Weekly E-Newsletter

Vol. 6, No. 9 - Oct. 26, 2010

UK AMSTEMM Program Office
113 Bowman Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0059
Phone: 859-257-2613, E-mail: AMSTEMM@uky.edu
If there is anything you would like to see in future editions of the AMSTEMM E-Newsletter,
please e-mail: AMSTEMM@uky.edu.

In this Issue
Note from the AMSTEMM Advisor/Coordinator 2010-2011 Peer Mentors Global Impact Corps
Research Opportunities & Fellowships Academic Resources Career Center Events
Scholarship Opportunities Important Events & Opportunities

Note from Sue Scheff, AMSTEMM Advisor/Coordinator

Are you wondering what the AMSTEMM Program offers you? Are you curious what you might be missing out on? We are holding an
Information Session on the following dates and location.
Thursday, October 28, 10:00 – 10:30a.m. 113 Bowman Hall
Friday, October 29, 1:00 – 1:30p.m. 113 Bowman Hall
Come by and find out what the program is all about, and what is in store for you!
**Don’t forget: last day to drop a course is Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 – come by Bowman Rm. 113 if you would like to discuss.**

Research Opportunities & Fellowships

▪ CUR Posters on the Hill will be held April 13, 2011 in Washington, DC. CUR is calling for students to submit an abstract of their research that
represents any of CUR's disciplinary divisions (Arts and Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics/Computer
Science, Physics/Astronomy, Psychology, and Social Sciences). Abstract submissions will only be accepted by using our on-line submission
form. Prior to submitting the form, students should gather the contact information for all co-authors, advisors and sponsors (if applicable), prepare a
short vitae/resume, and poster abstract. A document listing the information required for submission can be found by visiting: http://www.cur.org/pdf/
poh%20application%20information.pdf. For more information, and the link to submit an application, please visit: http://www.cur.org/
pohcall.html Please be sure that both portions (the electronic application and the electronic recommendation letter) are submitted by November
15, 2010. For more information about the Posters on the Hill program, please visit http://www.cur.org/postersession.html. **Please note, applica-
tions from UK students for the CUR-Posters on the Hill may be submitted by listing Ms. Bessie Guerrant as advisor (and CUR member) on the rec-
ommendation letter, along with that of the mentoring faculty as co-advisor. For more information, contact Ms. Guerrant at (859) 257-6322 or
bguer00@email.uky.edu.

Scholarship Opportunities
▪ Truman Scholarship $30,000 for graduate school plus leadership and academic mentoring. Are you a [future] CHANGE AGENT AND LEADER?
Do you want a career in PUBLIC SERVICE OR GOVERNMENT? Do you want to MAKE A DIFFERENCE locally, nationally, globally? Are you a
Junior (1 year before graduation) and US citizen with a 3.0 GPA or better? UK may nominate up to 4 students for this award. About 60 scholarships
are awarded nationally each year. UK nomination application deadline: 4pm Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Check out www.truman.gov and
contact Dr. Lisa Broome-Price, Office of External Scholarships, lisa.broome-price@uky.edu, for more info and an application for nomination.

AMSTEMM 2010-2011 Peer Mentors

Ashley Tincher - ―I am a sophomore majoring in Civil Engineering. I am from Menifee County, KY and I am 20
years old. I participate in Campus Crusade for Christ and I am part of the Robinson Scholars Program. Also, I
am a participant for Dance Blue! FTK! I am very excited to get my degree in Civil Engineering and I plan to
work for the KY Transportation Cabinet after I graduate.‖
 Academic Resources
▪ Visit Academic Enhancement's "The Study"! Offering a variety of tutoring for different subjects, academic consultations from AE's staff, exam
reviews and more. All for FREE. The schedule as well as a full list of services offered can be found at: http://www.uky.edu/UGS/study/.

▪ FREE Tutoring in Ingles Hall 6:00 - 8:00p.m. every Monday. Advanced math courses, physics, and engineering courses included.

▪ UK Writing Center: Located on the 5th floor, west stacks of Young Library. Open M-Th 10-2; F 12-2, and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
from 6-9pm. Offers individual consultations on any writing project at any stage in the process and are happy to meet regularly, even every day, if
needed! It is a free service offered to all students, faculty and staff.

▪ Mathskeller: The center is a computing and mathematics learning center of the Mathematics Department and the Mathematical Sciences Comput-
ing Facility at the University of Kentucky. The center is located in CB 63, which is close to the loading dock in the basement of White Hall Class-
room Building. The Math Resource Center is open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Faculty, Graduate Students, and Undergradu-
ate Assistants for 100 level courses hold office hours in the Mathskeller. http://www.mathskeller.com/

▪ Campus Libraries: The library system maintains a humanities, social sciences and life sciences collection in William T. Young Library as well as
subject libraries in several colleges and departments around campus, each library holding materials related to the particular discipline it serves.
There are 16 libraries, find them at: http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/branches.php

▪ The Medical Center undergraduate mentoring program seeks to connect undergraduate students to current students, faculty and alumni in each
of the graduate and professional programs in the Medical Center colleges by holding regularly scheduled sessions where undergraduate students
can hear from and connect to current students. These sessions are meant to allow students time to interact, ask questions, seek answers and build
relationships that can be beneficial for both the undergraduate or prospective Medical college student, and the current student with whom they con-
nect. All are scheduled to meet from 6:30-8pm: November 18th (Student Center 251). For more information, contact: Christopher L. Johnson,
chris.johnson@uky.edu.

▪ MATH 109 Exam Review Sessions will be in the Business and Economics building on the following dates:
Sunday, November 14 from 3-5 Room 205
Sunday, December 12 from 3-5 Room 205
The sessions, hosted by SSS, will be run by a tutor and will be working on past exams. If you are interested in attending please email val-
erie.rister@uky.edu by Friday before the review sessions.

▪ CHEMISTRY 105 Exam Review Sessions will be in the Business and Economics building on the following dates:
Sunday, November 7 from 3-5 Room 205
Sunday, December 12 from 3-5 Room 205
The sessions, hosted by SSS, will be run by a tutor and will be working on past exams. If you are interested in attending please email val-
erie.rister@uky.edu by Friday before the review sessions.

▪ CHE 105 Review Sessions: (sponsored by Chemistry Department)

Tuesday, November 9th 5:00-5:50 PM CP-139
Tuesday, December 7th 5:00-5:50 PM CP-139

▪ The General Chemistry Learning Center is staffed by Chemistry graduate student teaching assistants. The Learning Center is located in CP-25
in the basement of Chem-Phys. The schedule for the learning center will be posted on the door to CP-25 and in Blackboard under ―Course Help‖
on the left-hand menu. If any teaching assistants are particularly unhelpful, please report their names to your instructor.

▪ Chemistry Help Sessions: An instructor will offer help sessions on Tuesdays from 5:00 - 5:50 PM in CP-139 the week of each examination. Atten-
dance at these help sessions is voluntary but highly recommended.

▪ Chemistry Private Tutors: A list of names of Department of Chemistry staff (usually graduate students) willing to be paid tutors for general chem-
istry can be obtained from the General Chemistry Office (CP-120). SAACS (Chemistry Student Organization) Officers and Members can tutor or
mentor students free of charge. Simply stop by CP-144 if interested.

▪ Student Support Services 2010 Fall Workshops: Please RSVP: email valerie.rister@uky.edu
Money 101 Thursday October 28, 2-3 SSS Conference Room
Internship 101 Thursday October 28 3:30-4:30 B&E Room 248
GRE Exam, Free - Saturday November 20, 9am in the Student Center Room 203

▪ AAMC MCAT Practice Test 11 Update: AAMC is pleased to announce that a new MCAT practice test will be released in early December 2010.
Practice test 11 is a full-length online exam containing newly released MCAT items. This new test will provide all the same features of the current
practice tests 3 - 10, including settings for timed and untimed practice, customization of delivery, detailed score reports, and explanations of the
correct answers. It will be sold online for $35 at www.e-mcat.com.
 Important Events & Opportunities
▪ Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-Health Honors Society, will be holding the 1st meeting of the year on Oct. 26th in the Biological Sciences Bldg
Room 116 from 5-6PM. It will be an informational meeting about the requirements to get involved with AED and elections for officer positions.

▪ Teach For America's 3rd Deadline: Wed, Oct. 27th. Be a part of our generation's largest social injustice movement. Gain an insider’s peek into
the educational inequities within our nation: ―Waiting for Superman‖ Apply at www.teachforamerica.org. Contact col-
leen.crawford@teachforamerica.org for more information.

▪ Interested in biomedical research to find causes, treatments, and preventions of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes, or Parkinson’s?
Thought about a PhD? Learn about the PhD programs in the UK College of Medicine and the gateway to those programs, Integrated Biomedical
Sciences, at the annual Open House on Saturday, October 30, 9am-2:30pm. Meet faculty and current students, tour research labs, and hear
about excit-ing programs you can be a part of—you even get lunch! Visit www.mc.uky.edu/ibs to register for the Open House.

▪ The College Personnel Association of Kentucky (CPAK) is sponsoring a Careers in Student Affairs Conference on Oct. 30th at UK for stu-
dents. Information about the conference can be found at the CPAK website: http://cpak.org/career/index.html

▪ The Education Abroad spring application Deadline is: November 1st. Apply Online: www.uky.edu/IntlAffairs/EA

▪ Student Lecture: “How Does Inequality Link Population and the Environment?” Presented by Alecia C. Fields, Virginia College of Osteopathic
Medicine, UK Graduate 2010. In July 2010, Alecia traveled to Ethiopia with the Sierra Club Global Population and Environment Program to explore
population, health, environment (PHE) programs and discover the answer to this question. Ethiopian organizations are addressing rapid population
growth and climate change in creative and effective ways by increasing access to contraception and health care, facilitating livelihood improvement
activities, and supporting sustainable development initiatives. Alecia, a first year medical student, is now working to increase U.S. understanding of
PHE connections as well as increase support for PHE programs, in Ethiopia and worldwide. Tuesday, November 2, 2010. 12:30-2:00pm. 206
Student Center. RSVP’s are required as lunch will be available. chellgrencenter@uky.edu or 859-257-1958.

▪ A workshop on “How to Design a Poster ” is scheduled for November 3rd from 6-7:30 pm in the Keeneland Room, WT Young Library.
Hosted by SPUR. One-on-one, hands-on training will be provided.

▪ Pre-Med AMSA will be holding an Osteopathic information and Q and A session on Nov. 4th @ 6:30 in classroom CP-139. We are extremely
excited to have Julian Arbaugh, admissions counselor from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and Linda J. Dunatov, associate
Dean for Student Affairs of the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine speaking on the differences of allopathic and osteopathic schools
as well as answering questions regarding admission. We will also be having a presentation regarding the Medical School Triage Clinic (which is a
fantastic way to volunteer). Please come and join us! Food will be available and fees can be paid for those who have not done so.

▪ The University of Michigan will host their annual Engineering Graduate Symposium on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, www.engin.umich.edu/
gradsymposium. Travel grants are available for prospective Ph.D. students (flights/mileage, hotels, local transportation, meals). Junior level stu-
dents will have the highest level of priority. Applicants must reside within the United States. Students should be within 1-2 years of attending
graduate school and have a strong interest in research. Those who are invited to attend this fall program will have all their expenses paid. Full
details can be found on the website. Students should submit their completed applications by late September: Travel grant application: http://
www.engin.umich.edu/academics/gradprograms/gradsymposium/travelgrants.html

▪ Men & Women of Color Leadership Conference, Nov. 12-13, 2010. Networking, speakers, workshops, student panel discussions all promoting
academic excellence, building coalitions, career awareness, diversity education, empowerment, leadership development. For more information, visit
www.indiana.edu/~moc.

▪ SPUR is hosting a Panel Discussion: "How to Get Involved in Undergraduate Research” on November 18 from 6-8 pm, in the Gallery of the
WT Young Library.

▪ NCUR: 24th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, March 31-April 2, 2011. Abstract Registration:
http://www.ithaca.edu/ncur2011/information/dates/. Submission Deadline: November 19, 2010. Get ready for the National Conference on Under-
graduate Research at Ithaca College in the spring of 2011!

▪ For Juniors! Have you considered beginning Master level classes next year along with your remaining undergraduate major require-
ments? Many students are not aware of this opportunity. Requirements include:
1) Have an overall GPA of 3.2 or higher
2) Have a major GPA of 3.5 or higher
3) Have senior standing by the first semester of the combined Bachelor’s/Master’s program (90 or more earned hours)
4) Be finished with University Studies requirements by the first semester of the combined Bachelor’s/Master’s program
5) Apply to the Graduate School with the addition of completing the University Scholars form to note how graduate level coursework will count
for transcript and tuition purposes.
More information is available in the UK Undergraduate Bulletin and the UK Graduate Bulletin. Please see http://www.scribd.com/doc/39595648 for
undergraduate information or http://www.scribd.com/doc/39595669 for graduate information for more information.
 Global Impact Corps: A Comprehensive and Unrivaled Global Health Experience
Unite For Sight's Global Impact Corps is an immersive global health experience for students and for professionals. All volunteers participating in Unite
For Sight's international programs are Global Impact Fellows.
What do Global Impact Fellows do? Global Impact Fellows support and learn from the partner clinics' talented medical professionals who are social
entrepreneurs addressing complex global health issues. Through hands-on, structured training, Global Impact Fellows gain a comprehensive under-
standing about best practices in global health and social entrepreneurship. Global Impact Fellows gain skills and are nurtured to become new leaders
in global health, and they receive a Certificate in Global Health & Program Delivery.
Global Impact Fellows participate daily with local doctors to eliminate patient barriers to care and to facilitate comprehensive year-round eye care for
patients living in extreme poverty. They assist with patient education, visual acuity screening, patient intake, distributing the glasses and medication
prescribed by the local eye doctors, and other important support tasks. They also have the opportunity to observe the surgeries provided by the local
doctors. Additionally, Global Impact Fellows may participate in the Global Impact Lab, an optional program for those interested in pursuing global health
research. For example, current Global Impact Fellows are pursuing research studies about medication management, the use of visual resources for
patient education, traditional medicine practices, and patient barriers to care.
What do Global Impact Fellows say? "Unite For Sight’s voluntary program is not one that glosses over the veracity and urgency of global health and
gives volunteers a false idea of how working in developing countries is like. It is not a program for students who simply look to enjoy the company of
cute little kids while earning an outstanding recommendation on their resume. Unite For Sight’s international voluntary program is one that allows pas-
sionate young adults to see the reality of international development, and to open their minds to the possibility of serving the underprivileged while pro-
viding them the opportunity to support quality eye care in areas that need their contributions," Sueyan Yuen, Tufts University Student, Global Impact
Fellow. See more volunteer accounts at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad/volunteer-accounts
Locations of Year-Round Eye Care Delivery:
(volunteer for 7 days, 15 days, 20 days, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, or more)

Accra and Kumasi Regions, Ghana

Northern and Ashanti Regions, Ghana

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Patna, India

Dhenkanal, India

Complete details online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad

Career Center Events

QUICK QUESTIONS MAJOR AND CAREER EXPLORATION EMPLOYERS SPEAK SERIES

*Located in Student Center near Starbucks
MBTI Personality Assessment Social Media Networking + Career Search
▪ November 10 | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
*RSVP required via Wildcat CareerLink October 27 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

▪ November 15 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. *Stuckert Career Center

Careers in Non-profit
ENTREPRENEUR DAY
Strong Interest Inventory Assessment November 3 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
November 12, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
*RSVP required via Wildcat CareerLink *Stuckert Career Center
Do Something Awesome: Turn Your Idea
Into Business!
▪ November 30 | 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Careers in Government
November 10 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Alumni House, Lower Level

DROP-IN HOURS
First come, First served
JOB SEARCH CRASH COURSE
Tuesday - Thursday 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.
*RSVP required via Wildcat CareerLink, Oct. 28, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Stuckert Career Center

TAKING A GAP YEAR James W. Stuckert Career Center

Nov. 17, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Stuckert Career Center 408 Rose Street | Lexington, KY 40506- 0494
P: (859) 257-2746 | www.uky.edu/CareerCenter