Month: August 2015

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) and iDigBio, the National Science Foundation’s coordinating center for biodiversity digitization, are pleased to offer the third in a series of free workshops for undergraduates, focused on broadening minority participation in the biological sciences. The workshop is fully described in the announcement at https://www.idigbio.org/content/broadening-minority-participation-biological-sciences-workshop-undergraduate-students, which includes links to the agenda and online registration form. Registration is strictly first come, first served. Previous workshops have been held at the University of Central Florida and at the Field Museum in Chicago. We are delighted to offer this third workshop in Raleigh.

If you have questions or need further information, please contact Gabriela Hogue at NCMNS (gabriela.hogue@naturalsciences.org) or Gil Nelson at iDigBio (gnelson@bio.fsu.edu).

The Counseling Center offers general counseling groups, as well as drop-in groups. Both options help students learn coping skills to support more effective living and to navigate the balance between academics, work, and personal life. Check out both options below.

Drop In Groups
General Groups

Friday, August 28th

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

3400 Nelson Hall (Auditorium)

Open to all students and the general public at no charge.

Panelists

Dan Hirschman,NC Department of Justice, Environmental Division
Jay Stem, North Carolina Aggregates Association
Morgan Sommerville, Appalachian Trail Conservancy
James Simons, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Common Reading Slide v5

Byron Levan (bmlevan@ncsu.edu) is a graduate student in the FWCB program who is looking for help wrapping up his field work for the season. Most of the work involves sampling forage from soybean fields, naturalized fields, and longleaf communities. This is a great chance for undergrads to get some plant ID experience as well as learn the basics of forage sampling. Byron’s team can provide transportation to and from the site as well as all tools needed. Byron will be doing a lot of work on the weekends, and some on weekdays. Please contact him at the above email if you are interested to see if there’s a day that works for you to assist with the sampling.