Scholarships for undergraduate students are available in various popular search engines. This task is incredibly difficult for students who second think themselves whether or not they should rely on the authenticity of these online resources. Therefore, I have made my research and chose the top five reliable scholarship websites for you to get started on. These scholarship websites include division matches according to your interest, majors and talents. Some offer international research opportunities, language components or social/political development projects.

1)Career Services Scholarships and Fellowships Page– Thanks to our Career Services Office, they help us explore nationally competitive fellowship and scholarship opportunities for summer programs, post graduates projects and experiences, and funding for graduate school. Get started! http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/support/fellowships

2)International Scholarship Resources-Whether you are looking for undergraduate studies or up to postdoctoral research projects, you will find a spectrum of listings for international scholarships as well as fellowship student programmes. http://www.scholarshipnet.info/

3)Daily Scholarships- This is a website for daily released scholarships for undergraduates, post graduates and post doctoral. Excellent search engine in terms of matching your interest and major. http://enyila.info/

4)Scholarships4dev- If you want to study in your own country while still enjoy the benefits of an international education then distance learning education is for you. Also,  if you want to study abroad in Europe, Asia, and Australia, scholar4dev.com helps you find 1001 international scholarships in different Universities around the world!

5)Fast Web– They will match you to scholarships that fit your needs and provide you with endless resources and tools, such as financial aid advice, volunteer opportunities, inside information on scholarship opportunities and counselor suggestions! http://www.fastweb.com/

There is also a Boren Scholarship and Fellowship opportunity for undergraduates and postgraduates who have ambitious international projects:

“The applications for the 2011-2012 National Security Education Program’s David L. Boren Scholarships for undergraduate students and Fellowships for graduate students are now available at www.borenawards.org <http://www.borenawards.org/>.

Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations.

Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad. Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and international research. The application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is February 1, and the deadline for the Boren Scholarship is February 10.”
Please contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org<mailto:boren@iie.org> or 1-800-618-NSEP with any questions.

Hosted by  Champlain College Career Services, the Fall 2010 Internship Fair will be held on November 1st, from 1-4 p.m. in Maple Street, Burlington. This is an opportunity for you to make a strategic career move with 50+ employers representing a broad spectrum of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations will be on hand promoting internship opportunities for many different majors. The event will be held in the Hauke Conference Room (building 25 on campus map) and Fireside Lounge of the IDX Student Life Center (building 21 on campus map). You may park at Perkins Pier (our satellite lot on the waterfront at the base of Maple Street) and ride the shuttle up to campus. Furthermore, we provide a list of employer for more information! So mark November 1st on your calender for the most opportune event of your career path!!!

Read on for the full List of Employers

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Once you have secured your Winter term internship, there is still one more step towards completion: Housing. You start to ask yourself, “Where can I look for housing? How convenient is the transportation from the housing to all destinations? How comfortable am I sharing a living space with a someone else? Will the housing arrangement be affordable? Where can I start looking?” Please don’t panic! I am here to make your life easier by offering you a couple of suggestions.

Let’s start by opening your web browser to the Career Services homepage. As a reminder, the Career Services website should always be your starting point, whether you are searching for internships, uploading/downloading documents or scheduling an appointment with a counselor. On the left column, Click on the Student tab, then on the Resource and Toolkit tab and lastly, scroll down to Housing Resources and click on it. Voila! Start your research by clicking on the several division tabs (cities, general relocation information, YMCA) accordingly.

Keep in mind the factors that make your final decision: location, budget and accommodation. Two summers ago, I had a friend who applied to an awesome law firm internship in New York City. He completed the process by securing an apartment for the summer. When the time came, we checked out the living space and we shook our heads as soon as we entered the neighborhood. New York City is a safe place in general, but there are some places one should avoid as a visitor. First, we walked about ten street blocks from the train station to the assigned apartment building. Second, the main door to  his apartment was jammed, and later, we had a problem trying to close the door. Obviously, he felt uncomfortable with his living arrangements and luckily, he had my place to stay over. He spent another week looking for a new living space.

Always have a backup plan. If you have the time to visit the city you will be interning in the future, I encourage you to check out the neighborhoods and make sure it is a place you feel comfortable to live. If not, you can always check reviews on the website, which is also provided in the Housing Resources Section. Good luck!

P.S. Any questions and comments about housing, come in the drop-ins in the Career Services Office. The link should  take you directly to the Housing Resources page.

Housing Resources

Career Services Office will be holding two sessions:

Federal Internships: Find and Apply for Summer 2011 on Wednesday October 20, from 5-6 p.m. in the Adirondack house, CSO library

Federal Jobs: Find and Apply full time work in 2011, Tuesday October 26, from 5-6 p.m. in the Adirondack house, CSO library as well.

We’ll be calling in and listening to a an expert make a presentation while viewing the PowerPoint slides on the big screen from the comfy seats in Adirondack House.  Popcorn provided! Also, two Midd students will be present to answer questions and share their experiences.  Brittany Grendon ’12 who interned in DC last summer at the National Archives and the Department of Education and Elissa Goeke ’12 who interned at the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and is being paid through the SCEP program.

Career Services has generously paid the registration cost for you to be able to attend this event FREE!!

Check out the new Making the Difference videos, which spotlight a “day in the life” of young federal employees and give an inside look at their cool careers and why they chose public service. According to the Partnership’s research, the federal government will fill more than 50,000 entry-level jobs in the next 12 months, along with about 60,000 paid internships. There are jobs and interships available in practically every interest and skill area, in all 50 states and around the world. Check it out: http://makingthedifference.org/index.shtml

Have you ever wondered how proficient you are in a foreign language?

Intergency Language Roundtable is an unfunded federal organization where government employees interested in foreign languages can come together, inside and outside of government, to discuss/share information that concerns themselves and others.

Did you know that for the first 175 years of the United States foreign language competence of the U.S. government employees was not examined. In the 1950s, after wars with Japan and Korea, the United States followed that foreign language competence among government employees was a must, a necessary means to commuicate translated information efficiently. As a result, the Civil Service Commision was directed to register employees with a strong foreign language background, skills and experiences. The problem was they did not have a system to follow, until they came up with a system that was objective and even applicable to all languages and Civil Services positions, and that was the development of standarized ratings/scales. This determines your proficiency level in a foregin language, in all departments, whether it’s speaking, writing, listening or reading.

Check the Web site to figure out how proficient you are in a foreign language and what you can do to better your resume, your proficiency and access to internships involving multilingual tasks/priorities.

www.govtilr.org

What’s an externship? How will an externship benefit me? Well, these are questions a Middlebury student would normally ask when receiving an e-mail about externship opportunities from the Career Services Office. Of course, you may gloss it over  and move on to the next e-mail, but here are a few pointers explaining why an externship opportunity is as important as an internship. Let’s break it down:

A Middlebury externship takes place in the Fall break (October 18-19) and it’s a learning opportunity to give you a short taste of professional experience in the field you are interested in. Simply, shadowing for a couple of days. You will not be treated as such in the background, but will be fully immersed in the experience, ranging from sitting in meetings to working with different departments.

Now…

Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world’s leading music company and is comprised of two core businesses: recorded music and music publishing. It is based in New York City. UMG’s roster is comprised of artists covering the full spectrum of music around the world, making UMG the leader in both international and local repertoire. Artists signed to UMG throughout the world include:Akon, All American Rejects, Beck, Justin Bieber, Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige and so forth.

This year, Universal Music Group is offering an externship this fall break. The deadline is this Sunday, September 26, 2010. So what are you waiting for? Apply! MOJO now! This is a wonderful externship opportunity for you, if interested in the music marketing industry. Go to: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/resources/cso