Greetings,
To all students (or those of you who might have students) attending the
M&M 2009 meeting in Richmond, please consider the student bursary
program offered by MSA. The purpose of these bursaries is to encourage
students to attend the annual MSA/MAS Microscopy and Microanalysis
meeting, where they can meet and interact with the established
microscopy community while defraying some meeting costs.
The students work for 20 hours (or up to 40 hours) during the meeting
and pre-meeting events and are paid $10 an hour. The jobs involve such
things as providing support in the different symposia (helping with
audio-visual needs, maintaining an attendance count, and helping
speakers set up for their presentation), staffing the MSA Megabooth or
volunteer office, monitoring use of the Internet Café, and helping with
poster set-up and take-down.
Once the final program has been established, each bursary will be
contacted and allowed to choose the times and activities they would like
to work. Many times they end up *working* sessions they would
attend anyway. There is an added bonus of a $10 cash meal allotment for
each morning and/or afternoon sessions worked.
If anyone would like to participate in the bursary program, please
check the *I wish to apply for a student bursary* box in section 2
of the registration form. Bursary space is limited, so sign-up early.
Applicants for the bursaries must be members of MSA or MAS, and enrolled
as students at a recognized educational institution. Don*t forget to
check the MSA website for special discounted hotel rates especially for
students as well as other scholarships to help defray even more meeting
costs.
For those *non-students* we could always use volunteers to help
with the above mentioned meeting activities as well. Although not paid
on an hourly basis as the student bursaries, volunteers do receive some
compensation along with the same cash allotment for meals. Plus they
also have the opportunity to interact more with the microscopy community
as they assist with meeting tasks.
If anyone has any questions about the bursary/volunteer program, or
would like to participate, please contact me.
Amanda Lawrence
Electron Microscope Center
Mississippi State University
662-325-3019
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