Month: June 2017

  • Burnham Sterling & Company Seeking Business, Finance, and Marketing Interns for Summer 2017

    Burnham Sterling & Company Seeking Business, Finance, and Marketing Interns for Summer 2017

    ABOUT THE COMPANY Burnham Sterling & Company is a boutique investment bank located on the water in Greenwich, CT (45 minutes north of New York City). The company focuses on lease and debt placement backed by commercial aircraft and works directly with airlines to finance their fleets of aircraft they acquire, as well as with… Read More

  • 8 Note-Taking Tips for College Students

    8 Note-Taking Tips for College Students

    Notes in college are no joke. While you may think college lectures are “optional,” material on lectures will be introduced and taught in lectures. College students often depend on textbooks, but most semester-long college courses fail to cover the  whole textbook during the semester. Textbooks are often loaded with material, and while nothing in a… Read More

  • Do You Know Your Ecological Footprint? Penn State Students Will Soon Learn Their “PawPrint”

    Do You Know Your Ecological Footprint? Penn State Students Will Soon Learn Their “PawPrint”

    What is your ecological footprint? First-year students at University Park, Penn State University’s largest campus, will be measuring their ecological footprint with the help of the PawPrint, a student-centered metric created by Andrew Lau, associate professor of engineering design at Penn State.   Lau brought the PawPrint project to Penn State’s Sustainability Institute’s Reinvention Fund,… Read More

  • 5 Tricks to Save Money at Music Festivals

    5 Tricks to Save Money at Music Festivals

    For those who strive for a vacation, music festivals are the perfect break from a daily routine. From ecstatic fans dancing in the mud to the sea of vendors wrapped in tie-dye, music festivals will take you mentally and physically far away from a lecture hall or office. Music truly is the best escape. Festivals… Read More

  • MaxExposure Social Media: PAID Internships, Part-Time & Full-Time Positions

    MaxExposure Social Media: PAID Internships, Part-Time & Full-Time Positions

    ABOUT THE COMPANY MaxExposure Social Media is the Premier Social Media & Review Management firm in North America, dedicated to helping small and local businesses to enhance their social media presence online. [divider] FEATURED POSITIONS – Marketing and Promotional Interns (and Recent Grads) MaxExposure Social Media is looking for highly motivated, hard-working, and experience-minded Business students… Read More

  • 10 Summer Marketing Internships in New York

    10 Summer Marketing Internships in New York

    It’s not too late to apply for a summer internship! Below are 10 summer marketing internships (which can extend to full-time employment) in New York. We’ve highlighted the skills needed for each position, but to get the full scope, click on the titles, which will bring you to the individual job postings. Good luck on… Read More

  • What NOT to Do When Writing Essays

    What NOT to Do When Writing Essays

    Writing essays isn’t always easy. Professors generally have different preferences when it comes to writing and they have to read and grade hundreds of papers, so the last thing they want to read is a bad essay. Instead of telling you what to do, I’m going to tell you what to avoid, so you don’t… Read More

  • University of Texas Researchers Develop More Powerful and Long-lasting Battery

    University of Texas Researchers Develop More Powerful and Long-lasting Battery

    Researchers at the University of Texas have developed the first all-solid-state battery cells, capable of storing five times as much power as the current lithium-ion battery. Leading this research is John Goodenough, co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery and professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas, Austin. Goodenough partnered with Maria… Read More

  • How to Change Your B-1/B-2 Visitor Visa to M-1 Student Visa

    How to Change Your B-1/B-2 Visitor Visa to M-1 Student Visa

    Visitors who enter the United States on B-1 (business) or B-2 (pleasure) visas are not allowed to enroll in a course of study that leads to an academic degree or vocational certificate. So, if you are in the United States on a B-1 or B-2 visitor visa and would like to study full-time, you must… Read More

  • How to Change Your B-1/B-2 Visitor Visa to F-1 Student Visa

    How to Change Your B-1/B-2 Visitor Visa to F-1 Student Visa

    Visitors who enter the United States on B-1 (business) or B-2 (pleasure) visas are not allowed to enroll in a course of study that leads to an academic degree or vocational certificate. So, if you are in the United States on a B-1 or B-2 visitor visa and would like to study full-time, you must… Read More

  • Study In the USA – All You Need to Know About M-1 Student Visa

    Study In the USA – All You Need to Know About M-1 Student Visa

    Anyone who wants to study full time in the United States but holds a non-U.S. passport will need a student visa. (The Visa Waiver Program is only applicable to citizens or nationals of participating countries who travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less.)  Depending on the… Read More

  • Study in the USA – All You Need to Know About F-1 Student Visa

    Study in the USA – All You Need to Know About F-1 Student Visa

    Anyone who wants to study full time in the United States but holds a non-U.S. passport will need a student visa. (The Visa Waiver Program is only applicable to citizens or nationals of participating countries who travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less.) Depending on the… Read More

  • Armstrong State University’s Aquaponics Research Center Grows Fish and Plants Sustainably

    Armstrong State University’s Aquaponics Research Center Grows Fish and Plants Sustainably

    Researchers at Armstrong State University have developed an aquaponics research facility that could serve as a model for economic and environmental sustainability. Aquaponics, in short, is a way to grow fish and plants together in a self-sustaining system. It combines hydroponics, which is the growth of plants in water, with aquaculture, which is the raising… Read More

  • Paradigm Malibu Depression Treatment Education Scholarship – $1,000 – Apply Annually by December 15

    Paradigm Malibu Depression Treatment Education Scholarship – $1,000 – Apply Annually by December 15

    This is an annual scholarship. Bookmark this page and check back each year! [divider] Complete this straightforward scholarship for a chance to win $1,000. Eligibility: Any student currently enrolled in any accredited college is eligible to enter. How to Apply: Write an essay (1,000 word minimum) and tell them about your educational goals and plans… Read More

  • Tenshon Scholarship – $1,500 – Apply Biannually by December 15 & July 15

    Tenshon Scholarship – $1,500 – Apply Biannually by December 15 & July 15

    This is an annual scholarship. Bookmark this page and check back each year! [divider] Design students should apply for this scholarship! Eligibility:  You must be a currently enrolled college student. How to Apply:  Locate their standard sized shade sails. Using the standard shade sails, create a unique design of your own that you think will stand out… Read More

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