ANNOUNCEMENTS
January 16th, 2013
ENCCA Job Fair at NCSU in Raleigh, NC
Queens Students and recent Queens grads should email me by February 1 to sign up, include
their first and last name, Queens class year, and Queens major (arniek@queens.edu) if
interested in attending this event. They can pick up their nametag before the fair by Feb 11 in
Blair House. The ENCCA wanted to invite the Metrolina Consortium participants (Queens
students and alumni) to their Career Fair on Wednesday, February 13th. The Career Fair will
be from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the McKimmon Center, NCSU, Raleigh, NC. Queens will
provide students with nametags. If interested in attending, RSVP to Karen Arnie at the email
above, and stop by Blair House to get a nametag from Queens. You can show it at the door for
this free event.
Metrolina Career Fair
Email Karen Arnie at arniek@queens.edu. Information is available at metrolinacolleges.org.
The event is taking place on Thursday, February 21, 2013
10:00am to 1:00pm
Queens Sports Complex
2229 Tyvola Road
Charlotte NC 28210
Summer Scholars Program, LARSS Program
I am the Program Coordinator for the NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars
(LARSS) Program. The NASA LARSS Program is managed in partnership with NASA, the
National Institute of Aerospace and the VirginiaSpace Grant Consortium.
We will be hosting a NASA LARSS Program webcast on Jan. 23-24 – 3 pm, per the details
below. We would like to invite students and faculty from your school to participate. Following
the details below, you will find a program description and the website to apply for consideration.
Please share our information with your faculty and students. The application is now up for our
2013 summer session with a deadline of Feb. 1, 2013. Also attached is our recruitment flyer,
which provides many of the program specifics that you may forward in your message.
January 23rd and 24th, 2013
3:00 – 4:00 pm ET
Tune into the DLiNfo Channel to learn how to start your NASA internship. Langley Aerospace
Research Student Scholars (LARSS) program offers internships for US students attending a US
college or university. The opportunities to research alongside some of NASA's finest engineers
and scientists is geared for students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, or
Mathematics (STEM) degrees, but other degrees are welcomed. If this defines you, use the link
to join the webcast.
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/webcast/webcast.html
For more information contact the LARSS Program Coordinator, Debbie
Murray,Deborah.B.Murray@NASA.gov.
The LARSS Program is one of NASA’s most prestigious and successful student research
programs, having recently ranked among the top ten best internships in the nation. Designed to
bridge the gap between academic concepts and real-world experience, LARSS creates
opportunities for students to come to NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) in Hampton,
Virginia to conduct robust research and work on exciting projects while working side-by-side
with NASA’s finest scientists and engineers.
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LARSS is a year-round (3 sessions) paid, research internship program for undergraduate and
graduate students that provides real research experiences in the fields of Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) as well as in business, communication, marketing, and
other areas that support NASA’s mission. Most majors accepted! The LARSS program hosts
over 200 interns annually.
The website is http://www.nianet.org/larss <http://www.nianet.org/larss> . As indicated, the
program is mostly STEM based with opportunities for special project areas in non-STEM
disciplines as well.
We invite all eligible students to apply and encourage female students, under-represented
minorities, college students with disabilities, military veterans, first-generation college students,
and students from economically-disadvantaged backgrounds to apply.
Eligibility requirements include:
US Citizenship
Full-time status at an accredited US college or university
Classification as a rising undergraduate junior, senior, or graduate student (Masters or doctoral
level), by the start of the summer session
Cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
We also have a LARSS Bridge component, which allows early application for rising high school
seniors, undergraduate freshmen and sophomores to apply if theyhave a 3.5 GPA and previous
NASA program experience. This experience can come from many areas including but not
limited to any NASA OSSI-SOLAR Program, INSPIRE, SHARPE, VASTS, CHROME, NASA
Governor's School, Space Camp, USRP, ACCESS, MUST, NASA Robotics, NASA Volunteer
Services, and any documented time worked on a NASA grant/contract/cooperative agreement
with a faculty member that equates to a minimum of 40 hours.
I look forward to hearing from you and receiving applications from your students. Please let me
know if you have any questions. My contact info is below. My Program Assistant is Sarah
Pauls <Sarah.E.Pauls@nasa.gov>. Please cc her on any messages so that one of us may
respond in a timely manner.
Test Prep dates
GRE
Jan 16th
Information Session – practice test and week free trial on the practice site
RSVP to Emily Pinkerton at pinkertone@queens.edu or 704-688-2838
February 9 - 10 and 23 - 24, 2013
Prep Course
Queens students receive a 10% discount!
Register at www.queens.edu/test-prep
GMAT
February 12th
Information Session – practice test and week free trial on the practice site
RSVP to Emily Pinkerton at pinkertone@queens.edu or 704-688-2838
Spring Semester: March 16 - 17 and 23 - 24, 2013
Prep Course
Queens students receive a 10% discount!
Register at www.queens.edu/test-prep
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For internship Planning go to:
The document to help with all internship process related items can be found at
http://www.queens.edu/Documents/Internships/Student%20Checklist%20for%20Finding%20an
%20Internship.pdf.
The guidelines is located at:
http://www.queens.edu/Documents/Internships/Guidelines%20for%20Credit%20Internships.pdf
Feel free to stop by Blair house to meet with Sarah Sipperly or Karen Arnie if you need
assistance.
Internship contract is now online
You can find it at www.queens.edu/interncontract.
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