Walter Library
117 Pleasant St. S.E.
itcomm@umn.edu
The student application for the Honeywell Innovators Scholarship Program is now available on the Honeywell Web site. The application deadline is Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Apply now.
The Honeywell Innovators Scholarship Program is designed to be:
Financially Rewarding
Honeywell scholarship recipients will receive a significant monetary award to offset tuition costs and/or other education-related expenses.
Professionally Rewarding
Honeywell Innovator Scholars will participate in a paid summer internship, working at major Honeywell facilities in the Czech Republic, China, India, Mexico and the United States. Under the direction of a Honeywell supervisor, they will be assigned to a team and participate in carefully selected projects that are aligned with achieving business results. The Honeywell internship is a requirement of the scholarship program, and therefore, recipients must complete the internship prior to receiving the monetary portion of the award.
Career Building
A career at Honeywell improves the lives of people everywhere, every day. The company aims to lead the way in employing science and technology to improve our planet. As an industry leader, Honeywell is continually striving to attract and retain the best and brightest people from around the world and give them challenging assignments taking on the world's most demanding issues.
For more information and eligibility requirements, visit the Honeywell Innovators Scholarship Web site.
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Susan Kubitschek
Director of Student Programs
Institute of Technology
106 Lind Hall, 207 Church Street SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-8010
612-626-1020 FAX
www.it.umn.edu
The IT CCSE is open all summer to help you polish your resume and hone your interview skills with practice interviews. Take this opportunity to prepare yourself for the two large career fairs at the start of fall semester.
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Shelly Gehrke, PhD
Director of Academic Advising
Institute of Technology
128 Lind Hall, 207 Church Street SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-0891
612-626-1020 FAX
www.it.umn.edu
sgehrke@umn.edu
Here is an opportunity for students studying science, mathematics, or engineering. Get "real world" information, encouragement, advice, and access to professional networks from professionals working in your field.
MentorNet's One-on-One Mentoring Programs focus on matching women and underrepresented minorities with female or male professionals from all sectors as mentors for one-on-one, email-based mentoring (e-mentoring) relationships. MentorNet proteges are in the engineering and science fields and are community college, undergraduate, and graduate students, postdocs and untenured faculty.
The program has proven effective by providing information, encouragement, advice, and access to networks that are otherwise often unavailable to those underrepresented in the fields of engineering and science. This is why more than 90% of participants would recommend MentorNet's e-mentoring programs to a friend or colleague.
How can you find a mentor?
1) Join the MentorNet Community. http://www.MentorNet.net/join
2) Sign in to the Community and follow the One-on-One Mentoring Programs links to create a protege profile.
Since 1998, MentorNet has matched more than 21,000 pairs of proteges and mentors with strong results. We hope you will join them!
For more information, please go to www.MentorNet.net
MentorNet's sponsors include 3M Foundation, Adobe, Alcoa Foundation, Agilent Technologies, AT&T, Bechtel Group Foundation, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation, Intel Foundation, Land O'Lakes, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, NVIDIA, Sandia National Laboratories, S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, Texas Instruments, The MathWorks, and Thomson Reuters.
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Anne Hornickel
Interim Director of Diversity and Outreach
Institute of Technology
105 Lind Hall
207 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-626-0043
ahornick@umn.edu
The Minnesota High Tech Foundation (MHTF) will award $2,000 scholarships to undergraduate students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. The purpose of the scholarship program is to strengthen Minnesota's future technology workforce by providing financial support to undergraduate students of accredited, Minnesota-based higher education institutions pursuing careers in STEM or STEM teaching. For questions on completing the application, please contact Taylor Pettis at 952.230.4560 or tpettis@mhta.org.
Please note, the deadline for applications is August 1, 2008.
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Susan Kubitschek
Director of Student Programs
Institute of Technology
106 Lind Hall, 207 Church Street SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-8010
612-626-1020 FAX
www.it.umn.edu