This Week’s News from Career Education 11/26/18

Maxwell School Of Syracuse University

When: December 3, 2018 from 12PM-1PM

Where: Campus Center 301/302

What: Interested in pursuing a career in foreign service, nonprofit leadership, or the federal government? Representatives from the Maxwell School will be visiting campus to talk about their top-ranked master’s degree programs in Public Administration and International Relations

Julie Sze and Environmental Justice

Professor Julie Sze, founding chair of American Studies at the University of California at Davis and founding director of the Environmental Justice Project for John Muir Institute of the Environment, will be on campus this week. Sze researches environmental justice and environmental inequality; culture and environment; race, gender and power; and urban/community health and activism. Her research was funded by the Ford Foundation, the American Studies Association and the UC Humanities Research Institute. Professor Sze’s book, Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice (MIT, 2007) received the John Hope Franklin Publication Prize for the best book in her field, and her second book, from 2015, Fantasy Islands: Chinese Dreams and Ecological Fears in an Age of Climate Crisis (2015), was published by the University of California Press.
There are two events that may be of interest to you. Please consider attending one or both of them; they are free and open to the public.
When: Tuesday, November 27 from 12:15-1:15 PM
Where: Tillotson Room, Tippie Alumni Center
What: “Toward a Just Transition: Climate Justice, Urban Development and Community Resilience”
AND
When: Tuesday, November 27 from 7:00-8:15 PM
Where: Tillotson Room, Tippie Alumni Center
What: “Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger”

Harvard Summer Venture in Management

Summer Venture in Management is a one-week residential educational program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education.  According to Career Education Director, Jim Fitch, “Harvard Business School covers all educational expenses, including room and board.”

Here’s the link

Chatham Financial Excel Boot Camp

When: January 3-4, Kennett Square, PA  (outside Philadelphia)

What: The Excel Boot Camp will run from January 3rd to 4th and is open to undergraduate students. The event will entail a full day of instruction from Wall Street Prep, a Chatham mixer in the evening, and a relevant case-study application on the second day of the event. Chatham has run this event for the past three years and has received excellent feedback that the course is extremely beneficial to students regardless of their area of study.

Registration is open and students are encouraged to apply now, as space is first-come, first serve and requires the completion of a prerequisite course prior to admittance.

Please reach out to bootcamp@chathamfinancial.com with any questions, and thank you!

The Economics Department can provide funding for all expenses for this experience for a limited number of students.  First apply to the Boot Camp, if you are accepted into their program, email Beth Ryan your resume and academic transcript  by December 7, 2018.

Merrill Lynch Summer Internship

Merrill Lynch is offering a summer internship to Allegheny students doing research on public companies and providing other research services for asset managers and investment advisers at their Pittsburgh-based office. An economics major who has taken macroeconomics, statistics or corporate finance will be the preferred candidate for these positions.

Interested?  Email Beth Ryan your transcript and resume to apply.

College to Congress Summer 2019 Internship

College to Congress is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that creates pathways for students
to intern in Congress who otherwise could not afford to do so. Through our comprehensive
program, we aim to disrupt the traditional pipeline of wealthy and connected people filling positions of power in the United States Congress. By empowering the next generation of
passionate and diverse young leaders to kick-start their careers in public service, we get one step closer to creating a Congress that is truly reflective of the beautiful diversity in America.

The application opens on October 1, with a priority deadline of October 31, and a general
deadline of November 30.

Interested in applying? Want to learn more? Check out our website at
www.CollegeToCongress.org, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us on social media!

PULSE Pittsburgh Fellowship

PULSE cultivates a community of young servant leaders to transform Pittsburgh.
PULSE Fellows…
– SERVE with a Nonprofit
– LIVE in Community
– GROW as a Leader

Want to learn more?
– Please visit our website to learn more about us
– Hear stories from our fellows and partners on our YouTube channel
– Connect with PULSE on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@pulsepittsburgh)
– Reach out to Neal at ndonovan@pulsepittsburgh.org or 412-361-0124
Apply Now!
Date(s): The Fellow Application deadline is March 3, 2019.