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Dear Sundial Recipients,
This is the final issue of "The Sundial" for the Spring 2008 term. Publication will resume the first week of the Fall 2008 semester. On behalf of the faculty and staff of the College of Engineering, we wish you good luck on final exams and hope you have a safe and relaxing summer break.
1. Important Dates and Deadlines
REPOST UPDATED: Important Dates & Deadlines for Spring 2008
2. Academics
NEW: Get Teaching Experience and Earn Credit Doing it!
REPOST: Materials Science and Engineering Department Seminar Series
REPOST: IMPORTANT: College of Engineering Liberal Studies Substitutions Policy
3. Events and Opportunities
NEW: Be A Global Fellow!
NEW: Engineering Career Services Is Hiring for Fall 2008/Spring 2009
NEW: Video Game Developers Come to Cornell!
REPOST: Engineering Career Services is Hiring for Summer
REPOST: Game Design Showcase
REPOST: Engineering Learning Initiatives
Part Time Student Administrative Assistant
4. Engineering Student Groups and Projects
REPOST: SWE Events
5. How to Place an Ad in the Sundial
How to place an ad in the Sundial
1. Important Dates and Deadlines
REPOST UPDATED: Important Dates & Deadlines for Spring 2008
SAT 5/03/08
LAST DAY of CLASSES.
SUN 5/04/08 - WED 5/07/08
Study Period.
WED 5/07/08
First day of SCHEDULED FINAL EXAMS (7 PM) GOOD LUCK!
FRI 5/16/08
Last day of SCHEDULED Final Exams.
SUN 5/25/08
COMMENCEMENT
2. Academics
NEW: Get Teaching Experience and Earn Credit Doing it!
DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL T.A. PROGRAM
Do you like teaching? If you do, join the DeWitt Middle School TA program in Fall 2008 and earn MAE credit! In the Cornell-DeWitt TA program, undergraduate students help teach technology education to 8th graders at the DeWitt Middle School in Ithaca and earn up to five flexible credits per semester.
http://mae.cornell.edu/PDF/undergrad/DeWitt_Middle_School_TA_fall_08.pdf
Typically, Cornell students earn 1 credit of MAE 4980 (498), Teaching Experience in Mechanical Engineering, for every three hours of teaching per week at DeWitt. MAE 4980 can be used (with advisor's approval) as an advisor-approved elective in MAE. It is also often possible to arrange credit for MAE 4291 (429) (Supervised Senior Design Experience) for projects at DeWitt, with a MAE faculty sponsor. Cornell students can design new projects for the kids and prepare the corresponding lectures.
For further information or expressions of interest, contact Professor Michel Louge by e-mail at MYL3@cornell.edu
REPOST: Materials Science and Engineering Department Seminar Series
Thursday, May 1, 2008
4:30 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR, Kimball B11, "TBA", given by Prof. Kristi Anseth, from the University of Colorado. Refreshments will precede the seminar at 4:00 p.m. in the MS&E Lounge, Bard 260. (Note change of room)
REPOST: IMPORTANT: College of Engineering Liberal Studies Substitutions Policy
Effective March 1, 2008, the following guidelines have been adopted by the College of Engineering's Committee on Liberal Studies Courses:
1.) Engineering students are strongly urged to enroll in courses identified as fulfilling Liberal Studies categories in the current Cornell University Courses of Study.
NOTE: students will need to use the new four-digit course numbers when pre-enrolling for Fall 2008, but will need to match course names with the 2007-2008 Courses of Study at cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/CoSindex.php to determine if a course meets Liberal Studies requirements.
2.) The College of Engineering's Liberal Studies Committee will review petitions for Liberal Studies course substitutions only for courses offered by colleges other than A&S (Arts & Sciences) and CALS (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences). Petitions to allow a course offered by colleges other than A&S and CALS are submitted to Engineering Advising, 167 Olin Hall.
3. A&S and CALS have internal processes to review courses for inclusion as Liberal Studies courses. Students desiring to include a course in A&S or CALS that is not yet identified as Liberal Studies must petition the appropriate college, not Engineering Advising.
* For A&S courses, contact Ms. Deb Morey, 172 Goldwyn Smith Hall
* For CALS courses, contact the CALS Registrar's Office, 140 Roberts Hall
The College of Engineering will approve an A&S or CALS course as Liberal Studies if and when that college does so. If not approved, students may not use the course to fulfill a Liberal Studies requirement.
EXCEPTION: any Foreign Language course petitioned will be approved for the FL category of Liberal Studies, and any Art, Music, or Theatre performance courses petitioned will be approved for the LA category of Liberal Studies.
4.) Once reviewed, a course that is not offered by A&S or CALS will be added to one of two lists, depending on the decision of the Liberal Studies Committee: the Liberal Studies Approved Substitutions list or the Liberal Studies Denied list. Once a course is added to either list, it will remain on that list.
5.) The current Courses of Study serves as the master list for Liberal Studies courses, and together with the Liberal Studies Approved Substitutions list and the Liberal Studies Denied list, provides all approved and denied courses. These lists will be available in PDF format on the advising web site.
6.) The decision of the Liberal Studies Committee is final. The submitted petition is a request for an exception to policy; if the petition is denied, there is no further appeal.
7.) This policy is in effect for any courses taken summer 2008 or later to fulfill the College's Liberal Studies requirements.
3. Events and Opportunities
NEW: Be A Global Fellow!
Dear Spring Breaker!
Did you do something international over spring break? Did you volunteer, study or work outside the United States? If so, get recognized for your international work. Register for Global Fellows, the Cornell Engineering School's international initiative. Through registering, you'll get a certificate from the Dean of the College recognizing your work and you will be joining a network of internationally focused individuals, just like you!
To register, click on the following link: www.engineering.cornell.edu/globalfellows
NEW: Engineering Career Services Is Hiring for Fall 2008/Spring 2009
Engineering Career Services is now hiring Career Peer Advisors for Fall 2008/Spring 2009!
Do you have a genuine interest in assisting others in a helpful, friendly way?
Are you hard working, dependable and responsible?
Would you like to gain some valuable skills that will help you in your own career development?
Are you eligible for work-study?
If you answered yes to these questions please visit our website to fill out an
application today: http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/careerpeeradvisors
NEW: Video Game Developers Come to Cornell!
Video Game Studio Insomniac Games Technical Talk and Company Infosession (Free Pizza!)
Want to know what it's like to work for a video game developer that's been ranked as one of the top ten small companies to work for in America for 3 years in a row? Insomniac Games, creator of awesome games like Ratchet and Clank and Resistance: Fall of Man on the PS3 will be giving a technical talk and answering your questions about the company. Be sure to drop by for free pizza and a great info session!
Where: Upson 205
When: Thursday, May 1st, 4:00 PM
THERE WILL BE FREE PIZZA AND DRINKS!
REPOST: Engineering Career Services is Hiring for Summer
Title: Career Services Intern
Rate of Pay: $ 8.10
Hours: Full-time summer with a minimum of 30 hours (preferably 8:30am - 4pm M-F)
Job duties and projects include: Serve as primary front office contact for visitors to the office, assist with projects including updating office website, database creation and maintenance, tracking of employers, marketing to employers, creation and updating of office publications (layout and design), and assist with the coordination of electronic resume book.
This position will involve using printers, fax, copiers, multi line phone, and desk top computers in an air conditioned office environment. At times, trips elsewhere on campus may be necessary.
Requirements:
Ability to use MS Office, Publisher
Web skills
Skills & Abilities:
Attention to detail
Creative thinker
Initiative
Quick learner, specifically with computer skills
Respect for deadlines, reliability & punctuality
Professional demeanor & phone skills
Positive attitude, customer service & team-player
The ideal candidate will also possess the following:
Graphic design skills
Artistic Eye
Some familiarity with on-campus recruiting
How to apply:
Please email or drop off a resume and cover letter to Amanda Phillips at arp88@cornell.edu or at 201 Carpenter Hall
REPOST: Game Design Showcase
Programmers, artists, musicians, and writers all have different ways of looking at games, and different ideas about what makes a game good, but they all share the common goal of realizing the best game design possible.
Over fifty undergraduate and graduate students working in multi-disciplinary teams from colleges and departments across Cornell learned to design and produce digital games while enrolled in the undergraduate courses, CIS 300: Digital Game Design and CIS 400: Advanced Projects in Game Design.
The game design courses culminate with students presenting their games, discussing their research, and explaining their shared design visions in the semi-annual Game Design Showcase.
The Game Design Showcase is open to the public and welcomes exploration of education, research, and corporate partnerships across Cornell and beyond.
When: Wednesday, May 7
Time: 3-6PM
Place: 361 Upson Hall
This event is sponsored by the Department of Computer Science (www.cs.cornell.edu), in connection with Computing and Information Science (CIS), the Cornell Engineering Communications Program (www.engineering.cornell.edu), and the Cornell University Library (cl3.library.cornell.edu).
We hope to see you all on May 7!
Please feel free to spread the word.
The Game Design Initiative at Cornell University (GDIAC)
gdiac.cis.cornell.edu
REPOST: Engineering Learning Initiatives
Part Time Student Administrative Assistant
Assist in preparation of various educational programs. Records management. Data entry. Use of office equipment and knowledge of basic office procedures preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong attention to detail and working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word. Filemaker Pro or Access a plus.
12-15 hours/week, flexible between 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Rate of pay: $8.00/hr
Applications accepted until position is filled.
Contact: Alice Rockey, Engineering Learning Initiatives, 167 Olin Hall, 255-9622 or eng-learning@cornell.edu
4. Engineering Student Groups and Projects
REPOST: SWE Events
Feeling worn out by constant studying for prelims and finals? Come take a break by volunteering for SWE's high school outreach event! On May 5th, the first day of study week, we will be visiting Ithaca High School to perform various fun and exciting experiments with the students as well as discussing how wonderful science and engineering are! It is going to be a great experience, so if you want to volunteer, contact Natalie Katchmar at nnk9@cornell.edu Also, we will need volunteers with vehicles, so if you have a car, we'd really love to have you volunteer, but we hope to get alot of participation, so volunteer today!
5. How to Place an Ad in the Sundial
How to place an ad in the Sundial
Have an upcoming event, announcement, or deadline you'd like Engineering undergraduates to know about? Why not put it in The Sundial?
The Sundial is sent electronically to all Engineering undergraduates each Thursday during the regular academic year. To have your announcement included, e-mail your text (please limit to 100 words or less) to The Sundial address below. Requests will only be posted for two weeks prior to event. Please submit requests once, only.
Please remember that the event/announcement must be engineering-related, and/or sponsored by a student, staff, or faculty member in the College of Engineering. Regrettably, The Sundial is not able to post personal ads.
Deadline for submission to make the Thursday mailings will be each Wednesday at noon.
Email to
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