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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 06:00:26 CDT
Original-From: "Saulo A. Lopez-Rosell" <LOPEZROS@UCS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject: Scholarship Money
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 Interested in a Reaseach Fellowship for the summer?

  How about working for MERCK as a summer intern?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions then you will be happy to know
that a friend of ours in Caltech sent Club Latino some information about these
opportunities.

If anybody wants more information about these oportunities please send me an
e-mail message to vicsilhy@athena.mit.edu or call me at (617)227-7824 and I will
be glad to give you more information.

Please call me or send me an e-mail if you are interested as soon as possible
since the deadlines are coming up SOON.

Victor M. Silhy
vicsilhy@athena.mit.edu

- --1--------Summer Research at CALTECH.  June-August 1992----------------------

	MINORITY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARRCH FELLOWSHIPS
 in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Biotechnology.

     Sponsored by the California Institute of Technology

- -----Program Highlights.
		   Each student will work in the laboratory of a Caltech faculty
member, in a research area mached to the interests expressed in the student's
application. Guidance and supervision of the research project will be provided
by the faculty member along with a post-doctoral fellow and/or advanced graduate
student.
	Weekly seminars and round-table discussions led by Caltech faculty will
be given on different areas of research at the frontiers of science.
	The ability to communicate effectively is an essencial aspect of
scientific training. Weekly sessions will provide students with practical
training in methods of scientific presentation. This will culminate with an oral
presentationby each student on his/her project at the end of the summer program.
	Counseling and advise will be provided on a variety of topics, including
graduate admissions, financial aid, and career opportunities in the biological
and chemical sciences.
	There will be opportunities to enjoy social, cultural, and outdoor
activities in Pasadena and in the greater Los Angeles are.


- ------Duration of Summer Program

Students may work for 8 to 10 weeks, beginning on June 15.

- ------Application Requirements
				Applicants must be:

		1) U.S. citizen or permanent resident aliens
		2) African American, Hispanic, Native American, Puerto Rican, or
Pacific Islander.
		3) Undergraduate sophmore or junior at the time of application

- ------Financial Support
			Each participant will receive:

		1)A fellowship stipend of $360 per week.
		2)Round-trip travel expenses.
		3)Housing on the Caltech campus at no charge. Meals and other
expenses are not covered.

- --2---------------INTERNSHIP WITH
 MERCK-----------------------------------------

Merck employs over 450 interns annually throughout the U.S. sites, however this
particular intern opportunity is being offered by the pharmaceutical section of
the Merck Manufacturing Division (MMD) in West Point, PA. The 320 acre plant
site -- with its campus-like atmosphere -- is located 30 miles N.W. of
Philadelphia.

WHO'S ELIGIBLE?
		The program is competitive; they are looking for students with
solid academics, as well as exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills.
During the summer of 1992, MMD-Pharmaceutical anticipates hosting approximately
forty interns from the following disciplines to work in areas such as Technical
Services, Facilities Eng., Industrial Eng., Power Systems, Environmental Eng.,
Biological and Pharmaceutical Production Operations, & Quality Control:

BioE, BiochemE, CE, ChE, EE, EnvE, IE, ME
Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Biochemistry, Chemistry
Pharmacy
Communications( Audio-Visual)
Veterinary Medicine

FOR MORE INFO. / TO APPLY:

Send Cover letter and current resume to :
					Ms. L.B. Workman
				   Summer Intern Program Coordinator
					MMD (WP62M-6)
				    West Point, PA 19486