Career Services Announcements

 The Master in Health Administration program at Virginia Commonwealth University has announced dates for its open houses
for the fall semester.

If you are interested in the MHA program, make a reservation on their website at www.had.vcu.edu no later
 than October 5.

The open house dates are on Friday, October 16, and November 13, between 1pm and 5pm.  Refreshments will be provided.

This semester, become a Student PIRG intern and help to solve the big problems that our country faces. This semester, our top priority is our campaign to solve global warming. It’s a big issue, but we’ve already got the solutions we need. For example, last semester we organized an awesome event where we made smoothies using solar power to demonstrate the practicality of solar power. We even served one to a Congressman! We’ll also be making sure our Congressmen hear from us as the Senate debates national clean energy legislation this fall.

The EPA is making available 30 grants of $46,500 each *to enhance and support quality environmental education for undergraduates.

The hope is that this assistance will encourage more students to continue their education beyond the baccalaureate level and pursue careers in environmentally related fields.

*Eligibility:* Students at an accredited college or university.

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 10

The fellowships are intended to help defray costs associated with environmentally oriented study leading to a bachelor’s degree.

The MD/PhD Programs of Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houstons Medical School and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center will host a special Translational Research Symposium and an MD/PhD Career Development Workshop the next day. Information about these programs can be found at http://gsbs.uth.tmc.edu/symposium.htm. 

The Cosmo Club Foundation offers up to $3,000 for about 15 graduate students who attend Metropolitan Consortium of Washington Area Universities, including Mason.  For the past few years,  Mason students have successfully competed for these awards. 

To apply visit: http://www.cosmosclubfoundation.org/scholars/grants-program.html

The Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF), is a prestigious program and a recruitment tool to obtain high quality leaders for the federal government, from currently enrolled grad students in any academic discipline.

Applicants must be graduating in January, May or August of 2010 to be eligible for the current application cycle; they can be from any graduate program (master’s, Ph.D., Law, others).

Nomination by an academic representative is required for PMF applicants, and the nomination time frame is Oct. 15 - 31, 2009.

The Naval Research Lab has Student Career Experience Programs (SCEP) position available for students to work and go to college. It provides students with realistic exposure to career opportunities, early adaptation to the work environment, and exposure to people, places, and situations. In addition, it helps to pay school expenses. Eligibility Requirements include:

Where the Jobs Are is the only comprehensive projection of hiring needs for critical occupations in the federal government. This edition is the third in an ongoing series produced by the Partnership for Public Service, covering fiscal years 2010 through 2012, and updating information in the 2005 and 2007 reports.
  

See link for more details:  http://data.wherethejobsare.org/wtja/home

The FAA is continuing to offer a Design Competition for Universities for the 2009 – 2010 academic year!  The Competition has

added new design categories. This competition opens on August 28, 2009 and closes on April 16, 2010.