Prospective graduate students are encouraged to attend to learn more about our departments, faculty, graduate student research, admissions, funding and life at the University of Michigan.

The College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison is
again hosting a three-day graduate recruitment event scheduled for…

An exciting opportunity for the very best future scientists, engineers and mathematicians to spend 10 weeks doing cutting-edge research.

This National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scholarship program, referred to by the acronym S-STEM (for scholarships in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), will provide yearly scholarships of $5,000 for juniors entering the program and $6,000 for seniors returning to the program for their second year.

On behalf of the USC Physical Sciences in Oncology Center (PSOC), we would like to extend an invitation to your students, faculty and researchers, to attend our first annual short course focused on a physical sciences approach to understanding cancer. The USC PSOC short course is scheduled for Monday, October 17, 2011 at the USC Davidson Conference Center, located at the main campus (3415 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089). There is no cost to attend this short course. However, registration is required and space is limited.

The National Science Foundation today announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at the University of Washington with San Diego State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as research partners.

GEM’s fellowship programs span the entire recruitment, retention, and professional development spectrum. GEM’s principal activity is the provision of graduate fellowships at the MS and Ph.D. levels coupled with paid summer internships. GEM also offers informational sessions on the importance of graduate school and tools for access and successful matriculation. GEM also produces publications for graduate and undergraduate students, unviersity and industry administrators to assist in the education process of how to obtain a graduate STEM education. GEM is devoted to increasing access and success in engineering and science graduate education and practice.

The Indiana University Graduate School would like to let you know that we are hosting our fall recruitment program “Getting You into IU”, which looks to broaden the participation of underrepresented students in Ph.D. studies at Indiana University. This year’s campus visit will be held Sunday, October 9 thru Wednesday, October 12, 2011 on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses.

Learn How to Create a Electronic Portfolio to:
•Promote yourself and use as a networking tool for prospective graduate program recruiters/future employment
•Showcase your research and educational work experience
•Highlight your achievements
•Provide access to your CV and publications
•Reflect on your work and future aspirations
•Summarize your skills and achievements relevant to your professional development goals.
Students will also learn how to create a simple electronic portfolio and will see recent samples from SDSU alumni.

UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering Graduate School Preview Day, scheduled to take place on September 12, 2011 at the UC Santa Barbara campus. We are seeking underrepresented minority scholars interested in pursuing a graduate education in the fields of Computer Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Scholars should be sophomores, juniors or seniors serious about pursuing a graduate education in Engineering and should possess a GPA of 3.0 or above. We would be very grateful if you would share this information with your colleagues and students.