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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Engage Your Students in the Political Process
UHD STEM TRAINING PROGRAM
You are one of the first to receive this information for an
exciting, intensive 24-Saturday and 3-week summer program entitled “UHD STEM
Training Center Research program”!
This program begins in April 2016 and ends in January 2017!
Those applying to, selected for, and committed to the program will engage in a
number of STEM research training opportunities, career development
opportunities, and softskill trainings as well. All selectees will have
an opportunity to engage in deep research science across biology, microbiology,
chemistry, computational chemistry, mathematics, control and instrumentation
engineering robotics, and computer science! Selectees will develop and
complete a PhD mentored scientific project culminating in a public poster
demonstration at UHD in November/December.
Only 54 students will be selected for the UHD STEM Training Center
Research program! Selectees must meet all eligibility requirements!
The application is only available online! Selectees must be rising juniors, current juniors, or
rising seniors!
Please find the attachment brochure and websites for your
application to the program!
We hope you will share this application with pre-college students
you know to be highly motivated and interested in STEM.
Dr. Mary Jo Parker
UHD STEM Training Center for Underrepresented Future
Workforce2016
A Program for High School Students (rising 11th and 12th Graders ) who are interestedin Industrial Microbiology and Chemistry
and nanochemistry, Computational Chemistry and 3-D molecular Design Software , Robotic Coding, &College-Workforce Success
Application Deadline: March 21, 2016
Online Application Instructions
Carefully read all questions and complete the entire application
found at:
All
requested items needed to complete the UHD STEM Training
Center program application MUST be uploaded at the URL listed
above at ONE TIME.
All
electronic application information is highly confidential meeting all FERPA
requirements.
The
application will ask you questions about:
· Personal
and Contact Information about yourself and your parent/s or guardians
· Educational
Information about yourself
· Your
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) interest areas
· How you
came to know about this training program
· Finally,
Student and Parental Acknowledgements and Permissions and other necessary
uploadable documents complete the online electronic application process!
Teacher Recommendations may be uploaded
here:
To be accepted into this program you must meet all
eligibility requirements, commit to 24 Saturday training dates and a three week
summer training period to take place in July 2016. Your must also be a
rising junior or current junior or rising senior to participate in this
STEM Training Program.
Student and Parental Acknowledgements and Permissions:
I voluntarily certify that this information is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I authorize the UHD STEM Training program personnel at University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to review all submittedapplication materials, including proof of residency, academic records and standardized test scores as submitted throughthis application for the purposes of selection to the UHD STEM Training Program, which is sponsored by the Office of the Texas Governor Wagner-Peyser
fundi s administered through the Texas Workforce
Commission. If selected for this program, I understand that this informationwill be kept confidential and will be used in aggregate form only with no individual disclosure occurring before or after the end of theaward period. If accepted, I further voluntarily authorize use of photos/videos and release of aggregate information deemed necessary for publications by the university,
UHD Scholars Academy, and the Texas Workforce Commission.
Parent Signature: __________________________________Date: ______________________
(If under the age of 18, parent’s signature is required.)
Student Signature______________________________________Date:
________________________
Please upload this signed form with your Online Application
for the UHD STEM Training Center Program.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
5 Questions to ask any college you are considering attending
http://college.usatoday.com/2016/02/15/figuring-out-college-to-attend/
10 Best Sites to Seek Scholarships
http://college.usatoday.com/2012/01/30/the-10-best-sites-to-look-for-scholarships/
Monday, March 7, 2016
Scholarship and internship at Vinson and Elkins Law Firm
Please see the information below and pass it on
as the application deadline is short.
Vinson & Elkins LLP (Large local law firm)
is seeking applicants for its annual scholarships for high performing minority
high school seniors in Texas. The scholarships provide each student $10,000
toward his or her college education, an internship opportunity at the firm, and
LSAT prep course reimbursement. The application deadline is April 1.
Applications are available at www.velaw.com/diversityscholarships.
Teen Summit (Alpha Phi Alpha sponsoring)
Empowering Our Youth Through Knowledge & Awareness
2016 Teen Summit
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Marshall High School
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Greetings, We are
gearing up for our 2nd annual Breaking the Cycle Teen Summit. Our
planning team, which includes representation from the Fort Bend Women's Center
and the Xi Kappa Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, has been meeting
monthly to ensure we have a dynamic and motivating event this year. We
are excited about arming the youth of our community with the knowledge they
need to help Break the Cycle!
This year, we are
planning for 100 teens and have invited the students from Thurgood Marshall and
Willowridge High Schools to join us. While we will touch on some of the
topics we covered last year, we will also include new topics like a law
enforcement and self-defense session for the girls and a Go to High School, Go
to College and sex education (Project Alpha) session for the boys . We
will end the day with a group conversation on the topic of Consent. We've
seen this issue highlighted in the news several times this past year with
incidents that have involved students in this same age range. We felt
like this was an important dialogue we needed to have with our youth!
While we realize some of these subjects may be sensitive for some parents, it
will be presented in a completely age-appropriate manner by trained
facilitators!
To ensure that parents
are wholly informed of the topics that will be covered that day and for
planning purposes, all students must register using the link below and turn in
a signed parental permission slip in order to participate.
We are also asking that
parents who would like to attend the Parent Session (12:45 - 3:00 PM) register
as well. This will allow us to get an accurate count prior to the
event. The turn out for the parent session was not as high as we would
have liked last year, so we're requesting your assistance in publicizing the
session this year. The feedback we got from attendees in 2015 was that
the session was
very informative and
impactful!
STUDENT &
PARENT/GUARDIAN REGISTRATION LINK
The Teen Summit Flyer,
Teen Summit Permission Slip & Photo Release Form (also downloadable through
the Registration Link)
Consent Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGoWLWS4-kU
(A Cup of Tea)
If you have any
questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me:
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Friday, March 4, 2016
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
March Monthly Business
Networking Luncheon
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Date:
Thursday, March 3,
2016
Time:
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location:
6112 Wheatley Street (Beulah Ann Shepard Building )
Houston, Texas 77091 
Guest
Speakers:
Percy
Creuzot III
President
& Chief Executive Officer
Frenchy's
All
tickets sold after February 26, 2016, will be $35
Please
be sure to include Guest Name(s) and Luncheon Month
For more
information please contact
Acres Home Chamber for Business and
Economic Development Inc.
Phone 713-692-7161
Fax 713-691-7131
TICKET PRICES
Pre-Sale Tickets
Price $30.00
At Door Price
$35.00
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