The HSF Scholarship is designed to assist students of Hispanic heritage obtain a university degree. Scholarships are available, on a competitive basis, to:

• High school seniors
  
• Undergraduate students (all years)
  
• Community college students transferring to four year universities
  
• Graduate Students
  
  

AWARD
​Awards are based on merit; amounts range from $500 to $5,000, based on relative need, among the Scholars selected.

Are you an undergraduate interested in a summer internship with Bain & Company – recently rated #2 on Glassdoor’s 2020 “Best Places to Work” list? We invite you to join members of Bain’s Los Angeles office, to learn about the 2020 Building Entrepreneurial Leaders (BEL) Program.
 
The BEL program is a highly selective, one-week paid program, focused on giving top students of Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx and American Indian descent the opportunity to strengthen their business and leadership skill set while gaining exposure to Bain & Company, one of the world’s top strategy consulting firms.
 
UCLA BEL presentation –

• Date: January 21st  
• Time: 7:30 PM PT
• Location: UCLA Career Center | Room 200
• RSVP: Please register here
• Notes: While the BEL program is for current sophomores only (the one week program takes place in August prior to the start of junior year), we encourage undergraduate students to attend if interested in learning more about the BEL program

 
Webinars – each webinar will cover the same material; please choose the date/time that works best for you

• Date: Tuesday, February 4th
• Time: 5 – 6 PM PT / 8 – 9 PM ET
• RSVP: Please register here; a webinar link will be provided to registrants prior to the event
• Notes: While the BEL program is for current sophomores only (the one week program takes place in August prior to the start of junior year), we encourage undergraduate students to attend if interested in learning more about the BEL program

 

• Date: Wednesday, February 19th
• Time: 5 – 6 PM PT / 8 – 9 PM ET
• RSVP: Please register here; a webinar link will be provided to registrants prior to the event
• Notes: While the BEL program is for current sophomores only (the one week program takes place in August prior to the start of junior year), we encourage undergraduate students to attend if interested in learning more about the BEL program

 
Application

• The application will be available from Monday, January 13th – Sunday, March 1st and can be accessed here.

Dear all:We are happy to announce a free Software Carpentry workshop to be held on Jan. 18 and 19 2020 at the La Kretz Garden Pavillion! The workshop is aimed at undergraduates, graduate students, and other researchers aiming to strengthen their research computing skills. We will cover several computing tools that are fundamental for scientific research, and we do not require workshop attendees to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. Specifically, this workshop will explore key aspects of working with the Unix Shell, version control with Git, and essential aspects of R.For a workshop schedule and syllabus please visit our workshop home page: https://ucla-hacky-hours.gitlab.io/2020-01-18-SWC/. Registration is free but space is limited. Please, only sign up if you can attend.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-eeb-winter-2020-software-carpentry-workshop-tickets-86468233815. The workshop will be led by Maddi Cowen (mcowen@g.ucla.edu) and Gaurav Kandlikar (gkandlikar@g.ucla.edu) on behalf of the UCLA Ecology and Evolution Department's Hacky Hours. We will have additional help from Daniel Chavez (Wayne lab), Nitika Sharma (Pinter-Wollman lab), Rachel Turba (Jacobs lab), and Marcel Vaz (Kraft lab). Please feel free to forward this email to others in the community who you think might benefit from this workshop.About Software Carpentry:  Software Carpentry is an international organization that aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. Software Carpentry organizes workshops around the world that help scientists learn the basics of program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Check out their website and other lessons at https://software-carpentry.org/workshops/P.S: Software Carpentry instructors at the UCLA Data Science Center and other departments on campus are also running workshops on Thurs/Fri Jan 9-10 (Python workshop, link) and on Jan 16-17 (R workshop, link). If you cannot make it to our EEB departmental workshop, we definitely encourage you to attend one of these other options!

The UCLA-HHMI Pathways to Success Program is currently looking for upperclassmen and Graduate students to participate in the Pathways Mentoring Program. The Pathways Program (directed by Dr. Tracy Johnson) is a 4-year, intensive, honors-level program for undergraduate students majoring in the life sciences, with an interest in the bio-sciences. The Pathways program is committed to the academic success and professional development of highly motivated students from diverse backgrounds. Many of the Pathways students intend to pursue careers in the life sciences and apply to PhD, MD, or PhD/MD programs.
 
As a Pathways mentor you will have the opportunity to connect and build a relationship with an undergraduate student by sharing resources, advice, knowledge, etc., based on your experiences. If you are interested in serving a mentor to Pathways students please complete the application here. We hope to match students with mentors by Week 2 of WQ20.
 
Requirements

• Sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student
• 1-year commitment
• Meet with mentee at least 1-2 times/quarter
• Attend Mentor/Mentee Ice Cream Social – Spring Quarter

 
If you would like to learn more about the mentoring component of the program, please feel free to reach out to me.
 
*Note: We match students based on needs, similar interest, major, career goals, etc. If you fill out an application and but you are not matched right away, chances are we haven’t found the best match yet. But, your information will still be recorded in our database. As soon as we find a good match we will reach out.