Scholarships from 5 91 academic year. Application deadline is Feb. 1, 1990. Contact the Financial Aid Office, W -117 for more information and applications for these scholarships. Undergraduate Research Funds are available through the Penn State Harrisburg Undergraduate Research Program to support undergrads doing research in collaboration with a faculty member. Deadline for submitting proposals is November 10th. For more information, see any faculty member, Division head or the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, W-203 Olmstead, or call 948- 6303. Internship Internship Available for Summer Apply Now ! Attention college students. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission • (PHMC), the official history agency for the Commonwealth, is now accepting applications for the summer 1990 Government Service Internship program designed for college students who want practical, hands-on experience in . a variety of opportunities. A variety of paid internships and part time unpaid are available at a variety of historical sites and museums across the state, or at the PHMC's headquarters in Harrisburg. Many of the internships can be developed for course credit through cooperative agreement between the supervisor, student and internship advisor. For further information on the internsahip program call harry Parker, Do You Plan Tours for Your Club or Group? Our Professional Staff will do all of the work while you get all of the credit! 233-7673 or 1-800-333-8444 Capitol Trailways 1061 South Cameron Street, P.O. Box 3353, Harrisburg, PA 17105-3353 OPPORTUNITIES (717) 783-9924 or write: Internship, PHMC, Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026. Contests A.T. & T. A Penn State Harrisburg student this fall could win a 1990 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z in the fifth annual AT&T college sweepstatkes. AT&T also will be giving away computers and telephones in this fall's sweepstakes. To enter the sweepstakes, students need only visit the AT&T information booth on or near campus and fill out an "instant winner card." Every student wins an instant prize by uncovering a circle on the card. - The students are then automatically en in the campus drawing. AT&T will give away a cordless telephone and combination answering machine/telephone on each campus. Students who fill out cards also are entered in the national drawing, where they're eligible for the Grand Prize Camaro or one of five AT&T personal computers. In addition, students who visit an information booth and subsequently sign up for AT&T Long Distance Service receive $4 in AT&T Long Distance Gift Certificates, good for up to 30 free minutes of long-distance calling. Complete sweepstakes rules are available at the AT&T information booths. The sweepstakes is part of AT&T's annual student representative program. Eaeh fall, on campuses across the country, AT&T employs student representatives to staff information booths and answer questions about AT&T longdistance services. The student representatives can explain long distance service, and AT&T's optional long-distance plan, Reach Out (R) America. AT&T also has a toll-free telephone number, 1-800-242-1019, that students can call for assistance in setting up phone service. The deadline for entering this fall's sweepstakes is Oct. 30. 1989. More A.T.& T. Colege students across the country this fall will be studying the stock market in their quest for the $25,000 top prize in the second annual TT&T Collegiate Investment Challenge. The AT&T Collegiate Investment Challenge is based on Wall Street Games, a hands-on educational game that re-creates actual stock market trading without financial risk to the players. The objective is to compile the most profitable stock portfolio by the end of the four-month competition. This years's competition, with $200,000 in cash and merchandise, is expected to outdraw the first AT&T Collegiate Investment Challenge, which last fall attracted 11,250 student contestants representing every state. Students can call toll-free 1-800-545- 1990 to register and receive game rules and materials needed to participate. The registration fee is $49.95 for college students, college professors also can play the Challenge in a separate category, the registration fee is also $49.95. Deadline for registering is Oct. 27. The top 10 collegiate finishers and their guests will be flown to the Bahamas for an awards banquet and a week's vacation. Vector Marketing Vector Marketing Corporation, a national marketing firm which offers high income opportunities to thousands of college students each year, will sponsor its Third Annual Essay Contest with Scholarship monies totaling $3,000 for winning entries. The contest is open to both part-time and full-time undergraduates, enrolled at recognized colleges and universities across the country. Vector employees and their relaitves are not ineligable to participate. Students are asked to write a 500 word essay on the following topic: "Beyond Your GPA: What More Does It Take To Be Successful After College?" The winning essay contestant will receive $l,OOO in scholarship monies. Two second prize winners will receive $5OO each, and four runners-up will be awarded $250 each in cash prizes. In addition, all essay contest participants will be offered the opportunity to interview for a position as a summers sale representative through Vector Marketing Corporation office nearest to their college community or home town. Entries will be judged on the basis of overall writing style and content, in addition to a demonstrated ability to support the criterion chosen for the essay. Correct grammar, punctuation and composition is also essential. Copy must be typed, double-spaced, on white, 8 1/2" X 11" paper and should not exceed 550 words. All entries should include a return address and phone number along with student's class year and major. All submissions will become the property of Vector Marketing Corporation. Winners will be notified by mail no later than December 15, 1989. The deadline for entries is December October 25, 1989, CAPITAL TIMES 1, 1989. Entries should be sent to Vector's national headquarters at the following address: Essay Contest Vector Marketing Corporation 1260 East Woodland Avenue Springfield, PA 19064 Poetry contest Poets may enter the American Poetry Association's nationwide contest now. Over $ll,OOO in prizes will be awarded to 152 winners. Entry is free and everyone is welcome to enter. The Grand Prize is $l,OOO and the First Prize is $5OO. Other prizes include cash awards and publication. "Students walked away with 24 prizes in our last contest," said Robert Nelson, publisher for the Association. "I urge every student who writes poetry to enter now--before studies and exams take up your time. Young people with talent should get encouragement while they are still young." Poets may enter the contest by sending up to six poems, each no more than 20 lines, name and address on each page, to American Poetry Association, Dept. CT-70, 250-A Potrero Street, P.O. Box 1803, Santa Cruz, CA 95061- 1803. Poems must be postmarked by December 31. Each poem is also considered for publication in the American Poetry Anthology, a leading collection of contemporary verse. During seven years of sponsorship the American Poetry Association has run 32 contests and awarded over $145,000 in prizes to 3,040 winning poets. Playboy Fiction Playboy's Fiction Contest Start Writing! En ter Playboy's College Fiction Contest. First prize is $3,000 and publication of your story in the October 1990 Playboy issue. Submit an original, unpublished story. Maximum length: 25 typed pages (double spaced). Contest is open to all college students, regardless of age, Send your manuscript and a 3X5 card with your name, address, phone number and college affiliation to: Playboy College Fiction Contest 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 Testing GRE The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) will be given at Penn State Harrisburg on Saturday, Dec. 9. Registration deadline is Oct. 30. For information of fees, registration materials and application forms, call the Penn State Harrisburg Student Assistance Center at 948-6025 or the Office of Graduate Admissions at 948- 6200. Miller Analogy tests, required for admission to many graduate programs, are given by appointment in the Student Assistance Center. Call 948-6025 for further information. The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) wil be given at Penn State Harrisburg on Saturday, Dec. 2. Registration deadline is Nov. 3. For information on fees, registration materials and application forms, call the Penn State. Harrisburg Student Assistance Center at 948-6025. LSAT
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