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Seven College Scholarships + Qualification for International Scholarships $5,000, $3,000 for Graduates $5,000, $3,000 for Undergraduates $2,000 for a 1st or 2nd year Undergraduate $2,500 for a Graduate or Undergraduate $2,500 for Professional Development (Certificate Program) Requirements: Women currently enrolled in Undergraduate, Graduate Degree, or Certificate Program in a Transportation Related Field, such as Transportation Engineering, Planning, Finance, or Logistics. Student must be enrolled in a school in Los Angeles County or have residency in Los Angeles County GPA 3.0 or higher for undergraduates and GPA 3.5 or higher for graduate students A list of the scholarships available and linked applications are provided below. APPLICATION DUE: Friday, October 2, 2009 Please contact me if you are interested.

On February 18, 2009; Deans of the Colleges of Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona, CSU Chico and CSU Long Beach signed a Memorandum of Understanding that outlines plans for collaboration between the three Universities through participation in the California Pavement Preservation Center (CP2C). The Center was established initially at CSU Chico and is funded primarily by Caltrans. The Cal Poly Pomona Office will offer technical assistance, training and research in pavement preservation to public agencies and contractors in Southern California. For more information about the Center and its services please follow the link below: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/__depts/cp2c/index.html

Graduating students interested in a career in transportation - follow the link below to learn more. Respond by March 10! http://www.wtsinternational.org/ChapterNews.aspx?chapterid=15&id=1665 To submit your résumé or any questions, contact Diane Ricard at dricard@alum.mit.edu .

Call for abstracts extended to February 28, 2009. See link for details: http://www.geoshanghai2010.org/ Topics include: Soil behavior & geo-micromechanics Soil dynamics & earthquake engineering Deep excavations & retaining structures Drilled shafts & deep foundations Tunneling and underground constructions Geotechnical in-situ testing & monitoring Ground improvement Geosynthetics Engineering in karst terrain Pavement mechanics Environmental sustainable pavement engineering Pavement management and maintenance Seepage and porous mechanics Unsaturated soil mechanics Geoenvironmental engineering Innovative testing for pavement materials Geoinformatics New frontiers in urban geotechnology Case studies

Transportation students, get paid to learn and work over the summer at Texas A&M in College Station, TX - one of the top Transportation/Materials programs in the US. Applications due February 27. See link for details: https://www.civil.tamu.edu/tsp/

April 8-9 in Oakland, CA. See link for more information: http://www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/pavementpres/