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SEAS Weekly 4/21/08
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In SEAS Weekly THIS WEEK
-"Engineers as Entrpreneurs" Talk by Penn Engineering Alum
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Engineering Events
Monday, April 21 at 5pm
The Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics presents...
"Engineers as Entrepreneurs" by Alberto Peisach, President of Phoenix Capital, LTD.
www.grupophoenix.com
Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall
Reception to precede the presentation at 4:30pm in Lower Berger Lobby~
Alberto Peisach is an entrepreneurial executive with more than twenty
years of experience in building teams to execute mergers and
acquisitions, corporate roll-ups, management, operations, financings and
restructurings. He established Phoenix Capital Ltd as a packaging
manufacturer based in Colombia and expanded it into one of the largest
rigid packaging manufacturers in Latin America. Previously, he managed
investments in Latin American in fast food, entertainment, media,and
communications, among others. He graduated from the School of
Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.
Penn Events
The Triple Helix is looking for Writers for its Fall 2008 publication!
Applications can be found on our website and are due Saturday, April 26th.
http://upenn.thetriplehelix.org/Home/
The Triple Helix, Inc. is an international undergraduate journal of science, society, and law with 29 chapters involving over 800 students. Article topics cover a diverse range of subjects from intellectual property law, to healthcare policies, to the impacts of specific scientific research and more. Each journal consists of 10-15 articles written by Penn students, as well as 8-10 articles written by undergraduates from the other 28 chapters of The Triple Helix. Outstanding Penn articles chosen as international features will be published at all Triple Helix chapters, giving our writers the chance to have their work reach thousands of readers at many of the world's top universities.
If you would like to learn more about The Triple Helix, please contact Alyssa Sclafani at alyssas@sas.upenn.edu.
WITHOUT A NET (Improvisational and Sketch Comedy) Presents:
Spring Show
Friday, April 25th and Saturday, April 26th at 8:00pm
Platt Student Performing Arts House
3702 Spruce Street
COUNTERPARTS (co-ed a capella) Presents
The Spring Show
Friday, April 25th and Saturday, April 26th at 8:00 pm
Dunlop Auditorium
Stemmler Hall, 3450 Hamilton Walk
Tickets: http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~cparts/index.html
EXCELANO PROJECT (Spoken Word) Spring Show
Rainey Auditorium – Penn Museum – 31st and South St.
Thursday through Saturday, April 26th at 8 pm.
Don’t miss the 2008 Alumni Performing Arts Career Symposium presented by the Platt Student Performing Arts House
Sunday, April 27, 2008
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Platt Student Performing Arts House
160 Stouffer Commons
3702 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA
Have you ever wondered how to put your Penn education to use in the performing arts industry?
Come meet five distinguished Penn alumni who have done just that.
Panelists include:
David Hilder – C’89 – NY - Director/Playwright
Gabriel Mann – C’95 – LA - Singer/Songwriter/Composer
Eduardo Placer C’99 – NY – MFA, Actor/Photographer
Lillian Ringel – C’07 – NY - IMG Artists
Jennifer Weber – C’00 – NY – Artistic Director – Decadancetheatre
Co-Sponsored by SPEC Conaissance, College Houses and Academic Services, Music Department, Theatre Arts and Career Services
Join us for a career panel followed by refreshments and casual discussion.
RSVP if you are on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14361414973
Other Opportunities
Resume Building Opportunity
The Wharton China Career Program is compiling a resume booklet of students interested in working at Sony China this summer. Please see the attached pdf for details about this opportunity. We will be sending the resumes to Sony this weekend so please let us know if you are interested by this Friday. All interested students should email a resume and coverletter to career.wcbs.08@gmail.com more details at www.whartonchina.com/career
APPLY TO BE A PART OF THE WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP SERIES
The Women in Leadership Series (WILS) is recruiting current freshman and sophomores for our Executive Board.
The WILS Mission: To create opportunities for students to meet with and learn from influential and successful female leaders from a variety of fields. We believe that through interacting with these inspirational women, more undergraduate women will be motivated to strive for positions of leadership both on campus and in the workplace. Our hope is that this series will promote awareness of the challenges women face in attaining leadership positions and also inspire undergraduate women to accomplish their personal and professional goals. Some of our recent events include WILith Fair 2008, an evening celebrating Penn's outstanding female leadership, and "How to manage your finances: A workshop for Penn women."
To apply, please submit a proposal for an event of your choosing. Information should include:
1. A proposed speaker
2. Why you think that speaker is relevant
3. What demographic would be interested in this speaker and why
4. How you would publicize the event
Feel free to include additional information demonstrating your thoughtfulness and organizational skills. Also, in a paragraph or two, please indicate why you would like to become a part of WILS and what you feel you would bring to our executive board.
Please keep the total length of your application to two pages.
Feel free to visit our website, www.wilsatpenn.org for more information. Send applications and direct questions to wilsapplications@gmail.com. Applications are due by April 20, 2008 by midnight.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism has extended its deadline for undergraduate grant applications to April 30th.
Undergraduates in any major working on any topic in any time period and any part of the world that is pertinent to democracy OR citizenship OR constitutionalism are eligible to apply. Recipients receive up to $3000 for summer research support in 2008 and during the 2008-2009 academic year. They are expected to participate in monthly DCC Undergraduate Research Seminar during that year. Information on applications can be obtained at http://www.upenn.edu/curf/research/research.htm. Questions should be directed to DCC Program Chair Rogers Smith, rogerss@sas.upenn.edu. The DCC Program strongly encourages all interested undergraduates to apply!"
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