Thinking ahead to Winter term? We are offering several courses that will satisfy MAJOR requirements.
Applications are now being accepted for the William M. Lapenta Summer Internship Program. Please see details below.
NOAA is offering paid summer internships through the William M. Lapenta NOAA Student Internship Program targeted towards current 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate and enrolled graduate students to work in areas that will provide robust research and/or operational experience that will prepare the student for further study in NOAA fields, for application to fellowships or for the NOAA-mission workforce. This internship program enables the National Weather Service (NWS), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), and National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) to target the skills needed to fulfill their specific mission needs. Projects may be focused on research areas or development of operational products such as decision support tools, climate and weather forecast models, data analysis methodologies and social science strategies to communicate climate and weather information. Overall, students will focus on areas that will meet the future needs of NOAA’s ever-broadening user community and address strategic weather-water-climate issues. See here for more information and how to apply: https://www.weather.
Master of Science in Geospatial Intelligence Information Session
Are you interested in a career in Geospatial Intelligence?
Join our virtual information session to learn more about the Master of Science Degree in Geospatial Intelligence
➔ Master’s Degree (30 credits) or Graduate Certificate (15 credits)
➔ Evening classes offered both online and in-person
➔ Cutting-edge courses:
POSITION YOURSELF FOR SUCCESS
Come learn about the
Master of Science
and Graduate Certificate in GIS
Online Information Session
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 6pm
Spring & Fall 2021 applications open now!
Learn more at: msgis.umd.edu
Questions? geog-gis@umd.edu
ABOUT LEARNING LIFE AND THE INTERNSHIP
Learning Life is a nonprofit education and citizen engagement lab based in Washington D.C. Our flagship program, the Family Diplomacy Initiative (FDI), connects families in nations worldwide via the internet to nurture a family form of citizen diplomacy. Our International Mentoring Program helps open the world to children from lower-income families in the USA and abroad. Our Democracy Dinners nurture deeper conversation across specialty silos among democracy sector activists, academics, professionals and elected officials in metro D.C.
Learning Life is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students interested in interning with us remotely. Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus our organizational needs, interns support the above-mentioned three programs, assisting with a variety of tasks including research and writing; local to global outreach via social media, email and phone; document translation and/or live language interpreting; website and design; photo and video recording and/or editing; fundraising, and more.
The internship tentatively starts Friday, January 8, 2021 with a 1-2 hour orientation meeting via Zoom, and ends in early May. During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of 10 hours/week: 9 hours/week of independent work + a live one-on-one 1-hour meeting online once per week with Learning Life’s Director, Paul Lachelier, to go over work completed and assign new tasks.
The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience working on innovative international education and citizen engagement initiatives, and a formal reference and/or recommendation letter upon request given satisfactory performance.
THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Applicants should be interested in international affairs, diplomacy, communications (video, photo and/or social media, especially Facebook), education, and/or children and families, and also be outgoing, organized, detail-oriented, motivated and punctual. The ability to read, write and speak French, Spanish or Arabic at an advanced to fluent level is a plus, as are poster and video-making skills.
HOW TO APPLY
Email Paul Lachelier at paul@learninglife.info with your resume. No need for a cover letter. Please indicate in your email whether you speak Spanish, Arabic and/or French and at what level (basic, intermediate, advanced, or fluent). Paul will contact you in December to schedule a phone interview if your resume matches what we are looking for. Thank you for your interest!
ABOUT SOLOPRENEUR SUCCESS
Steve Coombes lives to help business owners succeed. By 2030, he aims to help one million solopreneurs and small business owners start and grow their business. An Army infantry veteran and computer programmer turned internationally-recognized copywriter and copywriting instructor, Steve has helped dozens of companies grow their businesses, and taught hundreds of students the principles of copywriting through the American Writers & Artists Institute. Steve’s Solopreneur Success business offers a podcast, business community, and personal coaching to a growing client base of solopreneurs and small business owners.
ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP
Steve is now accepting resumes from graduate and undergraduate students nationwide interested in interning with Solopreneur Success remotely. Depending on each student’s interests and skills plus Solopreneur Success’s organizational needs, interns assist with a variety of tasks including social media communications, video and podcast interviewing and editing, public relations and interview scheduling, research and writing, business administration, and website updating.
The internship tentatively starts Tuesday, January 19, earlier if you can, and ends in early to mid-May, with some accommodation for later start or earlier end as needed. During this period, interns must be able to commit a total of up to 10 hours/week. Interns will meet every week with Steve Coombes to review their work completed and discuss their next tasks.
The internship is unpaid, but offers substantive, resume-building experience in entrepreneurship, communications and business development. A formal work reference and/or recommendation letter are available upon request given satisfactory performance.
THE INTERNS WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Applicants should be interested in communications, marketing, or business. An entrepreneurial mindset is a strong plus. Skill and experience with Audacity, Corel Video Studio, Adobe Premier, Trello, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube are pluses, but not required.
For more information, or to apply, contact intern recruiter, Paul Lachelier, at letlearninglive@gmail.com with your resume plus details of any business or communications experience you have, including any experience with the software and social media listed above.
MSc or PhD graduate studies in Ecology and Remote Sensing of Tree Heights
The Savanna lab (https://savannalab.nmsu.edu/) in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University is seeking applicants for a graduate assistantship. Candidates broadly interested in dryland ecology and remote sensing, and/or with interests in macroscale patterns in tree physiology and phylogeny are encouraged to apply. We are looking for candidates interested to join a team exploring global patterns and drivers of woody plant height, canopy cover and biomass in water-limited ecosystems using space-borne LiDAR (e.g. GEDI and IceSat-2). The student will develop an independent research project and publications leading to a dissertation relating to dryland ecosystem structure and function, height, canopy cover and/or biomass estimation, using data from one or more sources including satellite remote sensing, UAV, and field measurements.
Required Qualifications: MSc applicants: Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field relating to ecology, geography, remote sensing, earth system science, or related fields. PhD applicants: Master's degree in geography/geospatial analysis, ecology, remote sensing, data analytics or related field. Preference for candidates with experience with analysis of geospatial data and computer programming, strong interest in learning new skills and ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
To apply: Please email Dr. Niall Hanan at nhanan@nmsu.edu or Dr. Qiuyan Yu at qiuyanyu@nmsu.edu with the email subject: Graduate Studies Opportunity and the following as 1 combined pdf attachment. (i) Brief cover letter describing your research interests, research experience and career goals; (ii) Resume/CV including contact information for 3 professional references. Following review of applicants and interviews, competitive applicants will be asked to submit an official application to New Mexico State University Graduate School (https://gradadmissions.nmsu.
New Mexico State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity, and diversity. We strongly encourage members of marginalized and under-represented groups to apply.
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Qiuyan Yu, PhD
Plant and Environmental Sciences
New Mexico State University
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Scholarship opportunity for graduating seniors applying to graduate schools!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AGI Invites Applications for New Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience ProfessionALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce its new Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. The scholarship is a one-time $5,000 award supporting geoscience graduate studies by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident who self-identifies as a member of an underrepresented minority (Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color) and is within two semesters of completing a recognized geoscience program. "The geosciences can thrive only with full participation from all communities, yet research shows that many underrepresented minority students face obstacles in the transition from undergraduate to graduate studies," says AGI Interim Executive Director Sharon Tahirkheli. "Supporting the next generation of aspiring minority geoscientists has perhaps never been more important." The application deadline is February 21, 2021. The scholarship winner will be notified in April 2021. To learn more, see https://www. About AGI |
GEOHEALTH SOCIAL MEDIA FELLOW
Are you Twitter savvy? Are you passionate about advancing understanding of the complex interactions between our geospheric environment (including earth, water, soils and air) and the health of human populations? The American Geophysical Union’s GeoHealth section needs your help! We are seeking a social media savvy volunteer to apply to become the GeoHealth Social Media Fellow.
The Social Media Fellow will be a key partner of the GeoHealth Executive Committee by ensuring that there is a steady stream of content disseminated through the GeoHealth Twitter account. The Fellow will make posts and disseminate content within the scope of the guidelines outlined in the GeoHealth social media plan. Major goals include expanding GeoHealth section membership, increasing readership of and submission to the GeoHealth journal, building an active online community of practice where section members can connect and stay updated on the GeoHealth section happenings, and promoting the awareness of GeoHealth as a discipline to the general public and the broader scientific community.
Although we are seeking applicants that have previous experience with social media, our GeoHealth Social Media Fellow will also receive additional social media training from AGU staff.
This is a competitively awarded, unpaid, 1-year position. We anticipate that this would require a weekly commitment of 3-5 hours/week.
Interested? Email AGU’s GeoHealth Section Communications and Outreach Co-Chairs Amy Wolfe (Amy.Wolfe@uky.edu) and Mike Wimberly (mcwimberly@ou.edu) and include a 2-5 sentence statement that describes your interest in advancing the GeoHealth mission through social media. Please also share how you currently engage with Twitter (number of followers, average number of tweets per week) and an example Tweet that you are proud of!
Review of applications will begin on December 18, 2020 and will continue until a suitable candidate is found.
