Archives for October 2012

October 29, 2012, Filed Under: Uncategorized

Apply to be a FIG Mentor for Fall 2013

Are you interested in making a positive impact on first-year students? Do you want to help others avoid some of the mistakes you made during your first semester? Are you excited about guiding students through the challenges and adventures of college life? If the answer is YES to all of the above, you should apply to be a FIG Mentor for Fall 2013!

The FIG Peer Mentor position offeres exceptional students the opportunity to be both leaders on campus and mentors to new students participating in the FIG Program. Mentors share their knowledge about the many opportunities at UT Austin and serve as guides to campus and academic resources. Mentors assist in co-facilitating a one hour seminar once a week for the fall semester and are responsible for organizing educational and social activites to help students become better acquainted with each other, faculty members and the University.

Applications are now being accepted! The deadline to apply is Friday November 9.

Please direct any questions about the position or application to: fig@austin.utexas.edu

October 29, 2012, Filed Under: Research

McNair Scholars Program – Application Deadline: November 16th

Are you a current sophomore, junior or senior graduating in December 2013 or later? Do you want to get involved in undergraduate research? Are you looking to go to graduate school and earn a doctoral degree? Need scholarship money?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then the McNair Scholars Program is right for you!
The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program is a federally funded program mandated by Congress. The goal of the program is to increase the number of students in doctoral degree programs who are low-income and first-generation undergraduates or students who come from groups underrepresented in graduate education, particularly African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Natives. The McNair Scholars Program will serve 25 students each year. An integral component of the program is the Summer Research Institute (SRI) Internship at UT Austin. Each summer, up to 13 students will be selected for this ten-week paid internship. Program participants must be committed to enrolling in graduate programs. The program will track progress towards the successful completion of a doctoral degree.

Benefits of being a McNair Scholar:

· GRE and Graduate School Preparation

· Paid research internship

· Mentorship from university faculty and current graduate students

· Paid graduate school visit

· Opportunities to present research at national conferences

· Teaching skills from our McNair Teaching Academy

· Eligibility to receive McNair Fellowships for graduate study at various institutions

· Graduate school application fee waivers at over 200 schools nationwide

McNair also offers scholarships of up to $2,000 per year for all active participants in the program.

Applications for McNair are currently being accepted and the deadline to submit is November 16thby 5 PM.

Go to utmcnairscholars.com for more information, eligibility details, and application instructions.

Questions? 512-471-1205 or mcnairprogram@austin.utexas.edu

October 29, 2012, Filed Under: Internship

NASA History Program Office Summer 2013 Internships

The NASA History Program Office is seeking undergraduate and graduate students for spring and summer 2013 internships. The History Program Office maintains archival materials to answer research questions from NASA personnel, journalists, scholars, students at all levels and others from around the world. The division also edits and publishes several books and monographs each year. It maintains a large number of websites on NASA history.

Students of all majors are welcome to apply. While detailed prior knowledge of the aeronautics and space fields is not necessary, a keen interest and some basic familiarity with these topics are needed. Strong research, writing and editing skills are essential. Experience with computers, especially hypertext markup language, or HTML, formatting, is a plus.

Intern projects are flexible. Typical projects include handling a variety of information requests, editing historical manuscripts, doing research and writing biographical sketches, updating and creating websites, and identifying and captioning photos.

Summer 2013 internship applications are due Feb. 4, 2013.

For more information, visit http://history.nasa.gov/interncall.htm.

If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Bill Barry at bill.barry@nasa.gov.