USDA-NIFA Undergraduate Fellowship program-Deadline Friday 3/30

Impact of Biochar on Lifecycles of Agricultural Chemicals and Interactions between Plants and Soil Microorganisms at South Dakota State University will target undergraduate participants from universities, four-year institutions, Tribal colleges and community colleges. The USDA-NIFA Undergraduate Fellowship site will include a diverse group of students including females and minorities. All undergraduate will obtain hands-on experience of innovative science and engineering tools in areas of Sustainable Bioenergy, Water Resources, Natural Resources, and Environment; as well as be involved in the research activities to understand the mechanisms of biochar modification of the lifecycle of agricultural chemicals; and the biochar–soil microbial profile–plant interactions.

Students should have completed sophomore year when they enter the undergraduate fellowship program.

Applications must include the following information:
1 completed application form
2 academic transcripts,
3. a short essay on their research interest (please make a clear statement of your preference of research areas 1-6 listed in the website) and longer term career goals and
4 one or two recommendation letters.

For complete information visit:

https://www.sdstate.edu/abe/research/biorenewable/biochar.cfm

All application documents (in PDF or word format) should be sent to Dr. Zhengrong Gu (zhengrong.gu@sdstate.edu) through Email with the title marked as “Application for USDA-NIFA Undergraduate Fellowship” by April 20, 2017.

The Fellowship is from May 30 to Aug 5.

Ecuador semester-abroad

Apply for a new study abroad program in Quito, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands for fall 2018. This fall will be the first offering of this program, which provides 15 credits across 4 different academic tracks. It is designed so that after careful planning with your advisor, students in biological and natural resource majors can stay on track for graduation without a delay.

It is offered in partnership with Universidad San Francisco de Quito, which has been teaching these courses for several years with multiple American universities.
Apply online at:Quito Study Abroad

Federal Jobs Workshop with the US Forest Service

On-campus workshop on USAJOBS, Federal resumes, interview tips, and more hosted by Sylvia Stapes, USDA Forest Service. As you may know the Forest Service hires from various fields such as forestry, natural resources, engineering, business, computer science, and more. Students also have the opportunity to meet individually with Ms. Staples for advisement on the Federal application process.

Wednesday’s workshop: https://www.facebook.com/events/1626801884077280/

 

MAB program in FRE

The new class begins Summer B 2018.

The requirements are simple: 3.0 upper division, B or better in Stats, Management, Principles of Micro or AEB 2014, and Financial Accounting or AEB 3122, and at least 295 on the GRE with 145 on the quant. This is a great program for students who want a graduate business degree in four semesters (three semesters of coursework and a final semester internship).

We’ve got an in-class section of AEB 2014 in Summer A for anyone who doesn’t have microeconomics. Here’s more info on the program: http://fred.ifas.ufl.edu/graduate/mab/

Post Graduation Service Panel

The BCLS Ambassadors, as part of Student Activities and Involvement, will be hosting a Post graduate Service Panel on March 28th in the Ocora Room of Pugh Hall from 6-8pm. The event will be about an hour of questions and answers with panel members from the Peace Corp, Ameri Corp, City Year, Teach for America, and Fulbright. The last hour or so will be a mix and mingle so that students will be able to talk with the panel members directly about their related experiences. The event will be catered by chick-fil-a.

HM.Clause at AOM Club

Kyle Freimuth, a former Challenge 2050 student who now works for HM.Clause, will be a guest speaker at this month's Agriculture Operations Management Club meeting. Come out for free food and some information on what it is like to work for a global vegetable seed company. This Thursday, 3/15, at 4:30 in Frazier Rogers hall room 211.

https://www.facebook.com/events/550337352015837/?ti=as

ACL Injury? Applied Neuromechanics Lab looking for study participants

Do you have an ACL injury?

The Applied Neuromechanics Lab is requesting participants for a study examining cognitive function and lower extremity biomechanics following an ACL injury and reconstruction. Participants must be between the age of 18 and 35 and have sustained one ACL tear and surgical reconstruction.

Participants will be excluded if they are currently injured, have had a serious injury within the last year, or have had a previous surgery to their back or lower extremity (aside from reconstruction). Individuals will be asked to perform a battery of cognitive tests, an angle matching task and visuomotor adaptation. Testing will be completed in one visit and is expected to take roughly two and a half hours. For more information, contact Amanda Stone at stonaman@ufl.edu.

Natural Resource Career Showcase-Wed, 3/14

This Wednesday, March 14th is our Natural Resources Career Showcase from 10 am to 2pm at the Reitz Union Breezeway. This is an opportunity to hear from people who work for and recruit at agencies such as the USGS, USFWS, FWC, and more. A full list of participants can be found here. This is a tabling event, so feel free to come and go as you please.