UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

Introduction to Grant Writing in the Nonprofit Sector The grant writing workshop will cover best practices and strategies for securing funds in the nonprofit sector. Topics of discussion will include methods by which to determine funding opportunities, strategies for building long-term relationships with funders, practices for reporting on successes and opportunities during a funding period, budgeting, and more. The goals of this workshop are to introduce graduate students to the nonprofit funding environment and to translate skills learned in graduate school into non-academic contexts. Tuesday, April 23rd, 5:10-6:50 PM Location: Center for the Health Sciences (CHS) 43-105 (4th floor, corridor 3)  GWC Writing Appointments  If you would like to schedule a free one-on-one writing appointment with a writing consultant, please use our online reservation page: https://gwc.gsrc.ucla.edu/Appointments   Please note: only UCLA graduate students are eligible for writing ap...

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 5:00 - 6:00 pm Korn Convocation Hall UCLA Anderson School of Management Jeetu Patel has decades of experience seeing this first hand in Silicon Vally. As Chief Product Officer at Box, he spends a majority of his time with CEOs at rising startups to the Fortune 500. The most critical of these conversations are with the largest and most regulated companies in the world on why making the shift to digital is more urgent than ever and why content management in the cloud is core to any digital strategy. In this discussion, Jeetu will share the mistakes companies should avoid when making the move to digital operations, how artificial intelligence is being applied to enterprise content, and how these emerging technologies will revolutionize the most important business processes for the way people work.

UCLA Career Development Conference for Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Scholars Friday, April 26, 9:30am - 6:30 pm Breakfast, Lunch, and Happy Hour Included. Registration is free and required. Please register here . Register for break-out sessions as your schedule permits, or stay the whole day! Explore topics including: Leveraging LinkedIn Building Persuasive Resumes Resiliency and Personal Strengths Academic Job Market Preparation Intersections of Identity and Career

We would like to cordially invite you to the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Water Research Symposium. It focuses on the challenges and opportunities of water self-sufficiency in LA County and will take place on May 23, 2019 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm on the UCLA campus in the School of Law, Room 1347. This symposium will highlight the work the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge has funded, as well as other related research from on and off campus, with the aim of creating dialogue between researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. There will be panel presentations with time for dialogue between the presenters and the audience to discuss the research and identify areas of collaboration and need for further investigation in order to transition Los Angeles County to 100% local water by 2050. Please register for the event here .

UCLA Career Development Conference for Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Scholars Friday, April 26th 9:30am-6:30pm Breakfast, Lunch & Happy Hour Included Space is Limited | Registration is Free & Required: www.career.ucla.edu/conference/register Register for break-out sessions as your schedule permits, or stay the whole day! Explore topics including: Leveraging LinkedIn Building Persuasive Resumes Resiliency and Personal Strengths Academic Job Market Preparation Intersections of Identity and Career           Plus two roundtable sessions - meet with alumni in your discipline Check out the 100+  advanced degree alumni attending the conference! https://career.ucla.edu/Conference/Participating-Alumni-and-Employers

$5,000 Scholarships & Grants The AAa/e Foundation encourages students (high school and college), recent graduates, and Higher Education programs to apply for our scholarship and grant opportunities. Last year, we awarded a total of $32,500 in scholarships! The deadline to apply is May 24th, 2019. The requirements and supporting documents for the scholarship can be found below.     Scholarship Application Student & Young Professional Networking Nigh t When: Friday April 26th Time: 6 PM - 8:30 PM Where: Gensler, 500 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Cost: Free for AAa/e members ($8 membership for students & recent graduates) We'll start off the night networking with experienced professionals in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry! Afterwards, we'll have a workshop on how to build your interview skills and make a good impression during an interview. Free food is provided. You may RSVP and get more information at https://aaae2019....