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Advancing Hispanic Excellence in Technology, Engineering, Math and Science |
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INTERNSHIPS— APPLY NOW!!!While most deadlines expired Feb. 1, 2009, contact the AHETEMS Office for other opportunities.NNSA Internships Still Available. .More Details. AHETEMS SCHOLARSHIPS — Deadline April 1, 2009 New AHETEMS Dissertation Scholarship for doctoral candidates plus general scholarship for masters and doctoral students up to $3000.More Details. Graduate & Young Professional Fellowship Program —Deadline February 13, 2009 The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Graduate & Young Professional Fellowship provides exceptional Latino graduates and young professionals unparalleled exposure to professional experience in the public policy areas of STEM fields. The program includes work placement in an office, committee or subcommittee on Capitol Hill or in a federal government agency whose work is intimately tied to the STEM focus.More Details. Graduate Student of the Month We invite you to submit nominations for our Graduate Student of the Month, which highlights Latino/a graduate students who are excelling in their academics, research, teaching and community service. Please submit your resume/CV and your biographical sketch to graduate@shpe.org for consideration. |
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AHETEMS UPDATES |
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February 2, 2009 |
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Does Time-to-Degree Matter? A new national study - “Does Time-to-Degree Matter?,” by the University of Washington’s Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education - suggests those who finish graduate school earlier than others do are more likely to land jobs on the tenure track.More Details. Foreign-Born Are More Likely Than Native-Born to Earn Advanced Degrees in U.S. According to a new Census Bureau report, “Educational Attainment in the United States, 2007.” in 2007, 11 percent of foreign-born residents reported they had obtained at least a master’s degree, whereas only 10 percent of their native-born counterparts had done so.More Details. It's Time to Get Angry About Underserved Students Commentary by John Brooks Slaughter, president of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering.More Details. Grad Students Think Twice About Jobs in Academe California study says would-be professors want family-friendlier careers.More Details. U.S. Science is Lagging Internationally — But How, Exactly? A new report from the National Science Foundation suggests that the numbers may mean something else entirely.More Details. Hispanics and the New Administration: Immigration Slips as a Priority; Latinos Optimistic About Obama Only three-in-ten (31%) Latinos rate immigration as an "extremely important" issue facing the incoming Obama administration.More Details. Where Are the URM Mathematics and Statistics Students? Top 25 Institutions Granting Bachelor’s Degrees to URMs Highest Concentration of Life Science Bachelor’s Degrees to URMs is found in Southern States Down Washington Corridors: Graduate Schools See Decline in Applications Student Aversion to Borrowing: Who Borrows and Who Doesn’t Why Engineering Schools Are Slow to Change The National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Engineering, and others have been warning for at least two decades that American engineering education is too theoretical and not hands-on enough.More Details. |
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Andrea M. Rocha Third-Year Doctoral Student Engineering Science University of South Florida 2008 SHPE/GEM Fellow Current Research: Applying molecular biology, microbial ecology, and environmental engineering concepts to further understand how microorganisms can reduce toxic metal compounds in the environment to improve bioremediation efforts. More Details. |
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EDUCATION & STEM NEWS |
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Please submit any advancement to candidacy, promotion, scholarly publication, personal achievements, etc. This is an opportunity to get noticed on a national level.Send comments to ahetems@shpe.org. |
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AVANZANDO! |
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Congratulations to Christella Chavez, recently appointed as the 2008-09 National Graduate Student Representative.Christella is a first year doctoral student at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa.She is currently pursuing research in electrical, computer security and military communications systems, and hopes to have her dissertation topic determined this semester.Christella can reached at chriss.chavez@ou.edu. Bentley University has partnered with SHPE to provide full tuition to attend its full-time or part-time MBA program.More Details. |
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SHPE UPDATES www.shpe.org |
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The Latino/a Pathway to the Ph.D. (2006) Jeanett Castellanos , Alberta M. Gloria , Mark Kamimura (Stylus Publishing) |
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SHPE Graduate Student Newsletter Information for Today’s Latino Graduate Students |
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Retention 2009 is now accepting proposals for presentations. May 27-29, 2009, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New Orleans, LADeadline February 15, 2009.More Details. Gradshare, developed by ProQuest, a new online community billed as “a question-and-answer site for research-oriented graduate students” is set to open publicly Friday 6, 2009.More Details. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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STEM Factoid |
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In 2007, the U.S. led global nations with nearly 1.4 million researchers.However, the U.S. ranked 6th in the number of researchers per total 1000 national employment. (SOURCE: CPST Comments, 12/23/08) |
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Welcome to the initial Graduate Student Newsletter with news and information for Latino graduate students.If you have any content suggestions, please write to graduate@shpe.org. |
