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This year*s Microscopy and Microanalysis annual meeting (M&M 2012)
will be in Phoenix, AZ July 29-Aug. 2.
For all students (or those of you that may have students) planning to
attend these meetings, please consider the student bursary program
offered by MSA. The purpose of this program is to encourage students to
attend the annual meeting, where they can meet and interact with the
established microscopy community while at the same time defraying some
meeting costs.
The students work for ~20 hours (or up to 40 hours) during the meeting
or pre-meeting events and are paid $10 an hour. The jobs involve such
things as providing support in the different symposia (assisting with
audio-visual needs, speaker set-up, maintaining an attendance count),
staffing the volunteer office, monitoring use of the Internet Café, and
helping with vendor tutorials or poster set-up. Payment is given as a
check at the end of the meetings or when the student leaves Phoenix.
Once the program has been finalized, each registered 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 $10 cash meal allotment for
each morning and/or afternoon session worked and a meeting shirt.
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 meeting registration form. Bursary space is limited, so sign-up
early. Applicants for the bursaries must be members of MSA or MAS,
enrolled as students at a recognized educational institution, and have
paid the registration fee.
For those *non-students* volunteers are also needed to help with
the above mentioned meeting activities. Although not paid on an hourly
basis as the student bursaries, volunteers do receive the same cash
allotment for meals and meeting shirt. Plus they 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:
Amanda Lawrence
Institute for Imaging and Analytical Technologies
Mississippi State University
662-325-7998
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