The Berkeley Edge Conference is designed to encourage underrepresented minority students who are competitively eligible for Berkeley’s Ph.D. programs in science, math and engineering to apply to UC Berkeley. The 12th Annual Conference is sponsored by the Mitchell Kapor Foundation, the National Science Foundation's Innovation through Institutional Integration program, and Sandia National Laboratories
To qualify, you must be nominated by a faculty member. If you're interested in applying, please email Dean Ivan Favila at ifavila@illinois.edu and let him know. If you're chosen, UC Berkeley will provide all travel, lodging, and meals.
The application deadline is September 26, 2011 for faculty, research scientists, and other mentors to recommend students for the Berkeley Edge Conference 2011. This is also the deadline for recommended students to complete their applications online. Students will be informed of their application status in early-October.
For general information about the conference please visit http://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/conference.
Students can access the online application directly at: http://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/student-application. The application deadline is September 26, 2011.
Showing posts with label Conferences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conferences. Show all posts
Monday, September 19, 2011
Friday, October 29, 2010
Teleconference - "The Importance of Networking" by Dr. Yolanda Rankin
The Empowering Leadership Alliance hosted its 2nd mentoring teleconference: What is life as a graduate student? Dr. Dilma da Silva, researcher at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, served as the dynamic telementor/facilitator. There were over 20 registrants for this session yesterday. Thanks, Dr. da Silva for a job well-done!
The next mentoring teleconference in the Undergraduate Orientation and Enculturation Series will be held on Wednesday, November 3, and we invite you to join us in this event.
Topic: The Importance of Networking
Date: Wednesday, November 3
Time: 1PM (Eastern); 12PM (Central); 10 AM (Pacific)
Speaker/Telementor: Dr. Yolanda Rankin, Research Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden in California
Dr. Rankin will share her personal insights on the importance of networking, professional vs. social networking, preparing for networking opportunities, and how to follow-through. Although targeted for undergraduate students, all students are welcome to join in the conversation.
Click here to register online for this event. After you register, we will send you a confirmation email with the call-in information.
About the Telementor:
Yolanda A. Rankin, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden in California. Her primary research interests involve conceptual design and evaluation of digital media as collaborative technology that promotes knowledge acquisition and situational awareness. Yolanda has more than 8 years industry experience in software engineering and project management of mobile features and optical sub systems. Yolanda completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Northwestern University, a M.A. in Computer Science at Kent State University, and a B.S. in Mathematics at Tougaloo College.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Phoebe E. Lenear, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: 217.244.0199
Email: lenear3@illinois.edu
The next mentoring teleconference in the Undergraduate Orientation and Enculturation Series will be held on Wednesday, November 3, and we invite you to join us in this event.
Topic: The Importance of Networking
Date: Wednesday, November 3
Time: 1PM (Eastern); 12PM (Central); 10 AM (Pacific)
Speaker/Telementor: Dr. Yolanda Rankin, Research Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden in California
Dr. Rankin will share her personal insights on the importance of networking, professional vs. social networking, preparing for networking opportunities, and how to follow-through. Although targeted for undergraduate students, all students are welcome to join in the conversation.
Click here to register online for this event. After you register, we will send you a confirmation email with the call-in information.
About the Telementor:
Yolanda A. Rankin, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at IBM Research – Almaden in California. Her primary research interests involve conceptual design and evaluation of digital media as collaborative technology that promotes knowledge acquisition and situational awareness. Yolanda has more than 8 years industry experience in software engineering and project management of mobile features and optical sub systems. Yolanda completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Northwestern University, a M.A. in Computer Science at Kent State University, and a B.S. in Mathematics at Tougaloo College.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Phoebe E. Lenear, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: 217.244.0199
Email: lenear3@illinois.edu
Monday, October 11, 2010
ACM's 16th Computing Conference, October 15-17th, 2010
The Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) will be holding their 16th "Reflections/Projections" Computing Conference on October 15th-17th, 2010.
Reflections/Projections is an opportunity for us to bring together students from across the country to gain a broader perspective on computer science in the presence of some of the great minds of today and yesterday. Throughout the weekend, we'll have several speakers from across the country (from industry and academia alike), a programming competition from in-house developers (MechMania), and a job fair for students and companies in Computer Science.
Best of all, there is no fee to attend! But register online in advance, and you'llget a free t-shirt.
For more information, please visit ACM's website: http://acum.uiuc.edu/conference
Reflections/Projections is an opportunity for us to bring together students from across the country to gain a broader perspective on computer science in the presence of some of the great minds of today and yesterday. Throughout the weekend, we'll have several speakers from across the country (from industry and academia alike), a programming competition from in-house developers (MechMania), and a job fair for students and companies in Computer Science.
Best of all, there is no fee to attend! But register online in advance, and you'llget a free t-shirt.
For more information, please visit ACM's website: http://acum.uiuc.edu/conference
Friday, October 8, 2010
Teleconference in Undergraduate Orientation and Enculturation
The Empowering Leadership Alliance invites you to participate in its 1st mentoring teleconference in the Mentoring Series: Undergraduate Orientation and Enculturation.
Topic: College Life and Time Management
Speaker/Telementor: Shanna-Shaye Forbes, PhD Student, University of California at Berkeley
Date: Friday, October 15
Time: 2pm (Eastern), 1pm (Central), 11am (Pacific)
Although targeted for undergraduate students, all students are welcome to join in the conversation. Ms. Forbes will provide college survival tips such as time management strategies for students in the computing disciplines. She will also be available to address participants' questions.
Click https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGlXYkl6emIyZ0ltdWdwUTJrNmdMMGc6MQ#gid=0
to register online for this event.
About the Telementor:
Shanna-Shaye is a PhD student at the University of California at Berkeley in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2007 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Concentration) and received her M..S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in May 2009 from UC Berkeley.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Phoebe E. Lenear, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: 217.244.0199
Fax: 217.244.6375
Email: lenear3@illinois.edu
Topic: College Life and Time Management
Speaker/Telementor: Shanna-Shaye Forbes, PhD Student, University of California at Berkeley
Date: Friday, October 15
Time: 2pm (Eastern), 1pm (Central), 11am (Pacific)
Although targeted for undergraduate students, all students are welcome to join in the conversation. Ms. Forbes will provide college survival tips such as time management strategies for students in the computing disciplines. She will also be available to address participants' questions.
Click https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGlXYkl6emIyZ0ltdWdwUTJrNmdMMGc6MQ#gid=0
to register online for this event.
About the Telementor:
Shanna-Shaye is a PhD student at the University of California at Berkeley in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2007 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering Concentration) and received her M..S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in May 2009 from UC Berkeley.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Phoebe E. Lenear, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Office: 217.244.0199
Fax: 217.244.6375
Email: lenear3@illinois.edu
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