Semester at Sea Info

1) Sea Education Association Announces New Merit Awards
SEA is pleased to announce a number of new merit awards for qualified students including those for Excellence in Humanities, Excellence in Environmental Studies/Sciences, and a Research Experience Award. These merit awards range in value from $500 to $5000.

2) Space is Still Available in Fall SEA Semester Programs

SEA Semester: Ocean Exploration
Dates: September 1 - November 20, 2009
SEA's foundational program, Ocean Exploration, offers students of all majors an interdisciplinary approach to studying the ocean, combining oceanography, the humanities and environmental studies with nautical science to better understand our ocean planet and the effects of humankind upon it.

SEA Semester: Oceans & Climate
Dates: October 14, 2009 - January 4, 2010
Oceans & Climate provides an unparalleled opportunity for advanced science students to study one of the pivotal scientific questions of our time - the role of the oceans in global climate change. This program invites students to find answers, informed by perspectives from the marine sciences, social sciences, and policy.

3) Open Ship - Open Campus Events

Woods Hole, MA: Open Campus & Open Ship on Tuesday, July 28th
San Francisco, CA: Open Ship on Sunday, July 26th
We very much hope you can join us! Please RSVP to admission@sea.edu for detailed times and locations.

4) Take a gander at our most recent student E-newsletter for a bit about the history of SEA and what our alumni have to say about their experiences. Please forward the link to any students who may be interested.

Please Take Our Survey

In an effort to better help you (our students) please fill out this 5 minute survey by June 26^th 2009:

https://usccollege.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_5sT877Re5rnRRBO&SVID=Prod

If you would like a copy of the results please send an email to mkurland@usc.edu

Thank you,

Michael Kurland – Academic Adviser

Studentprig - Increase Fin Aid

We have a huge opportunity right now to make college more affordable.

Congress is considering increasing funding for financial aid programs like the Pell grant, but they're under a lot of pressure from banks not to act. Congress needs to hear from students that programs like the Pell grant are critical to our ability to go to college.

Students across the country have set up Facebook groups to show their support for making college more affordable. Please join the Facebook group for your state:
http://studentpirgs.org/action/higher-ed/facebook-petition

The cost of a college education is skyrocketing. On average, we're graduating with $17,500 in student loan debt - that makes searching for jobs, paying rent, and saving money after college a big challenge. And hundreds of thousands of qualified high school graduates are choosing not to go to college at all because of the high cost.

One solution is to shift higher education funding in this country from banks to students. The federal government currently gives $47 billion in excessive subsidies to banks and student loan companies like Sallie Mae. By taking away this handout we could fund big increases in financial aid for students.

But banks are fighting back against that idea - they're lobbying hard to prevent increases in funding for financial aid.

We deserve to graduate college without a mountain of debt. Not only is this better for us as students, but it's also better for our society and our economy.

Show your support for making college more affordable by joining our Facebook group. Help us build this group up to big numbers and show our Senators that students want them to act:
http://studentpirgs.org/action/higher-ed/facebook-petition

Thanks,
Lauren Kim
Student PIRGs
http://StudentPIRGs.org

Summer Fellowship Information Sessions

ARP Info Session Flyer-summer 2009

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Summer CCE Internship

Recruitment for the next class is coming to a close. Please schedule an interview if you wish to participate in this rotation!

This program is another branch of COPE Health Solutions' pre-health internship programs. It is running at Barlow Respiratory Hospital, which is near Dodger Stadium (the other Barlow locations are currently being opened up to our program). Aside from the hospital floor experience, this program offers physician shadowing (through a physician that allows CCEs as well as UCLA med students to follow him), as well as a hospital administration rotation. After doing 3 rotations in this Barlow program, CCEs are allowed to transfer to any of the "high-demand" departments, including the operating room, the emergency room or labor and delivery. Students will be able to rotate to these "high demand" departments in any of the hospitals in LA that have a CCE program. The program requirement is one 4hr shift per week. The entire program will run about a year, with each rotation lasting about 3 months.

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Clark Owyang (owyang@usc.edu)
Program Director
Clinical Care Extender Internship Program
Barlow Respiratory Hospital

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