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NEwswave is the e-journal of NEOSEC bringing you current news and events from our member organizations and associates – a collaboration of forty institutions from across the region, including aquaria, museums, universities, government entities and science and research centers. NEwswave is also available as a monthly e-newsletter. Sign up here
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Job Opporuntiy: Executive Director, Ipswich River Watershed Association
Ipswich (MA) River Watershed Association seeks an Executive Director to continue building a strong organization that will attain the organization’s working toward the Association’s goals of restoring and protecting the Ipswich River. This is a full-time, permanent, salaried position with benefits. To apply, please review the Position Description and submit your resume by March 15, 2012.
Undergraduate Fellowship Opportunity
The Rhode Island NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) will award at least 35 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURFs) to qualified undergraduate students interested in participating in a 10-week mentored research project in the marine life sciences and climate change. In addition to receiving professional research experience and training, SURFs will be awarded a stipend of $4200, plus $500 for research supplies. Deadline for applications is March 1, 2012. For more information, visit their website.
Seacoast Science Center Heritage Dinner Series
Strange and Macabre Tales from the Isles of Shoals
with SSC’s Shoals Historian Ann Beattie
Thursday, February 23, 6 pm
Sponsored by Appledore Marine Engineering
Ann Beattie, renowned local historian, has a new collection of uncommonly odd tales from the Isles of Shoals. Based on rigorous research of archival materials, you’ll hear stories about pirates, ghosts, raids, shipwrecks, epidemics, murder and corporate take-over.
Step back in time and explore the antiquated and isolated village of Gosport on Star Island. Explore some of the more peculiar aspects of the murders on Smuttynose Island and discover why the story told by the sole survivor of the violent attack scandalized the nation. Learn of the little-known and mysterious reappearance of famous Shoals poet Celia Thaxter in New York City after her death in 1894.
Dine out on scintillating tales of love and loss at the ghastly and glorious Isles of Shoals! Social hour is 6-7p.m.; dinner and presentation follows. The cost is $45/person for members; $55/person non-members. For more information and to purchase tickets online, go to the website or contact Nichole at 603-436-8043, ext. 26. Reservations must be made by February 20.
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Internship Challenge Program Now Open
The MA Life Sciences Internship Program has been renewed for a fourth year, and is accepting applications now. The program provides funds for nearly 300 college students and recent graduates who are following career paths in the life sciences, for internships at over 200 companies. For more information e-mail internship@masslifesciences.com or visit their website.
Request for Presentations for 2012 Project WET Conference
The Project WET USA conference team requests proposals for presentations from educators, policymakers, businesses, municipalities, program designers, implementers and practitioners, proposals that focus on school districts in partnership with local organizations to provide a community-based approach to water education and all others interested in water education.
The goal of the conference is to increase the knowledge and capacity of conference participants to effectively reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education. In the interest of innovation, engaging and interactive presentations are encouraged.
Presentations must address one of the following strands:
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
(STEM) in Water Education
This strand will focus on increasing student success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and increase educators’ capacity to include STEM subjects in their curricula. Of particular interest are proposals that address integration of water-related topics and the implementation of STEM education in a manner that reflects the interdependence of the four STEM subjects, as well as proposals that focus on partnerships involving school districts, community colleges, four-year institutions, and business and industry to provide a comprehensive community-based approach to STEM and water education.
Pedagogy & Water Education
The Pedagogy and Water Education Strand provides the opportunity to examine best practices for integrating water-related environmental education into the PreK-16 educational system at the local, state and federal levels and improving environ- mental literacy across the nation.
ActionEducation™ & Water Education
What are the most successful methods for addressing the most important water challenges of the day with water education and action education? This strand includes a wide array of topics and strategies such as: Watersheds, Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water, Risk (drought and floods), Weather and climate change, Ground water, Water and energy, Storm water and Water conservation.
Technology & Other Water Education Topics
Converging web, mobile, and social technologies have generated a level of communication and interaction never before possible. The Technology in Water Education strand seeks to explore the transformational potential that these innovations hold for education and training, as well as share current research and best practices related to these developments.
If you wish to submit a proposal for a presentation, you can download the Presentation Request Form here.
