Tapia Conference Scholarships

PLEASE NOTE SEPTEMBER 12 DEADLINE

Dear Community:

The Tapia Conference provides scholarships for students (undergraduate/graduate), post-docs and a limited number for faculty. Scholarships include conference registration, meals during the conference, hotel accommodations, and a reimbursable travel stipend. Tapia scholarships are generously funded by government and industry organizations.

To support the Conference goals of celebrating diversity in computing, scholarships will be reviewed and evaluated by the Scholarship Committee according to three, main criteria:

1) whether the applicant is a member of an underrepresented group
2) overall strength of the application and written essay
3) applicants level of accomplishment in computer science.

The Scholarship Committee realizes that an applicant's level of accomplishment in computer science will vary for different students, particularly graduate and undergraduate students; however, a commitment to pursuing a career in computer science is an important part of the Tapia Conference experience. As examples, grades, level research experience, and recommendation letters may each play a different role in indicating an applicant's interest in growing in the discipline.

Applicants will need to submit the following:

Essay
Updated Resume
Unofficial Transcript (Faculty are not required to submit a transcript)
Letter of Recommendation (to be uploaded by your reference; Faculty are not required to submit a letter of recommendation)

Deadline to Submit Applications: September 12, 2013
Scholarship Decisions Announced: October 11, 2013

Please apply so you can join us in Seattle, Washington on February 5-8, 2014.

Source: Richard Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity

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UNT student wins nationally competitive scholarship to attend conference | News | University of North Texas

DENTON (UNT), Texas - Tyler Brewer, a second-year Master of Public Administration student at the University of North Texas, received the nationally competitive Edwin O. Stene Academic Scholarship from ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, to attend the group's conference Sept. 22 - 25 in Boston.

In addition to the $1,000 stipend, the Stene Scholarship - which is named in memory of a Kansas University professor - provides the recipient with registration to the ICMA Annual Conference.

"I'll meet city managers and public officials from all across the country and get a four-day sweeping overview of their ideas and how things are run across the country," Brewer said. "It's a huge honor."

Brewer, whose father runs a nonprofit called the Downtown Alliance that promotes economic development in San Antonio, said he hopes to work in city management after graduation.

"I was always exposed to and interested in how cities run and their dynamics," said Brewer, who earned an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Washington. "And then after I graduated, I ended up working for a year for an urban planner in Seattle, and that just furthered my interest and exposure in city issues and how cities are run. UNT's program is really highly ranked, so I decided to come back to Texas and pursue my MPA degree and turn my interest in city issues into a tangible career opportunity."

Brewer works as a management intern with the Town of Fairview, where he receives day-to-day experience in city management that helps him apply what he learns in class.

"This would be the most rewarding career path for me, to directly see how my actions are helping people out and maximizing the public good," he said.

Source: Unt

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Whitman College Fridays at Four Recital Series Presents The Syrinx Effect Duo

As members of Seattle's vibrant, underrated improvised music scene, Kate Olsen and Naomi Siegel are rising stars who have pooled their creative talents into the project Syrinx Effect. Olson plays soprano sax and Siegel the trombone, but there's more to this duo than just two horns. Much more.

is not just a short description of their album just made available on Bandcamp, but a declaration of their experimental style of music. Unlike other bands making electro-acoustic jazz way out on the margins, Syrinx Effect doesn't think that devising actual melodies or just being tonal dilutes the impact of going outside: they often venture into the vicinity of folk and classical. The duo effortlessly spin off loops to increase their sonic footprint to one three times their size, constructing simple ostinatos layered on by electronics and articulated by inventing on the spot with their horns. It's music that's both organic and electronic, minimalist and improvisational.

Source: Whitman

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