SkyTeach Calendar

"Classroom Management for School Safety and Security in the Secondary Classroom"

Mr. David Almand, SKyTeach Master Teacher                    

Open to all WKU faculty, staff, students and community members.

Participants will receive professional development certificates

Refreshments will be provided

For inquiries, contact Dr. Martha Day

WKU’s Engineering Department and the Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers will be hosting the Mammoth Cave chapter MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday (Feb. 16).

More than 50 students from four schools are expected to participate in the middle school math competition at WKU, one of 13 sites across the state. The WKU competition will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Snell Hall and Engineering and Biological Sciences building. The event features individual competitions, team competitions and a countdown round among the top 10 individuals. The countdown round will begin about 12:30 p.m. in Snell Hall, room 1108.

WKU is a statewide sponsor of the MATHCOUNTS competition for the second consecutive year and will be awarding scholarships to the top three individual finishers at all 13 chapter competitions— a total of 39 scholarships. At each chapter competition, the first-place individual winner will receive a full, four-year in-state tuition scholarship; the second-place individual finishers will receive a four-year, $1,000 scholarship; and the third-place individual finishers will receive a four-year, $500 scholarship.

Contact: Engineering Department, (270) 745-2461.

D.I.Y. Physics is the theme for the 2013 Western Kentucky Physics Olympics on Feb. 23.

The 2013 Western Kentucky Physics Olympics will be held Feb. 23 at Thompson Complex Central Wing.

Teams from Allen County-Scottsville, Barren County, Bowling Green, Franklin-Simpson, Greenwood, South Warren and Warren Central high schools are preparing to compete. Sponsored by the Department of Physics & Astronomy, the half-day competition consists of a pentathlon of challenging problem-solving activities that reward teamwork, creativity and communication.

This year’s event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Thompson Complex Central Wing. Registration deadline is Feb. 15. Teams can register online at http://physics.wku.edu/olympics/registration.html.

The competition will begin with two activities that involve competitors arriving at the event ready to compete with things the teams have designed, constructed and tested. The competition titled Bouncing Polymers requires each team to use household ingredients to create a bouncing ball that bounces to the greatest height when dropped from a fixed height. For Carbonated Geysers each team will construct a system such that a Mentos-powered geyser of diet soda pop spews to the greatest height and can be aimed to fill a distant bucket as efficiently as possible.

This year’s “Calculation/Communication Challenge” is Molecular Isomers and will require each team to divide into pairs and cooperatively transform one deadly molecule into an innocuous isomer form.

The others events are an “On-the-Spot Activity” and “Order-of-Magnitude Quiz.”

Each of the four contestants on the team with the best score in the overall competition will receive a $600 scholarship to attend WKU. Medals for the team members and a plaque for the school will be awarded to the top three teams in the overall competition. Certificates will be awarded to the top three teams in each event.

Contact: Richard Gelderman, (270) 745-6203.

"Walk the Talk: How to Talk Like a Teacher, Think Like a Teacher, and Be a Teacher!"

Mr. Bill Walters, Assistant Director - WKUGlasgow

*Mrs. Ellen Gott will be speaking the first 30 minutes about Rank 1 and Rank 2 Certification

The Ogden College Career Fair is Wednesday, February 27th from 10a-1p. Employers will be set up in the following areas:

• EST 2nd floor
• Snell Hallways 1 & 2
• EBS 2nd floor

This is a great chance to network with employers about internships and full-time employment opportunities.

Below you will find the most recent list of registered employers. Registration continues, so bring extra copies of your resume and be sure to visit all hallways to see every employer attending.

• BGMU - http://www.bgmu.com/index.cgi
• SCA - http://www.sca.com/
• Farm Credit Mid-America - http://www.e-farmcredit.com/
• Altec Industries - http://www.altec.com/
• Delta Faucet Company - http://www.deltafaucetcompany.com/
• LG & E and KU - http://www.lge-ku.com/
• Logan Aluminum - http://www.logan-aluminum.com/
• J.M. Smucker Company - http://www.smuckers.com/family_company/about_us/default.aspx
• HMB Professional Engineers, Inc. - http://www.hmbconsultants.com/about.htm
• Crop IMS - http://www.cropims.com/CropIMS/default.aspx
• GSKyTeach - http://www.wku.edu/gskyteach/how_it_works.php
• Bridgestone - http://www.bridgestone.com/jobs/
• H&R Agri-Power - http://www.hragripower.com/careers.php
• US Air Force - http://www.airforce.com/careers/
• Chemical & Industrial Engineering (C&I Engineering) - http://www.cieng.com/
• Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. - http://www.sewsus.com/welcome.html
• General Motors - http://www.gm.com/
• DuPont Pioneer - http://www.pioneer.com/home/site/about
• Alltech Inc. - http://www.alltechinc.net/
• Boardwalk Pipeline Partners - http://www.bwpmlp.com/
• Crop Production Services - http://www.cpsagu.com/
• The Davey Tree Expert Co. - http://www.davey.com/about/jobs.aspx
• HeathCo LLC - http://www.heath-zenith.com/aboutus.htm
• Vectren Corporation - https://www.vectren.com/web/index.jsp
• University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service - http://ces.ca.uky.edu/ces/
• Wheat Tech, Inc. - http://www.wheattech.com/
• Span Tech, LLC - http://www.spantechllc.com/
• Kentucky Copper, Inc - http://www.kentuckycopper.com/

Do you need assistance preparing your resume or knowing what to do at or how to dress for the job fair? Stop by and get quick help on these days:

• Monday, Feb. 11, EBS 2134 from 11:30-1:30pm
• Tuesday, Feb. 12, EBS 2134 from 3:00-4:30pm
• Tuesday, Feb. 19, EST lobby from 9:30am-11:30am
• Wednesday, Feb. 20 EST lobby from Noon - 2pm

Hope to see you at the fair, if not before!
Lana Kunkel
WKU Career Services Center

Lana Kunkel

lana.kunkel@wku.edu

Assistant Director, WKU Career Services Center

270-745-3095 - www.wku.edu/career