…Rebekah and Team A.I. are among the groups that will head to San Diego after placing in the Top Three at the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement robotics competition held Saturday at Imperial High School. Imperial Valley Press Online, 1/21/12

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Seminar – Dr. Tom Daniels from the University of Washington and Executive Director of The ERC will be at SDSU on 1/26/12 from 1 -2pm in the SDSU Bio Science Center Gold Auditorium. – MESA/MEP/MSP students are strongly encouraged to attend.

Learn about state of the art research at University of Washington
Hear more about the ERC
If you are interested in the above, you should definitely attend this seminar

An ERC student meeting at SDSU on 1/27 from 9am to 10am at 6495 Alvarado Rd, Suite 225.

Students have the opportunity to learn more about the ERC
Students will meet and talk with lead faculty and staff of the ERC from SDSU and University of Washington
Student can learn more about Dr. Tom Daniels’ seminar.

The application is open for the upcoming 2012 NSF/MESA Summer Team Internship program.

This is a unique paid internship that incorporates a team component into the student internship experience. Hired student interns work on projects in engineering and science firms or for faculty. Summer internships occurred between May through August of 2012, at a minimum of 100 hours. In some cases, employers and/or faculty may extend internships or create other internship opportunities for students (beyond summer 2012).

Interested companies and/or faculty can view more details and apply at: http://alliance.sdccmesa.com/industry/summer-team-internship

Interested students can view more details and apply at: http://alliance.sdccmesa.com/students/summer-team-internship

The Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair is non-profit that helps inspire and educate 7th through 12th graders — and it’s run completely by volunteers.

Please support your fellow students of San Diego, and sign up online to be a volunteer! Help make this year’s fair the best ever!

Did you miss out on the Fall 2011 Learning Communities Focused on Preparing Students for Graduate School?

Here is your chance to take full advantage of this learning opportunity to help YOU prepare for undergraduate research and graduate school!

Call for Female Mentors!

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) provides hands-on/minds-on exploration in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for 6th – 10th grade girls. Our mission is to encourage young women to pursue careers in these fields by offering interactive workshops from Architecture to Zoology

This summer SEEK (Summer Engineering Experience for Kids) is back in San Diego and Oakland, California. We are thrilled to be back on the West Coast reaching more Cali youth! SEEK is a 3 week engineering summer camp program for 3-5 grade students where students learn engineering concepts and science and math skills through fun, hands-on projects and competitions. The students are taught by collegiate mentors (preferably in STEM majors, but not required).

Through the San Diego MESA Alliance, college students will have a unique experience to witness the “real world” of work in an engineering or scientific environment. Your involvement will provide a great opportunity for our up and coming students to “test the waters” in a field of their interest and see first-hand how classroom skills relate to the workplace.

What better way to do that, than observe and work with a professional in action! You the employer, get to make a positive impact on the lives of students; future engineers and scientists!

More information can be found at http://mep.sdsu.edu/ShadowDay.htm

The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to the San Diego MESA Alliance (SDMA) provided stipends for 36 student interns (12 students in MESA/MEP program at each campus – San Diego City College, San Diego State University, and Southwestern Community College) this summer at various projects in science and engineering firms.

This is a unique paid internship that incorporates a team component into the student internship experience. Hired student interns were placed in teams of 2-4 students to work on projects in engineering and science firms or for faculty. Summer internships occurred between May through August of 2011, at a minimum of 100 hours. In some cases, employers and/or faculty may extend internships or create other internship opportunities for students (beyond summer 2011).