2008 SBSE Retreat
Scholarships
Application
Deadline: March 5, 2008, 5:00 pm PST
Retreat Registration Deadline: April 7, 2008
Announcement of Scholarship Recipients: March
12, 2008, 5:00 pm PST
Scholarship
Coordinator: Leonard Bachman
<LBachman@mail.UH.edu>

Description
The Society of Building Science
Educators (SBSE) is pleased to announce it will provide up to six
scholarships (valued at $400 each) to qualified students to help defray
the cost of attending the 2008 SBSE
Summer Retreat. Each scholarship will allay most of the on-site
retreat costs including lodging, breakfasts, and retreat materials. Scholarship students pay SBSE
Student Membership Dues ($15), a registration fee ($25) and are
responsible for their travel expenses.
These scholarships are intended to
provide support for students with an interest in teaching environmental
control systems (or a closely related building science). The
scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis following review of
all applications received prior to the application deadline of 5:00pm
PST, March 5, 2008. To be eligible for a scholarship an applicant must
be a graduate student with experience prior to the summer retreat as a
teaching assistant in an environmental control systems (building
science) course. Preference will be given to applicants who are clearly
interested in pursuing a teaching career in building sciences, who are
close to graduation, and who have never attended a summer retreat. The
selection process will favor geographic diversity and balanced
representation from institutions, assuming all other criteria have been
met.
The intent of this scholarship
program is to provide critical support for currently enrolled students
with limited (or no) institutional resources at their disposal. The
program is not targeted at faculty currently holding tenure-track
positions. Interested students are encouraged to seek additional support
from their home institutions (department, college and/or university) to
help defray travel expenses.

How to Apply
There is not a formal application
to fill out and submit. Your application is an email message or Word
document per the criteria that follows.
Applications may be submitted by
surface mail, fax, or e-mail (preferred). They should address the
following issues (which constitute the selection criteria established
for the scholarship). Please submit 1 page only!
1. Contact information:
name of the applicant, institution, address, telephone number, and
e-mail address.
2. Educational background:
current and prior institutions and programs, specific course work in
environmental control systems (building science), and relevant learning
experience through practice (if applicable). Indicate your year of
graduation.
3. Summary of teaching
experiences: as a teaching assistant in environmental control
systems (building science) – briefly describe the scope of your
experience, your roles, and their context.
4. Personal statement:
briefly describe your interest in teaching building sciences, why you
are interested, when you hope to begin teaching, your anticipated
teaching role, and the benefits you expect to derive through
participation in the SBSE Summer Retreat. Please indicate any prior
attendance at SBSE Retreats.
Please applications before
5:00pm PST, March 5, 2008 to:
Leonard Bachman, SBSE
President-Elect
College of Architecture
University of Houston
4800 Calhoun
Houston, TX 77204-4431
E-mail: <LBachman@mail.UH.edu>
Scholarship recipients will be
notified by March 12, 2008, after which they must register for the
retreat on or before April 7, 2008.
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