Undergraduate and graduate students in CSE and other Jacobs School of Engineering departments have until Monday, April 4, 2016, to apply for a Gordon Scholarship for the next school year.
On March 11 the Gordon Engineering Leadership Center held an information session ahead of the application deadline. In addition to the honor of being named a Gordon Scholar, center officials highlighted other opportunities for students taking part in the center's engineering leadership activities. At the end of the year, Gordon Scholars will receive an Engineering Leadership Certificate after taking engineering leadership courses organized by the center. Scholars will also gain access to workshops and forums on topics including leadership, innovation, business and interpersonal skills. Each student is also matched with a mentor from the ranks of executives in San Diego high-tech companies, and the program invites Gordon Scholars to attend exclusive networking events with fellow scholars, alumni and industry.
Acceptance decisions to the Gordon Scholars program are to be made before th eend of the Spring quarter. Applicants to the Graduate Gordon Scholars program must be able to demonstrate engineering leadership, either in the context of a summer internship or as a member of a team behind a successful engineering project of a student organization, industry internship or a project-based course in one of the six engineering departments (including CSE).
Full-time students are not the only target demographic for the Gordon Center. The center is also admitting Professional Gordon Scholars, primarily those with a track record of engineering leadership in high-tech industry or non-profit management. However, the center now requires that all applicants to the Professional program be admitted into the Jacobs School's Master of Advanced Study degree program (and former students in the MAS program are also eligible to apply.