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SDSU College of Sciences, MBRS-IMSD Program Call for Applications

Published March 26, 2013 by Eric Pamintuan

I wanted to let you know that the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD-MBRS) program is recruiting for the 2013-2014 year, with students beginning in either the summer or fall. We are looking for students dedicated to earning a PhD in the STEM or behavioral sciences, with a passion for research. Low-income, first-generation and/or underrepresented students are highly encouraged to apply.

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Olympics & Robotics Competition Signup

Published March 25, 2013 by Eric Pamintuan

Our San Diego MESA Alliance (SDMA) that includes the MESA programs at San Diego City College, Southwestern College, and MESA Schools Programs in San Diego and Imperial Valley are beginning to take student sign-ups for:

20th Annual MESA Olympics & Robotics Competition

Competition for all MESA programs segments in problem-solving sessions and/or robotics competition designed to promote teamwork, engineering and problem solving skill development.

The OLYMPICS competition has teams of 4 students solve technical problems in mathematics, chemistry, physics and engineering. The competition is broken down in 3 academic levels.

The ROBOTICS competition uses the LEGO Mind storm NXT 2.0 robotics kits for teams of up to 4 MESA students to build robots to complete 2 challenges-an obstacle course, and a head-to-head competition. The nature of the obstacle course and battle will be distributed with the Robotics kits after teams are formulated and also found below.

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Summer Jobs Helping Kids!

Published March 20, 2013 by Eric Pamintuan

The Upward Bound/HCOP Summer Programs are now recruiting college students to be Resident Advisors and Instructional Assistants June 15 – July 26 @ San Diego State University Pay is $9-­‐$10 per hour. ub_ia_ra_recruitment_2013-1-1

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Aztecs Take Mars

Published March 19, 2013 by Eric Pamintuan

Lecture features the 2013 College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni who directly contributed to aspects of design, development, testing and operation of NASA’s $2.5 billion program…

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Support for Home Basing the F-35C at NAF El Centro

Published March 18, 2013 by Eric Pamintuan

The Imperial Valley supports the Naval Air Facility, El Centro as the base for the Navy’s Joint Strike Fighter – F-35 Aircraft.

Located about six miles west of El Centro, California, NAF El Centro is the best location for homebasing of the Navy’s seven F-35C active-duty squadrons and one training squadron. Our full website is coming soon. For now please see just a few of the reasons the Imperial Valley is the ideal location.

The Imperial Valley’s vast unobstructed desert terrain, unique climate, limited non-military air traffic, and its own dedicated gunnery and bombing ranges make NAF El Centro an ideal environment for aerial combat maneuvering, air-to-air gunnery, bombing practice and electronic warfare training.

Homebasing seven F-35C active-duty squadrons and one training squadron at NAF-El Centro would provide the Navy with efficiencies not available anywhere else on the West Coast.

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Students’ intellect on display at MESA Day

Published March 15, 2013 by Eric Pamintuan

By JULIO MORALES
Staff Writer, Copy Editor
10:33 p.m. PST, March 9, 2013

IMPERIAL — Aside from the wealth of information they found on the Internet about prosthetic arms, Holtville Middle School eighth-grader Eli Romo also had access to one. Because of the help this physical aid provided, Eli and his fellow team members were able to design one they felt made them MESA Day contenders.

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