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Campuswide Honors Collegium Weekly Newsletter

Sun Microsystems seeks Campus Ambassador

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Sun Microsystems is seeking innovative, technical, and passionate students to help promote its Open Source technologies in their schools. If this describes you, then you’ll want to take advantage of this great opportunity to expand your technical, leadership, and global community building skills with a paid internship.

Become a Sun Campus Ambassador and become proficient with extensive training on Sun’s open technologies, such as OpenSolarisTM, JavaTM, NetbeansTM, and Sun StudioTM.

Essential Functions

Sun is looking for graduate or senior-level students who possess a strong background in software development and programming to work on a part-time basis on their campus to:
• Lead the Sun open source developer community
• Run SUN technology demo sessions
• Promote Sun training events
• Champion Sun’s platforms and development tools to professors and researchers
• Build developer mindshare at the grass-roots university level

Required Knowledge
Candidates should have a strong background in software development and programming, possess excellent communication skills, and be comfortable serving as a public speaker. In addition, a Sun Campus Ambassador must be self-motivated, highly organized, and able to work independently, with little or no supervision.

Preferred Knowledge and Experience
The ideal candidate should have familiarity (two-years experience) with NetBeans™ and Sun Studio development tools and the Solaris™ Operating System.

Minimum Level of Education
Candidates should be upper-division undergraduate students or graduate students in Computer Science or Information Systems.

Compensation
The starting U.S. pay is:
• Undergraduate Sophomore to Junior: $16.00 to $23.00 per hour
• Senior: $23.00 to $26.00 per hour
• Masters: $27.00 to $30.00 per hour
• PhD: $31.00 per hour
Hours are limited to five hours per week.

Learn More
To find out about and apply for the Sun Campus Ambassador openings on your campus, go to sun.com/ambassadors.

To apply for other opportunities at Sun, visit our StudentZone Website at sun.com/studentzone.

© 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, NetBeans, OpenSolaris, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Information subject to change without notice.

American Heart Association Undergraduate Student Research Program

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The Undergraduate Student Research Program enables promising students to explore careers in heart or stroke research. Students are assigned to cardiovascular research laboratories in California, Nevada, or Utah for 10 weeks during the summer to work under the supervision of experienced scientists.

Undergraduate Student Research Award

Deadline: December 2, 2008

Completed applications, transcripts, and recommendations must be received by this date.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Award: $4,000 stipend for each student.

Term: 10 weeks to be completed between June 1 and August 31, 2009.

Requirements:

  • Enrolled full time in college or university at time of application.
  • Attend an institution in California, Nevada, or Utah or be a resident of one of these states.
  • Participation by women and traditionally underrepresented candidates is encouraged.

For information and forms visit:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3013196

Teach For America: Application Deadline 9/19

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Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates and working professionals – of all academic majors, backgrounds and career interests – who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders for expanding educational opportunity for all children.

We seek outstanding individuals who possess the leadership skills and experience that will enable them to change the prospects of students growing up today and, ultimately, to effect the fundamental change in our society that will make it a place of opportunity for all.



We encourage you to apply to the 2009 Teach For America corps.
Application Deadline: Friday September 19th, 2008



To learn more, visit www.teachforamerica.org or contact admissions@teachforamerica.org.

Full salary and benefits. All academic majors.

Fall 2008 Business Courses

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Attention UCI Students:

The Paul Merage School of Business will lifting the “B” (authorized code required) restriction for several of our undergraduate minor in Management courses that we are offering this upcoming fall quarter during the WebREG Adjustment Period starting September 17 at 5:00pm.  Below is a list of the courses that will be open for enrollment:

Mgmt   109     INTRO MANAGRL FIN      (Prerequisites)

Code

Typ

Unt

Instructor

Time

Place

Status

38014

Lec

4

ZHENG, L.

MW   2:00- 3:20p

SE2 1304

OPEN

Mgmt   141     INVESTMENTS

Code

Typ

Unt

Instructor

Time

Place

Status

38041

Lec

4

WANG, W.

TuTh   3:30- 4:50p

PSCB 140

OPEN

Mgmt   155 BRAND MANAGEMENT

Code

Typ

Unt

Instructor

Time

Place

Status

38052

Lec

4

LETOURNEAU, D.

MW   12:30- 1:50p

SSL 270

OPEN

SHEPPARD, V.

Mgmt   158     MICROMARKETING

Code

Typ

Unt

Instructor

Time

Place

Status

38055

Lec

4

HAYNIE, S.

M   3:00- 5:50p

MSTB LAB A

OPEN

Mgmt   185 INTRO TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Code

Typ

Sec

Unt

Instructor

Time

Status

38074

Lec

A

4

WILLIAMSON, K.

TuTh   5:00- 6:20p

OPEN

Course Descriptions:

109 Introduction to Managerial Finance (4). Basics of financial administration. Capital budgeting, cost of capital, cash budgeting, working capital management, and long-term sources of funds. Provides a basic understanding of issues and techniques involved in financial decision making. Prerequisites: Mathematics 2B and Management 30A. Formerly Management 186.

141 Investments (4). Foundations of investment management. Theory and empirical evidence related to portfolio theory, market efficiency, asset pricing models, factor models, and option pricing theory. Students are expected to combine market research results and electronic information sources to create optimal investment strategies.

155 Brand Management (4). Introduction to issues in planning, implementing, and evaluating brand strategies, relevant theories, models, and tools for the making of brand decisions; application of these principles.

158 Micromarketing (4). Develop marketing plans for specific retail locations and neighborhoods based on past purchases and demographics. Retail site selection, product category management, promotion management, shelf space allocation, targeted advertising. Hands-on experience with Retail Sales Analysis and Geographic Information Systems software.

185 Introduction to Financial Accounting (4). Acquisition, reporting, and use of financial information in a business organization. Emphasis on use of information generated by the accounting system for decision making, planning, and control. Public sector analogies considered wherever possible.

*Please note that MGMT 130 Accounting minor courses are not open to non-Accounting minors.

Job Offer – Tutoring

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Attention all honors students! Tutors needed!

Want to turn your academic prowess into a lucrative job? Tractarian Tutoring is seeking intelligent, charismatic and professional honors students to tutor high school subjects in Orange County.

Benefits of tutoring with Tractarian:

Pay starts at $30/hour, and can rise as high as $60/hour
Set your own schedule
Work near UCI

To be considered for a position, you must:

Be intelligent and charismatic.
Present yourself professionally.
Exhibit a high degree of responsibility.
Be comfortable tutoring at least two of the following:
-Mathematics through AP Calculus
-Honors Chemistry
-Honors Biology
-Honors Physics
-US, World, and/or European History

About Tractarian Tutoring:

Tractarian refers to the Latin Tractatus, which means treatise or scholarly writing.  We chose this name to reflect our commitment to the value and attainability of higher education.

Tractarian was founded in 2002 by CHP alumni who were determined to provide the most professional and effective academic assistance in Southern California and, judging by the volume of business Tractarian gets, they have succeeded.

Tractarian’s best tutors have all come from UCI. Apply today and keep that tradition alive.

Email your resume to Tractarian.Tutoring@gmail.com, or call 949-232-3920. We will ask you to provide an unofficial copy of your most recent transcripts and to attend an interview.

—
Scott Tidwell
President,
Tractarian Tutoring
949-232-3920

Campuswide Honors Program

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