Newsletter for 02/22/2021

New Announcements

Announcements

Gesher Group Consulting Applications

Application Opening Soon for Gesher Group

We are a Pro Bono Business Consulting Org, who work with real clients in three sections of service: Data Analytics, Marketing Strategy, and Business Consulting. If you are interested in a career in any of these three sectors, Gesher Group allows the application of these skills in a real professional field.

You do not need any previous work experience in applying and prefer candidates who have at least 1 year left at UC Santa Cruz.

If you are interested in applying, early applications will be available next Friday, February 19. For those applicants who submit their form any time between February 19 and March 1, will qualify for an automatic interview with Gesher.

Make sure to follow @geshergroup on IG/LinkedIn/Facebook to stay tuned in for more updates and events!

Deans' & Chancellor's Award Information

The Deans and Chancellor wish to encourage and stimulate outstanding scholarship and creativity among undergraduate students, based on work developed in courses or programs in the normal pattern of 2020-2021 academic activity at UCSC. 

All materials, including the faculty letter of support, must be received by March 24, 2021.

DEANS' UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Fifty undergraduates, 10 from each of the academic divisions will receive a Dean's Award of $100 for outstanding achievement in their division.

CHANCELLOR'S UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

Fifteen Chancellor's Awardees, three from each division, will be selected from theDeans' Award lists to receive the Chancellor's Award of an additional $500.

STECK AWARD

The Steck Award will recognize the most outstanding research project chosen from the fifteen Chancellor's Awardees.  This student will receive an additional $1000.  In addition, his or her research project will be bound and copies given to the student, the research supervisor, the UC Santa Cruz Library, and the Steck Family whose generous contributions have made this award possible.

Winners of the Deans', Chancellor's and Steck awards will be honored during Undergraduate Student Achievement Week, June 2021.  

GUIDELINES

• All research project submissions must include at least one letter of recommmendation by a faculty mentor/sponsor. Once the student submits their application a seperate email to the mentor listed will be generated automatically containing the link for them to submit the letter of recommendation. All undergraduate students applicants must contact their mentor/sponsor before submitting their application in order to confirm that a letter of support will be possible.
• All applications must include either an attachment of a completed thesis or completed project or performance (by URL). Research projects must be finished when the application is submitted. Projects that are still in progress, or are planned to be completed after the application deadline, should be submitted in the following application cycle. Submitted applications that are incomplete, or do not have a project attachment or link, or are projects that are not yet completed, will be rejected.
• The applicant should choose the one faculty mentor/sponsor of their project who is most familiar with the project and who will be able to provide the strongest letter of recommendation. Only one letter of recommendation is required. Mentors should be UCSC faculty/lecturers/post-docs/researchers etc that have a blue CruzID.
• For group projects, only one student in the group (usually the lead in the project) completes an application. They then must list the other students as project students. Each project member must approve of the application that is submitted. 
• When the faculty mentor/sponsor submits their letter of recommendation, they must also approve the submitted project. Faculty sponsor recommendations and approvals must be submitted online immediately after the student application deadline. It is recommended that the mentor/sponsor write the letter as soon as possible after being contacted by the student.
• Foreign language projects must be accompanied by appropriate translation.
• Technical papers must include an abstract in non-technical language.
• Projects completed in spring 2020 (and therefore not submitted in last year’s competition) are eligible for the 2021 awards competition, even if the student has already graduated. 
• Previous award winners are only eligible to submit projects in the current application cycle if those projects are significantly different in scope or topic from the previously awarded project.

• Click Here to Apply for the Deans', and Chancellor's Award 

  Application requires use of your CruzID Gold password

  Please contact  ur_hnrs@ucsc.edu if you have any questions regarding the application or the application guidelines 

Apply for Summer Research Funding!

The Undergraduate Research in Science & Technology Endowment provides awards of $2500-$3500 for undergraduate research in science and technology. The awards are available for students from any major at UC Santa Cruz. Deadline for applications is March 15, 2021 and must include a recommendation from a faculty sponsor. For details on how to apply, visit https://science.ucsc.edu/research-opportunities/undergraduate-research-in-science-and-technology-award/

Creative Tech Design Intern Application

UCSC Creative Tech Design is looking for more interns to join our officer team. We are a student organization focused on UI/UX Design that provides students with skill-building workshops and events to improve their knowledge and experience. The internship would be a great opportunity for those who would like to gain more experience in team organizing and design.

Primarily looking for students graduating between classes of 2023 and 2024. Applications are now open and close on February 26th.

Application Link: https://tinyurl.com/FAForm-2020

Creative Tech Design Intern Application

UCSC Creative Tech Design is looking for more interns to join our officer team. We are a student organization focused on UI/UX Design that provides students with skill-building workshops and events to improve their knowledge and experience. The internship would be a great opportunity for those who would like to gain more experience in team organizing and design.

Primarily looking for students graduating between classes of 2023 and 2024. Applications are now open and close on February 26th.

Application Link: https://forms.gle/rrMpP1N9FV2a36jr9 

Introduction to Python Workshop - Presented by GraceHacks

Interested in learning Python? We’re hosting an Introduction to Python workshop! 

Come and learn the basics of Python programming such as if/else statements, functions, and more! Whether you have prior knowledge in Python or are completely new to the language, we invite you to join us on February 24th at 7PM PST. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/gh-python-rsvp. See you there!

New undergraduate research opportunity in the ASSIST Lab

Description: The ASSIST Lab in the Computational Media department is currently looking for research assistants to help with close readings of various media (videos, podcasts, etc) made by people with disabilities. An information session on how to conduct close readings will be required. After that, the research requires about 6 hours per week of close readings and reflections. The start date is March 1 and ends mid April. For more information you can contact Breanna Baltaxe-Admony at bre@ucsc.edu.

Prerequisites: No coding experience is required. Students must be willing to learn and work as a team. 

Preferred experience: Experience with people with disabilities, exposure to qualitative analysis/doing close readings. 

Note: We welcome poc, lgbtq+, disabled, low ses individuals

How to apply: Submit an email to Breanna Baltaxe-Admony at bre@ucsc.edu with statement of interest and related experience if applicable. Please also CC jduval@ucsc.edu and kateringland@gmail.com in your email.

UCSC Virtual Global Internships!

Are you looking to maximize your summer? Check out UCSC Virtual Global Internships! 

Go global (virtually) this summer! This program is offered by UCSC Global Learning (Study Abroad) as an alternative to traditional study abroad programs. Explore your career goals, expand your professional network and skills, and gain real work experience by participating in a remote unpaid internship for an organization based abroad all without traveling abroad. 

Internships are customized according to your career interests and skills and are available in a wide variety of fields and disciplines. You will earn UCSC credit, enrolling in two online Summer Session courses for six units that are designed to complement your experience and support a successful internship. Internships are available in a variety of career fields and placements are in English with some language immersion options. You will intern approximately 20-30 hours per week and should expect to spend additional hours per week on your online UCSC courses.

The details:

• Overview
• Program Overview and Internship Placement Information
• Courses
• Deadline to apply : March 25th
• Cost & Special Scholarships
• Financial aid applies to this program! 
  • Pell Grant recipients can apply for the Gilman Scholarship which is offered through the US Government of State to support students with global learning endeavors. There are hundreds of awards available up to $5000! Note: Scholarship deadline is March 2nd. 
  • UCSC Global Learning is also offering the Absolute Internship Diversity Scholarship for $1000. Note: Scholarship deadline is March 29th. 

Have a question? Feel free to email us at globallearning@ucsc.edu

Attend our Upcoming Information Session

Thursday, March 2nd at 10 AM (PST): Register Here 

Register to Participate in Baskin Day 2021

Summer Research Camp Silicon Valley Cyber Security Institute

Events

Gesher Group Informational Night

Join us in our info night next Tuesday at 7 pm. Here you will get insight into what it means to be in Gesher and talk to real members!

Early application opens THIS Friday. If you are curious, info night is the perfect opportunity to ask questions and learn more about Gesher.

Link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/k4EELEAPubwU3ogV8

"How to Survive Zoom University" workshop

Digital Nest Conference

 5 Reasons why you should attend NEST FLIGHT this year! 

1. Take advantage of finding out about new career & internship opportunities (psst, scroll down for internship opportunities!) 
2. Meet new people, impress company representatives - Build your network!! 
3. Be inspired and motivated to see your professional goals through
4. Find creative ways to pursue a career during times of covid and in the challenging times post-covid
5. During the challenging times that covid has resulted in, it is crucial that this year you think about investing in yourself through professional development! 

           BONUS! Win free conference swag and other amazing prizes! 

The first 20 students to contact Lindy Boisvert boisvert@ucsc.edu can get free admission.

OR

Register Here Today!

Internship Opportunities with ServiceNow!

ServiceNow voted a Great Place to Work! is looking for interns for Summer 2021, they have already started interviewing but they want to see your resume!! Check out these internships and apply today!

Business Operations & Strategy Internship (Summer 2021)

Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2021)

Design Intern- UX, UI/Visual, Operations (Summer 2021)

 In addition to applying through the shared links, please email your resume with a note that you are a NEST Flight registrant to: 

kristina.ruidas-bene@servicenow.com

Stanford Open Datathon

Apply to be a part of the Open Data Datathon today!  

Join us rom April 9-11 for a weekend dedicated to creating data models, producing data-inspired journalism key insights, writing and advocating for data-driven university policies, and building your own data portal! Receive guidance from leading academics and experts in the field, and use your creativity and data science skills to explore four thematic tracks: Data Journalism, Data Modeling, Build Your Own Portal, and Policy and Advocacy.

With mentorship from academics and industry leaders, the Stanford Open Data Project Datathon is an event to support students in harnessing open data to improve transparency and accountability at their university. 

Apply today to contribute your ideas. The world needs new voices–let yourself be one of them. 

Applications are due March 15th, 2021! 

Please contact stanfordopendataproject@gmail.com with any questions. 

Latinos in Tech Scholarship Info Session

 

Latinos In Technology Scholarship Info Session

 

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

2:00-3:00PM

Zoom Registration

 

UCSC Baskin Day

We are so excited to invite you to UCSC’s Baskin Day 2021, a FREE virtual 3 day conference organized by engineering students at UC Santa Cruz to showcase our school of engineering to the community. This event is open to people of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate the UCSC’s Baskin School of Engineering, its students, faculty, and its achievements over the years. This annual event will be held online from April 9th-April 11th. There will be various exciting events for everyone to enjoy, ranging from workshops, speakers, and panels to alumni networking opportunities. We hope alumni, current students, families, prospective students, and engineering enthusiasts can join us for the weekend. Please check out our website and Eventbrite for more information and to secure your spot at this exciting event.

Website: https://sites.google.com/ucsc.edu/baskinday/home?authuser=0

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/baskin-day-event-free-registration-and-box-order-form-tickets-137237564249?fbclid=IwAR1obv0hYAoiH-W7SORhjMfDw8YYRsjtfBowygyhgJY-GO5bpyqWhNUzYEE

UCSC IEEE PCB Design Workshop

Join us next week for a KiCAD workshop! We'll be teaching you how to design your very own PCB on the software. See you all then!

Girls Who Code College Loops: Interested in Research?

Interested in getting involved with research? Not sure how to or what to expect?

Girls Who Code is excited to discuss what research is, why you should get involved, what you can expect to do, and how to find research opportunities on campus!

Join us tonight Monday, February 22 at 7PM PST using this link.

All female and non-binary identifying students are welcome, no engineering major or background needed.

College Loops is an initiative by Girls Who Code, intended to support college-aged women interested in computer science. They provide both social and professional development opportunities for our members as well as space for women to collaborate, create, and inspire one another.

Jobs

Cisco Internship Information

The deadline for Cisco’s Global Sales Internship Program is on the 26th of this month. Please share this Brochure with any potential interns so they can apply to be a part of this program.
Details about the internships are attached.

Deadline: Feb 26, 2021
Requirements:

University student scheduled to graduate in December 2021 – July 2024 
SALES INTERNSHIP:

• Pursuing a BA, BS or MS degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Communications, Computer Science, Finance, or related area 
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher or equivalent in your academic program 
  
   

ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP:

• Pursuing a BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Technology, MIS, Mathematics, Physics, or other equivalent degrees in technical disciplines 
• Cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher or equivalent in your academic program 
  
   

Fluent in English (written and verbal), as well as fluent in local language for country of application 
Must be willing to take on virtual work 
Must be able to legally live and work in the country for which you’re applying, without visa support or sponsorship. (Student visas or visas obtained on your own are not applicable for the program) 

US Application: Technical Sales Engineer Intern
US Application: Field Sales Intern

FY22Q1%20Global%20Sales%20Internship%20Brochure_FINAL_US_CAN_0.pdf 

UC Student Regent Position

Learn about the leadership opportunity to become the next UC Student Regent. The Student Regent is appointed to sit on the UC Board of Regents and provides students with a rewarding and challenging experience to work toward meaningful change for college students throughout the UC system. StudentRegentAppFlyer.pdf