Dec 1 2016
Bulletin In Brief (read more below)…• WhiteCoats4BlackLives Forum on Dec 7th!• UNM's C & J Colloquium Presents "Cumulative Impact" Screening• Health Professions and Allied Health Workshop at UNM• Call for Student Climate Justice Abstracts• UNM's IFCE Research Showcase a Success!• Undergraduate STEM Meetings, Scholarships, Grants, and Job Opportunities
WhiteCoats4BlacksLives Forum Event on Dec 7th
In solidarity with the national demonstrations this year, students at the UNM Health Science Center will be hosting an open forum on December 7th from 12-1pm in the plaza between Fitz Hall and the Nursing and Pharmacy Building (rain/cold
location Dominici West Lobby).
The goal is to create a space for students, faculty, staff, and patients to share personal experiences with and thoughts about
discrimination in healthcare, police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement. The forum will be open mic.
Students can submit stories here.
Questions? Email us at [email protected].
UNM's C & J Colloquium Presents "Cumulative Impact" Screening
A C & J Colloquium Feature Presentation: Cultivating plants, Creating Social Justice and Community harmony.
Cultivating common humanity: Collective Impact.
Screening and Discussion: December 9, 2016 from 9:00-11:00am in C and J Room 121
See more here: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/09/ej-emi-call-for-abstracts/
Health Professions and Allied Health Workshop at UNM
December 3, 2016 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM in the UNM SUB Fiesta A & B
• Learn about admissions processes, entrance exams (MCAT, PCAT, etc.) and how to build your CV!
• Food will be provided!
RSVP & fill out our survey to helps us prepare this workshop for you! (https://goo.gl/forms/cZqlLjEhQU4bIoYA2)
For more information contact:
Nicole Lee: [email protected] or Jessica Avila: [email protected].
Call for Student Climate Justice Abstracts
The Educate, Motivate and Innovate (EMI) Climate Justice Initiative is seeking abstracts on student projects that address
resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation. Students should emphasize the relationships between climate change and the
following: public health, cultural and traditional practices, economic development, and environmental justice communities.
The EMI Committee will use these abstracts to select students to participate in the EMI Workshop at the National
Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program.
See more here: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016/09/ej-emi-call-for-abstracts/
UNM's IFCE Research Showcase a Success!
The richness of New Mexico is mirrored and many of its needs addressed through the diversity of UNM's College of
Education research, and specifically the Individual, Family, and Community Education (IFCE) programs. The IFCE Showcase
highlights research on critical health, well-being, and education issues of New Mexico and beyond.
This fall's IFCE Research Showcase 2016 was a great success with 39 posters presented and lots of visitors.
See more here: https://coe.unm.edu/departments-programs/ifce/research-showcase/index.html
Undergraduate STEM Meetings, Scholarships, Grants, and Opportunities
- The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) fund promising
undergraduate students so they can conduct research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers.
Interested students can learn more here: https://aspb-surf.secure-platform.com/a/
- Judges are needed for the Corrales Elementary School Science Fair on Dec 6 from 8:30 - 11:30 AM. It's not a lot of time
and you might be able to make a difference in a kid's view of how scientists think. Please let Carmen Brindeiro know
at [email protected] if you are interested.
- Alion Science and Technology is hiring an intern and is especially interested in engineering student applicants. Any
interested student can either go to the Alion career page (http://www.alionscience.com/careers) and apply to the technical
intern position (job id 23310).
- The Pathways Program is hiring student trainees in their Bureau of Indian Affairs. Interested students can review postings
here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/455931300/
- The InterTribal Timber Council is now accepting scholarship applications. Learn more about the various
opportunities here: http://www.itcnet.org/
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