Academics
Undergraduate NEWS:
ATTENTION:
MASON STUDENT SERVICES CENTER:
Starting March 9th this Center (bottom floor of SUB I) will manage all walk-in traffic for the Registrar’s office. This includes transactions such as transcript pick-up, specialized verifications, and form/document
drop-offs.
GRADUATING SPEECH AUDITION:
VSE Degree Celebration Speaker Search – Are you a graduating Mason senior who would like to speak at the Spring 2020 VSE Degree Celebration? Check out the DC Speaker 2020 attachment to sign up and audition.
FRESHMEN and SOPHOMORE:
STARTING Fall 2020, BENG 320 will be a prerequisite for BENG 330/331. Students who plan on taking BENG 230 in fall or spring please open the attached new Fall 2020 curricula. Adjust your schedule, email Claudia Borke
if you have questions or see her for advising.
ADVISING
Appointments with your Advisor:
Use the appointment system SSC Campus -
https://gmu.campus.eab.com/
Walk in hours: Thursday Mar 5th from 2pm-3pm and Thursday March 12th from 2:30 – 4pm. I only had one walk in today!
I will be out from Monday March 9th to Wednesday March 11th including.
STUDY ELSEWHERE FORMS:
Taking Summer Courses away from Mason?
Please fill out a STUDY ELSEWHERE form at your earliest convenience.
No class credit without prior approval. The form must include a valid reason of why you can’t take the class at Mason. Unfortunately, financial circumstances won’t be accepted. Deadline at my office April 15th.
BENG 417 – BIOENGINEERING WORLD HEALTH:
BENG 417 is a fall lecture with an abroad experience over winter break in Guatemala and counts as a BIOE technical elective. Students live in home stays and work at remote hospitals
paired with students from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Please email Claudia Borke if you are interested in this course and would like to be added to the interest list. See flyer for more info.
Events
BENG and CASBBI SEMINARS
BENG Seminar |
Michael Miller, Ph.D.
| Bessie Darling Massey Professor and Director of Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Thursday Mar. 5 |
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Location: Exploratory Hall, Rm L111
Title: The Neuroimaging Face of Pre-Clinical Alzheimer’s Disease
CASSBI Seminars:
Tara Chaplin, Ph.D.
| Associate Professor, Psychology, GMU, Friday Mar. 6 |
Time: 1:00 - 2:00PM | Krasnow, Rm 229. Title: Effects of family environment on Adolescent substance use: Bio-behavioral mechanisms
Look for upcoming events
here.
BMES:
Mindfulness/Meditation session | Tuesdays |
12:00-12:45pm | JC Rm G| & Wednesdays in JC Room 234. Come and join the Mason community for an opportunity to pause, breathe, relax, and be in a kind, supportive, loving space.
Internships/Jobs/Opportunities
REU – ASPIRE PROGRAM: The Human Engineering Research
Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh is currently accepting applications for the REU-ASPIRE program. Information can be found here:
https://www.herl.pitt.edu/education/undergrad/aspire
BENG UG Research Opportunities:
Follow this link-
bioengineering.gmu.edu or copy and paste this address: https://bioengineering.gmu.edu/why-study-here/student-research-opportunities/undergraduate
SPOTLIGHT:
 Michael
Joseph and Arjunsinh Harer enjoy the nanotechnology Lab at GMU.
Did you have an internship last summer and would like to tell us about it? Is your senior design group on the brink of making a global impact or you would like to share your lab experience here in the newsletter? Please email a short summary, picture
and fill out the attached release form and send to:
[log in to unmask].
Jobs
Do you have a Linkedin account? Check out what Linked in can do for you:
https://university.linkedin.com/linkedin-for-students
Post Doc position at the Hive Lab:
https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/505298/postdoctoral-scientist-mazumder-lab/
Job Services
Peer Mentor Center
| M-TH from 10am – 6pm and F from 10am – 2pm |Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2614
Career Services
| M & TH 1-3pm
| Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2800 or schedule an apt. with
Dorothy Hayden - Industry Advisor for Engineering, Construction, Aerospace, Manufacturing, and Transportation
here:
https://careers.gmu.edu/students/make-appointment
Handshake
handshake.gmu.edu
Mason’s source for jobs, internships, workshops, & career fairs.
Click HERE to
learn more about the latest info for employers coming to campus and featured internship and job postings.
University Career Services |
University Career Services has drop-in hours available. Drop-in hours are in SUB I, Room 3400, Monday through Friday from 11-1. You can also schedule
an appointment on Handshake. If you have a quick question, you can stop in for additional drop-in hours on Mondays and Thursdays from 2:30-4:30PM in VSE 2800.
Scholarships
SREB – State Doctoral Scholars Program
https://www.sreb.org/types-awards
The SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program offers two awards to students who are pursuing Ph.D.s and plan to become college and university professors.
Doctoral Award - three years of direct program support and two years
of institutional support from the scholar’s college, university and/or department, in the form of a $20,000 annual stipend.
Dissertation Award - one-year, $20,000 stipend, university-covered tuition
and fees (unless the institution prohibits a fee waiver), a $500 research allowance and professional development support.
Application materials will be available beginning
January 10, 2020. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. EST on March 31.
The Volgenau School of Engineering offers several scholarships for both graduate and undergraduate students.
https://volgenau.gmu.edu/admissions/financial-aid
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