Horticultural Scholarship for Washington D.C. HS & College Students

Administrator — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:10:34 +0000

The following text on this great scholarship is taken directly from the Master Gardner.com website ~ http://mastergardener.wsu.edu/mgfws/scholarships.htm

“Information on Scholarships Offered By The Master Gardener Foundation Of Washington State Application for Mary Robson and Van Bobbitt Scholarships – 2010 One of the purposes of the Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State (MGFWS) is education. The Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State offers two scholarships each year, each in the amount of one thousand dollar ($1,000.00). These scholarships are offered to enable students to study horticulture and related fields. The scholarships can be awarded to high school seniors or to students entering a college/university for the first time as a full time student. A person may receive the scholarship only once and must meet the following requirements. Applicant must be: •Sponsored by a County Master Gardener Program in Washington State. •Accepted by a recognized and accredited college/university. •Planning a course of study in horticulture or related fields.

For the rest of this scholarship’s details, goto http://mastergardener.wsu.edu/mgfws/scholarships.htm before the deadline arrives!

Fast & FREE Membership

Administrator — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:06:08 +0000

Details coming soon…

FLY Exclusive: Learn @ the Music Industry With A N.A.R.M Internship!

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:36:13 +0000

That’s right! The National Association of Recording Merchandisers in Marlton, NJ is on the look-out for their next intern rock star. One lucky student will get to work with the NARM Communications Department as they prepare for the big annual 2010 NARM music industry event!

In years past, NARM’s convention has honored big names such as Michael Jackson, BB King, Queen, Hall & Oates and many, many more… the line-up for 2010’s convention is still in the works, and you can participate.

You must be able to commute to NARM’s Marlton, NJ location right outside of Philly, 3 days a week – for 3 hours each of the days. This will be a PAID position with a stipend of $400 per month. This position offers great experience, new business connections and pay, to work alongside of NARM staff who are selecting artists to perform, outstanding music industry members to award and arranging for media to attend this fun and exciting event!

- Intern responsibilities will include assisting their Communications Department with various office and phone tasks

- Working knowledge of Photoshop and Excel is required

- Understanding of WordPress functionality is preferred to perform basic web work, but is not required

- Internship will officially start the beginning of March 2010 and go thru May 2010.

- There is a potential the intern may even be needed to attend the Annual Music Industry Convention in Chicago
(May 14-17), but that’s to be decided given company budget and needs. (Note – Event draws some interesting celebrities!)

Since this internship is coming down the pipe FAST, if you or someone you know is interested in learning more about this fantastic opportunity, email me a resume and/or a link to your LinkedIN profile at sperilli@foliofly.com VERY SOON!

Look forward to hearing from you and best of luck!
Sandy Perilli
FolioFLY Founder
201-410-4320

About NARM: (www.narm.com) According to Wikipedia, ”NARM is a United States not-for-profit trade association that serves music retailing businesses in lobbying and trade promotion. Established in 1958, the Association’s membership includes music and other entertainment retailers, wholesalers, distributors, record labels, multimedia suppliers, and suppliers of related products and services, as well as individual professionals and educators in the music business field.

NARM retail members operate 7,000 storefronts that account for almost 85% of the music sold in the $12 billion U.S. music market.”

Another FLY Exclusive ~ $2 A Survey for Market Research Project

Administrator — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:26:25 +0000

A new educational company, working with FolioFLY student members since November 2009, is offering a few lucky students the chance to work on a great market research project!

You will be responsible for distributing and collecting brief market surveys from fellow graduate and undergraduate students. Surveys will be used to gain feedback on a new way to make learning SAT and GRE vocab words a breeze. If you’re one of the lucky students selected, you just need to hand out and collect 300 completed student surveys to EARN $2.00 FOR EACH ONE!

Intended Grade Level: High School and College
Very appropriate resume-builder project for all majors, but especially for Marketing and Communications; Special Education Teachers of HS and college age students are also encouraged to apply.

Project Deadline: March 02, 2010

Email sperilli AT foliofly DOT com ASAP to be considered for this project and learn more details before the spots are filled!

FolioFLY is an an award winning woman owned business recognized by The NJ Association of Women Business Owners and partially funded by The NJ Department of Community Affairs.

NEW FLY Project ALERT! – Help Design & Develop An Educational Training Program

Administrator — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:19:59 +0000

Ever think of being a teacher or wonder what it takes to develop a new training program? Get a glimpse of what it’s like, and help create the content for the design and development of an innovative new training product. Help an educational company create an online program to make learning SAT and GRE vocabulary words a breeze. They’re looking for ONE creative college student with the following skills:

- Strong vocabulary
- Superior SAT verbal score
- Literary background

- Comfortable working on tasks based around a list of advanced English vocabulary words
- Working knowledge of Excel and/or Microsoft Access

PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE:
- Creating unique sentences that use each word in context
- Identifying common roots used in a particular word
- Developing a list of advanced synonyms for each vocabulary word

The entire project is overseen by a highly experienced Project Manager who has successfully worked and trained with FolioFLY student members before.

Award or Incentive: In addition to learning about training program development and getting a TERRIFIC item for your resume, the student selected for this project will earn $10.00 per hour based on an estimated 30 – 60 project hours AND earn a formal Letter of Recommendation for a job well done. All work is flexible around school schedules.

Intended Grade Level: College

Email sperilli AT foliofly DOT com ASAP expressing your interest to participate in this rare project before the opportunity is gone! Note your verbal SAT score and your literary classes, or your interest in and connection to literarature. Remember – this is a very short term project, not a job, designed to give you some related career/industry experience. No previous experience required so let us know if you’d like to give it a try!

$200k Prize for Student Renewable Energy Venture

Administrator — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:14:42 +0000

Open to ALL undergrad and grad students – take a jab at winning a $200k prize for your renewable energy venture!

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The MIT Clean Energy Prize (MIT CEP) organizing team today announced a $200,000 grand prize to be awarded in May 2010 for the most innovative clean energy solution. This third annual venture creation competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students across the United States.

Deadline for applications is February 25, 2010. Teams that make it into the semifinals will receive one-on-one mentoring from experienced industry leaders and entrepreneurs.

The competition has proven to be a launching pad for clean energy companies. The 2008 Grand Prize Winner FloDesign Wind Turbine and 2009 Energy Efficiency and Infrastructure semifinalist FastCAP Systems recently were awarded more than $13 million by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Read more at http://bit.ly/4CFDtm

AW.some Photog Scholarship Contest

Administrator — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:10:22 +0000

Originally posted 29 November 2009

First EVER scholarship contest for photographers sponsored by the good folks at Sigma Corporation. The Sigma Corporation of America Scholarship will award a cash gift of $5,000 and $1,000 in Sigma products to one talented high school senior to advance his or her education and goals toward obtaining a career in the photography industry.

Applications will be accepted from November 19, 2009 to February 15, 2010. Online voting will occur Feb. 16, 2010 to April 23, 2010, and the winner will be announced May 3, 2010. To apply, click here.

This new scholarship illustrates Sigma’s five decades of technological advancement and innovation in the industry, and our family-owned company’s desire to empower and support up-and-coming photographers. The scholarship winner will be selected based on his or her ability to deliver outstanding photographs with the superior caliber of image quality for which the Sigma brand has become known.

FolioFLY Student Members Published Writers!

Administrator — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:15:19 +0000

Well, it’s finally arrived! This past summer, a select number of FolioFLY’s most talented student writers had the rare and amazing opportunity to contribute to The American Hotel & Lodging Industry’s new book ~ “A Century of Hospitality”.

The book expertly catalogues the most interesting and relevant industry information including decades of cool hotel innovations, industry leaders and pioneers, landmark hotels and even juicy details on Presidential assassination attempts, cagey underground dealings of legendary mob bosses and major world events that took place in famous hotels across the country from 1910 through 2010.

Selected FolioFLY student writers were assigned the different topics, people and events to research and write about, while gaining first hand experience working with Marla Cimini (www.marlacimini.com). Marla is a master Project Manager, published writer, expert media trainer and esteemed business professional with years of experience in the hospitality industry, among many others. ”A Century of Hospitality” was published right on schedule this fall 2009 , and offically launched to the industry November 2009. In addition to writing for the book and becoming an officially published writer, each student has their picture coupled with their bio in the book’s well laid-out credits. And if that wasn’t enough, this terrific industry piece is being presented to the members of Congress, and will take a seat among the books in the Library of Congress. Not a bad gig for a first time writer, huh?

The hardcover books are now on sale for $35.00 through Amazon.com at http://bit.ly/66lexM Only 3 left as of today, but more are on the way so order soon! Thank you again to the book’s incredible Project Manager/Co-Editor who gave FolioFLY students this unbelievable opportunity to learn and help them pursue thier dream of being professional writers.

Please contact sperilli AT foliofly DOT com if you or the business/organization you work with is looking for talented student writers. We have a number of talented and published student writers who come highly recommended from their project work with us, and they’re just waiting for the next great opportunity.

Travel Abroad Tips for Special Needs Students

Administrator — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Most people who want to study abroad think about where they’re going, their financial limitations, what to pack and who is going to be their travel partner. But for students with special needs or certain types of challenges, international travel can be a time consuming and seemingly impossible challenge of its own. It’s well-known American laws and regulations allow for alternative travel arrangements that international counter-parts haven’t implemented on the same scale. So if you assume you’re going to find accomodating seating arrangements, accessibility ramps and adequate door sizes for a wheelchair, you may be in for a surprise.

A colleaugue of mine studying to be a special ed teacher recently wrote a paper focused on this topic. She made a list of insights of what should be considered when preparing for an overseas trip, including web links to top travel sites along with some information highlights. If you have anything to add to this great list, feel free to post your thoughts, tips and suggestions:

Tips to Travel Abroad with Special Needs:

- Don’t hesitate to ask a Security Officer for assistance with your mobility aid and carry-on items as you proceed through the security checkpoint.

- Let the Security Officer know your level of ability. For example: whether you can walk, stand, have limited arm movement, or if you cannot stand and/or walk through the walk-through metal detector. This will expedite the screening process.

- Ask the Security Officer for assistance if you need help walking through the metal detector.
Inform the Security Officer about any special equipment or devices that you are using and where this equipment or device is located on/in your body. This will help the Security Officer to be careful during a physical inspection if one is needed.

- Request a private area for your pat-down inspection if you feel uncomfortable with having a medical device being displayed while inspected by the Security Officer.

- Ensure that all bags and satchels hanging from, or carried on and under, your equipment are put on the X-ray belt for inspection.

- Ask the Security Officer for assistance with putting your items on the X-ray belt, if needed.

- Let the Security Officer know if you need assistance removing and putting your shoes back on your feet when additional screening is necessary.

- Let the Security Officer know if your shoes cannot be removed because of your disability so that alternative security procedures can be applied to your shoes.

- Ask the Security Officer to monitor your accessible property, mobility aid(s,) and device(s) during the screening process and reunite you with them once X-ray inspection is complete.
Security Officers will visually and physically inspect your wheelchair or scooter and perform explosive trace detection sample of the cushion. These inspections will be conducted while you remain in your wheelchair or on your scooter if you indicate that you cannot get out of your wheelchair or off your scooter.

- You should not be required to transfer from your wheelchair to another chair or be lifted out of your chair during the inspection process.

Other sites that were noted as offering good travel information for people with special needs is below:

http://www.accessibleurope.com/twasp/offertepersonali/search2.asp

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/index.shtm

http://www.state.gov/travel/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Flights-g1-World-Cheap_Discount_Airfares.html
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/planning/index.htm
http://www.tour-web.com/accessibleitaly/infofire.htm
http://travel.travelocity.com/flights/GetSeatMaps.do?detailLeg=59&targetLegIndex=0

Current Seat Availability
http://world.maporama.com/default.aspx
http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/transport/rail/rl_webs.htm
http://www.trenitaliaplus.com/ train / Eurail
http://www.seatguru.com/ : airline seating diagrams

- Access-Able Travel Source has an excellent database of articles and links about accessible travel to a variety of destinations. http://www.access-able.com/.

- Global Access News – Disabled Travel Network has useful general information about traveling in a wheelchair, and articles and links about travel to a variety of destinations. It also publishes a superb monthly e-zine with informative and interesting tidbits and links about accessible hotels, apartments, transportation and museums. To sign up, go to the website or send an email to clearpath@cox.net. (Note the new website address.) http://www.globalaccessnews.com/.

- Emerging Horizons has links to several sources of access information about Rome and other Italian cities. Emerging Horizons publishes a print magazine with articles about accessible travel to a variety of destinations, some of which are also on the website, and also publishes a book of practical advice about accessible travel in general. http://www.emerginghorizons.com/.

Please feel free to post other valuable and informative links to help others with alternative travel options and suggestions. Thanks and happy travels!

The Ultimate 1st Year Dorm Life Survival Kit

Administrator — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:16:00 +0000

For many students, August marks the start of back to school shopping for new kicks and 3 ring binders. But those living at college for the first time must also think about the creature comforts of home that’ll not only be sorely missed, but make studying, entertaining and general everyday living more enjoyable. Of course you can buy things after you arrive, but why spend the money on something when you already have it at home?

So I’ve scanned the web to compile the best ideas out there to create the ultimate “1st Year Dorm Life Survival Kit.”

First off – thanks to Scott from Ohio State University for his ideas:

Flip flops: These are must-haves to battle the unknown on shared dorm shower floors. Anyone who’s experienced dorm life can confidently say, don’t take your chances.

Toiletry Bag – You can bumble down the hallway juggling your shampoo, razor, toothbrush and other personal items, OR you can neatly pack ‘em away to carry wherever you need.

Power strips – Does your dorm room have 2 or 3 pronged outlets? If you don’t know, pack a power strip and adapters or risk not being able to use your PC, stereo and other student lifeline equipment.

Duct Tape – This is self-explanatory. Duct Tape lets you do everything from hang pictures to hem pants and fix your car.

Basic Toolkit - You never know when you’ll need a hammer, wrench, pliers or screwdriver for a quick fix-it job or do-it-yourself assembling.

Stapler – To put the finishing touch on papers and keep them together before submission. Don’t rely on others to provide you with one when you’re in a rush across campus to meet a deadline.

Door hangers/Hooks – Where or where will your wet towel go? Scott notes that coats, belts and other things end up scattered across the floor or thrown over furniture and other inconvenient places.

Storage containers/Crates – Give dorm rooms some extra space and help students stay organized. I personally recommend the storage containers that also serve as seating or a snack table that easily roll around where you need it. Great for when people stop by for a visit.

Bottle & can opener – Get a key chain bottle opener allowing you to easily open bottles anywhere you are. Get a can opener for soup.

USB Flash Drive – Fast and useful method to transfer pictures, share documents and print out reports at the library or computer center. Great way to back up your files, too! After working 2 weeks on a report, you don’t want to explain to a professor that your PC died and you can’t get to your document.

Extra sheets - What college student does their laundry religiously every week? If you don’t, an extra set of clean sheets will buy you some time, and help out in case of accidental spills.

Microwave – If your college doesn’t provide one for your floor, you can still eat a hot meal in your room if you can’t make it out, or don’t feel like making the trek to the cafeteria.

And thanks to About.com for these ideas:

Quarters – One word: LAUNDRY. ‘Nuff said.

First aid kit – Just the basics like band-aids and Neosporin will do.

Sewing kit – If this isn’t your style, see our earlier suggestion about Duct Tape ; )
Extension cords – Even though dorm rooms can be on the small side, there are usually a only a limited number of outlets fixed to the wall. To ensure you can make your “room vision” come to life, have an extension cord handy to give you a few extra feet of reach. You can use the duct tape to secure the wire to a wall or floor.
Small fan – You’ll be thankful to have one of these if your dorm building doesn’t have central air. Open the door, crack the window, kick on the fan and breathe.
Umbrella – Don’t have a car parked right outside your dorm? Live on a huge campus and your next class is a half-mile away? Grab an umbrella and you’ll make friends fast.As great last minute add-ons, Alex from Rider University submitted the following suggestions:
A Rug – Alex notes his dorm room rug really gave his place feel more like home.
Mini Fridge – To keep food and drinks cold and fresh for late night snacking, hanging in for the night or when you just can’t make the time to run to the caf between classes.And even though College for me was almost 16 years ago, I wanted to finish with my own timeless suggestion:
Paper towels - You don’t know what went on in your new room before you got there, so give it a good once over and get rid of the dust and gunk before you move your stuff in. They’re also good to keep around in case of the unintended drink and food spills. Nothing like running down the hall to get a paper towel as your orange Crush seeps deeper into your keyboard.

Got some other suggestions to make this even more of the “ultimate” 1st year Dorm Life Survival Kit? If you think of something we missed, leave a comment and let us know! Your dorm room should be a comfortable refuge to study and play as you prepare for a great post-college career.