<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:JA;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:JA;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:JA;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle22
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle24
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> Winter Internship Opportunity with Smithsonian Orchid Collection <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues, <br>The Smithsonian Gardens (SG) designs, manages, and maintains the gardens and grounds of the many Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., which attract over twenty million visitors each year. SG also develops horticulture displays and exhibitions for exterior and interior museum spaces. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SG is currently accepting applications for the Orchid Collection Internship through January 5, 2014. We’d appreciate if you could forward this information to any students who may be interested an internships with Smithsonian Gardens! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Smithsonian Orchid Collection Internship Project Description<br></u></b>Exhibition preparation, digital image cataloguing and species data source citation<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This internship will give the student the opportunity to experience various aspects of living collection management through working with the Smithsonian Orchid Collection (SOC) managed by Smithsonian Gardens. This internship will offer the opportunity to promote an understanding of weekly exhibition preparation, processing born digital images into a digital asset management system (DAMS) and creating data source citations. The intern works under the supervision of the Manager, Greenhouse Nursery Operations Branch.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The primary focus of the internship will involve preparing collection plants for weekly exhibition deliveries including inventorying selected plants, preparing weekly delivery lists and pulling/generating display labels.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Additional areas of focus of this internship include preparing digital orchid images for Smithsonian Institutions’ digital asset management system, embedding metadata, descriptive cataloging of images in the DAMS system. Additionally creating and updating data source citations in the living collections database, BG-BASE. This project will involve a thorough review of SOC’s current species accessions by verification of orchid nomenclature.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This internship is designed to meet the needs of a student who is interested in public gardens administration, is seeking experience in living plant collections, and is interested in enhancing their plant identification and/or collection records techniques. Interns are encouraged to take advantage of the abundant resources of the Smithsonian Institution.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Internship Details<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Open to all current undergraduate and graduate students who study horticulture or a related discipline and wish to further their knowledge through practical hands-on work experience<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Ten to sixteen week long internships / 40 hours per week<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• The duty location of this internship is primarily at the Greenhouse Facility in Suitland, Maryland. To learn more about the Greenhouse Facility, go online to <a href="http://www.gardens.si.edu/about-us/greenhouse-nursery.html">http://www.gardens.si.edu/about-us/greenhouse-nursery.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How to apply<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To apply, applicants must register and submit an application online at Smithsonian On-line Academic Application System (SOLAA) at <a href="https://solaa.si.edu">https://solaa.si.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> On SOLAA, select the Smithsonian Gardens' internship application.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Again, applications the winter/spring Orchid Collection Internship should be received no later than January 5, 2014. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For additional information, contact:<br><br><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><img border=0 width=230 height=41 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CEBE8F.31F23240"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> P.O. Box 37012 | Capital Gallery, MRC 506<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Washington, DC 20013-7012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: <a href="mailto:gardens@si.edu">gardens@si.edu</a><br><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><a href="http://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/"><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01CEBE8F.31F23240" alt="Description: Description: cid:image001.png@01CD6BEF.BB3E4AF0"></span></b></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SmithsonianGardens"><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01CEBE8F.31F23240" alt="Description: Description: cid:image002.png@01CD6BEF.BB3E4AF0"></span></b></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SmithsonianGardens"><b><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01CEBE8F.31F23240" alt="Description: Description: cid:image003.png@01CD6BEF.BB3E4AF0"></span></b></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/sigardens"><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=26 id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CEBE8F.31F23240" alt="Description: Description: twitter_icon.jpg"></span></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/smithsoniangardens/"><b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.png@01CEBE8F.31F23240" alt="Description: Description: cid:image004.png@01CD6BEF.BB3E4AF0"></span></b></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#595959'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>