ACADEMY OFFERS TWO-DAY VIRTUAL CAREERS IN FILM SUMMIT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
Panel discussions with Rick Baker, Tobin Bell, Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, John Carpenter, Annie Chang, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lora Hirschberg, Andrea Kalas, Shannon McIntosh, Gerard McMurray, Theresa Rygiel, Luis Sequeira, Terri Taylor and more on Oscars.org
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LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present its 6th annual and first virtual Careers in Film Summit on Saturday, October 24 and Saturday, October 31. The two-day event will provide high school seniors and college students the opportunity to learn about careers in the motion picture industry from Academy members, Oscar®-winning and nominated filmmakers and other industry professionals.

The Academy’s Careers in Film Summit is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation.
The event is free, but registration is required to obtain the Zoom access. For more information and to register, visit Oscars.org/events.

​UMass Women in Engineering Extravaganza for High School Students Tuesday, October 20th – Friday, October 30th 
While we’re packing the two weeks with opportunities to make connections with awesome women engineering undergraduate and graduate students as well as women alumni and friends working in the field, ALL students are welcome, either as individuals or through your classrooms.

Click here to see details on the dates/times/events. We’re working on a few more to add! LIVE events will be via Zoom, but we’ll be posting everything in a platform called Hopin.to, where you’ll be able to access recordings “on demand” from October 21st - 23rd and 28th - 30th. About Hopin.To: Drop-in to Hopin.to to learn more about UMass Engineering and see if engineering is a career path for you. You'll be able to explore engineering student clubs and organizations through their Expo booths. We'll post recordings of all the live panels and design challenge launches from the week in case you missed them. Some of our departments will also post messages. We'll be updating the site throughout the three days as information becomes available, and we'll open the site up again during week 2!

REGISTER HERE (FREE) TO ACCESS OUR HOPIN.TO PLATFORM: https://hopin.to/events/women-in-engineering-days

Engineering Challenges: We have a number of engineering challenges that will launch October 20th – 22nd.
We’ll have lots of support for you over the two weeks to work on your challenges, and a “report back” on Friday, October 30th for you to share what you’ve learned. Descriptions are at the end of this document.
Register Interest in Challenges: https://tinyurl.com/2020EngineeringDaysChallenges

Questions? Email Us! engindiversity@umass.edu

Wall Street Bootcamp (for High Schoolers) offers a fun, fast-paced program where students master the fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Wall Street. Students will team up, create virtual stock portfolios, and measure performance.  Students will learn the building blocks of turning concepts into companies, participate in writing a business plan as part of a team, and present their prototype to a mock "Shark Tank." 
 
Course Runs Four Thursdays, Oct 22 - Nov 12, 3:30-5:30pm
MORE INFO https://arlington.ce.eleyo.com/course/73/fall-2020/wall-street-boot-camp
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