Merck Manufacturing Leadership Development Program

Final Reminder: 2017 UNCF Merck Manufacturing Leadership Development Program Preparation Institute

On behalf of UNCF, we would like to share an excellent opportunity for students to explore employment possibilities with Merck! Merck, a global healthcare company, offers a “Merck Manufacturing Leadership Development Program” (MMLDP) that provides a 3-year rotational experience for successful applicants.

In recognition of UNCF’s role in expanding access to opportunities for students, UNCF has developed a “2017 UNCF Merck Manufacturing Leadership Development Program Preparation Institute” that provides career coaching and interview readiness for the Merck Manufacturing Leadership Development Program. Students selected for the Preparation Institute will also earn a $2,500 scholarship.

Our deadline is approaching quickly: May 15 at 11:59PM.  There is no requirement for a letter of recommendation and no application fee.

Please encourage your students to apply for the UNCF MMLDP Preparation Institute today! For more information about the Merck Manufacturing Leadership Development Program, click here!

Important Note:

All students who apply to the Institute will be able to access a virtual training component of 3-4 professional development modules regardless of whether or not they are admitted to the in-person training!

If you have questions, please contact us at UNCFMerck@uncf.org or at (202)-810-0327.

Positions @ Solvay

Scholar - Intern @ Imerys

Hello everyone,

We have just extended our Scholarship application deadline to May 15th due to the very few applications we have received by today's date. This means that again, the chances are fantastic of being selected as a finalist (traveling to our facility near Santa Barbara for a plant tour and then to San Jose for a tour of our research laboratory, then networking with Imerys executives over dinner and doing a project presentation to the selection committee). We will select 10-15 finalists to participate in this process and then choose 4-5 Scholarship recipients from this group. The odds are in their favor!  

Those who are chosen for the Scholarship will not only receive a $5k scholarship, but perhaps more valuable: an internship project will be created individually for the Scholar, based on his/her discipline and interests. In addition, the Scholar will be assigned a "sponsor" - an accomplished professional aligned to his/her discipline who will be available as a mentor and help identify the internship possibilities.

This summer, here's what some of our Scholar-Interns will be doing:

- Georgia Tech Chemical Engineering student will be in Lompoc, California working in a high-purity pharmaceutical product plant to support process engineering efficiencies and improvements after she just spent the last 4 months working with our New Product Development team researching the opportunities for Mechanical Insecticide in the equine industry
- UCSB Chemical Engineering students are spending the summer in Montana doing process engineering projects in a pilot plant and in California working on material formulation and mineral functionality in our research laboratory
- UC Davis Chemical Engineering student will be working in Central Washington on a detailed analysis of air flows in the production facility

Several of our Scholars have been made full-time offers, a soon-to-be UCSB Chemical Engineering graduate will be joining our IMERYS Graduates Program this summer. This will be our fifth Scholar hired in a full-time position, several others are being considered as well. This is an opportunity to make a connection with a dynamic and growing international company ---- ambitious students should not let this opportunity pass.

We are very excited about this program and need your support to get the word out to your most deserving students. Should you have any questions, please direct your students to me. We hope to see your best and brightest students throughout this process!

Many thanks,
Kim Andrade
Talent Development Director
Filtration & Performance Additives

2500 Miguelito Canyon Road
Lompoc, CA 93436

kim.andrade@imerys.com

www.imerys.com

http://www.imerys.com/scopi/group/imeryscom/imeryscom.nsf/pagesref/SCOI-8S7EZ6?Opendocument&lang=en

Internship @ Oak Ridge

National Energy Technology Lab - Materials Science and Engineering Research Intern

Apply by 6/9/17

Through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), this posting seeks motivated post-baccalaureates interested in advancing the high-temperature performance of engineering materials used in magnetohydrodynamic power generators at NETL who have hands-on laboratory experience in physics, chemistry, materials engineering (including metallurgy or ceramics engineering), mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, or chemical engineering.

For more information, please visit http://www.orau.gov/netl/

Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Applications now being accepted!

The Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship program is a new, competitive award program that is open to all Virginia Tech undergraduates with a goal of increasing diversity in research. Fifteen (15) fellowships of $1,000 will be awarded annually to individual students demonstrating academic capability and a strong interest in undergraduate research, to enable them to conduct research with a Virginia Tech faculty mentor over the course of one academic year. This program is open to students from any discipline, who have already identified a faculty research mentor. Students from underrepresented groups (including, but not limited to, ethnic minorities, first generation college students, students from low income areas, students with disabilities, LGBTQ, etc.) are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information, please visit: http://research.undergraduate.vt.edu/ugr-opportunities/vt-programs/furf.html.

You may also access the application form directly: https://goo.gl/forms/oqkLCG85sipXAuZB3

The priority deadline for submission of complete application packets is August 7, 2017 at 11:59pm. The first round of awards will be made on August 23.

Questions about the program or application procedures should be directed to Keri Swaby (email: kswaby@vt.edu).

Keri Swaby

University Undergraduate Research Coordinator

104L Burruss Hall (MC 0717)

www.research.undergraduate.vt.edu

Deloitte Spring Picnic, April 13

Geoff Hunt, VP United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems, Tech Talk “Leadership in Innovation"

Geoff Hunt, Vice President of Engineering and Technology at United Technologies Aerospace Systems, will give a Tech Talk on “Leadership in Innovation,” on Tuesday, April 18, from 11:00 am - 12:15 pm, in the New Classroom Building, Room 160, 1455 Perry Street.

UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) is one of the world’s largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and defense products. The company designs, manufactures and services systems and components and provides integrated solutions for commercial, regional, business and military aircraft, helicopters and other platforms. UTAS is also a major supplier to international space programs. The company is a key corporate partner to Virginia Tech supporting experiential learning, scholarships and research.

UTAS is part of United Technologies (NYSE:UTX), a diversified company that provides a broad range of high-technology products and services to the global aerospace and building systems industries.

More information on  the company can be found at its website, http://utcaerospacesystems.com/Pages/Default.aspx.

UTAS Human Resources personnel will be on hand at this event and students are encouraged to bring their resumes. The company offers internships and is seeking new hires in many disciplines.