MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION 2011-12 SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

2011-12 Scholarships Available!

• All students encouraged to apply

• Private funds

• One easy, online application

• Apply once per academic year to be considered for new scholarships year-round

Deadline: April 10, 2011 at 11:59 p.m.

View available scholarships and apply online at: www.maricopa.edu/foundation/apply

STEM Scholars: Week of 9/20/10-9/24/10

Lots of career exploration opportunities in this week's blog--and reminders from previous blogs. 

• The Introduction to Student Success Modules will begin in October.  Contact Valerie ASAP if you want to enroll.  Include your MEID.  
• The deadline to RSVP for the October 8 UofA Campus tour is this Wednesday.
• Grade progress reports are due next Friday, October 1.  
• PC Scholarship workshops take place this week!  See last week's weekly blog post for details. 
• ASU Tempe is hosting "Inventing A New Space Exploration Challenge: Addressing Grand Challenges from Space" on Monday, September 27 from 3:30pm-5pm.  Dr. Laurie Leshin, Deputy Associate Administrator of NASA, is the featured speaker.  The talk is free but space is limited.  To RSVP or get more info, click here.    
• Save the date!  Mesa Community College has scheduled the following speakers for their Alumni Speaker series.  These talks are free and open to the public.:
• Friday, October 15 at 1:30pm in LS 108:  Cathy Mancini, Biomedical Research Associate at the Translational Genomics Institute (T-Gen)
• Wednesday, November 10 at 4pm in LS 101: University of Arizona College of Pharmacy student.  NOTE:  This student has served on pharmacy school admissions committee.