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 OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES

Graduate & Professional School Fair, time and place to be announced soon by the Career Center.

Publish your essays and photographs on-line.  Focus: An Online Publication of Undergraduate Essays and Photography in Anthropology is a new website created by a senior at Kenyon College.  See the flyer in the officek, or check out her website at www.focusanthro.org.

Study Abroad opportunities are listed on our E-Announcements page.

The Presidential Management Intern Program (PMI) provides an opportunity to students completing graduate degrees in a wide variety of disciplines to work as interns with chalenging and rewarding assignments in support of public service programs, federal departments and agencies, and all cabinet departments of the U.S. Government.  Assignments involve domestic or international issues, technological changes, criminal justice, health research, and financial management, among many other opportunities.  Check our E-Announcements.

Additional internships, study grants, and fellowships are posted on the Bulletin Board in the Commons Room, and E-Announcements on this website.

 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate Student Led Conference.
Several graduate students from the Departments of Anthropology in the University of Maryland, College Park and George Washington University have recently begun planning for a DC-area, graduate student-led conference.  We are hoping to involve other universities in the area, and would love to get in contact with anthropology graduate students at CUA.

Interested graduate students should email me to discuss this idea.  We will meet next during the second or third week in September and are hoping to meet your then.

Kristin M. Sullivan, MAA Student
Department of Anthropology
University of Maryland, College Park
sullivank@anth.umd.edu
919-645-8792 (c)
240-786-6920 (h)

Society for American Archaeology Student Paper Award.
Students doing high quality original research and currently members of the Society for American Archaeology (or maybe future members) are invited to submit papers for the annual competition that encourages students to present their research at SAA meetings. They can gain valuable experience, professional recognition, and winners receive more than $1,000 in books, journals, and other prizes from sponsoring university presses.
The Student Paper Award Committee judges papers on 1) the quality of the arguments presented; 2) the quality of the data used for support; 3) the contribution to broader methodological or theoretical issues in archaeology; 4) the contribution to understanding a specific region or topic; 5) the quality of the writing and structure; and 6) the appropriateness of length and number and kind of graphics for a 15-minute presentation. A student must be the lead author on the paper but other students or faculty members may be co-authors. New this year, to ensure that students submit high quality papers, each student must have one faculty or supervisory sponsor who will review and approve the paper before the student submits it.
Complete information about the award and how to enter can be found on the SAAweb at http://www.saa.org. The deadline to enter the SAA Student Paper Award is January 11, 2010. All student entrants must have submitted an abstract for the annual meeting by the general submission deadline of September 10, 2009.

Direct questions to Rebecca H. Schwendler, Chair, SAA Student Paper Award Committee; 535 16th St, Suite 750; Denver, CO 80202; 303-623-1504; rschwendler@yahoo.com.
 


Grants-in-aid for full-time Graduate Students in Washington Area Consortium Universities are offiered by the Cosmos Club Foundation of Washington, DC, up to $3,000 to meet specific research needs not covered by other supporting funds - such as expendable equipment, travel to research sites, or professional meetings.  Tuition and basic research expenses are not covered.  For students enrolling in programs leading to draduate degrees in Consortium universities, application ingormation and forms are available on-line at http://www.cosmosclubfoundation.org/.  The deadline for applications is November 2, 2009.  Brochures in the Department office.
Other announcements from government agencies and foundations are available in the Department office.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATES
Academic Job Announcements are posted regularly on the bulletin board in the commons room.
The American Anthropological Association has a Career Center for job seeks and employers at http://www.aaanet.org/careers.htm.  Using this new, interactive, onlin tool, you will be able to mount a successful career-building campaign.  You can view all recently posted job openings at http://aaanet.search.jobcontrolcenter.com/index.cfm, or use out "advanced search" utility to pinpoint only those opportunites that match your specialty, dseired location, or other needs (see http://aaanet.jobcontrolcenter.com/search/).  You can also post your resume or CV so that employers can search you at http://aaanetjobcontrolcenter.com/apply/advertise.cfm.

Some Important Deadlines and University Information
  • Fellowship and grant applications to programs of the SSRC, NSF, Mellon and other foundations are due in October.  Check the files in the office or with your advisor for the programs to which you might apply.
  • CUA's committee for reviewing research on human subjects has announced its schedule of meetings for his year.  Check the bulletin board in the office.
  • Find that Grant! - The files of THe Grand Advisor PLUS (including TGA-PC) are now on-line.  This provides access to a set of databases for federal and private funding opportunites in disciplines from fine arts to miscellaneous.  Available on the campus network at www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus/.