- RSVP by January 17th: MEGA General Body Meeting
- 45th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr banquet tickets
- RSVP by January 21st: Graduate STEM Scholar luncheon
- CAPS Groups and Life Hacks in Spring 2020
- 2020 Scholarship: Association of Cuban-American Engineers Scholarship Foundation
- Instructions for submitting to listserv
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MEGA GBM Spring 2020
First Multicultural Engineering Graduate Association General Body Meeting will be Wednesday
January 22nd at 5PM. RSVP here by January 17th close of business so we know how much food to provide!
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The program includes a buffet dinner and cash bar, followed by performances and recognition of the 2020 Forum on Black Affairs (FOBA) Humanitarian Award recipient and student scholarship winners. Immediately following the banquet, guests are welcomed to stay for a night of dancing. Attire for the event ranges from business to semi-formal.
If you are interested in attending please email me for tickets. Tickets will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.
Stephanie Danette Preston, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Educational Equity
Chief Diversity Officer for Graduate Education
The Pennsylvania State University
Office of Graduate Educational Equity Programs
111 Kern Building
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
814-863-1663
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.– Oscar Wilde
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Good afternoon and Happy New Year!
Staff Psychologist
Center for Counseling and Psychological Services
The Pennsylvania State University
501 Student Health Center
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-0395
Fax: (814) 863-9610
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Happy New Year! I hope you had a good break and productive start to the new semester. I am writing to invite you to our Graduate STEM Scholar luncheons this spring. We meet in the Assembly Room at the Nittany Lion Inn from 12 pm to 1:30 pm for lunch, professional development and community. Our first lunch is Monday, January 27 and will feature a guest speaker – Dr. Laura Briscoe, who is a staff psychologist with Penn State’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). To help with planning, please fill out the following RSVP form by January 21: https://forms.gle/4YbQAPgJYcwB6qPP8
For your reference, the lunches for the spring semester have been scheduled for the following dates:
• Monday, January 27
• Tuesday, February 25
• Monday, March 30
• Wednesday, April 15
I look forward to seeing you again soon!
Kind regards,
Cindy Reed
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Center for Engineering Outreach and Inclusion | College of Engineering | Penn State
211 Hammond Building | University Park, PA 16802
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Scholarship Opportunity
Celebrating The Hispanic Engineer
The Association of Cuban-American Engineers Scholarship Foundation, Inc. offers scholarships (ranging from $500 to $2,500) to Hispanic engineering students. In the past, many of the scholarships granted have gone to deserving undergraduate and graduate students.
The organization began accepting applications in November. Applications can be submitted through January 31st, 2020 and the awards will presented in March 2020. Among other things, you must have completed 30 credit hours, were enrolled in the fall and will be enrolled this spring.
You can apply online on the Foundation’s updated website http://www.cubanamericanengineers.com You will also need to submit an official transcript and the first page of your student aid report (SAR). The complete scholarship application instructions are available on the website at the bottom of the application form.
If you have questions about the scholarship program, please email Yuray Rodriguez at yrodriguez@cubanamericanengineers.com.
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