TEACH FOR AMERICA INFORMATION SESSION
First Application Deadline: September 19th - In America today, 9-year-olds growing up in low-income communities are already three grade levels behind their peers in higher-income communities.* Educational inequity is our nation’s greatest injustice – and you have the power to change this. Teach For America is the corps of recent college graduates who teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders to expand educational opportunity for all.
We seek the most outstanding graduating college seniors – from all majors such as business, medicine, politics, law, education, public policy, and the sciences – who have the leadership skills to change the prospects of students growing up today and, ultimately, to effect fundamental changes in our society that will make it a place of opportunity for all. Come learn more about Teach For America and our theory of change:
“Aloha” Information Session
Monday, September 15th
The U: PRLACC Program Room, 5:30 pm
Pizza and snacks will be served
For more information contact Rina Han rina.han@teachforamerica.org or at 212.279.2080 x716
Click here to apply now. Seeking all academic majors. Full salary and benefits. No previous education experience or coursework necessary. To learn more, visit www.teachforamerica.org, contact admissions@teachforamerica.org, or subscribe to our e-newsletter.
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
The Met invites science majors to participate in a unique artistic experience! The Metropolitan Opera is opening its season with well-known Doctor Atomic, a contemporary masterpiece created by John Adams that explores an event that changed the world forever--the invention of the atomic bomb. The Metropolitan Opera invites students in the sciences at UConn to attend the final dress rehearsal and participate in a discussion on the relationship between the sciences and the arts. Lunch and transportation will be provided! The show will take place on Thursday, October 9. Interested students may contact Amy Deflumere by email at amy.deflumere@uconn.edu by Monday, September 22 for the chance to attend!
NOTABLE BUSINESS SPEAEKER COMING TO UCONN!
Are you considering a career in business? Interested in entrepreneurship? On Tuesday September 23, the UConn Honors Program and the Global Leadership Commission are sponsoring a lecture by Dennis Nash, a well-known entrepreneur and UConn MBA alumn. Dennis Nash is President and CEO of Control Station, Inc and will share his corporate vision and experiences in successful enterprise.
The lecture will be held from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Thomas J. Dodd auditorium. The first 10 interested Honors students who RSVP will be invited to an exclusive dinner with Dennis Nash before the lecture. Please RSVP to Maggie McCarthy and Margaret.McCarthy@UConn.edu. Click HERE for more information.
OAXACA, MEXICO for HONORS CREDIT
Professor Mark Overmyer-Velazquez invites Honors students to apply for a Winter Intersession UConn Study Abroad program in Oaxaca and will work with participants who wish to earn Honors credit. Students planning to take the Core Curricululm course on Migrant Workers next spring will be especially interested in this program. Please visit the Study Abroad website to learn more. Application DEADLINE: September 23, 2008.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GUATEMALA --- STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Oct. 6, 2008 – 6:30 School of Business 211
The Social Entrepreneurship Symposium is an opportunity for the UConn community to hear first-hand about the student experiences in their two month program with Social Entrepreneur Corps through UConn Study Abroad. Students who have previously participated in the summer program Social Entrepreneurship in Guatemala will show presentations on their experiences. Their presentations focus on how they applied their knowledge and practice of social entrepreneurship while working with local entrepreneurs in Guatemala. To learn more about this study abroad program and the Social Entrepreneur Corps, click here.
CREATE MOVIES TO EDUCATE
Are you computer savvy? Are you interested in promoting education to the public? If so, its time to get involved! Professor Benjamin Wilhite of the School of Engineering is looking for a student to assist in a project that educates the public on topics such as sustainable energy, catalytic systems, fuel cells, and more, through a series of short on-line movies. This student must be proficient with computers and interested in creating these short movies or animations—Perfect for education, computer science, or communications majors! Interested students
should contact Professor Wilhite at
bwilhite@engr.uconn.edu.
