1. INTERNSHIP "O" - The Oprah Magazine is looking to hire fall interns in
the Fashion and Style Departments. Candidates must be highly organized,
detail-oriented and be able to juggle multiple tasks at once. Prior
internship experience preferred, but not required. This opportunity is
available for college students in need of credit hours and recent
graduates who are available to start immediately, full-time from 10:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m., 5 days a week. Send resumes with a cover letter
to: Cindy M. del Rosario, Associate Editor O, The Oprah Magazine 1700
Broadway, 38th floor NY, or call 212-903-5149.
2. Verizon is looking for students who are 2004 graduates of Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). If you know of someone graduating
from a HBCU this year with a degree in Engineering, Computer Science and
Technology, Information
Technology, General Business, Finance or Marketing, please have them
forward their resume to :melissa.w.langham@verizon.com to be considered for
career opportunities
within Verizon.
3. The Women's Technology Program at MIT is a 4-week summer residence
program to introduce high school girls to electrical engineering and
computer science. If you know a girl who is currently a high school junior
with demonstrated math and
science ability and an interest in finding out about EECS, please
encourage her to visit our website for more information and for an
application form
(applications are due Feb 3, 2005)
http://wtp.mit.eduOur classes are taught in a supportive environment by a staff of women
MIT PhD candidates and undergraduates. The full-time academic program
includes hands-on experiments and
team-based projects in computer science, electrical engineering, and
mathematics . No prior experience in computer programming, p hysics, or
electrical engineering is expected, but applicants typically have strong
academic records, especially in math and science.
4. HARVARD 'S TUITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Harvard is offering free tuition for
students that have a family income below $40,000. If you are a mentor or
have nieces and nephews who might be interested, please give them this
information. If you know any one/family earning less than $40K with a
brilliant child near ready for college, please pass this along. Harvard's
Tuition Announcement Highlights Failure of Prestigious Universities to
Enroll Low-Income Students March 1, 2004, HarvardUniversityannounced over
the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income
families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's
president
Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only 10 percent of the students in Elite
higher education come from families in lower half the income
distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing eno ugh in bringing
elite
higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."
If you know of a family earning less than $40,000 a year with an honor
student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay
the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on
undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for
free...no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard
offering free tuition for families making less than $40,000 a year visit
Harvard's financial aid web site at:
http://adm-is.fas.harvard.edu/FAO/index.htm or call the school's financial
aid office at (617) 495-1581.
5. Full Medical Scholarship - Please pass this on to any African
American who may be interested in a free medical degree.
WashingtonUniversityin
St. Louis, the MedicalSchool, now ranked number 2 (along with Baltimore's
John's HopkinsUniversityMedicalSchoo
l) has scholarships to award to bright
black
Americans. The students that are chosen will be awarded full tuition for
4 yrs, $30,000.00 per year plus $2,500.00 stipend. Check them out on the
Web. Washington University Home page
www.wustl.edu. For Complete
instructions
and deadlines for applying, call the office of undergraduate Admission at
(800)638-0700 or (314)935-6087. To view the application and to obtain
more information, you can also visit their web site at
http://admissions.wustl.edu The Ervin Scholars Program selection committee
evaluates all Applications and invites finalists to Washington University
for interviews in the spring. The University pays all travel and
interview expenses.
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