Fwd: Undergrad Diversity at SSE 2003

[Liz Zimmer]

>Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:37:45 -0800 (PST)
>From: sedwards <sedwards at u.washington.edu>
>To: "S. Edwards" <sedwards at u.washington.edu>
>Subject: Undergrad Diversity at SSE 2003
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>Please spread the word about this year's Undergraduate Diversity
>Program at SSE/SSB in Chico. Deadline May 20. See below and
>attached for further details.
>
>Scott Edwards
>
>DIVERSITY AT SSE/SSB 2003: Call for applications for undergraduates of
>diverse backgrounds to attend the 2003 meeting of the Society for the
>Study of Evolution/Society of Systematic Biologists
>
>***and***
>
>Call for volunteer mentors for this program from graduate students,
>postdocs and faculty.
>
>In 2001 14 undergraduates of diverse backgrounds received funding from a
>pilot NSF- Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) grant
>to attend the annual meetings of SSE/SSB in Knoxville, Tennessee, present
>posters, and interact with graduate student, postdoc and faculty mentors.
>The program will take place again at the 2003 meetings this June in Chico,
>CA and we are now accepting applications.  The application deadline is May
>20, 2003.  Applications will consist of a title, author line and abstract
>of the poster to be presented by the undergraduate; a one or two paragraph
>(no more than 1 page) statement of academic interests and career goals and
>of how attending the Evolution meetings will help meet these goals; and
>one letter of recommendation from the undergraduates research advisor.
>All materials should be submitted as pdf files and emailed to emailed to
>Zach Simmons, assistant to Scott Edwards, at divrsty at u.washington.edu.
>Applications will be accepted only from students registered or very
>recently graduated from U.S. institutions, including Puerto Rico (i.e.,
>having finished classes during the winter or spring semesters before the
>meeting) and traveling to the meeting from within the US.  Students
>demonstrating a need for funds to attend SSE/SSB will be given preference,
>and will be selected so that as a group, they will increase cultural
>diversity among undergraduates at Evolution meetings.
>
>In addition to applications from undergraduates, we hope to receive email
>notices (to divrsty at u.washington.edu.) from graduate students, postdocs
>and faculty who wish to serve as undergraduate mentors for the meetings.
>Duties will include meeting with a pair of undergraduates in the program,
>attending and demystifying a half-day of talks with them, joining them for
>a meal, introducing them to colleagues and in general befriending them in
>ways that make evolutionary biology seem like a welcoming discipline.  No
>costs for travel, housing or registration are covered. Please spread the
>word about this very rewarding activity.
>
>For full details on selection criteria for undergraduate applicants and an
>overview of activities in 2001 please see
>http://depts.washington.edu/scotte/diversity or contact one of the program
>PIs or organizers:
>
>Scott V. Edwards, University of Washington (sedwards at u.washington.edu)
>Elizabeth Zimmer, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
>(zimmer at lms.si.edu)
>Richard Kliman, Cedar Crest College (rmkliman at cedarcrest.edu)
>
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Elizabeth Anne Zimmer, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator/Research Biologist
Department of Systematic Biology
Laboratories of Analytical Biology
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Museum Support Center, MRC 534
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Suitland, MD   20746
Phone:  301-238-3444 X106
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