NEW ADDITION - RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES - This program from the National Science Foundation provides money to research labs around the country to support (i.e. pay) undergraduates as they get started in their research careers, usually over the summer.

NEW ADDITION - THE DANFORTH CENTER - The Danforth Center is in St. Louis, and is a very modern, plant biology research center. Nineteen investigators covering a huge range of research possibilities. From May 21 to early August. Stipends this year are ca. $4000.

SCA - formerly the "Student Conservation Association" but now simply "SCA" - has announced opportunities for expense-paid, conservation internships. Their latest brochure will be available on the book shelf in the "social area" of the honors room. Check the SCA link for a listing of all the internships currently available. This is a great thing to do in the summer. Even if you take a break from your "real" research project to do this, it will be fun, AND good for your future.

Science Careers - Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) maintain a web site for career and job information in science. This includes undergrad opportunities. The Careers Development page may be of special interest.

THE CAREER CENTER (The link has been fixed)

The Career Center serves student in many ways including information about choice of major, resume and interviewing skills and it is the campus location for Pre-Health Career Advising. Here, you can find what each professional school (medical, dental and others) requires for admission, and you can open your LEO account, letters of evaluation from professors, instructors and academic advisors that are required of these professional schools. We encourage you to visit this office to answer many of your pre-health related questions.

Special attention to: the Health and Graduate School Fairs, coming up on the 18th and 19th - next week!

THE STUDY ABROAD OFFICE

Study Abroad Office
115 International Studies Building
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
phone: (217) 333-6322

Many biological science students take advantage of a great opportunity to study in another country. This office asks that students attend an orientation or 'First Step' meeting to begin the process of learning more about what it means to participate in this experience. Send them an email to subscribe ot their newsletter.

THE JOB SEEKER

The Job Seeker is an on-line resource for environmental and Integrative Biology-type internships and full-time positions. The Biology Advising Office also has a paper version posted on the bulletin board outside of their office.

A new issue of the newsletter is now available!

To view the newsletters on the website, go to the "Subscribers Area" and use the following Username / Password (both are case sensitive).

Username = subscriber
Password = Changes with each issue... the BioBEAT email you get has the latest each month.

Editors note: This is not a particularly well done page, and some of the internal links in it don't actually work, so if it looks like there are alternative links, try them. Not only that, but the Subscribers Area, is not actually available (or not obviously available) from the home page. There is no clear place to "sign in" in the Subscribers Area... you have to click on a newsletter issue. Won't that be handy. Nevertheless, there are a fair number of ads on the page, so give it a look. JobSeeker 2 is not limited to jobs in biology, and seems like it might work better.