NOTICES
Four Directions Summer Research
Program Has Openings
Haskell Offers Natural Resources
Cooperative Education Program
The National Center for Coopera
tive Education in Natural Resources
(NCCE) at Haskell Indian Nations Uni
versity offers a program to develop
American Indian and Alaska Native
natural resource professionals by help
ing students achieve their educational
and career goals.
Students accepted to the program
receive tuition assistance ($5,000/year),
summer employment, and non
competitive conversion to BIA or tribal
positions upon graduation.
Requirements include:
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Have finished freshman year in col
lege in good academic standing
Pursuing, at minimum, a bachelor’s
degree
Majoring in a natural resources
field, such as forestry, soil conser
vation, range management, geo
graphic information systems (GIS),
wildlife management, watershed/
hydrology, fisheries management,
or civil engineering.
Interest in a career working with
tribes, the BIA, or other natural
resources agencies
Completed federal employment form
OF612 - available at www.opm.gov -
or resume, which must include all in
formation requested on form OF612.
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Completed “Verification of Indian
Preference for Employment” - BIA
Form 4432
Letter of application that includes
your perception of your academic
and applied strengths and a descrip-
tion of your career goals and
objectives
Proof of enrollment or acceptance
into a college forestry or natural re
sources program
Transcript and current class schedule
Letter of support from tribal or BIA
area or agency natural resources
staff (optional but helpful)
Send application package to Doug
Eifler, Natural Resources Liaison Of
fice, Haskell Indian Nations University,
155 Indian Ave., Box 5018, Lawrence,
KS 66046.
ÖRISE has NOAA Internships
Available
Objectives: The Oak Ridge Insti
tute for Science and Education (ORISE)
is recruiting undergraduate and gradu
ate Native American students for National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra
tion internships in the Washington,
D.C., metropolitan-area and in field
sites throughout the country.
This 10-week program is designed
to provide research experience to col
lege students majoring in biology, busi
ness, chemistry, computer science,
engineering, and physics.
Dates: June 6-Aug. 12, 2005
Stipend: Students will receive a sti
pend of $400 to $515 per week, depend
ing upon school classification. Stipends
may include additional funding for dis
location allowance based upon appoint
ment location.
The Four Directions Summer
Research Program (FDSRP) began in
1994 as an idea among Native Ameri
can students attending Harvard Medi
cal School (HMS). We are now in our
12th year and have brought nearly 100
students to HMS during this time.
Program goals include:
How to Apply
Travel: One round-trip travel from
your home or academic institution to
assigned facility, if greater than 60 miles
away, will be reimbursed. Students
appointed to the Washington, D.C., area
will be housed in dorms at the Catholic
University in D.C. Assistance in locat
ing housing at other locations will
be available.
Eligibility: Students must be en
rolled in an undergraduate or graduate
program at an accredited U.S. college
or university. Must be a U.S. citizen or
a permanent resident alien.
How to Apply: Interested students
should complete an application and
resume by Feb. 28, 2005.
For more information: Harold
Rider, ORISE, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge,
TN 37831-0117; phone 865-576-8158,
fax 865-241-5220; or e-mail
rider@orau.gov.
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Experience cutting-edge research
Understand the medical school ap
plication process
Exposure to Native American
health care issues
Integrate Native traditions, includ
ing talking circles and the largest
local pow-wow
Network with Native American stu
dents and faculty
The focus of activity is participation
in a basic science research project. Stu
dents are assigned a medical school fac
ulty mentor who will work closely with
the student to ensure the completion of
a project over the eight-week summer
period (June 17-Aug. 12, 2005).
FDSRP will provide you with the
essentials for the summer:
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Transportation to and from Boston
Single rooms in the medical school
dormitory
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Living stipend for food and other
necessities
Program Eligibility: We are look
ing for students with a demonstrated
commitment to the health of Native
American communities and evidence of
motivation to achieve the highest goals
possible. We also require the following:
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Minimum of one year of under
graduate studies completed prior to
the start of the program (June 2005)
Demonstrated interest in careers in
medical sciences
At least one introductory science
course (can include biology or
chemistry)
Not taking the August MCAT (the
time constraints of this program do
not allow adequate time to study for
this important exam)
Application information: Access
our application online at http:/
www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/diversity/
fdsrpintro.html. Applications are due
Feb. 18,2005 (postmark).
For further information, contact
Four Directions Summer Research Pro
gram, Harvard Medical School, Divi
sion of Medical Sciences, 260
Longwood Ave., MEC 432, Boston,
MA 02115; phone 1-800-367-9019; or
e-mail shurp@hms.harvard.edu.
Graduate Fellowship Available at
U of Arkansas at Little Rock
The Sequoyah Research Center at
the University of Arkansas at Little.
Rock and the Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation are offering a two-year fellow
ship to a qualified Native American
student beginning his or her graduate
studies in the fall of 2005.
The center promotes the teaching,
research, and outreach missions of the
university by providing access to and
delivery of information regarding the
indigenous peoples of North America.
To that end, the center acquires, organ
izes, makes accessible, and preserves
sources of knowledge of indigenous
peoples in all formats.
The graduate fellow will be em
ployed half time on the Native Press
History Project in the American Native
Press Archives of the Sequoyah Re
search Center.
Applications will be judged on the
applicant’s academic experience, com
mitment to Native American studies,
and research interest in related topics.
Complete application materials,
including two letters of recommenda
tion, must be received by March 1,20(15.
Late applications will not be accepted.
For more information, please visit
the SRC Web site at http://anpa.ualr.edu
to learn more about the center, or con
tact Ruth Hegwood at 501-569-8336 or
e-mail jrhegwood@ualr.edu.
February 2005
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