Scholarships

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Green Funding

Simply Organic has announced the establishment of a scholarship award in perpetuity for the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Simply Organic and Frontier Natural Products Co-op™ have made a combined contribution of $130,000 to the UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.

Strauss Foundation Award: The award provides a $10,000 scholarship to juniors who will pursue a self-initiated public service project during their senior year. The project may be a new undertaking or an extension of an existing project.

The Environmental Studies Department offers undergraduate and graduate student awards and scholarships, available to students majoring in Environmental Studies. The awards are available during the regular academic year, with different awards offered per quarter. Current deadline Mr 5

Campus Sustainability Council has funding for green projects and programs. Meeting Sunday 4/11 2 pm at the Cantú Cente located in a redwood buildingbehind Crown and Merrill Colleges near the radio station.

Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation, International Paper and the International Paper Foundation, and National Geographic Explorer classroom magazine have announced an Outdoor Classroom Grant Program to fund outdoor learning environments for K-12 public schools around the United States.Link

CASFS call for proposals The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) at UC Santa Cruz, is seeking proposals for research and education projects that advance knowledge and understanding about sustainable food and agricultural systems. April 5, 2010 at 5pm

Research and education projects that span the range of disciplines are encouraged. Graduate students and upper-division undergraduate students (juniors and seniors) in all UC Santa Cruz departments are eligible to apply. Applicants must include a faculty supervisor as co-investigator.

Primary project activities may begin as early as May 1, 2010 and must be completed by May 2, 2011. The proposal template and guidelines can be downloaded from the CASFS website (see the Announcements section). The application deadline is Monday, April 5, 2010 by 5 pm.

General Interest

Don Rothman Writing Award Purpose: To honor the achievements of one or more first-year students in the genre of nonfiction, academic, analytic writing, and to recognize excellence in writing pedagogy.

Award: Up to five students will receive an acknowledgment and monetary award up to $300 during a Fall 2010 awards ceremony. Application:

Essays should be submitted May 15–June 15, 2010 to the Cowell Academic Services mailbox of Writing Program Lecturer-SOE James Wilson. Submissions must include the official submission form and three printed copies of the essay. All pages of the essay should be numbered and without the applicant's name. Guidelines:

Essays must have originated in a C1 or C2 class during the 2009-10 academic year and should demonstrate serious engagement with issues raised in the class, including the importance and impact of other writers' ideas. Length should be commensurate with the essay's purpose, but no more than 2500 words. more info

UCSC Friends of the Library is sponsoring the 43rd annual Essay Contest for UCSC students. Details on the contest are online. This year’s topic is:

Imagine a collection of books and other written or recorded sources on a subject of global importance. Then write an essay of up to 1,500 words describing the collection and explaining why your topic is so important.

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BASE Program 2010 BASE is a six-week business boot camp that enables non-business majors to take business courses while earning nine units of academic credit. Some former BASE students have gone on to earn MBA degrees, while others have accepted jobs in marketing, product development, and consulting with Google, McKinsey & Co., IBM, and others.

BASE is the ONLY premier business summer program where students can earn units.

The ideal participant of the BASE Program is an undergraduate student who has already gained a solid foundation in liberal arts, sciences or engineering. For 2010, BASE will run from July 6 until August 13, 2010*.

Applications for BASE are now being accepted. The application deadline is March 31, 2010. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible given the popularity of the Program in the past twelve years. >ink There is no application fee.

To download the application or for more information please visit: Link

Women in Technology Scholarship (WITS) Program Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP) is excited to announce the 2010 Women in Technology Scholarship (WITS) Program. This will be the third year for the program which has already benefited many promising young women across the nation.

The 2010 WITS Program will award multiple scholarship awards that value up to $2,500 per recipient, nine total awards were granted in 2009 for college or university study. The program supports women who are enrolled at, or accepted into, either a two or four year college or university within the United States for the 2010 school year. These individuals must be planning a career in information technology or a related field. Additional evaluation criteria include: GPA requirements, response to an essay question and involvement in community service and/or extra curricular activities.

For more information on the 2010 WITS Program, or to apply for a scholarship, please contact WITS@vipconsulting.com or download the application. The deadline for submissions is March 15th, 2010. Awards will be announced on April 5th, 2010.

13th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM

THE DIVISION OF PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and THE JACK BASKIN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ANNOUNCE THE 13th ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SYMPOSIUM

The Division of Physical and Biological Sciences and the Jack Baskin School of Engineering are pleased to announce the Twelfth Annual Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. The symposium will be held on June 3, 2010 in the courtyard of Jack Baskin Engineering from 2:00-4:00 PM. It will be held in conjunction with the events celebrating Student Achievement Week 2010. This event will recognize and promote the outstanding undergraduate research that is being carried out at UCSC while providing students with the experience of presenting their research results in a professional setting.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is Monday, May 10th. For your convenience electronic versions of the abstract application are attached along with a promotional flyer. Additional forms will be available to download on the PB Sci Undergraduate Affairs Office Website at: Link. Feel free to share this link with any interested students. Students may also contact Paula Schneider by e-mail (pschneid@ucsc.edu), if they want the materials e-mailed to them. UCSC undergraduate students from all disciplines in the Physical and Biological Sciences and Engineering are invited to participate in this event. Undergraduate students who are currently engaged in research under the direction of a faculty advisor are eligible. Examples of such research at the undergraduate level would be: research projects for Independent Study, Senior Thesis, or classroom research projects done on an individual basis. The research does not have to be completed. All students must register to participate by May 10th, 2010.

Poster format should include the following: * Abstract * Introduction (hypothesis, reasoning, etc...) * Objectives (significance of research to the field) * Method * Results (if research has been completed) * Conclusion

If you have any questions please contact Symposium Coordinators: Physical and Biological Sciences - Paula Schneider - 459-3493 or pschneider@ucsc.edu J. Baskin School of Engineering - Virginia Carrillo - 459-2868 or virginia@soe.ucsc.edu

2009-2010 DEANS' AND CHANCELLOR'S UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS DEANS' UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS In late Spring 2010, fifty undergraduates, 10 from each of the five academic divisions will receive the Dean's Award of $100 for outstanding achievement in their division.

CHANCELLOR'S UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS In late Spring 2010, the Chancellor will recognize the top three students, from the Dean's Award list, from each division with an additional $100.

The Steck Award will recognize the most outstanding research project chosen from the fifteen Chancellor's Awardees. This student will receive an additional $1,000. In addition, his or her research project will be bound and copies given to the student, the research supervisor, the UC Santa Cruz Library, and the Steck Family whose generous contributions have made this award possible.

Through these awards, the Deans and Chancellor wish to encourage and stimulate outstanding scholarship and creativity among undergraduate students, based on work developed in courses or programs in the normal pattern of academic activity at UCSC. A thesis or project completed in spring 2009 may be submitted for consideration unless it was submitted and won an award in a previous year's competition. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony on June 4, which will culminate our twelfth annual Undergraduate Student Achievement Week. The names of the winners will also be announced at graduation.

Submit completed projects and application forms no later than Friday, April 9, 2010, to the Department or Program office in which the project was done. Engineering students submit their applications to Virginia Carrillo, virginia@soe.ucsc.edu, JBE 221. Application forms are available on line, http://honors.ucsc.edu/scholarships.htm. Address any questions you may have regarding these guidelines to Undergraduate Honors and Awards Coordinator, Marlene Robinson, ugdiv@ucsc.edu.

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