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*MCB News, Week of October 21, 2013 (Week 9)* *MCB News* - Important Dates/Events for fall 2013 - Advisor Codes now available - MCBcDNA presents Grad School Night! - Buy some awesome MCBcDNA merchandise! *Other News * - Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Grad Program Infosession - October Career Center Programs for L&S students! - Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program Infosession - UC Davis Medical Center Department of Surgery: Pre-Medical Surgical Internship, Mentorship, & Research Program - Climate Reality Project Invitation - L&S Advising Save Your Semester workshop dates - Pre-Health Society - Join a support group on campus - Call for Applications to SMART Program for Summer 2014 - 3 Weeks Left To Apply: Big Ideas@Berkeley Contest - Exciting event next week with high-profile panelists: On the Future: Beyond Computing - Yale Visiting Bay Area for Graduate School in Forestry and Environmental Studies ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Upcoming Important Dates/Events* - October 21, Tele-BEARS Phase 1 begins - November 1, Grading Option Change Deadline (P/NP Deadline) - November 11, University Holiday ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Advisor Codes now available *Believe it or not, it's time to sign up for spring classes. All declared MCB majors are required to use an advisor code (A/C) to log on to Tele-BEARS to start the registration process. Check our spring class listings: https://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/courses/courses/class-schedule-spring/, and the Schedule of Classes, http://schedule.berkeley.edu and then come into our office in 3060 VLSB (M-Th 9-12 and 1-4, F 9-12, 1-3), sign in, and we'll be able to help you. Please note: If you need an advisor code and want to register at your appointment time, you will need to come by the office and meet with an advisor before your registration appointment. This first week of Tele-BEARS is a busy week in the UAO - please plan accordingly! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * *MCBcDNA presents Grad School Night!* Date: Thursday, 10/24 Time: 7-9pm Location: 70 Evans Interested in going to grad school? Come hear from current biology graduate students, post-docs, and scientists about the application process, what to do to prepare as an undergrad, the life of a grad student, and careers after grad school. Ask grad students and scientists who have been in your shoes about joining a lab, doing research, and how a career in science can be both challenging and rewarding. Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by the ASUC and the MCB Dept. ADA accessible. Questions? Email mcbc...@gmail.com http://bit.ly/MCBcDNA Like us on Facebook for updates: facebook.com/mcbcdna ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Buy some awesome MCBcDNA merchandise!* Interested in representing and supporting your MCB department? Buy some awesome new MCB merchandise from MCBcDNA, an MCB department sponsored undergraduate club! Order MCB shot glasses, water bottles, and sweatshirts online at http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbcdna/merchandise.html ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* * * *Other News* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate School * Information Session with Professor David Dorfan Monday, October 21, 2013 4-5p in 177 LSA Interested in... - A unique graduate school experience? - An amazing graduate opportunity in Okinawa? - Fully international university, in English, but in Japan? - Interdisciplinary science for the driven, curious student? - Modern, innovative, flexible program with full support? Consider the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology! We only take 20 of the very best students: Is that you? For more information, visit the OIST webpage at https://groups.oist.jp/grad ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *CAREER LAB FOR L&S*: Getting a job or internship takes planning and dedicated effort! Use your lunch hour to develop important career planning skills to help you choose, find, and successfully land that internship or job. Each session begins with a brief overview of the topic followed by exercises and group interactions to develop your career savvy in a variety of areas: - Gaining Experience & Growing Your Network; Oct. 24, 12-1pm - Launching Your Job or Internship Search: Oct. 31, 12-1pm All majors welcome. RSVP on Callisto<https://career.berkeley.edu/CareerApps/Callisto/CallistoLogin.aspx> ! *CAREER SPEED DATING FOR L&S MAJORS!* If you don't know what you want to be when you grow up, this interactive event is for you! We'll be hosting up to 20 Cal alumni and working professionals from a wide variety of career fields whom you can meet in a speed connecting format. Learn if what they do is a fit for you too. Career Fields represented may include: * Healthcare * Consulting * Finance * Human Resources Management * Marketing * Law * Government * Foreign Service / Diplomacy * Nonprofit and Social Service * Theater / Drama * Video / Film * Gaming * …and many more! Attire is campus casual, and SPACE IS LIMITED! All majors welcome! RSVP on Callisto<https://career.berkeley.edu/CareerApps/Callisto/CallistoLogin.aspx> ! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program Infosession* The UC Berkeley Extension Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program provides academic preparation in the sciences and advising to enhance your application for admission to medical, dental or veterinary school or to other advanced degree programs in the medical and health-related fields. Learn more about the UC Berkeley Extension Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program at a free information session: Wed. October 23rd 6:30-8:00 pm, 1995 University Avenue, Berkeley<http://extension.berkeley.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=42298> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *UC Davis Medical Center Department of Surgery: Pre-Medical Surgical Internship, Mentorship, & Research Program *The UC Davis Pre-Medical Surgical Internship offers a unique set of opportunities for pre-medical students to work with and be mentored by surgeons and physicians at the nationally recognizedUC Davis Medical Center located in Sacramento, California. This is not a mere volunteering position; the program provides an opportunity to interact directly with physicians in the Department of Surgery. You would be working with them every step of the way from seeing patients in the pre-operational consultation to observing procedures performed in the Operating Room, from rounding in the early hours of the day to spending afternoon in the clinics. In addition, you will attend bi-monthly workshops involving talks from medical school professors, hands-on suture and cardiology labs, a presentation from the Director of Admissions of the UC Davis Medical School, and more! Information Session: - Wednesday, October 30, 6-7p in 130 Dwinelle For more information, please visit our website:www.premedsurgery.org ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Climate Reality Project Invitation* * * Join us for a segment of Al Gore’s *24 Hours of Reality *international broadcast where we will join the global conversation on “The Cost of Carbon”. This year’s conversation will explore the price we are paying for carbon pollution through damage costs from super storms, floods, and wildfires. Drinks and refreshments are provided; please bring your own mug for water/coffee to reduce waste generation! This event will be held *Tuesday, October 22nd from 5:30 – 8:00pm*. This event will be located in *112 Wurster*. If you are planning to attend, we encourage you to* RSVP by Thursday, October 17th* by emailing bsac.r...@gmail.com and by visiting http://presenters.climaterealityproject.org/presentation/13995. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *L&S Advising Save Your Semester workshop dates* L&S Advising is having three Save Your Semester workshops the week of October 28. These policy driven workshops are open to all L&S students (not just those on probation). They are designed to help L&S students in academic difficulty understand the policy options available to them at this time in the semester and to help students determine their next steps. Resources and support services are also discussed. The policies addressed include grading option changes, exceptional change petitions for those with extenuating circumstances, withdrawals, requesting incomplete grades of instructors, and planning for next semester (repeating courses, requesting reduced study lists, readmission if the student decides to withdraw). The dates are as follows: Tuesday, October 29 3:30pm-4:30pm, 262 Evans Hall Tuesday, October 29 7:30pm-8:30pm, 105 Chavez Wednesday, October 30 6:30pm-7:30pm, Unit 1 All Purpose Room ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Pre-Health Society* Are you a 1st or 2nd year pre-health student unsure of what classes to take in your upcoming semesters? Come receive advice on choosing and scheduling your classes at Pre-Health Society's *Telebears Advising Workshop*! In addition to pre-health classes, come learn about some of the other unique and exciting breadth courses offered at Cal! The workshop will be held on *Wed., 10/23* at *7 PM* in *35 Evans*, and will focus more on scheduling classes as an underclassman. If you have any questions, please direct them to: ucb...@gmail.com ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Join a support group on campus - Student-to-Student Peer Counseling * Introducing Student to Student Peer Counseling's first PEER SUPPORT GROUP Help yourself by helping others! Join other UC Berkeley students in a welcoming support group to openly discuss whatever problems you are going through, or share any experiences, and then receive input from others. 7-9 PM on Wednesday, October 23 in 30 Wheeler We hope to see you there! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Call for Applications to SMART Program for Summer 2014 * To expand the successes of a two-year pilot, doctoral students and undergraduate students from all departments and schools are invited to apply for the SMART (Student Mentoring and Research Teams) Program for summer 2014. The Graduate Division’s innovative SMART Program enables doctoral students to provide mentored research opportunities to undergraduate students. It is designed to broaden the professional development of doctoral students and to foster research skills and forge paths to advanced studies for undergraduates at UC Berkeley. The 2014 SMART Program will run from May 30 to August 8. Each undergraduate mentee will receive funding of $3,500 for 200 hours of work as a student assistant. Each project will receive up to $1,500 for research expenses. Undergraduate Mentee Application Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2014, by 4 p.m. Information on the program and links to application forms are at http://grad.berkeley.edu/smart/. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *3 Weeks Left To Apply: Big Ideas@Berkeley Contest * *Pre-proposal Deadline 11/5, 5pm (PST)* **Big Ideas@Berkeley is annual innovation contest on the UC Berkeley campus that provides funding, support and inspiration to interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students who have creative solutions to address pressing social challenges. Its mission is to support students’ ingenious first attempts at social change and mentor students as their ideas take flight. By seeking out and supporting innovative proposals, Big Ideas has helped contest winners make an impact all over the world. Each year the Contest awards up to $300,000 to students with Big Ideas! ** **This year’s competition features 9 categories that UC Berkeley students are eligible to apply to: ** ** ** · Creative Expression for Social Justice<http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/creative/> **** · Clean & Sustainable Energy Alternatives<http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/energy/> **** · Financial Capability<http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/financial/> **** · Global Poverty Alleviation<http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/poverty/> **** · <http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/students/>Improving Student Life <http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/students/>**** · Information Technology for Society<http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/tech/> **** · Open Data <http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/opendata/>**** · Promoting Human Rights <http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/rights/> **** · <http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/up/>Scaling Up Big Ideas<http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/contest/up/> **** ** ** *Pre-proposal submissions are due by November 5th, 2013.***** *For further information on rules, eligibility, guidelines and events, please visit the Big Ideas website: http://bigideas.berkeley.edu. ***** We look forward to hearing your Big Ideas!**** Follow Big Ideas @ Berkeley:**** Facebook <http://on.fb.me/neomAl> I Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/BigIdeasCAL> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *On the Future: Beyond Computing * Tue, 10/22/2013 - 5:00pm 10 Evans Hall Join moderator Randy Katz, Professor of EECS at UC Berkeley, as he probes the minds of three panelists who have poured a lot of thought--and creativity--into the future of technology. Featured speakers: - Jaron Lanier, Microsoft Research, author of You Are Not a Gadget and Who Owns the Future? - - Peter Norvig, director of research at Google - - Neal Stephenson, author of Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle This event is open to Berkeley faculty, students and staff only, on a first-come, first-seated basis. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *Yale Visiting Bay Area for Graduate School in Forestry and Environmental Studies* Come to an information session on Monday, October 28th from 12pm-1pm in 260 Mulford to learn more about graduate programs at Yale in their Forestry and Environmental Studies department. The director of Enrollment Management will be here to answer your questions about this great opportunity. Please RSVP at the link below https://apply.environment.yale.edu/register/?id=0c3cbb18-cda7-4e2a-8847-7d01285487ba **** ** ** CNR-OISA -- James S. 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