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Announcement: January 25, 2008
The Office
of Special Scholarship Programs would like to announce the
following scholarships, fellowships, and educational opportunities:
- UIC Students Needed for Audience for Wheel of Fortune
TV Show
- UIC Career Services’ Internship & Part-time
Job Fair
- Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship for Graduate School
- DAAD Summer
Internship Program in Berlin for American Journalism Students
- American
Institute of Architects/American Architectural Foundation RTKL
Traveling Fellowship
- Morris K. Udall Scholarship
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute, Summer Internship Program
UIC Students Needed for Audience for Wheel of Fortune Deadline: January 29, 2008
Description: Student audience participation for the Wheel
of Fortune Game Show is needed. The show is looking for
UIC students that are interested in being in the audience.
Audience members can wear their UIC school logo apparel.
Any student who is interested in participating should email
bwilli13@uic.edu by January 29. The date of the show is
Saturday, March 8, 2008; there is a 3pm taping and a 7pm
taping.
For more information,
contact: Bridgette C. Williams,
bwilli13@uic.edu
UIC Career
Services’ Internship & Part-time
Job Fair
Website: http://www.vcsa.uic.edu/NR/exeres/1640827B-0B49-4E1D-9389-6F9C865C571E,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published
Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Time: 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
Location: Illinois Room, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted
Description: The UIC Office of Career Services will be
hosting its Internship and Part-Time Job Fair on Thursday,
February 14, 2008. The event is free for all University
of Illinois students and alumni, or $10 for any non-University
of Illinois participant. To view the list of the participating
organizations, please see the website listed above.
For more information,
contact: Student Employment Office,
studentjobs@uic.edu or (312) 996-3130
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship Program
Website: www.jackkentcookefoundation.org
UIC Application
deadline: February 14, 2008
JKC Application deadline: March 15, 2008
Important Notes: Interested applicants should contact
the Office of Special Scholarship Programs for more information
on becoming a UIC nominee. UIC may nominate only two candidates
per year.
Eligibility: Students must be college seniors or recent
college graduates at the time of nomination. All applicants
should have a high level of academic achievement as demonstrated
by superior grades, academically rigorous courses, and
participation in challenging extracurricular activities,
especially those demonstrating leadership potential and/or
an appreciation for the arts and humanities. Financial
need is also considered for this award. For more specific
information, or to obtain an application, please consult
the Cooke website.
Description: The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship
Program awards 45-50 scholarships of up to $50,000 to college
seniors or recent graduates applying in the spring to attend
graduate programs the following fall. The scholarship awards
will provide funding for tuition, room and board, books,
and other required fees for the length of the graduate
degree program, up to six years. All applicants must be
nominated by their university.
Send applications
to: Please contact OSSP, as the office
assists students with this application process
DAAD Summer Internship Program in Berlin for American
Journalism Students
Website: http://www.daad.org/page/internxchange/
Application deadline: February 15, 2008
Important Notes: The 40 applicants who are invited to
a selection interview in New York City (around early March)
will receive up to $ 300 toward the cost of their flight
to the interview location.
Eligibility: Scholarships will be
awarded to 20 students enrolled in a school of journalism
or majoring in a journalism-related
field and have at least "advanced intermediate" German
language skills to take part in this structured 11-week
study/internship program in Germany.
Description: For the first six weeks, participants will
expand their academic understanding of the politics, society
and culture of Germany, and the country's current social
conditions and media scene. Participants will then do a
week of project work with journalism students from the
Independent States of the former Soviet Union and subsequently
embark on an intensive four-week internship with a German
newspaper, magazine or radio station. A complete program
schedule is available on the program website given below.
The 20 applicants who are finally selected for the program
will be awarded a monthly stipend of 650 Euros for the
duration of their stay in Germany. DAAD will also provide
participants a partial travel subsidy of approximately
350 Euros towards the cost of international transportation
to Germany; travel costs not covered by the partial subsidy
must be paid by the individual program participants themselves.
DAAD will also provide health and accident insurance.
Send applications
to: Please see website listed above;
do not send to the Office of Special Scholarship Programs
American Institute of Architects/American Architectural
Foundation
RTKL Traveling Fellowship
Website: http://www.archfoundation.org/aaf/aaf/Programs.Fellowships.htm
Application Deadline: February 15, 2008
Important Notes: Students undertaking independent travel
must be accepted in a graduate-degree program.
Eligibility: Must be in second-to-last
year of a BArch or MArch program when applying and complete
travel before
graduation. Must have decided to do an independent study
abroad experience or a study abroad program through the
student’s university, and write a proposal reflecting
personal study objectives (if participating in an established
study abroad program).
Description: The RTKL Traveling Fellowship was established
by the architecture firm RTKL Associates, Inc., in honor
of one of its founders, Francis T. Taliaferro, FAIA. The
fellowship is intended to support foreign travel undertaken
to further educational goals.
The winner of the fellowship receives $2,500 to apply
towards their foreign travel. The award announcement is
made in April, and the money is given out prior to confirmed
travel arrangements.
Send applications
to: Please see website listed above;
do not send to the Office of Special Scholarship Programs
Morris K. Udall Scholarship
Website: www.udall.gov
UIC application
deadline: February 15, 2008
National Udall deadline: March 5, 2008
Important Notes: Students must be nominated for the Udall
scholarship by their college's Udall faculty representative;
direct applications are not accepted. Contact the Office
of Special Scholarship Programs for more information on
applying. Universities may nominate up to 6 candidates.
Eligibility: Applicants must be sophomores or juniors
in the academic year in which they are applying and be
studying the environment or related fields. Native American
and Alaskan Native students may also be studying health
care or tribal public policy. Applicants must have a GPA
of 3.0/4.0 or higher and be a U.S. citizen.
Description: Each year, the Foundation awards undergraduate
scholarships of up to $5,000 to sophomores and juniors
in fields related to the environment, and to Native American
and Alaska Natives in fields related to health care or
tribal policy. Scholars selected during their sophomore
year may be re-nominated during the next year's competition.
Over 50 awards are given annually; this year the foundation
expects to award 80 nationally.
Send applications
to: Please contact OSSP, as the office
assists students with this application process
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Summer Internship
Program
Website: http://www.mbari.org/education/internship/08interns/08announce.htm
Application deadline: February 22, 2008
Eligibility: Open to both educators and college students
(undergraduate and graduate) in the area of life sciences,
physical sciences, or engineering who are interested in
ocean science and technology.
Description: Ten (10) internships
are offered every summer to educators, undergraduate and
graduate students to conduct
research in ocean science and technology at the Monterey
Bay Aquarium. Focus is on the interns’ professional
development, learning research techniques, and improving
communication and collaboration skills. Internship supports
10 weeks of research at the aquarium’s research institute.
For a list of this summer’s projects, visit the website
listed above.
There is a weekly stipend of $500
for the 10-week program (June 16 – August 22, 2008).
Support may be provided for travel to California. Summer
interns will be offered
assistance in locating housing. If you are accepted into
the program, more details will be forwarded to you.
Rooms in the Monterey and Santa Cruz areas cost approximately
$500-$650/month; food costs approximately $200/month. The
Monterey area is a popular spot during the summer, so interns
are encouraged to arrange accommodations as early as possible.
MBARI may be able to arrange carpool transportation to
and from MBARI facilities in Moss Landing, CA.
Send applications
to: Please see website listed above;
do not send to the Office of Special Scholarship Programs
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