Join the Career Development Center Thursday, Nov. 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Alice Haynes Room for an evening with friends and UR alumni to learn how to make the right impression during a business meal. Keep up your end of the conversation, engage your company and yes, even use the right fork.
You’ll leave this event with a plate full of ideas for career success!
Your meal is provided. Professional dress required. Space is limited.
RSVP by Nov. 6 by logging in to SpiderConnect and clicking “events,” “programs and workshops.”
The Career Development Center will host an alumni networking event for sophomores Friday, Nov. 6 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Northcourt Reception Room. Gain contacts that are sure to prove beneficial in your life after UR.
Event open to sophomores only. Space is limited! Professional dress required. Gourmet appetizers will be served.
To reserve your space, log in to SpiderConnect and click “events,” “programs & workshops” or call (804) 289-8547.
The Career Development Center will host “Top Secret: Investigating the Government Security Clearance” Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 4 to 5 p.m. in Weinstein, Room 314.
Want to work in the federal government? Chances are, you’ll have to obtain a security clearance before you can begin work. What do security clearances entail? Who needs them? How long does it take to receive a clearance? Learn the answers to all of these questions and more from a representative from the Partnership for Public Service.
Reserve your seat by logging in to SpiderConnect and clicking “events,” “programs and workshops” or call (804) 289-8547.
Sophomore and junior Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Pre-Engineering and Earth Science majors are eligible for funding to work with PhD students in Germany on research. NO KNOWLEDGE OF GERMAN LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED! Students are provided 650 Euros per month for up to 3 months. Some other benefits are provided, such as assistance finding housing and health insurance.
http://www.daad.de/rise/en/index.html
Interested students should register online at the link provided above between December 7, 2009 and January 31, 2010. Registration will enable them to access the internship offers submitted by the German PhD students. They may apply for up to three projects. To complete the application, they will need to send in the following documents:
- a print-out of your completed application form (available online after registration)
- full curriculum vitae/résumé
- up-to-date official university/college transcript(s)
- as a supplement to this transcript, a list of courses you will have completed by the time the internship begins
- a letter of reference from a senior academic in your field of study
- for each internship offer you choose, a cover letter in which you state your motivation to apply for this particular project (addressed to the PhD student)
Students with questions about working with the DAAD organization can see Abby Ward, award@richmond.edu.
Summer Medical Research Internships at Eastern Virginia Medical School in medical, biomedical, public health and behavioral research for rising or graduating college seniors.
Interns will receive $3,000 for the summer, May 26-July 29, 2010.
Applications due February 19, 2010.
For more information, go to pediatrics.evms.edu (click the research portal) or email linda.merhige@chkd.org
