The BULLETIN BOARD

Fellowships, Internships, Misc. Jobs, Misc. Opportunities, Research, Scholarships, & Study Abroad Opportunities

The Biology Department receives many announcements for non-University jobs, fellowships, internships, and scholarships . The following announcements have been sent to us from various sources and contain the information they have have given us. If you have questions, please contact the person/email or mailing address listed on the posting.

If we received an announcement by email the complete announcement is posted on this web page. If we received the announcement by mail (in hard-copy format) only a brief description of the announcement will be posted. Posting dates are in red and a corresponding date is stamped on the announcement and placed in a notebook which is located in the Biology Office. If you are interested in the job and want more information, please stop by the Biology Department Office, Life Science 221, to see our "Red Bulletin Board Book" for complete information (please do not call or email to get more information). This book is accessable during normal working hours; Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (except on holidays).

Good luck finding available opportunities and jobs!

Ruth Hemming

Executive Administrative Specialist

218-726-8811

rhemming@d.umn.edu

Current Listings of Opportunities Available

Fellowships (From Outside the Biology Dept. and UMD)

 

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Internships (From Outside the Biology Dept. and UMD)

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Internships

 

Continuing Program

Internships & Field Experience available thru the Alaska State Parks Volunteer Program

Alaska's state Parks offers approximately 50 summer internship positions through its volunteer program each year. These positions are ranger assistant, backcountry ranger assistant, museum assistant, natural history interpreter; trail crew, park caretaker, and program coordinator for the Junior Ranger program. Our 2001 Alaska State Parks Volunteer Program catalog is available on the website at www.alaskastateparks.org or by writing to the address below. Alaska State Parks Volunteer Program is offered every year and the catalog is updated annually. Each position description indicates whether or not it is an internship, some positions offer field experience only.

Ranger Assistant/Natural History Interpreter /Program Coordinator/Back Country Ranger Assistant/Trail Crew/Park Caretaker/ Museum Assistant

These positions offer housing and an expense allowance. Transportation in Alaska is the responsibility of the volunteer.

Request a catalog with position descriptions and application, or find the catalog on the internet with position status (filled/open).

URL: www.alaskastateparks.org
e-mail: volunteer@dnr.state.ak.us
Phone: (907) 269-8708
Fax: (907) 269-8907
Write: Volunteer Coordinator, Alaska State Parks, 550 W. 7th Ave. Suite 1380, Anchorage, AK 99501-3561

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ERA LABORATORIES, INC.(Duluth, MN) will be hiring Interns for part and full time work. Looking for Biology and Chemistry students with at least one year of school left. Flexible hours during the school year and part to full time during the Summer. *Deadline for applying: None - Continuing Program *
Era Labs is an environmental and aquatic toxicity testing lab. Interns assist the analysts in a wide variety of work.
Send a letter of application or resume stating the courses you have had, when you would be available to work and where you can be reached.
Mail to:
Era Laboratories, Inc.
24 North 21st Ave W.
Duluth, MN 55806
or e-mail: eralabs@aol.com
Please, no phone calls.

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Pacific Whale Foundation Deadline - Continuing Program

The Pacific Whale Foundation is a non-profit organization known for our scientific marine research in the Pacific and our work to protect the endangered humpback whale and other marine animals. We are unique in our ability to conduct long-term, non-invasive studies of endangered marine mammals and their undersea habitats. Many of our studies are well into their second decade.

We are happy to announce that we have openings available for Research Interns to work with our scientists in the field during 2000-001. These Research Internships involve hands-on work and offer opportunities to learn field research techniques including photo-identification of whales and dolphins, observing and documenting behaviors of animals in the wild, using hydrophones and recording/analyzing data. Internship openings are available in Australia or Hawaii.

If you have any questions, please call us at 800-942-5311 and ask for Lizbeth Kendall, our Internship Program Coordinator. Or you can email her at programs@pacificwhale.org or visit our website at www.pacificwhale.org.

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Job Opportunities (From Outside the Biology Dept. and UMD)

 

State of Minnesota - Department of Employee Relations

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Employment

USA JOBS "Working for America"

This is a United States Office of Personnel Management website.

USAJOBS is the Federal Government's official one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.

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Continuing Program

YEAR-ROUND NATURAL RESOURCES FIELD EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES

The Minnesota Conservation Corps (MCC) is a nationally recognized, conservation-based AmeriCorps program within the MN Department of Natural Resources, currently celebrating its 20th year of service to the citizens of Minnesota. MCC members complete high-priority natural resource projects year-round for all of the various disciplines within the MN DNR, including
forestry, wildlife, fisheries, trails, parks, and waters. Some typical projects may include forest inventory, wildlife surveys, snowmobile trail development, prescribed burning, wildland firefighting, waterfowl banding, log shelter construction, stream rehabilitation, tree planting, water access improvement, prairie restoration, electroshocking, GPS/GIS mapping, nesting structure construction, stream flow monitoring, and timber stand improvement (projects vary by season and location throughout the state). Crews also work closely with local schools and community groups, providing environmental education and developing outdoor learning classrooms. MCC members receive formal training in the areas of equipment operation, emergency response, resource management techniques and hands-on experience in a wide variety of conservation projects. MCC is currently soliciting applications for full-time, one-year positions throughout Minnesota beginning in early September. If you are 18-25 years old, a Minnesota resident, interested in natural resources, and a team player, please contact any of the staff listed below for application information. MCC participants receive a living allowance of $904/month, and AmeriCorps benefits including health insurance, student loan deferment, paid training & uniforms, and a post-service education award of $4,725 that may be used for college expenses or to repay qualified student loans. Many sites may also have openings for crew supervisors, which have no age limit, offer similar benefits, and include a stipend of $1,280/month. Free housing available in selected northern locations.

For more information and an application, visit our website @ www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcc

Otherwise, call, write, or E-mail our staff at:

Northwest: Craig Acomb DNR/MCC, 6603 Bemidji Avenue N, Bemidji, MN 56601
(218) 755-4418
craig.acomb@dnr.state.mn.us
Sites: Thief River Falls, Baudette, Blackduck, Bemidji, Guthrie, Detroit Lakes
Northeast: Mike Rice
DNR/MCC, 1201 E. Highway 2, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
(218) 327-4139
mike.rice@dnr.state.mn.us
Sites: Littlefork, Grand Rapids, Virginia, Tower, Grand Marais, Two Harbors, Duluth

Central: Miles Wiegand
DNR/MCC, 1601 Minnesota Drive, Brainerd, MN 56401
(218) 372-3183
miles.wiegand@dnr.state.mn.us
Sites: Brainerd, Aitkin, Moose Lake, Hinckley, Little Falls

Southwest: Jesse Roberts
DNR/MCC, P.O. Box 607, New Ulm, MN 56073-0607
(507) 359-6058
jesse.roberts@dnr.state.mn.us
Sites: Nicollet, Windom, Willmar, Marshall

Southeast: Peg Sveum
DNR/MCC, 2300 Silver Creek Rd NE, Rochester,MN 55906
(507) 280-5581
peg.sveum@dnr.state.mn.us
Sites: Rochester,Faribault, Preston,Caledonia, Winona, Lewiston

Metro: Erik Wrede
DNR/MCC, 1200 Warner Road, St. Paul, MN 55106
(651) 772-7575
erik.wrede@dnr.state.mn.us
Sites: St. Paul, Forest Lake, Rogers

The Minnesota Conservation Corps is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Continuing Opportunity

Dear Educator:

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schoolSTAFF.com to look for jobs. We don’t collect any fees from job seekers, we don’t sell job seeker names, and we don’t charge education employers a placement fee when they hire a job seeker that applied via schoolSTAFF.com.

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Thank you for your time. We hope you’ll tell your students and colleagues about schoolSTAFF.com.

Sincerely,

Robert Allen
schoolSTAFF.com

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Continuing Opportunity

BiologyJobs.com

If you have contact with students, or job seekers in the life sciences who you feel would benefit from posting their resume on BiologyJobs.com, please forward this message or post the attached flyer on your bulletin board. We look forward to assisting with your life science job search needs today and in the future.

Sincerely,
Michael J. Murphy
President, BiologyJobs.com
http://www.BiologyJobs.com

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Updated 4/19/02

Closing Date: None - positions available year-round

Alaskan Observers,Inc - Domestic Fisheries Observer positions available year-round

Groundfish Observer - Domestic Groundfish Observer positions with Alaskan Observers, Inc. (AOI)

Working and living aboard domestic fishing vessels, AOI's observers sample catches for species composition, and for the incidence of salmon, halibut, and crab; they make estimates of total catch; and they collect age structures and gather biological data from target species. The National Marine Fisheries Service uses this information for the purposes of both in-season management and to establish fishing quotas for future seasons.

Gathering, sorting, and weighing a sample at sea is a physically demanding job, and recording the data gathered requires a biologist's attention to detail. Nearly all of our observers are assigned to vessels, though at any one time we do have one or two observers stationed in shore-based or floating processing plants in Alaska. All the vessels we cover are U.S. flagged, and the vast majority of them work in the Bering Sea or Gulf of Alaska; a smaller number work off the West Coast.

This is not a 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. job--rather, twelve to fourteen hour days are the rule, and observers can generally expect to work in three to four-hour bursts three or four times during each day when their vessel is fishing. If a vessel is fishing at night, then sampling must be done at night--sleep has to be fit around an erratic schedule. The work is further complicated by the fact that observers and fisherman have different objectives--diplomatic efforts on the observer's part, aimed at securing a mutually agreeable working environment, are often part of the job.

The vessels we work on make trips of anywhere from one month (this for larger vessels, generally over 150 feet in length, that both catch and process fish) to three days (this for smaller vessels, 60 to 135 feet in length, that deliver their catches to shore-based processing plants). Observers live on their boats, often in crowded and spartan conditions. An observer may spend an entire field deployment aboard a single vessel, though he or she is more likely to spend time working on several different vessels.

During training observers receive the following compensation: 1)$375.00 per week salary 2)reimbursement of up to $140.00 per week (for Seattle trainings) or $175.00 per week (Anchorage trainings) for meal expenses, and 3)lodging.

Upon completion of training, observers are deployed to the field and begin making a salary of $3750.00 per month.

We encourage observers who are successful during their first deployments to return and make additional cruises for AOI. Observers receive incremental salary increases depending on the amount of time they have spent in the field. Currently, our top salary for experienced groundfish observers is $5400.00 per month.

The National Marine Fisheries Service provides observers with survival suits, life-vests, and hard hats, along with all sampling equipment. Observers must provide their own rain gear, which generally costs around $270.00, and their own sleeping bags. If you are hired, we will provide you with more detailed information about what gear and clothing you need to bring with you at the start of your employment, as well as what gear you should wait to purchase in Seattle.

Alaskan Observers, Inc.
130 Nickerson, #206
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 800-483-7310
Fax: 206-283-6519
e-mail: aoistaff@alaskanobservers.com

Visit our homepage at: www.alaskanobservers.com

 

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Miscellaneous Opportunities (From Outside the Biology Dept. and UMD)

Monthly publication: Opportunities ongoing

We receive a monthly publication called "Environmental Opportunities" which announces opportunities throughout the United States. This publication contains many opportunities and would be too time consuming to type onto this page. Please stop by Life Science 221 to see the red "Bulletin Board Book" if you would like to see their postings. Opportunities are listed under the following headings:

Administration, Advocacy, Ecology/Fisheries/Wildlife, Environmental Education, Natural Resources, Nature Center, Organizational, Outdoor Education, Internships, Seasonal, etc.

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Research Opportunities (From Outside the Biology Dept. and UMD)

 

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Undergraduate Opportunities and Research Training Program

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Scholarships (From the Department of Biology, UMD and others)

The Department of Biology honors outstanding students with the following Awards and Scholarships:

Outstanding First Year Biology Student Award
T.O. Odlaug Award (for Outstanding Senior Biology Student)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Pre-veterinary Medicine Award
T.O. Odlaug Scholarships (Two scholarships)
Ed and Alma Turcotte Scholarships (Two Scholarships)

 

For information about these Awards and Scholarships:

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Morris K. Udall Foundation

Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy

www.udall.gov

http://www.udall.gov/p_scholarship.htm

Morris K. Udall Scholarship Program

110 S. Church Ave., Ste. 3350

Tuscon, AZ 85701

520-670-5542

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Student Employment at UMD

Good news!!! Student job postings are now on-line. (Postings are no longer located on the first floor of Darland.) Check out UMD's new Student Employment Website.

For questions regarding general student employment information, please contact Melissa Schwab at 7912 or e-mail mschwab1@d.umn.edu. For questions regarding workstudy, please contact Tracey Zbacnik at 8793 or e-mail tzbacnik@d.umn.edu.

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Study Abroad Opportunities

Continuing Program

Knowledge Exchange Center of International Studies
www.KnowledgeExchange.org
I am writing to inform you about two study/research abroad programs at Moscow State University that are designed specifically for science and pre-med majors. Both programs are conducted in ENGLISH and are all inclusive.

Science, Math and Technology Research Abroad Program at Moscow State University, Puschino Science Center. This program includes intensive laboratory research, under the supervision of senior scientists, preparation for journal publication, and courses in science and Russian studies. The Puschino Science Center is Russia's premier research facility - consisting of 9 institutes with hundreds of laboratories and departments. The Center provides research opportunities in biomedicine, molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology, environmental science, soil science, analytic chemistry, applied mathematics, physics, astronomy, radio-astronomy, biophysics, biochemistry, permafrost and many, many more fields of science. 12 of our students have been published in prominent journals in the USA, Europe and Canada. Please visit http://www.KnowledgeExchange.org/psc.htm for more information.

Medicine and Medical Research Abroad Program at Moscow State University, School of Medicine. This program includes courses in medicine, science and Russian studies, research in medicine, medical technology and pharmacology, and internships at the University clinic. The program is designed for students interested in professional careers as physicians, dentists, pharmacists, researchers and other health related professions. Please visit
http://www.knowledgeExchange.org/fbm.htm for more information.

Both programs include:
* courses, research and internships
* textbooks, and all academic and research fees
* living accommodations in single occupancy rooms at the University dormitory or in hotel rooms managed by the University
* optional home-stay with a Russian family
* medical coverage at the University clinic
* roundtrip travel and ground transportation in Moscow
* visa and other documentation
* on-site director and support staff
* sightseeing and cultural excursions in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novgorod

If you would like references from students who participated or currently participating in the programs please let me. Our students are very happy with the programs and find them academically beneficial and socially rewarding. The Institute also offers professional development opportunities for faculty. For more information visit http://www.KnowledgeExchange.org/cis.htm and follow the menu link to "Schools & Faculty".

Thank you for your time,

Eduard Izraylovsky
Principal Director
eduard.izraylovsky@nyu.edu
1.800.831.5095

Knowledge Exchange Institute
Center for International Studies
P.O. Box 332
West Nyack, NY 10994

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Volunteer Opportunities

 

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Volunteer Opportunities
www.dnr.state.mn.us/omb/volunteer/index.html

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Varied application dates

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

SOUTHWESTERN RESEARCH STATION

VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Thirty to forty volunteer positions are open in 2003 at the American Museum of Natural History's Southwestern Research Station in Portal, Arizona. The Station is located in the scenic Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, which rise from broad valleys to heights of nearly 9,800 feet. Within a short drive, one can encounter five Life zones and their unique biota.

The volunteer program is run annually and offers students in biological sciences outstanding opportunities to observe and become involved with scientists doing field research. Food and lodging are provided to volunteers in exchange for twenty-four hours per week of routine chores, with the remaining time available for research activities. The program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students; the latter may pursue their own research projects.

Volunteers are needed between March 6 and November 1. Appointments are for part of this period, with a minimum appointment of six weeks.

Applicants for spring positions (March - May) should submit applications by February 15, summer volunteers (June - August) by April 1, and fall volunteers (September - November) may apply any time.

Applications are available in the Biology Office at UMD (LSci 221) or contact: Wade C. Sherbrooke, Ph.D., Director, Southwestern Research Station, American Museum.