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December 10 – Jan 8 – Winter Closure

Multicultural Affairs Honors Scholarship Recipients – Applications Now Being Accepted

During Multicultural Graduation on December 1, 2011 Multicultural Affairs (MA) recognized Hearst Scholars Award, Multicultural Pride, and UW Minority Scholarship recipients. As the chart below shows, MA scholarship recipients have been performing at a level that exceeds that of their peers. Scholarship recipients are required to meet with a MA representative on a weekly or bi-weekly basis and take part in the Discover Excellence or Continuing Excellence Series. Multicultural Affairs is proud of the effort that these students have put forth, and look forward to working with them, and many others, in the years to come. Applications for the Hearst Scholars Award, Multicultural Pride Scholarship and the UW Minority Scholarship for the academic year 2012-2013 are now being accepted. Please click here for more information and application materials. Applications are due to Multicultural Affairs by 5:00 on 3/1/12.

End of Term Cumulative GPA's for Domestic Ethnic Minority Students

Term

All Scholarshi

p Recipients

All EM Students

All MA Freshman Scholarshi

p Recipients

All EM Freshma

n Students

Fall 2009 2.820 2.634 2.704 2.127Spring 2010 2.950 2.683 2.972 N/AFall 2010 3.238 2.548 3.393 2.084Spring 2011 3.216 2.640 3.304 N/AAverage 3.056 2.626 3.093 2.106

* EM = Ethnic Minority

Announcements

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Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted. Applications for the Hearst Scholars Award, Multicultural Pride Scholarship and the UW Minority Scholarship for the academic year 2012-2013 are now being accepted. Please click here for more information and application materials. Applications are due to Multicultural Affairs by 5:00 on 3/1/12.

Orientation Leaders Wanted. Want to join the Orientation Leader Team? Click here for more information and application.

Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta. The Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass, Pageant & Fiesta will be held on Sunday, Dec. 11th at 12:30 pm at St. Laurence O’Toole Church, 319 Grand Avenue. Immediately following the mass and pageant, a fiesta will be held at St. Laurence O’Toole School, 4 th & Sheridan in Laramie. The Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle and Laramie Spanish Choir plan this annual event and invite those who are still in Laramie after finals to attend and celebrate with the Hispanic community of Laramie.

Shepard Symposium. We invite you to participate in the 16th Annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice, March 28-31, 2012. This year’s focus is Identities: Dismantling the Boxes. We invite proposal submissions that deconstruct and interrupt the ways in which proscriptive identities are forced upon members of marginalized groups by society. Specifically we hope that proposals will critically examine the ways in which society forces people to identify with certain membership groups (as evidenced by boxes on census forms) that are socially constructed and that often serve to limit and constrain creative and emancipatory expressions of one's self. Proposals that cut across academic disciplines and that work at the intersections of ethnicity/race, affectional orientation, disability, gender, religion and class are especially welcome. Deadline for submission: Monday, January 9, 2012 Please Note: All submissions are evaluated by a -blind, peer-review process. We do not offer honorariums or stipends for travel. Registration and Lunch on Thursday are free. You will be notified on the status of your proposal January 31, 2012 For more information contact Angela M. Jaime jaimea@uwyo.edu. Click here for more.

McNair Scholars Program. The McNair Scholars Program is currently accepting applications. Please click here for more information.

Student Success Services. Student Success Services is a free UW program with the goal of helping students be successful. Some of the many services provided are: Academic (improving study skills and individual tutoring), Financial (help w/ FAFSA, scholarship searches), Personal/Social (navigating UW, and making connections). While there are criteria for admission to the program, 72% of UW undergraduates qualify. Click here for more information or contact Sandy Straley.

Student Health 101. Student Health 101 is an online magazine with up-to-date information

students can use to improve their health, relationships, and study habits, among other things. Furthermore, each issue is customized for UW with specific information about campus events and resources, such as nutrition help at Washakie or outdoor adventure options through Half Acre. In fact, were always looking for new contributions so if you want to promote something that you fits with student health, please let us know (jjoseph@uwyo.edu). Lastly, students can win $1000 when they go to the site by clicking on Enter to win in the top left corner. The address for reading each issue is: http://readsh101.com/uwyo.html

Gatekeeper Training. Gatekeepers Trainings are the first step in educating students, staff, and faculty on the importance of suicide awareness. The goal of the training is to promote help-seeking behaviors and reduce the stigma of seeking care for mental and behavioral health problems. Each two hour training session will define warning signs and risks of suicide, define protective factors against suicide, and provide resources and skills to make a referral to a professional. The trainings are open to all interested students, staff, faculty and community members. Suicide prevention is a priority for students, faculty and staff at the University of Wyoming. The State of Wyoming is ranked number five for suicide deaths per capita. We know that most people who are severely depressed or suicidal will not automatically seek out a professional counselor. Gatekeeper training can provide a bridge to professional help and bring suicide out of the silence. To Register for a Gatekeepers = Lifesavers Training contact: University Counseling Center email: uccstaff@uwyo.edu phone: 766-2187 Next Session:

Spanish Mass. The Laramie Spanish Choir invites students to a Spanish Mass every Sunday at 12:30 pm at St. Laurence O’Toole, 319 Grand Avenue, Laramie, WY. The choir would love to have singers, guitarists; percussionists join them as well for practices on Monday evening at 6:15 pm at St. Laurence. Email cardona@uwyo.edu for more information.

Student's Attorney. Students Attorney Program- 119 Knight Hall. Program offering free legal advisement and services to all fee paying students. Does not include student v. student or student v. university issues, but can help students with any other situation that involves the law. Please call ahead 766-6347 or visit Knight Hall 128 to schedule an appointment with an attorney. Click here for more information.

Are you interested in studying Law? Multicultural Affairs and the Law School are working together to provide you the opportunity to learn more. Please contact Natasha Dirck (Law School student) for more information..

Scholarship Opportunities

ABA Legal Scholarship Opportunity. The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is intended to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance to these students. The scholarship will award $5,000 of financial assistance annually to each scholarship recipient attending an ABA-accredited law school. An award made to an entering first-year student may be renewable for two additional years, resulting in financial assistance totaling $15,000 during his or her time in law school. The application can be downloaded from http://www.ambar.org/DiversityScholarship. Completed scholarship

applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012. Recipients will be selected based on their qualifications for the scholarship and not on the law school they plan to attend. Therefore, law students applying to any and all ABA-accredited law schools may benefit from these scholarships.

HSF/ Honda Scholarship Program. The Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and Honda have partnered to provide financial resources to an outstanding Latino undergraduate students with scholarships of up to $5,000! This program is for Latino/Hispanic students who will be entering the 2012-2013 academic year as a Junior or Senior at a four-year institution. Students must also be majoring in Business Administration (includes Procurement and Supply Chain Management), Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Industrial Engineering/Technology or Mechanical Engineering. Students must be a US Citizen or US Legal Permanent Resident. The last day to apply is December 15, 2011. The maximum award amount is $2,500. Click here for more information.

Edbesendowen Scholarship Program. Edbesendowen is a Potawatomi word that means Humility. The spirit of this scholarship is the recognition of the importance of being humble and knowing that we are no more than the next. Our presence on Mother Earth is a gift. We are not more than the trees or the oceans. We are equal to all things that we share our planet with. We are not more than those who struggle or have no home. Scholarship Requirements 1. The scholarship will be given to an American Indian (Indigenous) student who are accepted into or registered at a college or university (preferably studying Social Work or American Indian Studies). 2. The scholarship is a 1-time award of $300.00. The recipient and non-awardees are encouraged to re-apply in the following year (fall 2012). 3. The nominees must be an enrolled tribal member of any American Indian (Indigenous) tribe or community in the United States, Canada, or elsewhere. 4. Preference will be given to those who are returning to their tribe following their college graduation. Application Process Please submit the following by December 31, 2011 (late or emailed applications will not be reviewed): Letter of describing what HUMILITY means to you, your interests, name, contact information, college major, academic level (Freshman, Sophomore, Graduate Student, etc.), and plans following graduation from college to: Dr. Michael Niles (Wakshe) 4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO 64507 Department of Political Science, Social Work, & Sociology Email: mniles@missouriwestern.edu ATTN: Keepers of the Fire Scholarship Selection Committee

Internship, Grant, or Employment Opportunities

Children’s Hospital of Colorado Summer Psychiatry Practicum. The Summer Research Practicum is designed to introduce young people to the discipline of research as well as the profession of child and adolescent psychiatry by having them participate in research activities prior to their advancing to graduate school. Its goal is to give talented undergraduate students who have a strong interest in the mental health profession an opportunity to learn first-hand about the substance, the spirit, and the methodology of current scientific research in the field and to encourage them in their pursuit of advanced education. Description: The student will rotate through and work in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The

Children’s Hospital in Denver, CO. The student will assist department psychologists/psychiatrists with aspects of their research to include; entry of research data into databases, medical chart abstraction, scoring of psychological assessments and measures and conducting literary searches for researchers. The student will have presentations on some of the department’s clinical programs such as the Neuropsychiatric Special Care Unit as well as the Medical Day Treatment program. The student will discuss research concepts in a weekly interaction group and will be responsible for researching and presenting one scholarly article at the end of the practicum. The student will have tours of labs on the University campus. This will be a rich summer program that will provide the student with a diverse overview of research within the field of psychiatry. Work Schedule: The Summer Practicum begins May 29th and ends on August 9th. The student is expected to work 30 hours per week, this time includes assisting with research, attending lecture, participating in lab tours and observing clinical work. The schedule will be flexible and based on the needs of the researchers and the availability of the student. This is an un-paid internship opportunity. Minimum Qualifications: 3rd or 4th year undergraduate student. Recent graduates are also encouraged to apply as this is a great preparatory experience for graduate school, Basic computer literacy, Good communications skills, both written and oral, Passion for field of psychology or psychiatry Application Process: If you are interested in this opportunity, please e-mail Heather Kennedy at heather.kennedy@childrenscolorado.org, she will send you an e-mail with the application on or before January 1st. Applications will be due no later than 5pm on February 17, 2012. Accepted students will be notified by mid-March.

Hopa Mountain Fellowship. Hopa Mountain, a Bozeman-MT based nonprofit organization is pleased to announce that Native American students attending a tribal college in Montana or Wyoming and pursuing undergraduate degrees in earth sciences, atmospheric sciences, natural resource management, hydrology, fisheries, wildlife management, forestry, and soil sciences are eligible to apply for a $2,500 tribal college Native Science Fellowship or a $5,000 university Native Science Fellowship to be earned working with a community-based environmental science or geosciences organization that matches their career interests. Fellows will be selected through a competitive process. Applications are available on Hopa Mountain’s website at http://www.hopamountain.org/NativeScienceFellows.php If you, or someone you know, meets these qualifications that you would like to nominate, please email his or her name and contact information to info@hopamountain.org or call Hopa Mountain’s office at (406) 586-2455. The application deadline is January 5.

District Recreation Staff. The Laramie Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland will soon be advertising for a District Recreation Staff. This is a permanent position, located in the Supervisor’s Office. Applicants can set up a profile at http://www.avuedigitalservices.com before the announcement is posted that will enable them to receive an email when the job is posted. Additional information about the position may be obtained from District Ranger Frank Romero, at (307) 745-2337, or e-mail at

feromero@fs.fed.us.

Ricardo Flores Magon Academy Seeks Teachers. The Ricardo Flores Magon Academy charter school opening in Cheyenne, Wyoming is seeking teachers. Click here for more information on the school or email Marcos@magonacademy.com

The Moore Undergraduate Research Summer Apprentice Program. The Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) is a paid summer internship designed to foster the entrance of talented students from diverse backgrounds within the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts into graduate school and faculty positions in U.S. colleges and universities. More broadly, the program seeks to increase the presence of minorities and others who demonstrate a commitment to eradicating racial disparities in graduate school and eventually in academic ranks. The program serves the related goals of providing role models for all youth and structuring campus environments so that they will be more conducive to improved racial and ethnic relations. MURAP aims to achieve its mission by identifying and supporting students of great promise and helping them to become scholars of the highest distinction. Each summer, the program brings to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus a cohort of 20 undergraduates (rising juniors and seniors) from colleges and universities in the U.S. for an intensive, ten-week research experience. Click here for more information or to apply.

Summer 2012 White House Internship Program Application Now Open. Know any young Latinos that you think would be perfect for the White House Internship Program?! Have them apply for the summer 2012 deadline, January 22nd! The White House Internship Program’s mission is to make the "People’s House" accessible to future leaders from around the nation and cultivate and prepare those devoted to public service for future leadership opportunities. Encourage the young leaders you know to apply! Tell them to visitwww.whitehouse.gov/internships.

Spring 2012 Wyoming EPSCoR and Wyoming INBRE Undergraduate Research Fellowships. Applications are sought from University of Wyoming undergraduates in the biological and physical sciences, engineering, mathematics and health sciences in independent research projects for research fellowship awards for spring 2012. The stipend will be $700 for the Spring Fellowship, and it is intended to support undergraduate fellows during an independent research activity directed by a University of Wyoming faculty member. Literature reviews and survey research are not ordinarily considered for these awards. Who Should Apply: Undergraduates in the sciences (see above), mathematics, engineering, certain areas of health sciences (disciplines supported by the NSF) and students in science and mathematics education who will complete their Bachelor’s degree at the University of Wyoming. We encourage students in underrepresented groups, first generation students, and women students to apply. Application

materials can be found on the EPSCoR website on the “Fellowships and Student Programs” http://www.uwyo.edu/epscor/ or at the INBRE website on the “Funding” link: http://www.uwyo.edu/inbre/ For further information, please contact the Wyoming EPSCoR Office, University of Wyoming; Rick Matlock (307-766-3545). Deadline is December 2.

Giving to Multicultural Affairs or to the University of Wyoming Multicultural Alumni Committee

Looking for a way to help or give back? One way to help is to make a donation (no matter how small-even $25 helps). Click here to find out how to give to UW and Multicultural Affairs.

The University of Wyoming Multicultural Alumni Committee (UW-MAC) is asking for donations to support the UW-MAC scholarship fund, activity funds, and the John Candelaria Memorial Fund. Click here or call 1-888-831-7795 to make a donation.

For any of the scholarship, internship, or program applications, please feel free to work with us on completing the applications, reviewing the applications, etc. We are proud of the excellence of our students at UW and we can help you demonstrate that in the applications. Contact us at diversity@uwyo.edu for help.

If you have additional multicultural announcements, please type up a short blurb and email it to diversity@uwyo.edu.

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Contact Information

Multicultural AffairsDept. 31681000 E. University AvenueLaramie, Wyoming 82071117 Knight Hall(307)766-6193diversity@uwyo.edu