UC Berkeley is pleased to announce the 12th Annual Berkeley Edge Conference, November 3-6, 2011.

You are invited to recommend science, mathematics and engineering students for the conference.

The application deadline is September 26, 2011.

The Berkeley Edge Conference is designed to encourage underrepresented minority students who are competitively eligible for Berkeley’s Ph.D. programs in science, math and engineering to apply to UC Berkeley. The 12th Annual Conference is sponsored by the Mitchell Kapor Foundation, the National Science Foundation’s Innovation through Institutional Integration program, and Sandia National Laboratories.

If a student you recommend is chosen, UC Berkeley will provide all travel, lodging, and meals for your student.

Conference program highlights include:

?         Workshops on preparing competitive applications for graduate admission, campus and national fellowships

?         Individual and group meetings with UCB faculty for each participating student in their department of interest

?         Tours of the science and engineering departments and research facilities, the campus and the San Francisco Bay Area

?         Showcase of research opportunities for Berkeley graduate students at the National  Laboratories in the San Francisco Bay Area—LBNL, LLNL and Sandia

?         Formal and informal sessions with current students on graduate studies and graduate student life at Berkeley

The application deadline is September 26, 2011 for faculty, research scientists, and other mentors to recommend students for the Berkeley Edge Conference 2011. This is also the deadline for recommended students to complete their applications online. Applications will be reviewed on a first come, first served basis and students will be informed of their application status in early-October. Please let your students know that you have recommended them.

For general information about the conference please visithttp://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/conference and to recommend your students online visit http://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/recommendation-form. Students can access the online application directly at: http://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/student-application.

For more information you may contact:
Elizabeth Rookstool – erook@berkeley.edu

Berkeley Edge and Berkeley Science Network

College of Letters & Science Deans’ Office

University of California, Berkeley

Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

101 Durant Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720-2920

 

Phone: (925) 457-3607

 

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Susie Valaitis

Associate Director

Institute for Broadening Participation

http://www.pathwaystoscience.org

svalaitis@ibparticipation.org