Research Opportunity: More Info 12/5, FA 203

A representative from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host an information session for a summer research opportunity at 3 p.m. Dec. 5 in FA 203. Undergraduate and graduate students majoring in areas of Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics and Physics are encouraged to attend.

The Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program provides students with an opportunity to gain and develop research skills at a DOE facility for 10 weeks over the summer. Fellows gain hands-on research experience and insight into how the DOE is working to meet the energy challenges of the future under the mentorship of program officials and scientists. The program provides a stipend and travel, and some students may be eligible to receive a housing allowance for the duration.

For questions, please contact Sandra Peñaherrera, Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program Manager, at (301) 903-7938.

Posted on behalf of Julio Puentes, USDA Regional Director, by Mike Hines, Director of Strategic Communications.

Registered for Spring? Attend Eagle Fest Thurs 11/21

Students who have registered for their Spring 2020 classes are invited to attend Eagle Fest from 2-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Alumni Hall. Celebrate your progress toward a degree with food, games, music and fun!

If you haven’t registered for classes yet, that’s OK! You do not need to wait until the end of this semester to register for Spring 2020. Meet with your academic advisor and register for classes now, then come party down at Eagle Fest!

Registration support also will be available during the event and in Village Square from noon-2 p.m. Nov. 11-15, and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 18-21.

Posted on behalf of the Eagle Fest planning committee by Mike Hines, Director of Strategic Communications.

Two New Scholarship Opportunities

The Educational Opportunity Association Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships The Educational Opportunity Association Foundation (EOAF) will officially announce two new awards at its November 12 Plenary Breakfast during the 45th Annual Educational Opportunity Association (EOA) Professional Conference in Omaha. Both awards will be given out for the first time in 2020. Each will be focused toward groups within our EOA community previously not specifically targeted for awards. These two awards will further expand an already significant increase in scholarship dollars awarded through EOAF to members of the EOA TRIO/EOP community. The James B. Hamilton and Thomas G. Mortenson Research and Scholars Fund provides for two awards of $1,000 each year. These awards will support research consistent with the goals and purposes of the Educational Opportunity Association. One award will be given to an undergraduate SSS or McNair Scholars program participant or to a very recent alumnus of such a program who is pursuing an advanced degree. The other will go to a TRIO professional—EOAF’s first award to professionals working in the field. The Bridges and Ladders Scholarship Fund provides annual awards targeted to TRIO-eligible students who, because of the way they identify or are labeled by others, experience unique challenges and/or discrimination. The first scholarship from this fund will be an award of $1,000 to be given each year, beginning in 2020, to an eligible student who identifies as LGBTQ+ and meets other selection criteria to be established by the EOAF Board. In 2019, the EOAF  Board of Directors committed $32,000 to scholarships—a 33% increase compared with 2018. Adding the Hamilton/Mortenson and Bridges and Ladders awards in 2020 will further expand that commitment. “We are delighted, thanks to the enthusiastic support of our contributors, the support of the EOA membership, and the EOAF Board’s careful stewardship of Foundation funds, to be able to offer these new annual scholarships. We look forward to focusing our conversation at the EOAF Plenary in November on how to best demonstrate the power of our practice through research and evidence,” said Deon Brown, President of the EOA Foundation. The EOAF Breakfast and Plenary Session “Supporting and Expanding Research-Based Best Practices in College Access and Completion” will take place 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at the 45th Annual EOA Professional Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. The Educational Opportunity Association is a nonprofit consortium of professionals with the purpose of leveling the playing field of educational opportunity for more than 165,500 first-generation, low-income, and disabled students in more than 615 programs throughout the Midwest. The Educational Opportunity Association Foundation provides scholarships and awards to TRIO and educational opportunity program students and professionals.