UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
The goal
of the Undergraduate
Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is to increase the number
of undergraduates pursuing marine science careers by encouraging
and supporting specific undergraduate research activities. Students
propose, carry out, and report results of a research project related
to an existing project funded by Sea Grant. UROP, begun in 1992,
has funded undergraduate research for more than 50 students at
Louisiana State University.
For more information,
contact:
David L.
Nieland
233 Sea Grant Building
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge,LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6373
dniela@lsu.edu
The Ernest
F. Hollings Scholarship program is designed to: (1) increase
undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research,
technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training
opportunities; (2) increase public understanding and support for
stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and improve environmental
literacy; (3) recruit and prepare students for public service
careers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and other natural resource and science agencies at the federal,
state and local levels of government; and (4) recruit and prepare
students for careers as teachers and educators in oceanic and
atmospheric science and to improve scientific and environmental
education in the United States. Eligible undergraduates studying
biological, life, and agricultural sciences; physical sciences;
mathematics; engineering; computer and information sciences; social
and behavioral science; and teacher education are encouraged to
apply.
Louisiana
Sea Grant Communications Internship
The Louisiana Sea Grant College program, based at Louisiana State University's Baton Rouge campus, seeks a communication intern for the Spring 2012 semester. The intern will work a minimum of 15 hours per week – not to exceed 20 hours a week – for 16 weeks and be paid $9 per hour.
QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must be full-time, upper-level undergraduate students or full-time graduate students preferably majoring in mass communications or English.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Primary duties for this semester will involve website development and management. Ideally, the intern also will be available to work during the summer 2012 semester. Other duties include researching, writing and editing content for a variety of Louisiana Sea Grant print and electronic publications; still and video photography; collection of oral histories for a Web-based project about the commercial fishing culture of south Louisiana; assist with general Communications office functions; other tasks as assigned.
Louisiana Sea Grant is part of the National Sea Grant Program, a network of 32 university-based programs located in each of the coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico. Sea Grant programs work individually and in partnership to address major marine and coastal challenges.
The internship will be filled by Dec. 15, 2011.
For more information, contact:
Roy Kron, Communications Director
rkron@lsu.edu
103 Sea Grant Building, LSU
Baton Rouge, La. 70803
