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Jan 10 2024: Fire Update from Pasadena and Opportunity to Support


Update from Jared Ashcroft on the wildfire emergency in the Los Angeles area, including Pasadena City College students and faculty.


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Dec 17 2024: Student Career and Internship Opportunity


Share This Article Student Travel Funds Available! Explore Emerging Careers: TechConnect World 2025 Workforce Development Program Click here:➡️ Learn More and Apply Today TechConnect World 2025 is returning with a […]


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Nov 05 2024: Internships, Jobs, Student Success


You see that loving nudge from one horse to another? Just imagine that is someone from the nano community giving you a nudge to share our news with a peer today. 🙂


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Oct 21 2024: Student Ani Hakobyan, NASA Scholarship, and Dept of Energy Internships


Share This Article Read more about Ani Hakobyan’s Community College Journey. U.S. Department of Energy Applications are now open for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Summer 2025 Undergraduate Internship Programs. […]


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Oct 07, 2024: SEMI Foundation news, Vac Tech still open


Share This Article Tune in to all the MNT-EC News this week. Scroll, scroll… Update 08OCT: Talking Technicians Latest Podcast Episode Drops… Click the Play button (to right) in the […]


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Sept 16, 2024: Check out the MNT Events Calendar


Image of Science STEM Students in a futuristic collage. Created by TJ McCue via Midjourney AI _Prompt included in MNT “This Week in Small”


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September 9: Clean Room Technician Job Opp, AT3 Still Open


Updates on the new AT³, the 8-month Advanced Technology Technician Training program designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, & abilities essential for a successful career as a technician in the micro and nano industries.


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August 19: AT3 Bus Is On The Move


Share This Article That’s it. That’s the focus this week. AT3. Catch the bus. Learn more here at the AT3 Apply Now section. You will see an Apply Now button […]


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Center Manager Recognized and Faculty Wanted!


Share This ArticleRight next door, so to speak, in the Think Small news section is a photo and profile of our beloved Center Manager, Billie Copley. Please read it and […]


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Registered Apprenticeship Success, New Vacuum Tech Courses, Lecturer Job at NAU


Share This ArticleRegistered Apprenticeship IEEE Article GlobalFoundries’ Registered Apprenticeship in Malta, NY, creates a vital / valuable pipeline of technicians with hands-on mechanical and electrical skills for the semiconductor industry. […]


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June 24: TechConnect World, The White House, and Important Discussions


Cohort of 20 students who visited the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in 2024 — learn more about how undergrads in MNT-EC programs find and participate in amazing opportunities.


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June 10: Apprenticeships, Veteran Survey, and Free PCC Discovery Courses


Share This Article—Updates & New additions at end of post Apprenticeship Program at Purdue University You probably recognized the “Grow Your Future” image above if you are an MNT newsletter […]


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June 3: Free Microengineering School


Share This Article — There are a FEW Seats left!! — Register here Or, if you want to read more, the ANFF-SA PDF is below where you can read it […]


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April 7: Virtual Semiconductor Career Fair


Share This ArticleWhat you’ll find here in This Week in Small: “MNT-EC’s Talking Technicians podcast is about technicians in the micro and nano industry. Our podcast guests share their real […]


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March 25: Solar Eclipse Details


Share This Article March 25, 2024: This Week in Small March 26 Update: Adding THREE Cool Events (2 online; 1 in-person in Minnesota) Solar Eclipse Livestream Details “For those not […]


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March 4: Nano News, Internships, Veteran Jobs


Share This ArticleThis Week in Small: Curated News – articles and research that we’ve found or that has been shared with us by our most-loved subscribers (that means you – […]


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01-22-2024: Community College Innovation Challenge 2024


Share This ArticleJan 22, 2024 – This Week in Small Join the 2024 Community College Innovation Challenge! We’re dedicating This Week In Small to the Innovation Challenge from the American […]


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This Week in Small: 2024 Is Gonna Be Lit


Share This ArticleSometimes, the young people have all the best sayings… 😉 First, Dr. Ashcroft’s next Director’s Message post is about Student Recruitment. If you want that hot off the […]


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This Week in Small: Research Award Winner; Plus up to $20,000 in ACS Seed Grants


Share This Article Program manager, John-David R. Rocha, Ph.D. for the American Chemical Society (ACS) shared the following links and information with MNT Center Director, Dr. Jared Ashcroft with this […]


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Autumn Recap for MNT-EC


Share This ArticleWhat we’re reading: NSF congratulates laureates of the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry Summary: The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei […]


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Vacuum Tech, Statistical Process, Semiconductors


Share This ArticleVacuum Systems Technology at Normandale Community College Vacuum systems play a key role as an enabling technology, supporting vital processes in the production of many everyday products, and […]


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New Pilot Program: J ATE Connect


Share This Article The Journal of Advanced Technological Education (J ATE) is embarking on a new pilot program: J ATE Connect – focused on increasing the number and quality of […]


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This Week In Small: Understanding Micro and Nanotechnology


Share This Article Of course, our readers and visitors probably already have a good grasp of micro and nanotechnology. But that does not mean everyone does. We write to inform […]


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This Week in Small: CHIPS Act and Semiconductor Technician Training


Share This ArticleAs many of you know, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is in motion with proposals being requested by the Department of Commerce from industry and educational […]


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This Week In Small: New Nano Program at Rio Salado College, Semiconductor News


Share This ArticleYou may have read last week about a couple of our PCC students who were awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Both of them had one person in common, […]


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Nanotechnology solutions for climate change


Share This ArticleDON’T MISS THIS ONE!: If you are interested in nanotechnology solutions for climate change, don’t miss this virtual meeting on this Wed, April 26 at 630PM Eastern time, […]


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This Week in Small: NIST Internship Opportunity _04-10-2023


Share This ArticleBelow is a letter from NEATEC, a MNT-EC Partner and Ally. There’s still time for students to consider and apply. Info on the photo that marks this post […]


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This Week In Small: Your Future In Nanotechnology Video playlist 03-12-2023


Share This Article View the MNT-EC Playlist on YouTube: Your Future in Nanotechnology This terrific YouTube playlist comes from Dr. Marco Curreli at The Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC). […]


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This Week in Small: Lab Activities, Science Experiments 2-27-2023


Share This ArticleWhat We’re Reading || February 27, 2023: This Week In Small Jesse Versluys in his Science for Everyone blog has another big list with tons of vetted science […]


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This Week in Small: Student Events, Research


Share This ArticleWhat we’re reading || February 20, 2023: This Week In Small. In this weekly curation, we have a couple of opportunities/calls for students to share their research, projects, […]


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This Week In Small: Student Success, Classroom Documentaries


Share This Article Did you know MNT-CURN mentor and PCC alum, Sophia Barber, achieved her first publication recently. She was published in Neurobiology of Disease. Read about it on our […]


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