ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INTEREST

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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Scholarship

The Morgan Stanley Women in Technology Scholars Program is a competitive scholarship program established to provide outstanding women with
(i) a financial award for exceptional academic achievement,
(ii) an opportunity to gain exposure to an exciting career in Information Technology and
(iii) a meaningful relationship with one of the premier firms in the Financial Services Industry.

Eligibility

To be eligible, the student must:
* Have an active, consecutive enrollment as a full-time student as defined by her college during each semester of scholarship award
* Have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement (minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0)
* Submit an official or unofficial transcript
* Submit one personal recommendation from a professor or academic dean
* Submit a resume
* Be in good standing at her college
* Complete the essay portion of the application
* Be in their junior year at time of application. If student is in a 5 year program, she must be in her 4th year at time of application.
* Commit to a paid internship in Morgan Stanley's Information Technology division in the summer following time of application.
* Have demonstrated interest and aptitude to work with computers/technology

Amount of the Award

Recipients will be awarded $5,000 during the senior year to cover any unmet educational needs. Receipt of a scholarship award from another source will not disqualify an applicant from receiving a Morgan Stanley Women in Technology Scholarship award.

Selection of Winners

Scholarship recipients will be selected on a competitive basis through an evaluation of demonstrated academic achievement, school recommendation, extracurricular activities, leadership qualities, the student's own statements as exhibited through the required essays, and complete final round of on-site interviews.

Creative Expressions sponsors Thanksgiving Food Drive

Monday, November 12-19

Don't forget to donate your canned and nonperishable items this holiday season to those less fortunate. We will be collecting items at the Rutgers Student Center and the Busch Campus Center.

Microsoft Research Intern Opportunities

We are pleased to announce our Internship program in Microsoft Research again this year. Please feel free to forward this mail to your students and encourage them to apply. We appreciate your help and welcome any questions or comments.

Microsoft relies on its Research division to lead the way in identifying and developing the technologies of the new century. Imagine that your computer--which is also your laptop, notepad, and scanner--wakes you up in the morning, knows your favorite color, food, or song, and contacts your best friend via video. Imagine that your keyboard is obsolete, and that your voice rules all. That your digital identification stores your preferences, play list, and finances. That the voice activated system in your car's dashboard surfs the Web and screens your calls; that your phone accesses local networks and your medical records. Now imagine that this rich capability is being created right now. It's called Microsoft .NET:
one platform for all media, all programming--collaborative, open, creative, and exciting.

To meet this challenge, we need outstanding research scientists with the vision, knowledge, passion, and commitment to be part of our team. What better way to get an up close and personal look at this future than by spending the summer working on very challenging projects with some very bright researchers? Our past interns have greatly impacted research in key technical areas, published papers based on their summer work at MSR, established strong ties with our industrial research staff as well as other interns, been challenged to look at super tough problems in new ways, and all the while, having fun doing it.

If you'd like to learn more about the research groups, check out
http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/ ,and then visit
http://www.research.microsoft.com/opportunities/interns/ for more information on our internship opportunities. To apply, please send your resume as a Word document or in ASCII text and recommendation letters to mrintern@microsoft.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

"The Woman's Guide to Navigating the Ph.D. in Engineering & Science"

IEEE Publishes "The Woman's Guide to Navigating the Ph.D. in Engineering & Science"
This guide by Barbara B. Lazarus, Lisa M. Ritter, and Susan A. Ambrose is designed to unravel some of the mystery around graduate school programs in science and engineering. There are interviews and strategies from women who have found success in academia, industry, and the public sector.

Featured topics include funding requirements and standards, qualifiers; making the advising process work; writing the dissertation and defending; searching for a job; learning by critique; balancing competing needs. Dr. Barbara B. Lazarus is the associate provost for academic affairs and an adjunct professor of educational anthropology at Carnegie Mellon University.

Lisa M. Ritter is a communications consultant at Carnegie Mellon University and the editor of the quarterly graduate newsletter on campus. Dr. Susan A. Ambrose is associate provost for educational development, director of the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, and a principal lecturer in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University. The publication can be ordered from the publications catalog section of IEEE at shop.ieee.org/store

Information Week article on women leaders in technology

Information Week has done a special segment on 10 women who are technology executives at places like HP, IBM, and Microsoft. There are profiles and interviews with each of the 10 women http://www.informationweek.com/807/women.htm