SEAS Weekly 1/22/07

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In SEAS Weekly THIS WEEK

-Engineering Events

-Penn Events

-Internship Opportunities

-Publishing Opportunities

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HIGHLIGHTS

-SEAS Summer Opportunities for Underclassmen

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Engineering Events

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

7pm
Wu & Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall
SEAS Summer Opportunities for Underclassmen

TO ALL FRESHMEN & SOPHOMORES:

Are you unsure about your plans for the upcoming summer? Don't know how to land a summer job on campus? Do you want to travel the world and apply your engineering skills?  Find out the answers to these questions and more! Learn more about the many summer opportunities available to SEAS underclassmen:

Featuring speakers and panelists covering these exciting areas:

- How to find a research job on Penn's campus

- Unique summer credit opportunities

- SEAS Global Service Programs

- Summer Study Abroad

Light refreshments will be served.

This event is proudly sponsored by Theta Tau, the first and only co-ed professional engineering fraternity on Penn's campus. Learn more about our brothers and our current Spring 2007 Rush: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~thetatau

Questions? Contact Alison Agres at agresa@seas.upenn.edu.

Penn Events

One Acts - January 26 & 27 8:00 pm
Iron Gate Theatre - 37th and Chestnut Streets
A Separate Peace by Tom Stoppard directed by Lee Huttner
'Dentity Crisis by Christopher Durang directed by EJ Baker
Captive Audience and Sure Thing by David Ives directed by Jonny McCoy
Tickets are $5 and available on Locust Walk or at the door.

Wednesday, January 31-Sunday, February 4, 2007

IC co-sponsors the Philadelphia Human Rights International Film Festival!

Selections from The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 5th Edition

Presented in conjunction with Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, The Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict and the Greenfield Intercultural Center at the University of Pennsylvania

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival has become a leading venue for distinguished fiction, documentary and animated films and videos with a distinctive human rights theme. Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, it showcases the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world. The works featured help to put a human face on threats to individual freedom and dignity, and celebrate the power of the human spirit and intellect to prevail.

For a list of the movies go to

http://www.ihousephilly.org/humanrightwatch5thedition.htm

Internship Opportunitites

Application deadline: January 26, 2007.

Six paid Minority Internships will be offered during Summer 2007: two each at the Independence Seaport Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, both in Philadelphia; and two at PHMC, either at its Harrisburg headquarters or one of its 25 field sites around the Commonwealth.  Internships are available in a variety of fields and professional areas, ranging from marketing to curation, historic preservation to archival practice, development to museum education.  Interns serve for 12 weeks and are paid $4000.

This specially funded Minority Student Internship Program is developed by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) in partnership with the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations (PFMHO).

Click HERE for flier.

DEADLINES APPROACHING FOR APAICS 2007 SUMMER INTERNSHIP AND 2007-2008 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

Washington, D.C. The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) is currently accepting applications for its 2007 Summer Internship and 2007-2008 Fellowship Programs.

Each year, APAICS invites college students to apply for its Summer Internship Program in Washington, D.C. Interns are placed in Congressional offices, federal agencies, and non-profit organizations to obtain a first-hand learning experience in American politics. Through a series of seminars, they learn about national Asian Pacific Islander American advocacy organizations and network with peers from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF).

This year, the internship will last from June 4 to July 27, 2007. Those attending continental U.S. schools will receive a total stipend of $2,500. Interns attending Hawaii schools, or who live in Hawaii, will receive a total stipend of $3,000 to cover additional transportation costs. All application materials, including application form, resume, transcript, cover letter, writing sample and two letters of recommendation, must be submitted by January 31, 2007.

The three 2007-2008 Fellowship Programs are the George Aratani Foundation/Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship Program, the Anheuser-Busch/Frank Horton Fellowship Program, and the Sodexho Health Policy Fellowship. Applications for these programs must be postmarked by Wednesday, February 28, 2007. There will be no extension deadline.

Maya Yamazaki and Gloria Chan are the current fellows for the George Aratani Foundation/Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship Program and the Anheuser-Busch/Frank Horton Fellowship Program, respectively. Ms. Yamazaki has been placed in the Office of Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam), and Ms. Chan is with the Office of Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA).

Applications and information for all programs can be downloaded from APAICS website, htttp://www.apaics.org . Candidates can also request an application by sending an e-mail to apaics@apaics.org .

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APAICS was founded in 1994. It is a national 501 (c) (3) non-profit, non-partisan, educational organization based in Washington, D.C. , that seeks to build a politically empowered Asian Pacific American community, to fill the political pipeline for Asian Americans to enter and advance into elected office, and to be a resource to Congress about the Asian Pacific American community.

Interested in pursuing a professional career in theatre? 
The Office of Student Performing Arts offers the Jane Wallace Memorial Award for a professional summer theatre internship.
The $2000 Award is given to a student showing promise for a professional career in theatre.   Students must secure their own internship, but assistance is provided.  Internships in any area of theatre are considered, but must be approved by the committee.
Applications must be received by February 14, 2007 at 3pm in the Platt Student Performing Arts House.  For information on the award and essay go to:  http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/platthouse/wallace.html

Publishing Opportunities

PennScience Now Accepting Student Submissions, Deadline: 02/02/07
PennScience: Journal of Undergraduate Research
PennScience is now accepting student submissions for our Fall 2007 issue. We publish a variety of senior theses/design papers and independent study research papers in science-related disciplines like biology, psychology, physics, chemistry and engineering.  The first deadline is Friday, Feburary 2, 2007.  Please submit your articles under the submissions page on our website at: http://www.pennscience.org/?view=submit.  If you have any questions please email: pennscience.editors@gmail.com.

Have an idea for an article?

Then QPenn wants you!

The Co-Editors of this year's supplement invite you to submit articles, artwork, etc. regarding LGBTQA issues that discuss, question, provoke and inform. We encourage writers of all backgrounds to participate and contribute unique perspectives.
Every year, a Daily Pennsylvanian supplement is printed and distributed to help kick-off QPenn, the school's LGBTQA awareness and pride week. This year, QPenn's theme is "The Red and The Q."
For more information or to express interest, please email the supplement editors at QPennSupplement07@gmail.com. Anonymous articles are accepted. The final deadline for submissions is February 12, 2007.