Paleonet: Paleontological Society Undergraduate Opportunity-- due tomorrow!

[Lockwood, Rowan]

The Paleontological Society seeks to support undergraduate students interested in a career in paleontology who plan to attend the 2020 virtual Geological Society of America meeting (Oct 26-30, 2020).


A limited number of grants are available to offset the student registration fee ($125) for the virtual conference.


In addition to registration support, students will participate in a three month long mentoring opportunity with professional paleontologists and receive a free 1‐year student membership to the Paleontological Society


In exchange, PS‐SAP students will be expected to volunteer virtually at the PS booth for at least 5 hours during the meeting, and to use social media (e.g., blogs, Facebook, Twitter) to communicate to the Society about their experience at the meeting. In this way, students will serve as “ambassadors” for the Society.


To be eligible, students must be enrolled as an undergraduate student at an institution of higher education, have a stated interest in learning more about careers in paleontology, and be willing to use social media to promote PS activities at the conference. Students with diverse backgrounds (including race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, neurodiversity, accessibility, first-generation college, etc.) are encouraged to apply.


All documents must be received by Monday, Sept 7th.


Note that, when GSA meets in person once again, undergraduates who graduated from Summer 2020 through Summer 2021 will still be eligible to apply for this program.


For more info, please see:

<http://paleosoc.org/students/paleontological-society-student-ambassador-program/>https://paleosoc.org/students/paleontological-society-student-ambassador-program/


Please help us spread the word!

Rowan

Rowan Lockwood
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Professor and Chair
Dept of Geology
William & Mary


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