San Diego MESA Alliance

There’s a transfer forum up at UCLA on Friday 8 August 2008.
If any of you are
1) planning to transfer for engineering or computer science within the next year,
2) interested in UCLA, and
3) African American, Hispanic American, or Native American, and
4) are interested in attending, please let me know and we’ll see what we [...]

Please find below information about the University of Texas Bridge to the Doctorate Program currently seeking to fill their slots for the Fall.
It gives us great pleasure to inform you that the National Science Foundation has awarded the UT System LSAMP program a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) cohort for academic years 2008-2010.  This award [...]

Stanford’s Diversity and Outreach for Doctoral Study (STANDOUT) Preview Day, which will take place Friday, October 24, 2008. This all expenses paid program will provide sophomores, juniors and seniors currently engaged in life sciences, natural sciences, engineering, earth sciences, education, or business research an opportunity to learn more about doctoral studies at Stanford.
More information [...]

Diverse Careers in Technology
Development Colloquium for Undergraduates
A Unique Experience
You are invited to apply to the R&D Colloquium. The Colloquium is designed [...]

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 [...]

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about STEM CELLS, a field that will potentially influence all science and engineering fields & jobs.
And to eat free this Thursday evening!!!
Get ahead of the game! Go to this one!!! (Look up Dr. Scheffler in Google and learn about his book titled: MITOCHONDRIA).
Unraveling Stem Cells: The Power [...]

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. [...]

Car of the Future
Tuesday, April 22 at 8pm ET/PT on NOVA
Check your local listings http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ecard/350705-car/redir/wgbh/nova/schedule-local.htm as dates and times may vary.
In next week’s airing of “Car of the Future,” NOVA follows NPR Car Talk
hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi as they hit the road to examine options for cleaner,
more energy-efficient vehicles. (Subjects covered: physics, energy,
technology/engineering)
NOVA is [...]

(Corrected Version)
This is a scholarship for LSAMP students ONLY! This is a CSU wide scholarship program but SDSU can nominate up to 5 students!
Interested in furthering your education? MA, MS or Ph.D.? We have 6 former LSAMP Scholars who are now at Ph.D. programs at Texas A&M, UCSB, UCSC and the University of [...]