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** Plants: Pamela Kittelson (pkittels@gac.edu) or Cindy Johnson-Groh (cjgroh@gac.edu) | ** Plants: Pamela Kittelson (pkittels@gac.edu) or Cindy Johnson-Groh (cjgroh@gac.edu) | ||
| − | ** Vertebrates: Jon Grinnell (grinnell@gac.edu) | + | ** Vertebrates: Jon Grinnell (grinnell@gac.edu), Joel Carlin (jcarlin@gac.edu) or Eric Elias (eelias@gac.edu) |
** Insects: Margaret Bloch Qazi (mqazi@gac.edu) | ** Insects: Margaret Bloch Qazi (mqazi@gac.edu) | ||
* With your faculty collaborator, develop a short proposal in which you: | * With your faculty collaborator, develop a short proposal in which you: | ||
Revision as of 10:38, 26 August 2008
THE RUPERT ANDERSON AWARD IN SYSTEMATICS
A great way to learn about organismal diversity is to work with a collection. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Biology Department has several opportunities to work with plant and animal collections! In order to share our insect, plant and vertebrate collections with a larger community we are in the process of organizing and displaying information, including images, about the specimens in our collections on a newly-designed website. This site will serve as a resource for classes at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, the St. Peter community and scientists.
Collections are a vital component of scientific study and education with uses including:
- cataloguing diversity within a taxon,
- recording species found within a particular geographic range, and
- understanding evolutionary change within and between populations.
This award is an opportunity for you to contribute to the department’s educational objectives & learn about a particular taxon.
TO APPLY:
- Contact and meet with one of the faculty members listed below
- Plants: Pamela Kittelson (pkittels@gac.edu) or Cindy Johnson-Groh (cjgroh@gac.edu)
- Vertebrates: Jon Grinnell (grinnell@gac.edu), Joel Carlin (jcarlin@gac.edu) or Eric Elias (eelias@gac.edu)
- Insects: Margaret Bloch Qazi (mqazi@gac.edu)
- With your faculty collaborator, develop a short proposal in which you:
- Clearly state what informational content and how much of the collection will be posted online by the end of the award period (December 12, 2008)
- Describe what archival work needs to be done to support #1 (above) and what you intend to accomplish in one semester.
- Submit an itemized budget of no more than $160 to support your work Money can be used to: travel to see collections at other institutions, purchase supplies to present or archive specimens, and acquire texts related to the collection subject.
- Three copies of the proposal are due to Dr. Bloch Qazi (NHS 329) by 5pm September 19.
Students successfully completing the proposed work will be recognized at Honors Day.