Helping Students Pursue Their College & Career Aspirations

NASA Opportunity for Female High School Juniors

Women In STEM High School Aerospace Scholars

Engineer your dream job!  Your adventure begins in 2012 with an online community and culminates with a summer experience at NASA Johnson Space Center in Summer 2012. Collaborate with girls from across the country and female NASA engineers and interns.

Applicants need to:

  • Be a U.S. Citizen
  • Be a female high school junior
  • Be interested and excited about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
  • Be committed to a one-year relationship with NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and
  • Have access to the Internet and e-mail (at home, school, or public library)

For specific project information, visit http://wish.aerospacescholars.org

Deadline to apply: February 22, 2012

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U.S. Department of Labor Summer Jobs

U.S. Dept. of Labor Summer Jobs+

“America’s young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they’ve got the opportunity to earn the skills and a work ethic that come with a job. It’s important for their future, and for America ‘s. That’s why I proposed a summer jobs program for youth in the American Jobs Act — a plan that Congress failed to pass. America ‘s youth can’t wait for Congress to act. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. That’s why today, we’re launching Summer Jobs+, a joint initiative that challenges business leaders and communities to join my Administration in providing hundreds of thousands of summer jobs for America ‘s youth”

— President Barack Obama

If you are a student looking for a summer job, click onto the following links to find an employment opportunities that fits your needs and interests:

https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/309597800?share=email

https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/309102600?share=email

https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/309156900?share=email

https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/309147400?share=email

https://my.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/309082400?share=email

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Atlanta Community Food Bank Volunteer Opportunity

This summer the Atlanta Community Food Bank will be offering two 4-day Youth Summits on Hunger and Poverty.

We are looking for students who:

  • Will be in the 9th through 12th  grade in 2012-2013
  • Have an interest in hunger/poverty issues
  • Are committed to service
  • Are interested in taking action within their own community.

As a part of the Youth Summit on Hunger and Poverty, students will:

  • Gain in-depth knowledge about local and national hunger and poverty issues
  • Participate in ACFB service projects, and learn about other community and government responses to hunger and poverty
  • Meet other students and make new friends
  • Enhance their college resumes or job applications
  • Identify and commit to a minimum of one hunger fighting action step in the coming school year
  • Receive 32 community service hours.

We are offering 2 sessions, and will accept 20 students per session.

  • Tuesday – Friday, June 12 – 15 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Tuesday – Friday, July 24 – 27  from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Participants MUST be available for the entire four-day program in order to be eligible. (There are no fees or costs for participants.)

Download the 2012 ACFB Youth Summit application http://www.acfb.org/projects/hunger_101/youth_summit/

Deadline to apply: Friday, April 13, 2012.

Direct questions to: youth.summit@acfb.org

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Fernbank Museum Teen Volunteer Program

Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta, Georgia is seeking candidates for our Fernbank Ultimate Naturalist (FUN) teen volunteer program. The FUN volunteer program, is an opportunity for youth ages 12-17 to be directly involved in public events at Fernbank Museum. FUN volunteers staff discovery carts that teach museum visitors about dinosaurs, ancient sea life and archaeology. FUN volunteers also assist with special family event days, assist with educational programming and help with other special projects. FUN volunteers attend educational and social events at the museum, and have an opportunity to visit behind the scenes. FUN volunteers must commit to the program for a minimum of one year and provide a minimum of 45 hours of service to the museum. Applications are now being accepted for June 2012 – May 2013 and are available at http://www.fernbankmuseum.org/get-involved/volunteer-guilds/fun/.

Deadline to apply: March 12

For more information, contact Kati Bannister, Program Educator, at 404.929.6341

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Student Achievement Newsletters

Click onto the month of the newsletter that you would like to read

February 2012: Addresses Black male achievement, the importance of faith-based partnerships, working incarcerated youth, and profiles Livingstone College student, Shai Boyd.

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Coca-Cola Pre-College Leadership Program

The Leadership Center at Morehouse College is hosting a leadership program for male high school students from June 16, 2012 – June 22, 2012. Eligibility requirements are:

  • Male students completing their sophomore or junior year of high school by June 2012
  • Males students completing their senior year in high school who have applied for admission to Morehouse College for Fall 2012
  • Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Program fees are $400.00 per participant
  • Application Deadline is Friday, February 17, 2012

Online application…

Contact LaKetha D. Hudson, Project Coordination at lhudson@morehouse.edu

Official transcripts should be sent to: The Leadership Center at Morehouse College, 2012 Coca-Cola Pre-College Leadership Program, The Leadership Center: 42th Floor Room 414, 830 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, Ga 30314

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Parent Education Summit

Parent education summit, hosted by Spelman College. Registration opens at 8:00 AM. Workshops will deal with such issues as:

  • The importance of parenting
  • The impact of absenteeism on student achievement
  • The importance of third grade learning outcomes
  • The importance of summer programs
  • The role of father figures and mentors
  • The impact of diet and nutrition on student learning and development
  • The importance of building relationships with teachers and the impact of good teachers on a child’s learning
  • How to ensure that your child is being prepared for the jobs of the future

For more information, visit Too Important to Fail and Youth 2 Leaders

 

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2012 High School Pipeline Program

The State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program, in partnership with the Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, present the 2012 Pipeline Program, May 29 – June 8, 2012. Held at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, this program presents a unique opportunity for diverse students to prepare for college and ultimately law school. The program is limited to 18 students and applicants will be considered on a “first come, first serve basis.”

High School Pipeline Application

Program Information:

  • Program Date – May 29 to June 8, 2012.
  • Time: Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m – 4 p.m.
  • Returning students from previous years are given priority.
  • First time applicants – Rising 9th and 10th graders are preferred, but all applications will be considered.
  • Breakfast, snacks and lunch will be served.
  • A chartered bus will transport each student to and from the law firms.
  • Curriculum: Grammar, Writing and Speech
  • A visit to the State Bar of Georgia and a student Mock Trial session in the State Bar Courtroom.
  • Visits to law firms and corporate legal departments for mentoring by partners and associates.
  • Guest speakers, workshops, oral and written competitions and more!

Please contact Marian Cover Dockery, executive director, State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program at lexikonmcd@aol.com for more information.

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21st Century Leaders Summer Programs

The 21st Century Leaders (21CL) was established in 1991 by a group of executives in response to two alarming trends: 1) a lack of people prepared to accept leadership roles, and 2) the difficulty of employees in crossing class and racial barriers to work together. The group realized the key to reversing these trends is the next generation; that is, providing young people with the training, guidance and encouragement necessary to enter college and the workforce with a highly developed set of leadership skills.

21st Century Leaders launched its first one-week summer program in the summer of 1991 with 31 students from eight high schools. Since that time almost 10,000 young people have been engaged in the leadership programs of 21st Century Leaders. Through a partnership with the Georgia Board of Regents, the summer program grew to multiple collegiate campuses and multiple “classes” of high school youth in 1996. The first co-branding of one if its programs, Leadership Unplugged: A CNN Experience began in 2006.

G5! @ Goizueta. June 3 – 8, 2012. Business-focused leadership development program. Deadline to apply is April 2, 2012.

Leadership Unplugged. June 24 – 29, 2012. Media literacy focused leadership development program. Deadline to apply: February 13, 2012.

Leadership Plugged-In. June 10 – 15, 2012. Technology-focused leadership development program. Deadline to apply: February 13, 2012.

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Community Banker’s Association Scholarship

The Hester Scholarship is open to Georgia high school seniors who will be entering a Georgia college, university or trade school (two year program or more). The scholarship is named for the late Jan Hester, daughter of Lalia and the late Julian Hester, long-time CEO of Community Bankers Association. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship fund is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Jan & Julian Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow’s generations.

As in the past eleven years, CBA will award $1,000 scholarships to four (4) of this year’s candidates of the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship. The applications must be submitted to the Association through a CBA member community bank.  To obtain a listing of member community banks in your area, please contact Lindsay Greene.

Click here to view the winners of the 2011 Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship.

Click here to download the application!

Deadline to apply: Friday, April 13, 2012.

 

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