San Diego MESA Alliance

August 14 2008
The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant provided stipends for 36 student interns this summer at various projects in science and engineering firms in, but not limited to, San Diego and were also placed on teams of 2-4 students.

For those of you who missed the MESA Family Open House and Awards Celebration, the program is attached so that you can see…
…who’s transferring this year, and where,
…who received more than $10,000 from the National Science foundation S-STEMS scholarship,
…who received the $500 NSF MESAdvantage Scholarships,
…who received a special scholarship offered together with the City College [...]

This would be especially cool for the engineering majors—especially bioengineering, mechanical engineering, and structural engineering—and for biology majors…
“Learning From Nature’s Best Technologies: An Introduction to Biomimicry”
“Life has been performing design experiments on Earth’s R&D lab for 3.8 billion years. What’s flourishing on the planet today are the best ideas—those that perform well in context, while [...]

Jimmy Kimmel Live looking for someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about science who would feel comfortable taking Jimmy through multiple unusual and entertaining science experiments for a new segment that they’re hoping to have on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Ideally, if they find the right personality for the segment, they would like to make this [...]

The San Diego Chapter of the American Statistical Association announces its 9th Annual Statistical Careers Day.
Keynote Speaker: “Modern Statistical Genetics and Genomics: Making Sense of DNA Variations”
Nicholas J. Schork, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Scripps Genomic Medicine; Professor of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at Scripps Health and The Scripps Research Institute
Careers Panel: “What do [...]

4th Annual Student Project & Research Symposium
“A Celebration of Student Excellence”
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Gorton Quad
Featuring poster presentations, PowerPoint presentations, short film documentaries, performances, demonstrations
and displays, robotics competition, campus information tables and university representatives
– with musical entertainment by Jazz 88.3.
Over 250 students will be participating, including many from your MESA program. [...]

Are you pursuing an education at a university or community college in math, engineering, natural science, or computer science? Are you close to graduation?
Are you in high school and considering a college major in science or engineering? What will you do when you graduate?
Have you considered a career with the federal government?
Space and [...]

It begins with a dream-This is a FREE event held at the University of California, San Diego to provide college related information and resources for students and their parents. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
It Begins With A Dream Symposium at the
University of California, San Diego
Saturday, 31 May 2008
Registration begins at 7:45
Workshops begin at [...]

April 18 2008 @ San Diego City College
Teams from San Diego State University, San Diego City College, and Southwestern Community College compete against each other in exams that include Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and some Engineering material. Each school will also have 1-2 teams who will program its robot to compete in two heats. [...]

19 April—MESA Calculator Olympics and Robotics Challenge, City College Cafeteria from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm
—City College Orientation (9 to 11 am, sign up in advance in room A-110)
20 April—EarthFair at Balboa Park
21 April—City College Orientation (3 to 5 pm, sign [...]