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The deadline for abstract submission has past, and as plans are being
made to attend the Indianapolis meetings (Aug. 4-8), please don*t
forget about MSA*s student bursary program. Its purpose is to
encourage students to attend the meetings by helping to defray some of
the costs and giving them an opportunity to meet and interact with the
established microscopy community.

The students will be paid $10 an hour to work for ~20 hours (up to 40
hours) during the meeting or pre-meeting events.  The jobs involve such
things as providing support in the different symposia (assisting with
audio-visual needs, speaker set-up, maintaining an attendance count),
staffing the volunteer office, monitoring use of the Internet Café, and
helping with vendor tutorial sign-up.  Payment is given as a check at
the end of the meetings or when the student leaves Indianapolis.

Once the program has been finalized, each registered bursary will be
contacted and allowed to choose the times and activities they would like
to work.  Many times they end up *working* sessions they would
attend anyway.  There is an added bonus of $10 cash to help with meals
for each morning and/or afternoon session worked and a meeting shirt.

If anyone would like to participate in the bursary program, please
check the *I wish to apply for a student bursary* box in section 2
of the registration form.  Bursary space is limited, so sign-up early. 
Applicants for the bursaries must be members of MSA or MAS, enrolled as
students at a recognized educational institution, and have paid their
registration fee.  

For those *non-students* volunteers are also needed to help with
the above mentioned meeting activities.  Although not paid on an hourly
basis as the student bursaries, volunteers do receive a meeting shirt
and the same cash allotment to help with meals.  They also have the
opportunity to interact more with the microscopy community as they
assist with meeting tasks.

If anyone has any questions about the bursary/volunteer program, or
would like to participate, please contact:

Amanda Lawrence
Institute for Imaging and Analytical Technologies
Mississippi State University
662-325-7998
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