Programs and Seminars
Trials - the Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools. Trials is a full-scholarship residential program for talented and motivated college students of underrepresented backgrounds and modest means. Selected students participate in a rigorous five-week course to improve their chances for admission to the nation's top law schools. Applications for the 2009 session are due March 1, 2009. Apply online by visiting http://trials.atfoundation.org (updated 2-10-09)
Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management is offering a two day of intense training for senior management designed to explore solutions to this human side of the technology problem. For more information please contact Maureen Tracy (program coordinator) at (781) 239-1111
Other Opportunities
Educational Talent Search (ETS) and GEAR UP (GU) are looking for St. Olaf students to be mentors and tutors. ETS and GU are college preparatory programs that work with students in grades 6th-12th at Minneapolis Washburn, North and Northeast and St. Paul Harding, Humboldt Senior and Junior High.
The mentoring program is coordinated through the students' English class and it is designed to help students improve their writing skills as well as learn about college from their St. Olaf mentor. As a mentor, you will be paired with 1 or 2 students from the same school and correspond by writing letters on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. The average time commitment for the mentoring program is about 1 hour during the weekend as you receive letters on Friday and they are due back in ETS and GU PO Box by Sunday evening. Also there are three field trips that allow you to meet your mentee in person.
Tutoring occurs at Minneapolis and St. Paul schools during the regular school day and after school. A 4 hour block of time is required because it takes 1 hour of travel each way and 2 hours of tutoring at the school. You need to be a sophomore, junior, or senior in order to tutor. This is a paid position. If you are interested, please contact the Administrative Assistant Denice Stocker at stocker@stolaf.edu or call extension X3218.
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) brings Career Discovery, a six-week summer program (June 14, 2010 - July 23, 2010) for people from recent high school and college graduates to seasoned professionals who are interested in exploring an education in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning and design. Participants in the program commit themselves fully to a path of intensive studio work, lectures, workshops, and field trips. Deeply immersed in a culture that is both challenging and rewarding, participants experience what education and work are like in the design and planning professions. Applications are due April 20, 2010. For the online application and for more information please visit www.gsd.harvard.edu/careerdiscovery, email discovery@gsd.harvard.edu or call 617.495.5453. (updated 03-05-10)
Children's Home Society of Minnesota brings The Mentor and Mentee (M & M)Program. M & M Program was created by a group of Korean Americans who wanted to provide young adopted Koreans a stable relationship fostering positive beliefs about themselves and their Korean identity. The Program involves a one-on-one relationship between youth and adult internationally adopted person, with the goal of instilling self-esteem and affirming one's heritage through a positive role model. The M & M Program also includes large group activities, programs and events. Youth, ages 10-16 can participate as a mentee, while mentors need to be internationally adopted young adults. If interested in the program, contact the Volunteer Services at 651-255-2315.
Center for Experiential Learning office works with students to develop career plans, provide opportunities for internships and externships, allow students to explore, study, and experience the discipline of entrepreneurship, and create and support students connecting academic experiences with practical , 'hands-on' engagement in service. The Fall Semester workshop series is available once more. For more information on any of the above learning experiences, stop by the CEL office, Old Main Annex 03, call X3268 or visit http://www.stolaf.edu/services/cel.
Peace Corps representative will be on campus at the World Wide Service Fair on Thursday March 4, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in BC 143. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.peacecorps.gov or call 1-800-424-8580, option 1, or 612-348-1487 (updated 03-04-10)
Lutheran Volunteer Corps join the Lutheran Volunteer Corps and explore your spirituality while working for social justice, simplifying your lifestyle, and living in intentional community. http://www.lutheranvolunteercorps.org
The Navy is committed to maintaining a diverse and exceptional force. Here, there are no barriers to success-including most financial obstacles. With Navy college education programs, students can complete their degree minus the burden of paying off student loans or postponing their education. Navy programs provide economic relief, by covering tuition, books, living expenses and more. For more information visit http://www.navy.com or call 1-800-USA-Navy (872-6289).
The University of Minnesota Medical School and the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine are looking for diverse urban and rural Minnesotans to serve as our future medical doctors. Our unique, six-week summer experience at the UofM Twin Cities campus will give you fantastic opportunities to see the "real world" of med students, residents, researchers, and world-class physicians. You will also receive free housing and meals plus a $1,650 stipend. For more information, please contact Jo Peterson, Ph.D., Director at 612-625-7951 or email: jopete@umn.edu.
The Journalism School at Columbia University offers the Columbia Publishing Course held from June 14 to July 24, 2009. Open to recent graduates, this course will train men and women for careers in publishing. For more information visit their web site at www.jrn.columbia.edu/publishing or contact by phone at 212-854-1898.
The Seventeenth Annual African Americans in Science Celebration at the Science Museum of Minnesota February 21, 2009 from 1-4pm. Free with museum exhibit admission. Call 651-221-9444 for more information and special rates. Visit www.smm.org/sciencefusion. (updated 2-10-09)
University of Michigan School of Information offers programs that prepare students who want to become information professionals for a wide range of fast-paced careers. Doctoral students can pursue interests in community information, computer science, information retrieval, archives in the digital world, decision theory, audience-aware public displays, social computing, and health informatics. For more information visit si.umich.edu/go. (updated 11-10-09)
