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Housing Info Sessions – Mark your calendar!
October 20, 2008 at 4:17 pm by Jeff Fulkerson
Hey all! Curious about your housing arrangements for next year? Not quite sure how to navigate the housing application process? Never fear! UCI has scheduled some Housing Information Sessions for all interested students on the following dates:
Monday, October 27th
4 pm. – Campus Village – Atlantis Lounge
6 pm. – Mesa Court – TBA
8 pm. – Middle Earth – TBA
Tuesday, October 28th
7 pm. – Mesa Court – TBA
Wednesday, October 29th
6 pm. – Middle Earth – TBA
8 pm. – Arroyo Vista – Recreation Room
For more information go to the website: http://www.housing.uci.edu/current/undergrad/
As an added bonus, we PAAs would like to invite you on a tour of the available housing communities. We will be starting our tour after the CHSC meeting Wednesday Oct. 29th at 6pm in the Locus. So come on over to the Locus, learn the wonderful things CHSC has to offer, and join us on our tour! Don’t forget to mark your calendar!
ALSO: In order to have a successful tour, we need help from some of you who live on campus! We need volunteers that want to show off their wonderful on-campus rooms! If you live in VDC, VDC Norte, Arroyo Vista, or CV, this means you! If interested, please contact the PAAs at your earliest convenience (before this Friday, October 24) at chppaa@uci.edu . Make sure to include your name, housing community, room number, and contact phone. Please help your fellow CHPers evaluate their housing options for next year!
CHP at the Opera – The Barber of Seville
October 20, 2008 at 3:57 pm by Jeff Fulkerson
hosted by NAR, the CHP Creative Works Journal
Want awesome student group tickets to Rossini’s The Barber of Seville? Sign-up and reserve yours at the Honors Office by this Friday 1PM!~
Figaro, Figaro, Figaro… Rossini’s The Barber of Seville is one of the most witty, engaging and best-known operas of all time. Follow the madcap adventures of Figaro, the busybody barber of Seville, as he tries to untangle a twisted lovers’ knot, bamboozle everyone in sight, and bring two lovebirds together forever. (Presented in Italian with English translation projected above stage)
“It’s hard to think of a more perfect operatic comedy than The Barber of Seville.” – NPR
“One of the most spirited, most enjoyed operas” – The New York Times
When: Saturday, November 1st, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Where: Orange County Performing Arts Center (across the street from South Coast Plaza) (We will help arrange rides.)
Student Group Discount: $30/ticket Sign-up and pay for your tickets at the Honors Office by Fri, Oct 24th 1:00PM
*Warning..Spoilers: http://www.operapacific.org/Season/eventDetails.php/SID_11/EID_36/
Locus Closure on Friday
October 20, 2008 at 10:48 am by Jeff Fulkerson
Just to let everyone know, the Locus will be closed from 11:30am thru 3pm this Friday, October 24th. Coffee Hour will occur as normal from 9am – 11am. Thank you for your understanding!
Upcoming Scholarship Opportunites
October 20, 2008 at 10:39 am by Jeff Fulkerson
1. Featured scholarship of the week: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships. If you want to go to graduate school for the sciences, engineering, or the social sciences, you should consider applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. You may receive up to $40,500 per year for up to three years for a research-based MS or Ph.D. in the sciences, engineering, or social sciences. To find your eligibility and for more information, please visit: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201&org=DGE&from=home . The deadlines vary by field and are as follows:
Nov. 3: Interdisciplinary Fields of Study
Nov. 5: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Full; Mathematical Sciences
Nov. 6: Geosciences; Psychology; Social Sciences
Nov. 7: Life Sciences
Nov. 10: Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy
Nov. 12: Engineering
2. If you are interested in studying a language abroad and are looking for a scholarship, come to the NSEP/Boren Scholarship Information Session on Tuesday, November 18th from 12-1PM in room 1010AB in Student Services II. Representatives from the scholarship will be there to present information about the scholarship as well as answer any questions you have. You do not need to RSVP for this event. The Boren Scholarship allows undergraduate students to study in countries that are usually underrepresented in study abroad. You can be funded for $20,000 for one year, or $30,000 for two years, depending on which scholarship you apply for. For more information, please check out www.borenawards.org.
3. If you were not born in the US, you may be eligible to apply for a $20,000 scholarship that lasts two years! The Merage Foundation for the American Dream Fellowship is available for high achieving seniors who are foreign born U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or intend U.S. citizenship. You may use the scholarship to travel, education, internships, or mentoring. For more information and eligibility requirements, visit: http://www.meragefoundations.com/.
The application is due to the UCI Scholarship Opportunities Program office by November 3rd, 2008. You can find the application here: http://scholars.uci.edu/prestigiousweb.asp?pid=38.
4. If you’re majoring in international studies, political science, social science, economics, history, Russian studies or Chicano/Latino Studies and want to earn $33,000 plus full benefits for a year as a research assistant in Washington, D.C., apply for the 2009-10 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program!
The Carnegie Foundation, a private, nonprofit think-tank, researches the economic, political, and technological forces driving global change. It publishes Foreign Policy — a magazine covering international politics and economics — in more than 120 countries and several languages.
Fellows will conduct research for books, co-author journal articles and policy papers, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings.
Applicants must be graduating seniors with excellent academic achievement and an interest in public policy. U.S. citizenship is not necessary but applicants must be eligible to work in the United States from August 1 through July 31 following graduation. Students on F-1 visas who are eligible to work in the US during these dates may apply.
Application packets are due November 11 in the SOP office. To obtain editing help on a completed draft, email Rebecca Harris at (rharris@uci.edu) . To find out more information and to fill out an application, please visit: http://www.scholars.uci.edu/prestigiousweb.asp?pid=15 . To learn more about the scholarship, visit the Carnegie Foundation’s website at: http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=jrFellows .
Faculty Coffee Hour – Coming Soon!
October 20, 2008 at 10:37 am by Jeff Fulkerson
It’s that time of quarter! Now is the chance to invite your favorite professors to the illustrious Faculty Coffee Hour. Do you have a teacher that you would like to get to know better over coffee and doughnuts? Are you curious about different research areas? Rub elbows with the best UCI has to offer!
So, e-mail us the professors you would like to invite to Faculty Coffee Hour for seventh week! In order to send invites to professors, we need the nominations as soon as possible.
Just e-mail chppaa@uci.edu with the professor’s name, department, and the class he/she is teaching by Wednesday of fifth week (that’s October 29).
Upcoming CHSC Fundraisers
October 20, 2008 at 10:36 am by Jeff Fulkerson
StaffPro
Want to see some amazing cars? Want to help CHSC raise funds in order to continue holding fun programs? Get trained through StaffPro to work at the LA Auto Show and fundraise at the same time!
StaffPro Training (MANDATORY to work unless you trained last spring): Fri. Nov. 7th, 1-2pm in the Locus
StaffPro at the LA Auto Show: Fri. Nov. 21-Sun. Nov. 23rd, shift times TBD
… more fun concerts and shows coming up during Winter Quarter …
Email Julia Damron (jdamron@uci.edu) for more information and to sign up.
TV Tapings
Do you like to laugh? Be on the laugh track of a TV show and sit in the studio audience for free! (Also, it’s a CHSC fundraiser.) Tapings are mostly on weekday afternoons, and include shows like Big Bang Theory, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and ‘Til Death.
***If you want to go to a taping of America’s Funniest Home Videos on Sat. Nov. 8th from 1:30-5pm in LA, please email Julia Damron (jdamron@uci.edu) ASAP.***
If you are interested in attending other tapings, email Julia for show dates and times.
Tutoring – Help is Available!
October 20, 2008 at 10:35 am by Jeff Fulkerson
Classes got you confused? Perplexed? Stressed? We’ve all been there before! Don’t let that stop you – the CHP PAAs are organizing a CHP-only peer tutoring resource list.
So! Second-years and above: If you’ve received an A- or above in any subject, and would be interested in helping out your peers with their classes, e-mail chppaa@uci.edu with which class(es) or subject(s) you want to tutor, along with your contact information (cell phone number/e-mail).
Note: This resource is merely facilitative – your information will be safely housed in the PAA office and any student that needs help can come in to look at the list of tutors. Hours, pay, and other concerns will remain between the tutor and tutee.
Question, explore, and help out with the peer tutoring database!
Housing Expo
October 20, 2008 at 10:34 am by Jeff Fulkerson
Hey all! Curious about your housing arrangement for next year? Not quite sure how to navigate the housing application process? Never fear, your PAAs are here!
On Thursday October 30th from 6:30-10 pm we will be having our “Housing Expo,” where you can get first hand experience in all things regarding on-campus housing. Complete with Housing officials and tours, this event is where you want to be!
More information will be coming next week!
ALSO: To make this event work, we need help from you guys! We need some volunteers that want to show off their wonderful on-campus rooms! If you live in VDC – Norte, VDC, Arroyo Vista, or CV, this means you! Please contact the PAAs at your earliest convenience (before this Friday, October 24) at chppaa@uci.edu . Make sure to include your name, housing community, room number, and contact phone. Please help your fellow CHPers!