Multiple Opportunities – scholarship/summer research

10 Words You Need To Stop Mispelling courtesy of The Oatmeal.

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This directory is updated once a year. Please check with each scholarship contact for the most current information.

Autodesk Education offers you as a student free use of AutoCAD software, if you’re interested in teaching yourself this handy program (a skill that definitely plays well on resumes).

Southwest Airlines, in conjunction with the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), announced today the opening of “Dándole Alas a Tu Éxito/Giving Flight to Your Success,” its annual education travel award program. A panel of judges comprised of college professors and education advocates from coast to coast will gather in the summer to select the students who will receive free travel to their colleges and universities.

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FREE ONLINE GUARANTEED 4.0 SEMINAR for National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) members.

MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?

Searchable database (ScienceNET) loaded with summer research opportunities from the California Association of MESA Directors (CAMD):
http://www.cse.emory.edu/sciencenet/undergrad/Summer_Research/Browse.cfm

Introduction:

Unfortunately, on a yearly basis, there are a number of companies and organizations that have donated moneys for scholarship use to Under Represented student applicants; however, a great deal of the money is being returned because of a lack of applicant interest. In summary, students are not applying for many scholarship opportunities, and therefore, available college funds are either underutilized or not used at all. Please review this list  and/or pass on to others (Note: This list has been widely circulated over the last …