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Spelman Spotlight March 12, 1980 BPW Foundation Offers Student Loans To Women In Engineering Engineering is the most promising career path for women, according to one recent employer survey. Opportunities are a result of projected overall employment growth in the field, plus a shortage of women qualified for the iobs available. Women in undergraduate, refresher and conversion programs, or graduate engineering studies can get finan cial assistance from the Business and Professional Women’s Foun dation through a special loan fund expected to total more than $75,000 this year. Available Special encouragement is offered to women with work experience in engineering or related technical fields but are qualified through past study for training in engineering or engineering technology. Available to either full-time or part-time students, loans are made for tuition, fees, and for related expenses such as child care or transportation. To be eligible for the BPW Foundation loan program, you must have written acceptance for study in a program accredited by the Engineers Council for Professional Development, be a U.S. citizen, show financial need and carry at least six semester hours during the term for which the loan is requested. Both work experience and academic achievement will be considered. Completed applications for the fall 1980 semester are due by May 15, 1980. For applications and/or further information, write to Loan Fund for Women in Engineering Studies, BPW Foun dation, 2012 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Summer Jobs Available For Minority Engineers Mike Wolf oik and Gabriel Grimes are well-educated minor ity engineering students with ex tensive on-the-job experience. Wolfolk, an electrical engineering major at the Univer sity of Arkansas-Fayetteville, spent his second summer on the engineering staff at International Paper Company’s (IP) Pine Bluff, Ark., mill in 1979. Grimes, an electrical engineering student from the City University of New York, spent his second summer at IP at the Ticonderoga, N.Y., mill. “My two summer internships at IP have been a valuable part of my engineering education,” Wolfolk said. “In addition to ap plying academic knowledge to real-world manufacturing, I also have had a chance to work with experienced engineers, and to see the kind of pressures they face day in, day out, on the job. You don’t get that out of a book.” At Pine Bluff, Wolfolk was assigned the job of linking up the A COMPANY CALLED TRW WILL BE ON CAMPUS MARCH 19 TO INTERVIEW GRADUATES IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES CONTACT THE PLACEMENT OFFICE TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT* IF UNABLE TO MEET WITH US, SEND YOUR RESUME TO: TRW DEFENSE AND SPACE SYSTEMS GROUP College Relations & Educational Programs R5/B1 96, Dept. SC3/80 One Space Park, Redondo Beach, California 90278 mm s computer system with a Tufts University computer. Wolfolk also worked on a project to upgrade equipment used in monitoring sulphur dioxide emission and on analysis of Pine Bluffs sewer system. “One especially valuable thing I’ve learned working with engineers,” observed Wolfolk, “is that in manufacturing, engineering also means management. And that’s okay with me because my goal is to develop both technical and managerial skills in a business career. At Ticonderoga, Grimes worked on developing design layouts and cost estimates for electrical projects. “The work I Newspaper Scholarships The Ralph McGill Scholarship Fund offers scholarships for the 1980-81 school year of up to $1,500 each to students with southern backgrounds who have completed at least two years of college, J ack Tarver, chairman of the Scholarship Fund said recently. Tarver said May 1st is the deadline for applications. He said a number of scholarships are awarded each year to students who have demonstrated a long time interest in the news and editorial phase of newspapering. Scholarships, he said, are limited to those young men and women who roots lie in the south. * Applicants must also convince the Awards Committee that they firmly intend to pursue a career in daily or weekly newspapering. Traver said the Awards Com mittee wants to give scholarships to those who are likely to become leaders in the newspaper field. Successful applicants will be required to maintain a “B” average in order to keep the scholarship. A letter of not more than 500 words telling why the applicant wants a scholarship, together with a photograph of the ap plicant, must accompany each application. Applicants also must have a letter of recommendation from a college authority. Application blanks may be ob tained from: The Ralph McGill Scholarship Fund; Box 4689; Atlanta, Georgia 30302. did on me mill’s new paging system and a study of the short circuit network opened my eyes to the electrical complexity of a paper mill,” he said. Bob Henderson, employee relations manager at IP’s Ticon deroga mill, summed up the value of the student employment programs; “IP’s support of the minority engineering effort provides minority students a real opportunity to familiarize them selves with the work of industrial professional life.” Students interested in more in formation may contact the National Fund for Minority Engineering Students at 220 East 42nd St., New York, NY 10017. Don’t be discouraged if things don’t go right when you first attempt to get an internship! Summer Study In Spain The modern foreign languages department at Valdosta State College is again offering a sum mer program of study in Spain. This year’s enrollment limit has raised to 200 as opposed to 120 of last year. Students who participate will spend 4 weeks at the Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid from July 10 to August 7. While there, they will be able to take courses in elementary, intermediate, and advanced Spanish. “In addition to the Spanish courses,” said Dr. Jose B. Fer nandez, director of the program, “we are also offering for the first time courses in art at the Prado Museum, radio, tele vision, and cinematography in English. For the education stu dent and teachers, there will be a course on contemporary ed ucation in Spain which will give them exposure to working with bilingual children.” According to Fernandez, any student, including qualified high school seniors graduating in June 1980, who participates in the program will receive full college credit (up to 10 quarter hours) from Valdosta State Col lege. “The program package will in clude round-trip, trans-Atlantic plane fare from New York,” For Appointments Phone Bus. 524-9663 or Res. 288-1520 Mrs. Laura McFarland Specializing in your every beauty need. Also sales and service of wigs and hair pieces. said Fernandez, “transportation between Barajas International Airport and the Ciudad Univer sitaria upon arrival and depar ture, 4 weeks’ room and board and swimming pool priviledges, "In addition," continued Fer nandez, “there will be an option for a Miami departure for those who prefer it over New York. We also have a 2-week, cultural program for those who do not wish to spend a whole month in Spain. Persons interested should act promptly, because available spaces are limited.” For more information and prices, contact Dr. Jose B. Fer nandez, Director, VSC Summer Program in Spain, Valdosta State College, Valdosta, GA 31601 Third Annual Career Forum The Third Annual Career Forum for Liberal Arts Majors was held during February. The morning session in Sisters Chapel included a keynote address, “Special Concerns for Liberal Ar ts Majors for the 1980’s,” by Mrs. Eleanor Cox, assistant dean of the Graduate Faculities at the University of Pennsylvania. A panel discussion, “Special Challenges - Focus on Majors and Related Careers,” was also held in Howe Hall and included par ticipation by a number of distinguished consultants. The Career Forum is spon sored annually by the Offices of Counseling Services and Career Planning and Placement in order to provide students with firsthand information about the v world of work that will assist them in their career planning. Students are urged to attend both sessions of this activity as a vital part of their career development. 77 Beauty bazaar 793 M.L. King Dr. Most poets need inspira tion. Schiller's was the smell of rotten apples, which he always kept on his desk while writing.