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<h1 style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><i><span
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14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">The
Institute for Broadening Participation (</span></i><a
href="http://www.pathwaystoscience.org"><i><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">IBP</span></i></a><i><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">)
is excited to announce that it is now accepting applications
to the Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of
Success in GEO REU (</span></i><a
href="http://www.msphds.org/POS.aspx"><i><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">MS PHD’S–GEO REU</span></i></a><i><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">)
Professional Development Program!</span></i><i><span
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font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">
</span></i></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span
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font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">The
<i>MS PHD’S–GEO REU </i>will occur December 13-19, 2014 in
conjunction with the December 2014 American Geophysical Union
(AGU)
</span><a href="http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2014/"><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">Fall Meeting</span></a><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">.</span></h1>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">Applicants can apply online
at:
</span></i><a href="http://www.msphds.org/POSapp.aspx"><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">http://www.msphds.org/POSapp.aspx</span></i></a></h1>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">Deadline to apply: September
15, 2014!</span></i></h1>
<h1 style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal">To be eligible for the
<i>MS PHD’S–GEO REU</i>, applicants</span></h1>
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</span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">Must
be a U.S. citizen or Permanent U.S. resident</span></h1>
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"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:
normal">Must have completed a recent NSF REU program in one of
the following disciplines: Earth Sciences, Ocean Sciences, Polar
Sciences, or Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences.
<i>(Preference will be given to those applicants who completed
their NSF REU program in 2014.)</i></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">Modeled after IBP’s
highly successful
<i>Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success (</i></span><a
href="http://www.msphds.org"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:normal">MS PHD’S</span></i></a><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">)<span> in Earth
System Science Professional Development Program, </span></span></i><span
style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">t</span><span
style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">he
</span><a href="http://www.msphds.org/POS.aspx"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">MS PHD’S-GEO REU</span></i></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">
joins the
<i>MS PHD’S<span> </span></i>family as a unique program
designed specifically for underrepresented minority (URM)
undergraduates who have participated in a recent National
Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF
REU) program in one of the following disciplines: Earth
Sciences, Ocean Sciences, Polar Sciences, or Atmospheric and
Geospace Sciences.
</span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">Participants in the
</span><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">MS
PHD’S–GEO REU</span></i><span
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normal">
<span>program will engage </span>in virtual and on-site
professional development, networking, community building and
mentoring activities designed to provide URM undergraduates with
<span>exposure to, interaction with, and increased participation
in the STEM community. These activities include:</span></span></h1>
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</span></span><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#4677B6;font-weight:normal">Mentoring</span></i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">
– by pairing students with mentors and facilitating
mentor-mentee activities and dialogue</span></h1>
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</span></span><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#4677B6;font-weight:normal">Professional
Development</span></i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:normal"> – by conducting a series of carefully
designed activities and workshops covering several topics
including networking, career awareness and preparation, as well
as oral and written communication</span></h1>
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</span></span><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#4677B6;font-weight:normal">Science
Exposure</span></i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:normal"> – by providing students with exposure to a
national research conference and by networking students with
established minority and non-minority researchers in the STEM
fields</span></h1>
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</span></span><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#4677B6;font-weight:normal">Access
to Resources</span></i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:normal"> – by connecting students with opportunities
such as paid internships, scholarships, and fellowships and the
resources to help them create successful applications</span></h1>
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font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal">·<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#4677B6;
font-weight:normal">A Supportive Community of Peers</span></i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">
– by actively engaging students in community building activities
and by providing platforms for ongoing virtual communication
among program participants.</span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">For questions or
additional information regarding the
</span><a href="http://www.msphds.org/POS.aspx"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:normal">MS
PHD’S–GEO REU</span></i></a><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
font-weight:normal">,
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;font-weight:normal">please contact <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pdp@msphds.org">pdp@msphds.org</a>.</span></h1>
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