The College of Environmental Design Undergraduate Advising Blog

The Spark Concept & Student Fall Semester Standard deadline has been extended from September 15 to the final deadline of October 10. We will NOT have a late deadline. This will keep entry fees down and give students more time to complete, and hopefully, submit their projects. www.sparkawards.com

CED Admissions Ambassadors Internship Program Applications Due 8/30 Are you interested in leadership, professional development, diversity, and increasing the visibility of the College of Environmental Design? If so, join the CED Admissions Ambassadors and share your personal experience as a student at CED with a wide array of audiences! We are looking specifically for newly admitted freshmen and transfer students to apply for the CED Undergraduate Admissions Ambassador Internship Program for the Fall 2013-Spring 2014 academic year. Applications are due Friday, August 30th at noon. Please submit applications to 250 Wurster Hall (Advising Office) or email to cedambassadors@berkeley.edu . For more information about the program, see attachment below. Please contact cedambassadors@berkeley.edu with any further questions.

An application for the Spring 2014 UC Berkeley Washington Program is now available online, at: http://ucdc.berkeley.edu Each Fall and Spring, the UCB Washington Program sends undergraduates to Washington, D.C., to complete academic research projects of their own design, and to participate in internships related to their research. The Program is open to juniors and seniors in any major, and graduating seniors may participate during their final semester at UCB (but not after they actually graduate). To apply, you must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and have junior or senior standing in the semester you plan to attend. You must also have taken at least two upper-division courses on the UC Berkeley campus, which provide background for the topic you intend to research. Internships are available in a wide variety of DC-based government agencies, nonprofit organizations, policy think-tanks, media outlets, and businesses. Students live in the brand new UC Washington Center at Scott Circle and...

Leadership Opportunity for current cal students (grad and ungrad) to be part of the UndocuAlly Training Planning Committee : Student representatives on the UndocuAlly Training Planning Committee will ensure that the current needs, concerns, and experiences of undocumented students on campus are represented during UndocuAlly trainings (up to 5 students will be selected). Students must have experience working with the undocumented student community and be a Sophmore, Junior, Senior or Graduate student at Cal. Students with any documentation status are welcome to apply. Application attached. Deadline Sept. 12th at NOON

We cordially invite you to this fall's WOMEN IN THE MIX event! Women in the Mix is a program sponsored by the Women's Empowerment Cohort of the Gender Equity Resource Center, where woman-identifying faculty, students, and staff gather to engage in conversation, find resources specifically focused on women, and celebrate the achievements of women at UC Berkeley. The theme for this fall's Women in the Mix is "Empowering Women in Higher Education" The details of the event are as follows: When: September 5, 2013, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Where: Unit 2 All-Purpose Room, 2650 Haste St. https://www.facebook.com/events/632490950114693/ For disability related accommodations, please go to access.berkeley.edu with as much notice as possible. For more information, please contact we@bspace.berkeley.edu .

Volunteering for WindAid is an opportunity to explore Peru, to enforce the necessity of renewable energy, to learn in depth the design, construction, and installation of a wind turbine, and see its social impact on a community, a school, or a microenterprise. WindAid started up over five years ago with the simple idea to bring energy to a school in the rural mountains of Peru. Since then they have achieved an incredibly diverse set of installations with more than 35 projects bringing electricity to hundreds of Peruvians. They have installed the first wind park in Peru, two mobile turbines – both on an automobile and a ship, and the Guinness World Record breaking Highest Wind Turbine in the World! WindAid has won awards from the BiD Network at The Hague in Holland, and the Ashden Award in London, England. Absolutely all of this is possible thanks to the over 200 amazing volunteers hosted from 28 different countries and from some of the most prestigious universities in the world. Th...

Interested in taking action in service to local communities? JOIN THE BONNER LEADERS AMERICORPS PROGRAM Gain valuable leadership skills Earn an AmeriCorps Education Award, $1,1,75 Up to 2 academic units Membership in a nationally recognized program One-on-one coaching from Center staff Still recruiting for positions in the community: American Red Cross Aspire Education East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation Excelsior Action Group SEEDS Community Resolution Center Resources for Community Development STEAM Exploration Lab   As a Bonner Leader you will serve in your specific position for 8-10 hours per week and will also: Participate in reflective dialogue groups second Tuesday, 6-8pm of every month Attend one additional Tuesday 6-8pm leadership workshop each month Network with other student leaders in August and January orientations/retreats For full information visit http://publicservice.berkeley.edu/bonnerleaders or email ucb.bonnerleaders@gmail...

Call for Student Applications to Join the Student Advisory Council on Undergraduate Education! Vice Provost Cathy Koshland is seeking students to fill open, two-year positions on the Student Advisory Council on Undergraduate Education (SACUE) beginning Fall 2013, and we would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about this exciting opportunity!  The deadline for applications is Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. Applications should be submitted to Monica Garcia in the Office of the Vice Provost at vptlapf@berkeley.edu . We specifically need representation from rising juniors in the following areas: · College of Chemistry · College of Environmental Design · College of Natural Resources · L&S Biological Sciences · L&S Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies Members must be able to attend monthly meetings held one Wednesday per month from 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Specific meeting dates and more information abou...

Do you believe every child deserves the same chance to succeed? Join Jumpstart in working toward this future. Jumpstart is now hiring UC Berkeley students to work as Corps Members for the upcoming school year. Corps Members work directly in a local preschool classroom, helping children to develop early reading, writing, and social skills. This position requires that you are eligible for work-study* and available for one of the following time blocks for the entire school year: i. Tuesday/Thursday 8:00-12:30pm ii. Tuesday/Thursday 12:30-5:00pm iii. Wednesday/Friday 8:00-12:30pm iv. Wednesday/Friday 1:00-5:30pm Corps Members earn $12/hour AND a $1,175 AmeriCorps Education Award. Apply now! Visit www.jstart.org for more information and to apply. Select "join the corps" at the bottom of the page and choose "apply now" under the "College Student & Community Corps Member" heading. Questions? Email Alex Aja at alexaja@berkeley.edu *If you are not eli...

A young web startup ( theArchie.com ) founded by architecture students, and dedicated to the exchange of ideas, collaboration between students, teachers and architects, and looking for apprenticeships and work opportunities for the users of our site. theArchie.com organizes architecture and design contests for students and young professionals, in order to give them the chance of confronting a design project for themselves. It is good for students to apply what they know to a project that is closer to reality, rather than the theoretical approach which is often far removed from it. The competition will be judged by renowned architects, and rewarded with prize-money. Furthermore, the website will offer the possibility for students to upload their personal work and portfolio, where architects might see it and offer them placement. The current competition now involves the rehabilitation or reconstruction of the Barley Market in Madrid, Spain. We think it is an interesting architectoni...

Join the Bonner Leaders AmeriCorps Program and earn a scholarship for $1,175! Applications are being accepted on rolling basis Passionate about Social Justice? Apply to be a Bonner Leader, where you will have the opportunity to work for social justice and gain valuable leadership skills! Bonner leaders in the past have served in a spectrum of fields, working to end homelessness in the Bay Area, helping to end inequities in Berkeley public schools, helping achieve housing justice and immigrant rights for low-income Bay Area residents and assisting low income communities with ta x preparation. Bonner Leaders earn a $1175 AmeriCorps Education Award at completion of service!   Visit http://publicservice.berkeley.edu/bonnerleaders for details and to apply! Questions: E-mail ucb.bonnerleaders@gmail.com

Student enrollment for a free year of membership in APA’s Early Career Program begins August 23 and ends September 27. Most of the materials you need to enroll is here . Who is eligible for a free year of membership? Every undergraduate and graduate student matriculated for the Fall 2013 semester is eligible, as long as he or she: -Is a full-time planning student, and -Is younger than 35 at the time of enrollment, and -Has never been an APA member. By agreeing to participate in this program, you also agree to give every eligible student in your program the opportunity to enroll. Application: APA membership application (PDF). Students may complete this application online, save it, and return it to Susan Hagstrom by e-mail (hagstrom@berkeley.edu). They also can print the application, fill it in, and mail or fax it to Susan Hagstrom. Early Career Program FAQ (PDF) GO BEARS!

The Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Invite you to the symposium: 'Adaptive Metropolis: User Generated Urbanism' When: Friday, September 27, 2013- Sunday, September 29, 2013 Where: Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Register Today: http://my.berkeley.edu/site/R?i=UIqNx0x9Sg1AL6EyC5_iVQ The 100th year of landscape architecture at UC Berkeley is a good time not only celebrate the past, but also to think about the future. As a department that has always been committed to the public realm, the symposium Adaptive Metropolis will convene a global community of thinkers and doers to discuss the future of collaborative city-making. The symposium brings together citizens, designers, artists, activists, academics, entrepreneurs, government officials, and policy makers that are conceiving of new ways of building shared urban spaces. In addition to two days of structured debate and discussion, the symposium features keynote addresses by Alfredo Brillembourg, G...

Course Title: Post-Socialist Space (Geography 170) Instructor: Dr. Melanie Feakins When: Monday & WEdnesdays 12:30-2:00pm Location: 145 McCone Hall Course Description: The 'Fall of the Wall' in Berlin in 1989 and the USSR break-up in 1991 were events that created unfathomable chaos and inimitable circumstances for transformation of modern developed industrial societies. Using a variety of source materials (books, newspaper articles, academic articles, pictures, media representations, films, policy recommendations, ethnographic accounts) we will examine the changes that have been taking place in East Center Europe and the Former Soviet Union in the post-socialist period. Among the topics dealt with in the class are: territoriality and new citizenship regimes, borders and new forms of exclusion, urban transformations (memory and its destructions, creation of 'real-estate' new forms of intensification/abandonment, international architectural competitions), urban m...