Greetings,
To all students (or those of you who might have students) attending the
2011 M&M meeting in Nashville, TN, 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.
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 volunteer office,
monitoring use of the Internet Café, and helping with vendor tutorials
and poster set-up. Payment is given as a check at the end of the
meetings or when the student leaves Nashville.
Once the task list has been finalized, 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 $10 cash meal allotment for each morning
and/or afternoon 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 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 needed to help with the
above mentioned meeting activities as well. Although not paid on an
hourly basis as the student bursaries, volunteers do receive the same
cash allotment for meals and shirt. 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:
Amanda Lawrence
Institute for Imaging and Analytical Technologies
Mississippi State University
662-325-3019
alawrence@i2at.msstate.edu