UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

California's State Legislature is looking for a few good scientists and engineers to trade their lab coats for business suits, and swap molecules and equations for committee hearings and bill analyses! Applications for the 2017 Class of our CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship open on Tuesday, December 1st --  and we'd like you to help us get the word out . CCST plays a unique role in Sacramento: connecting the Executive Branch and the State Legislature with clearly communicated science from a trusted, impartial network of scientists and engineers. Unique to CCST is our Science & Technology Policy Fellowship program,which enlists scientists and engineers for a year of public service and government leadership training working as staff in the California State Legislature. The Fellowship trains scientific thinkers to be policy-savvy -- and helps equip California's lawmakers with science-savvy staff. Each year, our Fellows make a diffe...

Exploring Careers in Academia: Life and Work at a Community College for Graduate Students and Postdocs Thursday, January 14 th 4-6pm CNSI Auditorium Registration: https://communitycollegepanel.eventbrite.com   California Community Colleges are recruiting more than 1,000 faculty and administrative positions across California this coming year from a range of disciplines.   Opportunities include full time tenure track, directorships and part time teaching roles.  Join us for a panel discussion with 4 community college professors to learn more about what it's like to be an academic in a community college.  Learn application strategies and opportunities to gain teaching experience and what they are looking for in future candidates.  The session will then be followed with smaller group discussions and networking with the panelists. Refreshments will be served   ·      Beth Au, Director of California Co...

Registration Deadline: Monday, January 25, 2016, 12 midnight PST. Website: https://grad.ucla.edu/life-at-ucla/events/2016-ucla-grad-slam/ Info Session: January 14th 10:30-11:30am in 1215 Murphy Hall

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Information Sessions Winter 2016 Academic Services will offer workshops for students about policies and procedures related to filing theses and dissertations. These sessions will address both Master’s and Doctoral filers. We invite you to attend a session if you are filing this year.  Please feel free to attend a session regardless if a particular session is already sold out. RSVP: Winter 2016 ETD Trainings Tuesday, January 12, 2016 12:00-1:00pm Young Research Library - WEC Room 23167 Tuesday, February 9, 2016 12:00-1:00pm Young Research Library - WEC Room 23167

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has a limited amount of funding available for graduate students participating in conference travel and travel for research from July 2015 – May 2016.  Please read more information regarding this funding opportunity on the Graduate Student Funding website .  A brief overview is below: Eligibility   – PhD or MS Civil and Environmental Engineering student. Preference is given to PhD students. – Registered during the quarter funding will expense. If funds will be used during summer, student must have been registered in the prior spring quarter and will be registered in the following fall or winter quarter. – For conference travel, student must have presented paper or poster. Instructions   Please fill out the  Conference and Research Travel Request Form   and return to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Student Affairs Officer in Boelter Hall 5732-A as soon as possible but no...

GO BRUINS! Join Team UCLA for t he 5 th Annual Lung Cancer Foundation’s 5K Run/Walk ! Sunday 1/24/2016 9:00 AM - Day of Registration & Pre-Registration Check-in 10:00 AM - Shotgun Start for 5K 11:00 AM - Celebration Click here to register: http://losangeles2016.yournextstepisthecure.org/Team/View/15831/UCLA   Event Chairs: Barbara Gitlitz, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Keck Medicine of USC Jonathan Goldman, MD Director of Clinical Trials in Thoracic Oncology Associate Director of Drug Development UCLA - Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Academic Writing Skills Workshop for ESL Graduate Students  In this interactive workshop, ESL graduate students will learn skills and strategies to build their fluency, accuracy, and comprehensibility in English academic writing. In addition, we will discuss useful on-campus, online, and print resources that will help students to work independently to improve their writing. There will also be time for questions and answers about ESL writing issues and concerns.  Friday, January 15th ,  12:00 - 1:50pm Location: Conference Room 4, Student Activities Center (basement level) Map:  http://gsrc.ucla.edu/gwc/location.html