School of Engineering Weekly E-Newsletter

Week of November 2, 2015 Vol. 6 – Issue 11

Announcements

2016-2017 ACEC California Scholarship Program Application is available: Deadline January 15, 2016. More information on Page 6. For the application, click here.

Spring 2016 Class schedule is available for students, please click here.

Spring 2016 Graduation Application now available – Graduation Application for Spring 2016 is now open, deadline will be Monday, February 15, 2016. More information on Page 8. For more information, click here.

Student Organizations:

NSBE Study Days : Mondays and Wednesdays 5-6:30PM in SAAC 219 starting this week until

the end of the semester. Members and any of those interested in the club can come study and get

help from others in a quiet reserved space.

Internships, Jobs, Fellowships,

& Graduate School

[New] University of Colorado : Graduate Pro-

grams

[New] UC Natural Reserve System-California Ecology and Conservation Program

Big Ideas: Information Technology for Society UC Merced YES (Young Engineer and Scien-tist Academy) Volunteer Opportunities GEICO Achievement Award

2016-2017 ACEC California Scholarship Program Application

Entry Level Jobs and Internships at Pfizer

Santa Cruz Biotechnology-Entry Level Com-puter Science position

NASA DEVELOP Internship Program

UC Natural Reserve System-California Ecology and Conservation Program

Undergraduate Research Grant Opportunity

GoEngineer webinars

AccessComputing

Pathways to Science

NASA internships, fellowships and scholar-ships

California Energy Commission energy analyst

Visit our website at http://engr-advising.ucmerced.edu/

Academic Advising

Advising WALK-IN only

Mondays: 10:00-11:45am & 2:00pm-4:00pm* Tuesdays: 10:00-11:45am & 2:00pm-4:00pm*

Wednesdays: 10:00-11:45am & 2:00pm-4:00pm* Thursdays: 10:00-11:45am & 2:00pm-4:00pm*

Fridays: 10:00-11:45am *

*Check individual advisors availability here*

All Transfer Students – Kathy Briggs (kbriggs@ucmerced.edu)

Last Names A-E (non-transfer students) – Kathy Briggs

(kbriggs@ucmerced.edu) for fall 2015

Last Names F-L (non-transfer students) – Christina Mayo

(cmayo@ucmerced.edu)

Last Names M-Q (non-transfer students) – Position is Vacant (soeadvising@ucmerced.edu)

Last Names R-Z (non-transfer students) – Karla Gonzalez

(kgonzalez34@ucmerced.edu)

Resources

Stem Resource Center– Free tutoring, STEM courses

Location: AOA 114

Website: http://stemresourcecenter.ucmerced.edu/

STEM Tutoring Schedule available!! click here

Bright Success Center– Peer Assisted Learning Support

available start September 9th.

Location: KL 222

Website: http://learning.ucmerced.edu/

Note: Please check the website as the schedule will continue to

develop. All sessions are free of charge, no sign-ups needed.

Center for Career & Professional Advancement (Career Services)

Center for Career & Professional Advancement has open walk-in

hours every day from 10 am to 2pm to assist you with career

related questions.

If you would like to talk to the STEM Career Specialist, Robert

Goodman has walk-in hours on Mondays 12 noon to 1 pm in

SSB 230. Tentative hours for Fridays 10 am to 2 pm in S&E 1

3rd floor Atrium. You can also email Robert

at rgoodman@ucmerced.edu.

Advising/Student Services Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook! Need to contact your academic advisor? Check

here for more information.

Workshops, Events, & Sessions

MATLAB: Organizing and

Debugging MATLAB Programs Partnership with Mathematics Department

***Please Register here

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 2:30-3:30pm

Location: SSM 154

Email: esl@ucmerced.edu

How to sell experience Partnership with Center for Career &

Professional Advancement

***Please Register here

Date: Friday, November 6, 2015 at 1:00pm-2:00pm

Location: SE1 160

Email: esl@ucmerced.edu

Engineering Service Learning

***For more information please check out ESL’s events calendar

Note: If event is full, please email esl@ucmerced.edu to be placed on a waitlist or possible

openings.

Workshops, Events, & Sessions

Resume & Interview Workshop Partnership with PG & E

Date: Friday, October 30, 2015 at 2:30-3:30pm

Location: SSB 250

Email: careercenter@ucmerced.edu

Google Career Information Session Partnership with Google

Date: Monday, November 2, 2015 at 1:00pm-2:00pm

Location: California Room

Email: careercenter@ucmerced.edu

Center for Career & Professional Advancement

GRADUATE SCHOOL OPPORTUNITY

[NEW] University of Colorado, Boulder: Graduate Programs

Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering

Embedded Systems Engineering

Professional Masters program certificate or full degree.

Optics & Nanophotonics

Focus on your future with a Ph.D. program in computational imaging &

sensing… and more

Electrical and Information Technologies

Multi-year assistantships offered to exceptionally well qualified candidates in

communications and signal processing, computer engineering… and more

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2015.

Find information about these graduate programs here

SCHOLARSHIPS & PROGRAMS

[NEW] 2016-2017 ACEC California Scholarship

Program Application

The American Council of Engineering Companies of California

(ACEC California) will be awarding several scholarships totaling up

to approximately $25,000 for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Click here for link to the application.

The deadline to submit a scholarship application is January 15, 2016.

SCHOLARSHIPS & PROGRAMS

[NEW] Natural Reserve System Field Studies Program

California Ecology and Conservation brings together 27 students

from across the UC system for seven weeks of intensive learning at

NRS reserves. Guided by experienced field instructors, undergradu-ates transform into scientists by conducting independent research

studies.

Click here for link to the application.

The deadline to submit an application is November 13, 2015.

GRADUATION APPLICATION & MORE

[NEW] Graduate Application & More

Graduation Application for Spring 2016 is now open, deadline will be

Monday, February 15, 2016.

Engr 191 is reserved for Spring and Summer graduating seniors. It will be opened to all students after graduating seniors have registered.

Students must first apply to graduate!

There are new changes to commencement. Visit their website for detains on

participation and appeals: http://commencement.ucmerced.edu/

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