Student Clubs and Organizations

Opportunities

USGS Funded Student Capstone Projects (click here)

1. Hormel Institute Summer Research Experience - Applications due March 31st
2. Bioscience Careers Event - March 31st
3. St. Mary's University Women in Mathematics Colloquium - March 31st
4. Benchmark Internship
5. Field Herpetology Course - May 20-27th
6. Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

Hormel Institute Summer Research Experience

The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota invites Winona State University juniors and seniors, majoring in the sciences and interested in health/research careers, to apply for a paid Summer Undergraduate Research Experience internshp opportunity.  Applications for students for this 10 week paid program are on our website:  www.hi.umn.edu.  Applications are due in full by March 31, 2008.

Third Annual Career and Networking Event for Bioscience

On Monday, March 31, the Office of the Chancellor and the University of Minnesota will be hosting the third annual career and networking event for students interested in working in bioscience companies. The event, titled "BioBusiness Panel: Getting Your Foot in the Door," is free for students and faculty of MnSCU and U of M. It will take place from 3-6 pm at University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL) in St. Paul. Speakers include professionals from Medtronic, R&D Systems, General Mills, Boston Scientific, Restore Medical and many other Minnesota biobusiness employers. An optional tour of UEL (the bioscience incubator) will run from 2-3 pm.

The event will include both panel presentations and networking opportunities for students -- feel free to tell them to bring resumes!

To register and for more information, go to:  www.cfans.umn.edu/biobusiness

St. Mary's University Women in Mathematics Colloquium

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota invites your department's faculty and students to our next Women in Mathematics Colloquium on Monday, March 31st. Dr. Suzanne Lenhart, from the University of Tennessee and former President of the Association for Women in Mathematics, will present "Rabies in Raccoons: Optimal Control for a Discrete Time Model on a Spatial Grid". The talk begins at 4:30, Salvi, 3rd Floor Saint Mary’s Hall.  A Reception for Dr. Lenhart will be held starting at 3:45 in the Common Room (3rd Floor Saint Mary’s Hall).  This colloquium is supported by a grant from the Tensor Foundation to encourage women to study mathematics.

For more information, contact Dr. Kevin Dennis, Dept. of Math and Stats, Chair, Saint Mary's University of MN, 700 Terrace Heights, 59, Winona, MN 55987, (507)457-6650, kdennis@smumn.edu

Supplier Development Summer Internship, Benchmark Electronics, Inc., Winona, MN

Proposed Project: Find efficiencies to improve the disposition process of production/incoming nonconforming product.  The applicant will be responsible for finding continuous improvements in our NMR/MDR/ASR processes.  Simplification and standardization (of processes and/or procedures) will be the goal.  Reduction in the value of product on MDR and in CSHOLD will be tracked.  ITAR: The applicant must be a US Citizen for he/she will be working on ITAR restricted U.S. Military products. 

Education:  Pursuing 4 year engineering degree (electrical engineering preferred) or 4 year related technical degree (e.g. math, chemistry, physics).  Skills:  Possess excellent communication abilities (oral and written); work effectively with others/other departments and independently; perform methodical problem solving; have good computer skills and an aptitude to advance those skills; ability to learn at a fast pace; interpretation of specifications and blueprints; tenacity; demonstrate high level of attention to detail; creativeness in identification and implementation of solutions;  use or learn to use various test equipment; work for extended periods at a computer or on your feet.

Responsibilities:  Facilitate timely project results that can be validated with metrics; provide periodic project status presentations; perform duties in accordance to standards and procedures; may require overtime and/or flexible hours.

Visit the Benchmark website at www.bench.com to apply and for more details on other positions available with Benchmark Electronics EEO/M/F/D/V

Field Herpetology Course:  This spring I’ll be teaching a week-long herpetology course at the Pigeon Lake Field Station (May 20-27).  If enrollment isn’t high enough, the course may not happen…so if you know of any students at the USGS or USFWS that are looking for credits this summer, please tell them about the course.  Or if you know of any of your co-workers that deal with students regularly, could you please forward them this information.  Also, here is the field station’s website, with more information.
http://www.uwrf.edu/pigeonlake/courses.html
It’s a great opportunity for students to be completely immersed in a particular taxa (including a lot of field surveys and species identification), which is a great way to learn!
 
Joshua M. Kapfer, Ph.D., Senior Environmental Scientist/Wildlife Biologist, Natural Resources Consulting, Inc., 119 S. Main St., PO Box 128, Cottage Grove, WI  53527
email: jkapfer@nrc-inc.net, Office - (608) 839-1998, Fax - (608) 839-1995, Cell - (608) 712-2220

Web - www.nrc-inc.net

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture:  Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.  Click here for a short vesion of the lecture which appeared on television and here for a replay of the full lecture as presented at Carnegie Mellon.

Additional Fellowships, Internships, and other Career-related Opportunities will be posted here as they become available

Last Modified: Monday, May 12, 2008 12:58 by Jeffrey Anderson