June and July 2008

As a follow-up to last summer’s successful tours, a second series of site tours has been arranged for our Summer Research students and faculty during June and July. These tours are designed to provide professional development opportunities to our students. The purpose of these visits is not just to hear about some products, but for students to see first hand that keeping laboratory records is important, the importance of patents in an industrial environment, and that knowing the literature of a field and how to access it are skills you must develop.

If you are interested in any of the following professional opportunities, please view the individual tour pages for details and sign up immediately. Please feel free to discuss these opportunities with your peers.

Tour #1:     Beckman Coulter (Brea)
                    Tuesday, June 17th

Tour #2:     Three Valleys MWD (Claremont)
                     Tuesday, July 1st

Tour #3:     The Rand Corp. (Santa Monica)
                     Tuesday, July 8th

Tour #4:     South Coast Air Quality Management District (Diamond Bar)
                     Tuesday, July 15th

The times listed on each tour page, are based on estimated travel time to and from the site.

All of these companies want the names of the visitors sent to them a week or several days before our arrival, hence the importance of early sign-ups.  

Please remember these visits are to professional research facilities and you will be treated as a young professional.  Being accorded such treatment means you are responsible to represent yourself and HMC professionally. Dress should be business casual which means no shorts, tank tops or flip flops.  Keep in mind you may be visiting a future employer.

Sign-ups are available –  please send an email to DruAnn_Thomas@hmc.edu or call 70898 to sign up for any of these tours.

All students may sign up but first priority will be given to Summer Research students.