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AGU meeting mentors for MS PHD'S Students

Greetings,
 
The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success Professional Development Program (MS PHD’S PDP) will again sponsor students to attend the '08 Fall AGU Meeting.  We are now inviting AGU members to serve as mentors to this year’s cohort of twenty-two minority undergraduate and graduate students.
 
The one-on-one interaction of students with established scientists continues to be a highlight of their experience.
 
Science meeting mentors are asked to:
 
            * Communicate with selected mentee(s) before the Fall AGU meeting to
                        discuss common academic interests;
            *Attend an informal mentor/mentee introduction either on Sunday night
                        (Dec. 14th) or Monday afternoon (Dec. 15th). Specific times and locations
                        will be confirmed before AGU meeting;
            * Discuss a minimum of four presentations with your mentee(s) during the
                        meeting;
            * Facilitate networking by introducing your mentee(s) to other scientists
                        with similar interests; and,
            * Offer mentee(s) academic and career advice.
 
A MS PHD’S PDP update can be found at: http://www.msphds.org/
 
Please complete the brief on-line mentor survey found at http://www.msphds.org/mentor_survey.asp.
   
2008 Student profiles are posted on the MS PHD'S website.  You may review them by clicking on the following link:
 
  http://www.msphds.org/profiles.asp?type=&cohort=2008+-+2009+%28 Cohort+6%29&gender=&ethnicity=&institution=
 
If you are available to serve, please select two or three students with research/academic areas that best align with your interests.  It is our intent to assign to each AGU meeting mentor student mentees of their choice. Please include the names of selected students in your RSVP to pdp@msphds.org on or before Thursday, December 4th.
 
Thank you again for assisting the next generation of scientists to navigate within the AGU community.
 
If additional information is needed, please do not hesitate to contact us at
pdp@msphds.org with cc: vivian.williamson@sbcglobal.net
 
Sincerely,
Dr. Vivian A. Williamson Whitney

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