One-week Engineering program at the University of MD!

Exploring Engineering at the University of Maryland (E2@UMD) is a one-week summer program for high school women (rising juniors or seniors) who are considering engineering as a possible major and career. Participants will live on campus for one-week and explore the world of engineering through fun hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, informative workshops, team challenges and seminars that are led by professional engineers.

The goal of E2@UMD is to:

Provide students with a positive learning experience in a collegiate environment;

Expose young women to female role models in engineering; and

Support student’s decision to pursue engineering as a course of study in college and a career.

This year, there will be two E2@UMD sessions: July 8-14 and July 15-21, 2012. The cost of the program is $800 per student (Please do not include this fee when submitting your application). The program fee covers all expenses except transportation to and from the University of Maryland and spending money. If additional grants are secured, the program cost will decrease. The fee will be due upon acceptance into the program. In addition, full and partial scholarships are available based on financial need.

The online application for the 2012 E2@UMD program is now open. You must complete your biographical Information and Personal Statement online and mail the rest of the application package to the address below. Application reviews will begin on March 26, 2012.

Your Complete Application Package must include the following items:

Biographical Information and Personal Statement Your personal statement is an essay that describes why you would like to participate in E2@UMD. This is your opportunity to discuss your experiences, extra-curricular activities and specific strengths that would make you a good candidate. Your personal statement can be up to 5,000 characters or approximately 700 words;

Teacher Recommendation
The Teacher Recommendation must be from a math and/or a science teacher and;

Official High School Transcript

All application materials (teacher recommendation and official transcript) should be mailed together to:

E2@UMD 
Women In Engineering Program

University of Maryland

1131 Glenn L. Martin Hall

College Park, MD 20742

Applications for the 2012 Young Women's Political Leadership Program are now available!

The 2012 Young Women’s Political Leadership Program (YWPL) will be held in Washington, DC from June 25 – June 30, 2012. The goal of YWPL is to help more young women seize the opportunity to be political leaders in their community and in the world. YWPL emphasizes the practical skills needed to lead in politics, including:

Public speaking;

Networking;

Developing a message; and

On-camera media training.

YWPL is open to high school girls entering 9^th grade through graduating seniors. While the program is free of charge, there is a room and board fee of $500 and need-based scholarships are available. To apply for a need-based scholarship, please complete the optional essay at the end of the application.

Young women who are interested in the Young Women’s Political Leadership Program are encouraged to apply early for the 2012 program! The application deadline is February 28, 2012.

Participate in an Active Education Forum this Saturday at Georgetown University!

 

Groundwork Anacostia River DC is holding an Outdoor Education Forum this Saturday, January 28 from 10am-3pm at Georgetown University. The Forum will focus on Team building, Problem Solving and Active Learning.

Interested participants can meet as a group at the Center for Green Urbanism (3938 Benning Rd., NE) at 9am. The group will travel to Georgetown via Metro from the Minnesota Ave. station to the Rosslyn Station. Students are responsible for Metro fare ($2.40 cash/fare card or $2.15 if using a SmarTrip card).

For more information, please contact Vaughn Perry at (202) 411-7159 or Dominique Skinner (202) 492-3535.

Seniors can obtain media internships with the Emma L. Bowen Foundation!

 

The Emma L. Bowen Foundation was created in 1989 to prepare minority youth for careers in the media industry. This unique, multi-year program prepares a diverse group of talented young professionals to enter the workforce with specific job-related skills, knowledge of the corporate environment and a strong foundation for future advancement. Students will work in a variety of functional areas (e.g., marketing, sales, finance, public relations, human resources, technology, news, web design and promotion) and rotate each summer.

The Foundation’s program is unlike traditional intern programs as students work for partner companies beginning the summer following their senior year in high school until they graduate from college. During this four-year program, students have an opportunity to learn many aspects of corporate operations and develop company-specific skills. Corporations also have an opportunity to train and mentor students and can offer them full-time employment upon completion of their college degrees.

Students earn an hourly salary and matching funds for college expenses and are required to maintain a 3.0 grade point average to remain in good standing. Currently, the Foundation has 260 active students nationwide and more than 450 graduates. Approximately 70-80 new students join the program each year and in 2011, 108 students were added.

Applications for the Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media must be submitted by February 15, 2012.

Win $500! Submit a poem or short story by March 23!

  The Metropolitan DC Chapter of The Links, Inc. encourages high school students to participate in their 30^th Annual Young Black Writers Contest. The theme for this year’s contest is: I Have a Dream – My Legacy Defined and the winner will receive $500!

Submissions can be either Poetry (a collection of five (5) poems) or Prose and Scripts (short story or script writing, e.g. radio, television or theater). All entries must be submitted by March 23, 2012 and entries can be sent to: YBW2012@yahoo.com. Please contact Mr. Cotton for a complete list of rules and guidelines.

Omega Psi Phi Talent Competition - winner receives up to $500!

 

The Washington, DC Chapters of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. are presenting their Annual Talent Hunt Competition on March 10, 2012. The Talent Hunt Competition is a forum where talented high school students can display their ability to:

Dance (Ballet, Modern dance and tap); 

Play music – vocally and instrumentally (Classical, Semi-Classical, Gospel, and Jazz); or 

Speak publicly (Poetry, Dramatic readings, Orations and Monologues).

Please note – duets and groups are not eligible and all participants must provide any necessary accompaniment. All performances are limited to six (6) minutes and the performance must be memorized.

Applications are available online and must be postmarked by February 9, 2012. Completed applications can be sent to: 

Talent Hunt Committee

Attn: Phillip Thomas, Chairman

13100 Vicar Woods Lane

Bowie, MD 20720

Fax: (202) 544-0852

Walk-in applications will also be accepted during the February 11 audition. Participants must also submit a consent form in order to participate in the Talent Hunt Competition.

The audition and the competition will be held at the Community Academy Public Charter School (CAPCS), AMOS-III, which is located at:

1400 1^st St., NW (1^st and P Streets)

For additional information, please contact:

Phillip Thomas at (202) 285-6665

Princeton University's Summer Journalism Program - Applications due February 15, 2012!

 

Princeton University’s Summer Journalism Program invites 20 juniors to Princeton's campus for an intensive, 10-day seminar on journalism. The program's goal is to diversify college and professional newsrooms by encouraging outstanding students to pursue careers in journalism. All expenses, including students' travel costs to and from Princeton are paid for by the program. Students who attend the program come from across the country.

Applications are available online and are due

February 15, 2012.

Classes at the program are taught by reporters and editors from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The New Yorker, CNN and ABC News and many other media outlets. Students tour the Times, CNN and The Daily Beast, cover a professional sporting event (a Yankees or Mets baseball game, NY Liberty basketball game or a minor league baseball game), cover news events in the Princeton area, film and produce a TV segment, conduct an investigative project, author a group blog and report, write, edit and design their own newspaper, The Princeton Summer Journal, which is published on the program's last day.

The program is also designed to give students a taste of what life is like at one of the best colleges in the country—students live on campus and eat in one of the university's cafeterias—and to prepare them to apply to top schools. Students meet with Princeton's top professors as well as the school's president and its dean of admissions. Students attend seminars on every aspect of the college admissions process. They also take a practice SAT and attend an SAT class taught by the Princeton Review. The program's 2011 schedule can be found here: http://www.princeton.edu/sjp/2011_schedule/. After students return home, program staff will remain in contact with them, assisting them during the college application process and helping them to apply for journalism internships once they are in college.

To apply for the program, you must:

Currently be a junior in high school.

Live in the continental United States.

Have at least a 3.5 GPA.

Have an interest in journalism.

Please note: The combined income of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child support payments, if any, must not exceed $45,000 (If the combined income of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child support payments, if any, exceeds $45,000 and you still wish to apply, you may attach a statement explaining why you believe your family qualifies as financially under-resourced.).