Month: February 2022

Atlanta Tutors LLC tutor positions

Atlanta Tutors LLC (http://www.atlantatutors.net) is hiring tutors for the upcoming school year.

Competitive Pay: $30/hr

Flexible Scheduling: You set your hours

Location: Tutoring throughout Atlanta and suburbs (your choose your locations)

We pre-screen clients and offer you a steady stream of tutoring opportunities. You choose which jobs you want.

We are a local company that is run by Atlanta teachers and parents. We treat our tutors very well.

·       College graduates or high-achieving juniors and seniors with experience tutoring, teaching, or working with children.

·       Expertise in a range of academic subjects and/or test prep experience

·       Transportation and a willingness to provide tutoring in students’s homes

Providing in-home tutoring to students of all ages, K-12 and college.

MBP Founders’ Scholarship

MBP Founders’ Scholarship

MBP was founded in 1989 by Frank McDonough, Charlie Bolyard, and Blake Peck, three engineers who shared
the vision of building a professional construction management consulting company based on six core values:
We Act with Integrity, We Deliver Quality, We Are One Team, We Are Driven to Succeed, We Are Innovative,
and We Care About Our Community. The MBP Founders’ Scholarship was established to provide financial
assistance to qualified and deserving students attending institutes of higher learning specializing in an
engineering/technical curriculum related to the construction management industry. Successful applicants will
have a demonstrated desire to pursue a career within the construction management industry.

Funding:
The scholarship is fully funded by MBP and the amount of the scholarship for the 2022-2023 academic year
will be one or more scholarships of $5,000 to $10,000.

Eligibility:
1. Successful applicants will have a demonstrated desire to pursue a career within the construction
management industry.
2. Applicants must be enrolled as a full-time student in a four-year undergraduate or graduate program
in an engineering/technical program with a focus on construction management at an accredited
college or university. No scholarship will be awarded for those pursuing an Associate Degree.
Applicants who receive an appointment to one of the U.S. Military Academies (or affiliated
preparatory schools) or are awarded a full scholarship at any accredited College or University are not
eligible to receive funds from this scholarship. A full scholarship is usually defined as one that
provides for payment of tuition, room and board, books, and labfees.
3. This program is for returning undergraduate and graduate students. The applicant must have
completed one full year of study to be eligible and be in good academic standing. Applicants must
have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
4. US citizenship or permanent US resident status required.

Basis of Award:
The MBP Founders’ Scholarship will be awarded based on the following criteria:
1. Academic excellence
2. Related work experience
3. Activities
4. Honors/awards/certifications
5. Essay response
6. Demonstrates MBP’s six core values
7. Letter(s) of recommendation (minimum 1 required)
8. Finalist interviews
Financial need is not a consideration.
If you have any questions, please call Joseph Modica at 757-406-2377, or by email at jmodica@mbpce.com.

2022 Challenge Community Manager Position (Gradute Students Only)

 Challenge Counselor flyerThe OMED/Challenge Program has an opening for a Community Manager for the 2022 Challenge program Summer session. Please see flyer below and link to job description.  This position is for Graduate students only.  Please share with any interested students in your circle!
Benefits

This is a temporary, summer session only – live-in position with single occupancy, furnished campus residence hall, CRC fees, meal plan, and all amenities of the residence hall are included (i.e. cable, internet, laundry, etc.)

Contest for Engineering and Environmental Students — Rewilding the Colorado River

Save the Colorado and others are sponsoring a contest for engineering and environmental sciences student to solicit innovative ideas for re-engineering Glen Canyon Dam and rewilding the Colorado River.  

The “Rewilding The Colorado River” contest seeks engineering and environmental alternatives that would allow for a run of the river flow regime through or around Glen Canyon Dam with consideration to such factors as cost effectiveness, public safety, sediment flow, hydropower production, fish migration, and more.

Open to engineering and environmental sciences students and firms across the United States, the contest includes a $4,000 prize to for the winning proposal (an amount which may grow larger).The contest closes on November 15, 2022, and the winning proposal will be announced in conjunction with the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference in December 2022.

We need the best and brightest ideas from the next generation to address the challenges of rewilding the Colorado River and restoring Glen Canyon, and we hope you and your students will take part.

For further contest details, including relevant technical and historical information, visit RewildingColoradoRiver.org or feel free to contact me or or Gary Wockner (gary@savethecolorado.org).

The Rewilding Contest is sponsored by:

  • Tick Segerblom, Clark County Commissioner, Nevada
  • Daniel P. Beard, former Commissioner U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  • John Fielder, Nature Photographer
  • Save the Colorado
  • Glen Canyon Institute
  • Great Basin Water Network
  • Living Rivers
  • Doug Gillingham, Gillingham Water
  • (If you’d like to donate $$$ to the prize, contact Gary Wockner: Gary@SaveTheColorado.org)