Spring 2024 Newsletter, Issue 5

WEEKLY OPPORTUNITIES ISSUE NO. 5| February 16th, 2024

CHECK OUT THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE THIS WEEK!

HONORS Provide Feedback on the Honors Program with “Here to Hear” Focus Group Hello Honors students! Would you like to provide feedback about the Honors program to best shape your student experience? The Honors program will be holding its first “Here to Hear” session on Monday, February 19th at 5:00 p.m. These sessions are centered around creating an environment to hear you out! Interested students can fill out the attached form & provide their own feedback suggestions if they would like. Chosen participants will be notified and will receive further instructions, alongside a free meal and cozy Honors scarf.

Internship Opportunity in Dublin with Honors Director, Shawn Bingham Open the door to a worldwide career with a Dublin Internship. Tailor your internship selection to match with your professional, academic, and personal goals. To learn more about this experience, come to an info session on January 29th at 4:00 pm in the Lory Student Center room 374.

Honors Scholarships Do not forget to apply for an honors program scholarship. Please go to CSU Honors Scholarships for more information Elizabeth & Louis Cilento - currently enrolled undergraduate students Keller and Lawrence - current Junior level students entering their Senior year Jack and June Richardson - current Junior level students entering their Senior year Willard O. Eddy - current Junior level students entering their Senior year Gladys S. Eddy - current undergraduate with a minimum of 60 credits completed (Sophomore or Junior) Spot's - currently enrolled undergraduate students (summer award) Scholarship applications are due Friday, March 1, 2024. Contact a faculty member ASAP to give the faculty member enough time to write the recommendation. All Honors Scholarships require a faculty recommendation.

If you have any questions, please email honors_scholarships@colostate.edu.

Become an Honors Peer Mentor

RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIPS

IT Data Analyst Internship Interested in a fulfilling career path that will enable you to join an employee-owned industry leader? Trinidad Benham Corp has been in business for over 100 years, and we know a thing or two about providing stable employment and growth. We are offering a paid IT Data Analyst internship in which you will gain experience and learn essential industry skills as part of the procurement and operations team. To apply please visit the Trinidad Benham website and find the opportunity under Careers: Also, please let Matthew Mitchell (a CSU graduate) know you applied by emailing him at mmitchell@trinidadbenham.com.

Experimental and Computational Materials Research Internship NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) supported Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is inviting applications for the Summer 2024 program. REU-projects are available in five research clusters: (1) computational materials research/machine learning (2) materials under extreme conditions (3) materials for energy applications, (4) materials for sensors and laser applications, and (5) biomaterials for implants, tissue engineering and drug delivery applications. This is an in-person research model.

The undergraduates will conduct the analysis of data generated in their research projects and make presentations on completed research to faculty mentors and other undergraduates taking part in this program. We require all REUs to take part in a campus-wide expo at the end of the program.

The program will offer 10-weeks of research from May 19, 2024 - July 26, 2024. The program will pay $6,000 over the entire 10-week period involving 400 hours of research with a faculty mentor at UAB (based on a 40-hour work week).

For program information and application questions contact Program Coordinator Charita Cadenhead (charita@uab.edu).

The application will be available online December 1, 2023, through midnight April 1, 2024.

Learn more at https://sites.uab.edu/cnmb/research-experiences-for-undergraduates/ and the application process here:

Biology Research Opportunity for Honors Students The Sloan lab (CSU Biology Department) is interested in hiring two undergraduate research assistants in plant molecular and evolutionary biology. We have two research projects that we thought might be a good fit for honors students. Please contact amanda.broz@colostate.edu for more details

Front Range Student Ecology Symposium (FRSES) We are excited to announce that the 30th anniversary Front Range Student Ecology Symposium (FRSES) will be held at CSU on February 1st-2nd, 2024. FRSES is a free, annual, student-organized symposium that showcases ecological research in all stages. FRSES has historically been designed to highlight collaborative graduate research both within Colorado State University and throughout the Front Range of Colorado and Wyoming.

Register to attend FRSES 2024 All participants and attendees must register (on-site registration will be available). We have an initial (encouraged) registration date of December 1st to place our food order - but please know that you can register after this date. You can access the registration form here.

Serve as a Judge for FRSES 2024 We are recruiting judges for our oral and poster presentations. Judges may be faculty, post-docs, graduate students*, or community members.

Please visit the following link to volunteer your time! *: Graduate students are only eligible to judge undergraduate research projects.

SCHOLARSHIPS Voyager Scholarship for Public Service Calling all sophomores interested in public service! The Voyager Scholarship for Public Service is an award for current college sophomores who intend to pursue a career in public service and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Awardees receive: Up to $50,000 in financial aid $10,000 stipend and free Airbnb housing to pursue a summer work-travel experience between their junior and senior year of college a $2,000 Airbnb travel credit every year for 10 years, totaling $20,000 an invitation to an annual fall summit to help define and inspire their public service journey To see a full list of eligibility requirements, click here.

Fulbright UK Summer Institutes Program The UK Summer Institutes provides first and second year undergraduate students who have little or no travel experience and GPAs of 3.7 or higher with the opportunity to study at one of one of seven locations in the UK. The program is FULLY FUNDED and covers the costs of tuition, travel, and housing. The seven program themes are: 1) Arts, Activism, and Social Justice in England 2) Black Humanities in England 3) Climate Change and Environment in England 4) Identity and Nationhood in Wales 5) Scotland’s History: Kingdom, Nation, and People 6) Technology, Innovation, and Creativity in Scotland 7) Understanding Northern Ireland in Belfast

The Office of International Programs is proud to host Ayesha Rascoe, the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First.

March 5th at 4:00 pm Lory Student Center, Theatre Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0XIBuI540Y

CAMPUS EVENTS

Join the Office of International Programs and Council of International Student Affairs for World Unity Fair on Saturday, February 17, from 5-9pm in the Lory Student Center (LSC) Grand Ballroom!

World Unity Fair is an international festival and a longstanding CSU tradition celebrating its 68th anniversary this year! The event unites more than 50 cultures from the campus and Fort Collins communities and creates a vibrant experience featuring games, cultural traditions, clothes, food, music, and dance from around the world. An international bazaar will be set up in the lobby outside the Grand Ballroom where you can purchase items from around the world.

For more information and to explore our interactive event map, please visit col.st/worldfair

Awards for Graduate Study in Europe There will be an informational session on February 20, 4 – 5 pm in LSC 310 This session will provide information on the Mitchell, DAAD, and Erasmus Mundus scholarships.

Food for Thought About the event: Free dinner and professionally-facilitated conversation. Come develop skills in inclusive dialog and build relationships with people who may believe differently from you. Enjoy a proselytization-free zone (no one attempts to convert anyone) where we can build community and learn from each other’s experiences. Folks of all beliefs and no beliefs are welcome.

Get a brief glimpse of what you can expect from Food for thought (CTV coverage)

EDUCATION ABROAD

VOLUNTEERING Conversation Partners Conversation Partners is a great volunteer opportunity for you to interact with international students in the Intensive English Program! All you need to bring is yourself. Teachers will give you topics to discuss in small groups with students studying English at CSU. This semester Conversation Partners will be happening Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11:00am-12:00pm. Please fill out the sign-up using this QR code:

Technology Class for Older Adults Interested? Contact Rachel.Washburn@colostate.edu

PROGRAMS OF INTEREST Global Challenge Seminar HONR 292B Credit for Fall

CPD Student Associate Program The Center for Public Deliberation has been facilitating community conversations for over 10 years.

Every semester, the CPD selects 15-20 new students to become trained facilitators. Students are enrolled in a 3-credit course, Applied Deliberative Techniques, to learn all of the skills needed to manage effective and meaningful conversations.

Following the first semester, students are required to register for at least one credit of practicum.

Every practicum credit is equal to 45 hours of CPD-related work. This work includes facilitating at community events, working on a CPD team, data entry, and various other skill-building tasks.

Though students are only required to complete one semester of practicum, most continue earning credits with the CPD for multiple semesters.

We have an honors section of the initial 3 hour class (SPCM 408, Section 231), which includes a 1 hour honors breakout. Students are trained as facilitators, and help with CPD events in the community.

They learn about issue analysis, collaborative problems solving, meeting design, and very effective means of dealing with diversity, polarization, and misinformation.

Video for information about the program.

STUDENT RESOURCES Improving Sleep and Wellbeing Workshop Do you have trouble sleeping? Or, do you think you sleep well, but wake up not feeling refreshed? If so, this sleep 5 session workshop can help you. You will learn proven behaviors and habits that lead to better sleep and related daily functioning. We will cover the benefits of sleep to your physical, emotional, and mental well-being, and how sleep medications and other substances can affect your sleep and sleep patterns. This workshop goes beyond sleep hygiene, including how to use a sleep diary to better understand your sleep and what your sleep patterns might be telling you. We will discuss the physiology of sleep and you will have an opportunity to complete a sleep assessment.

There will be Q&A time for your specific questions. This free five-session workshop is for undergraduate and graduate students at CSU. Space is limited and registration is required. Register here- https://CSUHealthNetwork.as.me/?appointmentType=57713033 5 Session Workshop for Students at the CSU Health Network Wednesdays, 12 noon-1:00pm, February 28th, March 6, 20th, 27th and April 10th