VeloCity Demo Day this Thursday

Student teams from VeloCity will be setting up shop in the Davis Centre Foyer on Thursday, July 19, for an afternoon of pitches, demonstrations and networking at the VeloCity Demo Day event.

The event begins with pitches at 12:00 p.m., with demos and networking taking place at 1:30 p.m. and thereafter.

Registration details are online, with two $1000 awards to be given away as well as the opportunity to vote in the People's Choice Award, which can be cast in person or online during Demo Day.

The event wraps up at 3:00 p.m.

Student teams have been participating in a series of Pitch Nights leading up to the big event on Thursday.

Follow along @uwvelocity for more details.

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So, you want to be a Rhodes Scholar?

from the Graduate Studies Office

The Rhodes Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship supporting exceptional students at the University of Oxford in England. Established in the will of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, the Rhodes is the oldest and perhaps most prestigious international scholarship program in the world.

Applicants for the Rhodes Scholarship are assessed for their intellectual distinction, physical vigour, character, commitment to service, and leadership. Proven intellectual and academic attainment of a high standard is the first quality required of applicants, but they will also be required to show integrity of character, sympathy for and protection of the weak, the ability to lead, and the energy to use their talents to the full.

Candidates must be Canadian citizens or persons domiciled in Canada and have been born between October 2, 1988 and October 1, 1994. Applicants must have received an undergraduate degree before taking up the scholarship. Candidates may apply either in the province in which they are ordinarily resident (some exceptions apply) or in the province in which they have attended university.

Applications and reference letters must be filed online through the website for the Rhodes Trust in Oxford no later than October 12th, 2012.* (the University of Waterloo authorization code is “ON057”)

As the Rhodes Scholarship application process is online, students may request an official electronic copy of their Waterloo transcript from Heidi Mussar by emailing hmussar@uwaterloo.ca. Candidates who are endorsed by the University and subsequently shortlisted for an interview at Rhodes will be required to provide an original transcript, sealed and stamped by the University.

All candidates applying through the University of Waterloo must participate in an internal screening process and earn the endorsement of the University President. Therefore, Waterloo candidates must submit a hardcopy of their application to Heidi Mussar in the Graduate Studies Office no later than September 7th, 2012.

Six letters of reference are required as part of the Rhodes Scholarship application. Once a candidate has registered their referee details in their online application, the Rhodes Trust will email referees to advise them how to submit their letters of appraisal online. Candidates must also ask their referees to submit a copy of their reference letter electronically to Heidi Mussar in the Graduate Studies Office no later than September 7th.

Applicants selected for the Waterloo interview will be contacted by email by Friday, September 14th. The University Scholarship Selection Committee will then determine which applicants will be endorsed by the university and will organize a supporting letter to be signed by the President of the University of Waterloo.

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to familiarize themselves with the complete scholarship criteria and apply using the online application found at http://www.canadianrhodes.org/welcome.

Should you have any questions please contact Heidi Mussar by email at hmussar@uwaterloo.ca.

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