VMWare Tech Talk, October 6, 2011

Thursday, October 6th

5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Room 210 (General Lounge), Illini Union

Join us for a Tech Talk with engineer and UIUC alum, Wit Riewrangboonya. Learn about cool technologies at VMware and our current FT and intern opportunites. 2 other UIUC alums, in addition to a University Recruiting rep, will be on hand to discuss their current roles and life at VMware.

Drop off your resume for a chance to win a Nintendo DS or ibeats headphones!!

We’re visiting your campus!

Stop by for a Tech Talk, Raffle and Dinner on Us!!

OTCR Consulting Consultant Position, Deadline: October 13, 2011

Are you interested in learning about business? Do you want to solve problems for real businesses?


OTCR Consulting is an entirely student-run consulting firm at the University of Illinois. Our clients include small businesses, technology startups, Fortune 50 companies and non-profit organizations. We work on a variety of projects ranging from marketing and strategy to technology integration. As a consultant in OTCR, you will be able to learn new skills by engaging with real clients on their most challenging business and technology problems.

Unique to OTCR is the opportunity to become a project manager or partner in the organization and gain true leadership experience in a business environment as an undergraduate.

Our consultants frequently cite OTCR as a key factor in differentiating themselves from other students. Many of our alumni work at top consulting firms like Accenture, Bain & Company, Deloitte, and McKinsey & Company. Still others go on to do great work with companies like Boeing,General Electric, Microsoft, NASA, Ford or graduate school for law or medicine.

The application deadline is Thursday, October 13th at 11:59 PM! You can apply on our website, www.otcr.illinois.edu. If you have any questions please contact Christie Schroeder at schroed6@illinois.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at our info session and reading your application!

Sincerely,

The OTCR Partner Team

Register now for the Counseling Center’s POWER READING COURSE!

Read what one student had to say about the Power Reading Course:
“I just wanted to say thank you for the speed reading course I took last semester. It's helped so much. I have become more quick in my reading, and, even more importantly, much more effective in retention of what I read and drawing out the important points of what I read. It's a very effective class, and you did a great job teaching it.”

The POWER READING COURSE is designed to help students improve their reading speed, concentration, comprehension and productivity. This is a non-graded, non-credit, twelve session course that meets for 50 minutes on a M-W or T-TH sequence. Books and materials will be provided. A materials fee of $15.00 will be assessed each student.

Second Session:
M&W Sections: October 24 – December 7 at 12 , 1 and 2 pm in 303 English Building
T&TH Sections: October 25 - December 6 at 10 and 11 am and 12 pm in 307 English Building.

More information is available online at http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/powerreading

To register online www.illinois.edu/goto/pow

Recruitment of Engineering ACHievers (REACH) deadline extended

The USC Viterbi School of Engineering announces a DATE CHANGE for its Fall 2011 Recruitment of Engineering ACHievers (REACH) event for prospective Ph.D. students. The event will take place on November 2-5, 2011, instead of the original date in October. The new dates allow us to combine with the Graduate and Professional Programs Preview Day for prospective M.S. and Ph.D. students on November 4, 2011.

We are also extending the deadline to apply to REACH until Thursday, October 6, 2011 so that more interested students can apply.

REACH brings to the USC campus talented students from all over the U.S. who plan on, or are seriously considering, pursuing a Ph.D. in an engineering field. This event is particularly geared toward students from backgrounds that are historically underrepresented in the field of engineering: African-American, Latino and Native American. Travel expenses, hotels and meals are all paid for by the USC Viterbi School.

If you are seriously considering pursuing a Ph.D. in engineering and are entering your junior or senior year or are a recent graduate in an engineering, mathematics or physical science major, we invite you to apply to REACH. As a selected participant, you will attend presentations by faculty about doctoral research opportunities; will tour the campus and the engineering facilities, including labs; will meet with current students to discuss graduate student life; will discuss applying for admission and financial aid with experienced engineering staff; and will interact with prospective and current engineering students as well as faculty and staff. Visiting the Viterbi School is the best way to experience what USC has to offer.

The following web site contains additional information and the application to participate in this year’s REACH event: http://viterbi.usc.edu/admission/phd/reach/. Note: the application deadline has been extended to Thursday, October 6, 2011.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Margery Berti, Associate Dean of Doctoral Programs at berti@usc.edu.

Idea to Product Competition, Deadline: October 10, 2011

Idea to Product (I2P) is a unique academic competition looking at ideas at their earliest stage.  I2P is not a business plan competition.  I2P only requires a one-page submission, done according to a format, outlining an idea for a product or service and its market.  This approach makes it possible for people across campus to develop and present ideas, obtain feedback, and start the process of invention or product development and commercialization. 

The Technology Entrepreneur Center is hosting the University of Illinois I2P campus competition in 301 CSL.  Competing students should submit an online entry.  Up to 10 student ideas will be selected for the Illinois campus round of IP2 on October 20, 2011.

Online entries for the Illinois campus round of IP2 are due by October 10, 2011.

For more information, please visit the IP2 website.

Xerox Information Session, September 29th 2011

Please join us and learn more about Xerox and our job opportunities in engineering.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 29th
Time: 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: Digital Computer Lab
Room #2240
Speaker: Nathan Hult, Mechanical Engineering Design Manager for Solid Ink Technology

On behalf of Xerox College Relations, please post and distribute the attached invitation to our Information Session. An RSVP is not required. Food and beverages will be served. We hope to see you there!

To learn more about our current opportunities, please visit our careers site at http://www.xeroxstudentcareers.com/

LeaderShape

Come learn about LeaderShape!

Info Night – Wednesday October 5th @ 7:30 p.m. in 404 Illini Union

2nd Info Session -- Friday October 7th @ 2:00 p.m. in the Illinois Leadership Center (2nd floor of the Union from the Quad side)

What: Illinois LeaderShape® Institute

When: January 8-13, 2012

Where: Allerton Park in Monticello, IL

Who: YOU!

Why: The Illinois LeaderShape® Institute is a six-day, five-night program where you experience a leadership process that teaches visioning, the importance of developing relationships, and leading with integrity.

How: Contact your College Contact’s office

Contact the Illinois Leadership Center for more information:
Paul Stanton – stanton5@illinois.edu
290 Illini Union
217-333-0604
http://www.illinoisleadership.illinois.edu/

Applications are due October 28, 2011 to your College Contact!

Check out how LeaderShape can impact your leadership experience!
The 25th Anniversary of LeaderShape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvsA4gqn_gk

An Illinois student shares her experience about LeaderShape:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ILLeadershipCenter#p/u/18/vhix2PaczsM