Google Student Blog: January 2013

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Life at the Googleplex: Launching your career in Silicon Valley

January 22, 2013

Start something global: Your career at Google.

For the fourth time, Google has been selected as the #1 place to work in the US by Fortune Magazine and the Great Place to Work Institute (http://goo.gl/8dgyk). Tune in to this upcoming Hangout On Air on Jan. 24 to learn about what it’s like to launch your career at the Googleplex in Silicon Valley. Googlers from Europe, Asia, & Latin America will talk about their experiences moving to Silicon Valley and working at the Googleplex. Submit your questions for these Googlers by creating a public post on Google+ and including the hashtag#GoogleplexHangout.
Official website:http://google.com/jobs/mountainview
Posted by Harrison Shanklin, University Programs Team

Google Online Marketing Challenge 2013 - Professor Registration is Now Open!

January 16, 2013

We are excited to announce that Professor Registration for the 2013 Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC 2013) is now open.

Now in its 6th year, the Google Online Marketing Challenge is a yearly global online marketing competition for students from higher education institutions around the world. Student teams develop and run a successful online advertising campaign through Google AdWords for a real business or non-profit organization, using US$250 budget provided by Google. Winning teams are selected by a panel of academics and Google, based on the success of their campaign.

Apart from gaining hands-on digital marketing experience, students compete for some great prizes:

The global winners and their professor win a seven-day trip to San Francisco, including one day at Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, to meet Googlers from the AdWords, University Programs and Marketing teams.

The global winners also receive computing devices along with other Google products.

Digital devices for all global and regional winners across all categories including their mentoring professors.

Regional AdWords core competition winners win trips to regional offices.

The opportunity to win donations worth a total of $30,000 for the non-profit partners.

Over 50,000 students from almost 100 countries have participated in past years.
Last year’s challenge featured over 10,000 students representing over 80 countries, and this year’s challenge is expected to boast even more.

In order for student teams to participate in the competition, they first need to have a professor register. Professors can register from today until May 3rd. Please note that student registration will open February 12th.

For more information and to see what’s new this year, visit the brand new GOMC website at www.google.com/onlinechallenge, and add the new GOMC G+ page to your circles! google.com/+googleonlinemarketingchallenge

Here’s your chance to make a global impact!

Posted by Claire Lloyd, The Google Online Marketing Challenge Team

More Google scholarship opportunities — apply today!

January 15, 2013

Following up from last week’s scholarships announcement, we are very excited to announce the launch of three more Google scholarships for underrepresented students in computer science!

Google Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship - Deadline: March 4, 2013

Google SVA Scholarship for student veterans - Deadline: March 31, 2013

Google UNCF Scholarship - Deadline: March 31, 2013

Scholarship recipients will each receive a $10,000 scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year and will be invited to attend the all-expenses-paid annual Google Scholars’ Retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of the applicants’ academic background, leadership, and their demonstrated passion for computer science.

Posted by Azusa Liu, Student Development Programs

Calling student coders: Hardcode, the secure coding contest for App Engine

January 14, 2013

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Applications now available for Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship and Google LIME Scholarship

January 11, 2013

Photo by Robert Fischer, Google engineer

We are very excited to announce the first round of Google scholarships opening up in North America!

The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship is open to current female students who are entering their senior year of undergraduate study or enrolled in a graduate program in the 2013-2014 academic year at a university in the United States or Canada.

The Google Lime Scholarship for students with disabilities is open to students who are entering their junior or senior year of undergraduate study or enrolled in a graduate program in the 2013-2014 academic year at a university in the United States or Canada.

Students should be enrolled in a computer science, computer engineering or a closely related technical program, and maintain a record of strong academic performance. Scholarship recipients will be awarded a $10,000 USD or $5,000 CAD award and will be invited to attend the annual Google Scholars’ Retreat—a networking retreat at the Googleplex in Mountain View in the summer of 2013.

The deadline for both scholarships is Monday, February 18, 2013. Apply today!

Please continue to check the Google Students Blog for upcoming scholarship applications opening soon!

Posted by Azusa Liu, Student Development Programs

Advanced Power Searching with Google -- Registration Opens Today

January 10, 2013

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GLIDE Celebrates Its First Anniversary In Tokyo

January 8, 2013

Introduction: Aimee, a former Anita Borg Scholarship finalist studying computer science at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, writes about her experience attending the GLIDE One Year Anniversary Event.

To be a woman in the field of computer science is both an honor and a duty. This is how I can summarize the event I recently joined on December 8 at the Google Tokyo office. It was the first anniversary of Girls Leading in Development and Engineering (GLIDE), a group of former Anita Borg Scholars and finalists and BOLD Engineering Interns in Japan. After spending almost eight hours of having fun and brainstorming with other GLIDErs, and listening to the remarkable talk of a career stylist and a former Googler Kelly Studer, I realized that once again, I have been given so much. Not only did I tremendously enjoy that day’s activities but my knowledge on a number of important matters increased.

I began this write up by saying that being a woman in CS is both an honor and a duty. I derived this from the theme of Kelly Studer’s talk, “Becoming the Next Generation of Female Leaders in Computer Science”. It is indeed an honor to be one of the very few who have taken this path. And this honor carries with it corresponding duties of being a leader, which Kelly brilliantly elaborated in her talk. The other ideas Kelly pointed out were actually applied in the other happenings we had for that day. The team building activity, the Marshmallow Challenge, where each group had to build a tower from spaghetti sticks was for me an occasion “to know myself” and others better, specifically as regards working in a team project. The biggest challenge came when we had to let the noodle tower crowned with a marshmallow stand on its own. It was indeed a test of being able to “stay centered and creative in the face of chaos” even if what should have been an Eiffel tower of noodle sticks ended up looking more like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The day culminated with the group discussions where I think Kelly’s advice to “build a community of dynamic relationships, form powerful alliances and achieve mutual goals” was employed. Each group had to brainstorm on three topics, which are GLIDE’s goals for 2013. The first topic is how to stay connected. For this to be addressed, GLIDE now has a Google+ Community page for its members. The next topic is on the technical and professional development of the members. Participation in tech talks, hackathons, programming contests and other CS related events and sharing of technical skills and useful information were suggested. Lastly, the GLIDErs resolved that there should be more girls and women walking this less traveled path, and that in order to attract more girls to computer science is for each GLIDEr to be a role model, another idea Kelly Studer mentioned in her talk.

Being a struggling mother and graduate student, my sphere of influence is now limited unlike when I was a CS teacher in high school where there was more direct opportunity to attract more girls to this field. That is why, I am thankful that I belong to GLIDE. Not only does the community support and provide beneficial activities to the members, it gives each one a chance to be a Female Leader in Computer Science even in her own little way.

Take a look at more photos on the GLIDE page on Google+.

Posted by Yumi Oishi, People Programs Specialist

Announcing Google’s Internal Technology Intern Program

January 7, 2013

We are pleased to announce Google's new Internal Technology Intern Program and hope that you will consider applying!

What does it mean to be an IT Intern?

The Internal Technology Intern Program is designed for students who have a passion for providing technical user support and who are currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree to be completed between December 2013 and December 2014. Based in one of our offices across North America, this 12-week program is an introduction into IT support at Google.

IT Interns will learn what it takes to support and scale Google’s internal technology from our infrastructure to the end user. They will become a go-to person for Googlers' computer hardware and software needs, providing front line user support for all of Google's internal tools and technologies. Beyond the day-to-day, they will improve the Googler user experience by contributing to longer term projects and documentation efforts.

Did we catch your attention? Here's how to apply.

The IT Intern Program is open to all qualified college students looking to work in the IT industry. While we think you'll have a leg up if you've majored in IS/IT/MIS/CS, we're really looking for people with a passion for technology and eager to learn. We are committed to addressing diversity in the field of IT and students who are a member of a group that is historically underrepresented in the technology industry are encouraged to apply.

Applicants will need to apply online and submit a resume and unofficial transcript. There is no application deadline, but we do encourage you to apply sooner rather than later as spaces are limited.

The online application can be found on our Students Job Site along with detailed information about the 2013 program.

Posted by Caitlin Merrell, University Programs

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