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Michigan Tech’s Peace Corps Program Ranked #1 in Nation

paterson — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:17:13 +0000

Michigan Technological University ranks as the top Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) university nationwide for the eighth consecutive year.

Full story here: http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/may/story88794.html

Summer REU – University of Colorado at Boulder

paterson — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:43:55 +0000

The University of Colorado Boulder will host a 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Environmental Sustainability from June 3 – August 9, 2013. Undergraduates will be mentored by faculty and graduate students as they conduct research emphasizing multimedia approaches to environmental challenges. Applicant review will begin March 15 and continue until the cohort of 9 students is filled.

For more information and the application, see our website:

http://spot.colorado.edu/~bielefel/REU.html

or email the project PI: Lupita.Montoya@colorado.edu

Doctors Without Borders Info Session – Minneapolis

paterson — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:30:41 +0000

Looking for a D80-like career. Doctors Without Borders is looking for many professionals, including engineers.

March 4, 2013 information session details are here: https://msfminneapolisinfosession030413.eventbrite.com

U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security

paterson — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:46:20 +0000

A Michigan Tech student was invited to this last year — loved it!

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Application Deadline: Monday, March 4, 2013

It’s not too late to apply for the U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program’s second annual Summer Institute on Global Food Security to be held Tuesday, May 28- Saturday, June 8, 2013 on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. This two-week learning program is for graduate students who are interested in developing a holistic understanding of the major challenges to global food security with a focus on cross-disciplinary problem solving of real-world development challenges. Applicants must have completed at least one semester of graduate study and be enrolled in a U.S. institution at the time of application. U.S. citizenship is not required. Information about the inaugural Summer Institute on Global Food Security held in July 2012 is available here.

Applications are available at the program website.

Cristy Gosney

Program Coordinator

Center for Global Food Security

Discovery Park / Purdue University

Mann Hall, Room 105

203 S. Martin Jischke Drive

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2022

Tel: (765) 494-5441

Fax: (765) 496-9322

Email: crgosney@purdue.edu

www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/food

Summer Program – Engineering for Developing Communities – Technion

paterson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:54:28 +0000

I am writing to you as an EWB Chapter member at Michigan Technological University to let you know about the exciting Engineering for Developing Communities Summer Program we are offering. Would be great if you can let your chapter know about this program.
Program Dates: July 21 – August 15, 2013

The program will take place in Nepal, led by Prof. Bernard Amadei (Founder of Engineering without Borders in the US) and Prof Mark Talesnick (Founder of Engineering without Borders Technion Chapter) and faculty from Kathmandu University with students from Nepal, Israel, US and other countries.
The program provides a hands-on, real life learning experience enabling students to apply fundamental and theoretical knowledge to real world day to day situations. The program challenges students to innovative and out of the box thinking and provides them with multi-disciplinary tools to address a wide range of engineering and development challenges.
The academic side of the program will be located at Kathmandu University with the practical side in beautiful Rural Nepal working and lodging in villages.
Click here for program brochure. You can find additional information about the program on our website by clicking here

You are invited to contact us for additional information,

Kind Regards,

Ariel Geva
Director
Technion International School
Mauberger Building, 2nd floor
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Phone: +972 (0)77-887-1897
Email: admissions@int.technion.ac.il
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D80 Summer Research Opportunities

paterson — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:09:55 +0000

Research something that matters

Applications for 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURFs) are now open. Fellows will spend the summer on an individual research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. SURFs are open to all Tech undergraduates who have at least one semester remaining after the summer. Awards are up to $3,300. Applications are due by noon, Friday, Jan. 25.

For more information and the application materials and instructions, see SURF. (http://www.mtu.edu/research/administration/vpr-office/internal-awards/surf/)
For more information on the application, contact Will Cantrell, SURF coordinator, at surf@mtu.edu .

For more information on refining your research idea, contact your favorite D80 professor.

Michigan Tech student runs across Kalahari for water

paterson — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:59:05 +0000

Environmental engineering major, Breanna Cornell, is part of impossible2Possible, a venture to bring attention to water. She is a part of an eight person team running daily ultra marathons to highlight water challenges in Africa. Read more:

http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2012/october/story79743.html

Follow along at the website below as Breanna and her team cross Botswana, October 29 to November 12:

http://impossible2possible.com/botswana/daily-summary

New course: SS 3315/5315 Population and Environment

paterson — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:58:09 +0000

This course addresses questions related to the ways in which the world’s population affects the environment and vice versa. We’ll critically address the idea that population growth is one of the biggest environmental problems. We’ll learn some basic demographic techniques for understanding population change. And, we’ll explore how climate change, weather, and natural disasters affect world populations. The course is offered at either the 3000-level or 5000-level. I hope to enroll a diverse group of grad students and upper level undergrads. Note: 5315 counts as a concentration course for EEP PhD program under either Environmental and Natural Resource Policy or Sustainable Development. The course will be taught every other spring.

New Course: SS4390 Seminar in Sustainability Issues

paterson — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:57:27 +0000

This course addresses rural community sustainability using Calumet as a case study. The term “sustainability” is a broad one here and includes not only environmental sustainability, but also social, cultural, economic, and health. The course will involve a community based participatory research project where students will collaborate with a community organization (Main Street Calumet) to assess how Calumet’s First Fridays Art Tours contribute to community well-being. I hope to recruit students from across campus and would love to see registration among art students (or those with an interest in art register); those with interests in sustainability broadly speaking; those with historical/cultural/heritage interest, especially in the Copper Country; and those with interest in community development and/or rural areas. Course size will be limited, so if you are interested, please register early.

https://mtu.instructure.com/courses/779033

2012 Social Innovation Program (SIP)

paterson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:07:59 +0000

You can change the world, but it takes more than idealism, it takes innovation.

Priority, Early Admission Deadline is January 31st
Rolling deadline is March 15th

SIP is a cutting edge program to prepare top undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students to become the next generation of social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders. Graduates from this intensive 6- week institute emerge prepared to apply entrepreneurial approaches to social challenges through nonprofit, private, and public sector organizations.

This one-of-a-kind institute offers participants the opportunity to complete meaningful consulting projects for nonprofit and community organizations while learning what it takes to be a social entrepreneur from 25 of the field’s top thinkers and practitioners. Students form a lasting professional network while enjoying all that the greater Washington, D.C. area has to offer. Housing is provided on George Mason University’s campus.

For more information visit: www.socialinnovationprogram.com or contact sip@masoninnovation.org. The deadline for early admission consideration is January 31, 2012, but we will be accepting applications on a rolling basis until March 15, 2012.