[Mathreu] Fwd: 2009 Berkeley Edge Conference--deadline quickly approaching

[Kevin James]

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From: Berkeley Edge <berkeleyedge at berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Subject: 2009 Berkeley Edge Conference--deadline quickly approaching
To:


Dear Colleagues,

The September 10 deadline to apply to UC Berkeley's tenth annual
Berkeley Edge Conference, October 29-November 1, 2009, is quickly
approaching.  We invite you to recommend science, mathematics and
engineering students for the conference.

The Berkeley Edge Conference, sponsored by the National Science
Foundation's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
(AGEP), is designed to encourage underrepresented minority students
who are competitively eligible for our Ph.D. programs in science, math
and engineering to apply to UC Berkeley.

If a student you recommend is chosen, UC Berkeley will provide all
travel, lodging, and meals for your student.

The conference program includes workshops on preparing competitive
applications for graduate admission and fellowships.  A highly valued
aspect of the conference is the pre-arranged individual and group
meetings with UCB faculty for each participating student in their
department of interest. Participants also are given tours of the
science and engineering departments and research facilities.  The
National Laboratories in the San Francisco Bay Area—LBNL, LLNL and
Sandia, showcase the research opportunities they offer to Berkeley
graduate students.  Several formal and informal sessions with current
students on graduate studies and graduate student life at Berkeley are
lively, informative, and enjoyable.  There are opportunities for
participants to tour the local area.

The application deadline is September 10, 2009 for faculty, research
scientists, and other mentors to recommend students for the Berkeley
Edge Conference 2009.  This is also the deadline for recommended
students to complete their applications on-line.  Applications will be
reviewed on a first come, first served basis and students will be
informed of their application status in late-September.

To recommend your students on-line and for more information, please
visit our website:

http://ls.berkeley.edu/diversity/bep/conf/

Please let your students know that you have recommended them.  Please
inform them that their on-line applications and transcripts are due by
September 10 at 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

Thank you for your ongoing support for the Berkeley Edge and our work
to increase diversity at the graduate level in science, mathematics
and engineering.

Sincerely,

Colette Patt, Ph.D., Director
NSF-AGEP/ Berkeley Edge Program

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Berkeley Edge Program (NSF-AGEP & LPFI)
201 Campbell Hall #2920
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA  94720
Phone: (510) 643-3813 & (510) 643-2921
Fax: (510) 643-8497
E-mail: berkeleyedge at berkeley.edu
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The Berkeley Edge is funded by the National Science
Foundation's Alliance for Graduate Education and
the Professoriate (NSF-AGEP), and by the MK
Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI).  To learn more
about the Berkeley Edge Program, please visit our
website—http://ls.berkeley.edu/diversity/bep/
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-- 
Kevin James
Associate Professor

O-21 Martin Hall
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Clemson University
BOX 340975
Clemson, SC 29634-0975

phone: (864) 656-6766
fax:   (864) 656-5230
web:   www.math.clemson.edu/~kevja/
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