<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Barron Orr</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barron.orr@gmail.com">barron.orr@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:37 AM<br>Subject: NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Internship opportunity (applications due Friday, July 6, 2012)<br>To: Alanna Riggs <<a href="mailto:agr1@email.arizona.edu">agr1@email.arizona.edu</a>>, Kelsey Hawkes <<a href="mailto:khawkes@email.arizona.edu">khawkes@email.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<br><br><br>Alanna and Kelsey,<br><br>I thought the members Tierra Seca...University of Arizona's Chapter <br>of the Society for Range Management (SRM)...might be interested in having a <br>mentored NASA Space Grant Internship. (Almost every year students in SNRE and professors<br>
participate in this prestigious program, including some from Tierra Seca in the past.)<br><br>I would be grateful if you could pass this on.....<br><br><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>If you want to expand
your universe and get paid for it too, do we have the job for you!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span>Applications are due </span></i></b><b><i>5pm
Friday, </i></b><b><i><span>July 6, 2012</span></i></b>.
(a few extra days due to the holiday)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>A <a href="http://spacegrant.arizona.edu/opportunities/internships/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">NASA Space Grant UndergraduateInternship</span></b></a> provides
an opportunity for you<br>
to have a mentored research, research & development, science writing,<br>
science policy, or science education experience. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>The objective?</span></b><span> To provide undergraduates who are
exploring career options the opportunity <br>
to broaden their educations with rich, hands-on experience <span> </span>with the full process of inquiry <br>
and discovery. This includes non-science majors and those traditionally
underrepresented in<br>
<span> </span>science, technology, engineering and mathematics.<br>
<br>
<b>The internship runs one academic year, 10-20 hrs/wk, at $9.50/hr</b>.<br>
<br>
Interested undergraduate sophomores, juniors and seniors (in the Fall semester)
who are U.S.<br>
<span> </span>citizens are encouraged to submit an <a href="http://spacegrant.arizona.edu/opportunities/internships/apply/interns" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">online application</span></a> by July 6
at 5pm. (But if you really want<br>
<span> </span>to do well with your application, be
sure to <a href="http://spacegrant.arizona.edu/opportunities/internships/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">read everything you can about the internship
first!</span></a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Successful applicants
come from all majors throughout the university</span></b><span>,<br>
including a fair number who do not have a science background when they begin<br>
the internship.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Space Sciences (from astronomy, chemistry, geology,
mathematics, physics, etc.)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Engineering R&D (agricultural, aerospace,
aeronautics, chemical, electrical, industrial, <br>
mechanical, optical, etc.)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Earth & Environmental Sciences (atmosphere,
geology, ecology, agriculture, geography, <br>
etc.)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Software & Systems Development (computer
engineering, computerscience, MIS, web <br>
applications development, etc.)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Science Education & Outreach (K-16, informal
education, translational science, <br>
technology transfer, website design, graphic arts, multi-media production)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Space & Astro Biology (astrobiology, humans in
space, protected plant environments, <br>
etc.)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Social Sciences, Policy & Management (all social
science, business and policy majors)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span>Science Journalism & Technical Writing</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>For more information and online applications,
please visit our web site at:<br>
<a href="http://spacegrant.arizona.edu/opportunities/internships/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://spacegrant.arizona.edu/opportunities/internships/</span></a></span></b><span> <b>or contact <br>
Susan Brew, Space Grant Program Manager: <a href="mailto:sbrew@lpl.arizona.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">sbrew@lpl.arizona.edu</span></a>.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barron</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Barron J. Orr, Ph.D.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor and Geospatial Extension Specialist</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Director, UA/NASA Space Grant Program</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Director, Arizona Remote Sensing Center</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office of Arid Lands Studies</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Natural Resources and the Environment</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Arizona</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1955 E. 6th Street, Suite 205A</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">Tucson, AZ
85719</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-MX">--SBREW@LPL.ARIZONA.EDU--</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Susan A. Brew, Manager</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arizona/NASA Space Grant Consortium</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1629 E. University Blvd.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tucson, Arizona 85721</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: <a href="tel:520-621-8556" value="+15206218556" target="_blank">520-621-8556</a> Fax: -4933</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">www: <a href="http://spacegrant.arizona.edu" target="_blank">http://spacegrant.arizona.edu</a></p>
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