1. Get a Summer Job that will change your life!!

2. UCORE: Learn about science at the UO while getting paid. UCORE Fellows earn $3500 for a 10-week internship program at the University of Oregon while living on the UO campus. Fellows are paid for outreach work to students at their home community college for the following academic year.

3. The UCORE Summer Program Introductory Workshop. At the beginning of the summer, UCORE Fellows attend a week-long workshop to prepare them with basic research skills necessary to have a successful summer research experience. Some of the items covered include: –Lab safety skills –Keeping a science science notebook –Using the machine and electronics shops

4. The UCORE Summer Program Summer Research Experience. UCORE students are placed into research labs at the UO. –Projects available in Chemistry, Physics, and Geology labs –Fellows work a flexible 40-hour week on real research projects guided by graduate student mentors. –Fellows gain a hands-on experience in what graduate school entails and what it means to be a scientist.

5. Sample of 2007 Summer Research Projects: Arsenic Coordination Chemistry & Anion P Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Optimization Investigation of Cascadia Subduction Aone with Mapping of Earth Flow Displacements Nanosphere Lithography Synthesis of AuNp with the use of Bunte Salts Synthesis of Azaborines (TaSe2)x(PbSe)y Misfit Layered Compounds Modeling Differentially Rotating Strange Quark Stars Measuring and Manipulating Microscopic Solid and Liquid Particles

6. The UCORE Summer Program Outreach/Career Workshop. An end-of-summer workshop and celebration showcases the summer work. –Fellows present a poster and PowerPoint presentation detailing their summer research experience. –Fellows receive career counseling, information on college transfer and higher education options, and –Fellows are trained for the mentoring and outreach that they will be expected to take on during the upcoming year

7. The UCORE Summer Program 2007 UCORE Fellows made great friends, and had a lot of fun over the summer.

8. Academic Year Outreach Students are paid $10/hour for ~ 10/week for a variety of outreach projects, including: –Tutoring –Presentations, events –Science Club activities

9. For Application, Questions & More Information: Contact your CC Liaison: Beth Pitonzo, beth.pitonzo@mhcc.edu Email program director Anae Rosenberg: anae@uoregon.edu http://materialscience.uoregon.edu/undergrad /ucore/ucore.html