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JUNE 2024

Staying Sharp During Summer Break

 

You’ve turned in your last paper, finished your exams, and are ready for a break from school and learning. We don’t blame you, but you should know that research shows students can lose a lot of what they learned during the school year over the summer. While it’s tempting to put away your books and other materials, you’ll be better off spending some time reviewing what you’ve learned and even learning something new. Here are a few tips to stay sharp over the summer months.

 

Space It Out

A great way to stay sharp is to review or learn a little bit of material each day or week. Don’t try to cram a major review into a single day or two. Instead, space out study sessions over a longer period of time — research shows this approach improves long-term memory. Rather than trying to review everything at the beginning or the end of the summer, plot out a plan to read and study over the course of the entire break. Not only will it make the review less daunting, it will improve your retention of the material.

 

Read

It can’t be said enough: read, read, and read some more. Reading is one of the best ways to help you stay sharp over the summer. It’s easy to fit in too. Keep a book with you wherever you go because you never know when you'll find yourself with some down time. If your day is busy, set aside a few minutes before bed to read even a chapter. Reading helps to keep your brain active, and a lifelong reading habit can prevent cognitive decline as you age. A more active brain is a sharper brain.

SAVE THE DATE

It’s Powwow Season

Celebrate your culture by attending a powwow this summer. A powwow brings together diverse Indigenous nations to celebrate their culture through dancing, singing, and honoring the traditions of their ancestors. Click to learn more about powwows and to find a celebration near you.

 

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ON TOPIC

Looking for an activity that blends brain power and fun? A scavenger hunt might be the answer. Simple and quick for younger kids or complex problem-solving that brings you across town for the older set, a scavenger hunt can be customized to the size, age, and ability of any group.

 

If you’re babysitting younger kids on a rainy day, create a texture hunt. Ask them to look around the house for things that match your sensory clues, such as sticky, rough, fuzzy, smooth, bumpy, wet, and so on. Provide a small chart for tracking what they find. If weather permits, bring the kids outside and do a nature or a five senses hunt.

 

Junior high and high school students can have fun creating scavenger hunts for their friends. Pick a theme and write riddles that lead to the next stop along a course to a destination. While the clues should be fun, ideally the hunters will need to draw on some knowledge they learned in school — bits of science, history, math, literature — to solve the riddle. Pro tip: be sure to keep the number of riddles, or stops, reasonable — you want to keep your hunters interested and focused on their quest.

 

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CAREER CORNER

 

To help you on your journey to determine a career pathway, each month we'll highlight one STEM profession and how you might use that career to support and build your tribal community after earning your degree. Many career paths are worth exploring — even those you've never heard about. Keep an open mind as you learn about various options within STEM, and discover your path to opportunity.

 

CHEMICAL ENGINEER

What they do:

Students in chemical engineering will take classes in math, chemistry, physics, engineering, and biology. Careers in chemical engineering span many businesses, including desalination plants, microbreweries, and companies working to develop sustainable fuels.

  

What they do:

Design chemical plant equipment and devise processes for manufacturing chemicals and products, such as gasoline, synthetic rubber, plastics, detergents, cement, paper, and pulp by applying chemistry, physics, and engineering principles.

  

A person in this career:

  • Develops safety procedures to be employed by workers operating equipment or working near ongoing chemical reactions.
  • Develops processes to separate components of liquids or gases or generate electrical currents using controlled chemical processes.
  • Troubleshoots problems with chemical manufacturing processes.
  • Evaluates chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
  • Conducts research to develop new and improved chemical manufacturing processes.
  • Performs laboratory studies of steps to manufacture new products and test proposed processes in small-scale operations, such as a pilot plant.
  • Prepares estimate of production costs and production progress reports for management.
  • Designs measurement and control systems for chemical plants based on data collected in laboratory experiments and pilot plant operations.
  • Determines the most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
  • Monitors and analyzes data from processes and experiments. 

How can I use this type of career to help my community?

Design and develop chemical products that can support not only your tribal communities but the entire world.

 

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$1,500 scholarship for students pursuing a vocational certificate or diploma at an accredited institution.

 

 

 

 

 

PK–12 STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education — Remote

The Program Award for Technical and Higher Education (PATH), sponsored by National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), offers scholarships to students from minority-serving institutions who are pursuing a technical certificate, or an associate, bachelor, or graduate degree in a STEM discipline that supports the critical needs of the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE). PATH is committed to serving diverse populations, providing education and programs that serve students with unique backgrounds, circumstances, needs, notions, and beliefs.

 

Western University – London, Ontario, Canada

The Indigenous Student STEM Access Program (ISSAP) provides an alternative pathway for Indigenous students, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, to pursue either an engineering or science program at Western University. This preliminary year provides students with the opportunity to transition successfully from high school to post-secondary studies and acclimate to university life, courses, and lectures while completing their prerequisite courses (equivalent to grades 11 and 12) for either engineering or science.

 

The Wild Center – Tupper Lake, N.Y.

The Wild Center (TWC) is seeking highly motivated AmeriCorps members for an 11-month term at a natural history museum in the heart of New York State’s Adirondack region. Members are a key part of TWC’s visitor experience and will receive a broad range of interpretive experiences and opportunities, including development of local natural history knowledge, leadership skills, and best practices in customer service. We are looking for passionate, curious, and motivated people to join our team this year. All AmeriCorps members will share core duties related to visitor experience and community engagement, as well as identify a focus area (climate communications, recreation, or animal husbandry) that they will take a deeper dive into.

 

Students in grades 7–12 (ages 12 and up) travel by bus from Calgary to Heartening Valley Wilderness Retreat with overnight in main retreat house or bunkhouses from July 15–19. Will combine Ways of Knowing and STEM/STEAM with outdoor activities.

 

Join us for the 2024 camp that started IndigeSTEAM! This year, the camp at UofC is co-hosted with the University of Calgary School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Students in grades 7–12 will stay in the dormitories on the university's campus from July 29–Aug. 2. They will have an opportunity to explore the creativity of the ancestors and consider ideas for building new Indigenous spaces.

 

Please join us for a transformative learning experience at the Edmonton/University of Alberta camp. This camp, which will run from Aug. 12–16, is proudly supported by the Faculty of Engineering and DiscoverE. Students in grades 7–12 will attend an overnight stay in the dormitories and have a unique, inspiring culture and STEM/STEAM student experience exploring activities in the university environment. Students in grades 1–6 will attend a day camp from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

 

In partnership with FIRST Alberta, youth from several age groups will discover more about IndigeSTEAM's robotics clubs, Robot Powwows, teams, and participating in FIRST Robotics events and competitions. This camp will give IndigeSTEAM, youth, and parents an opportunity to see what is possible to keep youth engaged all year. The 2024 Summer Camp takes place Aug. 19–Aug. 23. Locations will be determined by the number of applicants.

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

AI4ALL – Remote

 AI4ALL Ignite offers a groundbreaking virtual and no-cost opportunity for undergraduate students enrolled in computer science or STEM-related majors that are interested in artificial intelligence as a career option. By the end of the program, students will be empowered with the in-demand skills needed to interview for AI technical internships. There is no cost for the program and it's fully virtual. Students need a computer with internet connection to participate. 

  

Fish & Richardson P.C. – Washington, D.C.

Fish & Richardson, a global law firm dedicated to intellectual property, litigation, and technology law, is pleased to announce that applications are now open for School of Fish: STEM Careers in IP 2024–2025. This program introduces students from underrepresented communities to career paths in the field of IP law. 

GRADUATE/POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Multiple Locations

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine administers postdoctoral and senior research awards at participating federal laboratories and affiliated institutions at locations throughout the U.S. and abroad. We are seeking highly qualified candidates who hold, or anticipate earning, a doctorate in a variety of fields of science or engineering. Degrees from foreign universities should be equivalent in training and research experience to a doctoral degree from a U.S. institution. Citizenship eligibility varies among the sponsoring laboratories.

 

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Multiple Locations

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine administers postdoctoral and senior fellowship awards at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) under the Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship Program (AF STFP).We are seeking highly qualified candidates who are U.S. citizens and hold, or anticipate earning, a doctorate in a variety of fields of science or engineering.

 

USDA Forest Service – Lawrence, Kans.  

The ORISE Fellow will contribute to a project that aims to co-produce knowledge with tribal, community, and other partners to help restore grasslands, savannas, and related open canopy systems to Midwestern U.S. landscapes. Project goals include reestablishing and maintaining relationships between tribes and culturally significant plants, bees, and the entire ecosystem through knowledge-building and future restoration efforts that promote self-sustaining harvests.

 

USDA Forest Service – Amherst, Mass.

The ORISE Fellow will contribute to a project that will help reestablish and maintain relationships between tribes and culturally significant plants, bees, and the entire ecosystem through knowledge-building and future restoration efforts that promote self-sustaining harvests. The project aims to improve understanding of how acres treated for restoration objectives affect the long-term sustainability, ecological integrity, and resilience of these landscapes, both increasing biodiversity and cultural resources.
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