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--2008 Microscopy and Micoranalysis
meeting of MSA/MAS--

The next Microscopy & Microanalysis meeting will be held in 2008, from August 4-7, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Student Bursary Announcement:
To all of you who have students (or are students) that are planning to attend the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 meetings in Albuquerque, NM this summer:

Please encourage them (plan) to sign up to be student bursaries.  The students work for 20 hours (or up to 40 hours) during the meeting and pre-meeting events and are paid $10 an hour.  The jobs involve such things as providing support in the different symposia (helping with audio-visual needs, maintaining an attendance count, and helping speakers set up for their presentation), staffing the MSA Megabooth, monitoring use of the Internet Café, and helping with poster set-up and take-down.

Once the final program has been established, the bursary will be contacted and allowed to choose the times and activities they would like to work.  Many times they end up “working” things they would attend anyway.

Not only does working as a bursary benefit the society, it gives the student a chance to interact with the established microscopy community as well as help off-set the cost of meeting attendance.  There is an added bonus of a $10 cash meal allotment for morning or afternoon sessions worked.  If students would like to participate in the bursary program, please have them check the “I wish to apply for a student bursary” box in section 2 of the registration form.  Bursary space is limited, so students need to sign-up early.

Don’t forget to have your students contact meeting management for special discounted hotel rates especially for students.

If anyone has any questions about the bursary program, please contact me.
Amanda Lawrence
Electron Microscope Center
Box 9775
Mississippi State, MS  39762
662-325-3019
alawrence@entomology.msstate.edu

Whether you plan on attending M&M 2008 in Albuquerque or not, I would encourage you to become a member of the Microscopy Society of America. See the membership application below:

http://www.msa.microscopy.org