UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

UCLA Closure Please note that due to a university holiday the campus, including the Civil and Environmental Engineering Office, will be closed on Wednesday, December 23rd at 3pm. We will resume normal business hours on Monday, January 4th.

Networking 101, Building Professional Relationships: Preparing for Careers in Non-Profit, Government, & Industry  for Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Scholars Career Center Room 200 December 9, 2015 12:00pm - 1:30pm Registration: https://networking101buildingprofrelationships.eventbrite.com Building professional relationships is integral to a successful career, especially for graduate students. However, most are uncomfortable with face to face “networking” as it is often misconceived as intimidating and inauthentic.  During this highly interactive workshop, graduate students and postdocs will learn and practice meeting and initiating conversations with people they don’t know, appropriate networking norms and strategies, and identify concrete and effective ways to follow up to create and sustain professional relationships. Light lunch will be served

Have dependents? There are 2 upcoming activities at University Village (open to UV residents and non-residents): Holiday Cookie Decorating and Operation Gratitude Where: University Village Community Center (Street parking available for nonresidents near 3200 Sawtelle Blvd, cross streets are Stanwood and Sawtelle) When: Thursday, Dec. 10, 5:30-7:30pm Sponsored by the Bruin Resource Center Students with Dependents Program Decorate cookies for the holidays with other UCLA parenting students and their families, and take part in Operation Smile, a charity that supports our active duty veterans who are deployed overseas, by writing letters and drawing pictures for them. University Village Covered California Registration (students with dependents healthcare workshop ) Where: University Village Community Center (Street parking available for nonresidents near 3200 Sawtelle Blvd, cross streets are Stanwood and Sawtelle) When: Thursday, December 17th, 4pm-7pm Please sign up for an appointment b...

Simpson Strong-Tie Paid Summer Internship Offered at the following locations: Pleasanton, CA ● Stockton, CA ●   Riverside, CA ●   Columbus, OH ● McKinney, TX For more than 55 years, Simpson Strong-Tie has focused on creating structural products that help people build safer and stronger homes and buildings. Considered a leader in structural systems research, testing and innovation, Simpson Strong-Tie works closely with industry professionals to provide code-listed, field-tested products and value-engineered solutions. Its structural products are recognized for helping structures resist forces produced during high wind and seismic events. The company’s extensive product offering includes engineered structural connectors, fasteners, fastening systems, lateral-force resisting systems, anchors and products that repair, protect and strengthen concrete. Simpson employs hundre...

Job Title : Student Intern - Spring Green Expo Project (Part time, temporary) Posting Date : 12/7/2015 Job Number : 5177003 Location :   Los Angeles, CA Work Schedule : other To Apply : http://metrowater.hodesiq.com/job_detail.asp?JobID=5177003&user_id= Application Filling Period : Dec 7 - Dec 28, 2015 @ 4:00 pm PST. Application filing period may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended. Salary Range : $15.00 - $18.00 per hour ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of twenty six cities and water districts that supply drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California. The mission of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Cali...