CALLING ALL HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
Are you getting ready to fill out college applications? Then you should consider applying for the 2009 Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Awards. If you want to star in a Milk Mustache ad and you excel at school, in sports and in your community then you should check it out!
25 student-athletes will win a $7,500 scholarship, an all-expense paid trip to Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Fla. and a spot in a special Milk Mustache ad to run in USA TODAY.
A super-star roster of Milk Mustache celebrity athletes including Andy Roddick, Steve Nash, Mia Hamm, Michelle Kwan and Tony Hawk will help select this year’s 25 national scholar athletes.
Applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM ET Friday, March 6, 2009. Finalists will be named by June 2009. For complete contest rules and applications, folow this link:
http://www.sammy.bodybymilk.com/index.php?REF=sammy_eblast
Filed under: Higher Education, Internships, STEM, Science, Student Opportunities | Tags: Climate Change
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) sponsors the Global Change Education Program (GCEP) to promote undergraduate and graduate education and training in support of the Department’s global change research activities. Global change research encompasses a number of technical areas, including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climate, and terrestrial processes.
GCEP has two components:
· Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/SURE/index.html
· Graduate Research Environmental Fellowships (GREF). http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/GREF/index.html
SURE appointments are competitive, require U.S. Citizenship, and a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 (4.0 system). In addition, GREF requires applicants to have successfully completed at least one year of graduate school.
For further information visit the website http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) administers the GCEP for the Department of Energy. ORISE is managed under contract by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).
Filed under: Competitions, K-12, STEM, Science, Student Opportunities | Tags: Computer Science
CALLING ALL TECH-SAVVY GIRLS, CODERS, GAMERS, & WEB DIVAS!
Applications are now open for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. Apply by December 1, 2008 to be recognized for your contributions to the digital world.
Award-winners receive $500, a new laptop computer, and a trip to the Bank of America Technology Showcase and Awards in Charlotte, NC.
Complete application materials and details are available at http://www.ncwit.org/award
Online applications and all supporting documents must be received by December 1, 2008.
The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing is open to all high school girls and is sponsored by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) (http://www.ncwit.org ) and Bank of America (http://www.bankofamerica.com).
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