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Interview with a Graduate – Betsy Cannon ’11
Here is an interview with Betsy Cannon ‘ll on her experience at Hacker School:
http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/12/hacker-school-experience.The Hacker School a three-month, full-time school in New York for becoming a better programmer. Tom Ballinger ’09 is a facilitator at Hacker School, and he’d be happy to talk with any Carleton physics majors interested in learning more about this opportunity after graduation.
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Summer Science Fellowship
Are you a first or second year Carleton student interested in majoring in the sciences or math? Consider applying for a Summer Science Fellowship. This program aims to broaden participation of historically underrepresented groups (including gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, and disabilities) in the sciences and math by providing research opportunities for two summers as well as mentoring activities. The application deadline is January 11th. More information and the application can be found at http://serc.carleton.edu/cismi/students/summer_fellows.html
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Physics Table
January 8 (Tuesday) Noon-1pm, LDC Class of ’51 Dining Room
Join physics students, faculty and staff for lunch at the LDC. Meet us on 3rd Olin at 11:50 for the short walk over or meet us there.
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Summer Research at Carleton and REUs Meeting
January 11 (Friday) 3:30-4:30pm, Olin 02
Ever wondered how students get a summer research position at Carleton? Want to know more about REUs? This meeting is for you. Come learn everything you need to know about summer research.
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Breakthrough Saint Paul
Breakthrough Saint Paul helps motivated students overcome adversity to prepare for college with the support of older students passionate about education. Each year, we seek a diverse group of talented undergraduate and high school students (juniors/seniors) to apply for our paid, nine-week summer teaching internship, complete with training and classroom teaching experience. In addition to teaching middle school students from the Saint Paul Public Schools, interns work closely with professional instructional coaches to create lessons and get feedback on their teaching throughout the summer. This internship was ranked as one of the TOP TEN SUMMER INTERNSHIPS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS by the Princeton Review.
This year’s application deadline is Monday, February 25th.
This opportunity is open to ALL MAJORS!
Please check out the website for more details!
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TOPS
If you are considering a career in teaching physical science at the pre-college level, then you may be interested in the six-week summer program “TOPS” sponsored by the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. Information is at http://cuaweb.mit.edu/Pages/TOPS.aspx
The application deadline is February 1, 2013.