<div dir="ltr">Students,<div><br></div><div>Below you will find an excellent opportunity for next summer. Carnegie Mellon University is one of the "Big 3" in Computer Science, along with MIT and Stanford. If you can get into this program (and many of you should be able to), this would be a real boost to any resume. I encourage you to apply for this.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof. Norman</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Eber</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deber@andrew.cmu.edu">deber@andrew.cmu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:13 PM<br>Subject: Carnegie Mellon University- Junior Summer Fellowship<br>To: "<a href="mailto:vnorman@calvin.edu">vnorman@calvin.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:vnorman@calvin.edu">vnorman@calvin.edu</a>><br><br><br>
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Dear Dr. Norman,</p>
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Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz III College will host the <a href="http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/school-of-information-systems-and-management/itlab/index.aspx" target="_blank">
2015 IT Lab- Junior Summer Institute</a>, a seven week <b>paid summer fellowship program ($1,000)</b> for rising seniors.
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Students in CMU’s IT Lab will interact with top CMU faculty on research projects in
<a href="http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-details/index.aspx?faculty_id=442" target="_blank">
urban systems</a>, <a href="http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-details/index.aspx?faculty_id=92" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">digital entertainment analytics</span></a>, <a href="http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-details/index.aspx?faculty_id=72" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">healthcare IT</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-details/index.aspx?faculty_id=3" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">data privacy</span></a>. Along with their experiential learning activities, IT Lab Fellows will take two summer courses at CMU, one in empirical methods and one in innovation.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="color:#990000">Application Deadline: December 1, 2014</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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The IT Lab-Junior Summer Institute will accept applications from U.S. citizens/permanent residents pursuing STEM-related undergraduate degrees such as computer science, engineering, math, physics, information technology, or business information systems.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We would appreciate your help in sharing news about this opportunity with your students. Our goal is to offer the fellowship to as many as 20 students
for the 2015 cohort. In your role on campus, you interact with students on a daily basis who would not only be eligible for this fellowship, but who would greatly benefit from the experience we are offering next summer</span>.
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The IT Lab will provide its Fellows with a stipend of $1,000 in addition to completely covering the cost of participating in this unique summer fellowship
opportunity. This includes tuition, books and supplies, transportation to and from Pittsburgh, housing, meals, and social functions.
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<b><span style="color:#990000">The 2015 IT Lab- Junior Summer Institute will begin Friday, June 12 and conclude Saturday, August 1.
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To be eligible for consideration, prospective students must meet <b><u>all</u></b> of the following qualifications:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Be entering his/her senior year in August 2015 <span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Be in a STEM-related or other relevant major<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Complete our <a href="https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/fl_ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id=cmu-spp" title="ITLAB Application" target="_blank">
online application</a>. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">More information on the fellowship and the application process can be found
<a href="http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/school-of-information-systems-and-management/itlab/index.aspx" target="_blank">
on our website</a>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to forward this message and/or the PDF version of a poster (<a href="http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/download.aspx?id=3885" target="_blank">available here</a>) promoting the IT Lab to your students currently in their junior year. Thank you in
advance for your help!</p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Prof. Victor Norman<div>Computer Science Dept., Calvin College</div><div><a href="mailto:vtn2@calvin.edu" target="_blank">vtn2@calvin.edu</a> / 616 526-7805</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” -- Antoine de Saint Exupéry</div>
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