<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Seema Sheth</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ssheth3@ncsu.edu">ssheth3@ncsu.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 7:24 AM<br>Subject: GLORIA Great Basin Peak Opportunity Fellowship<br>To: Jason Sexton <<a href="mailto:jsexton2@ucmerced.edu">jsexton2@ucmerced.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Dear Jay,<div><br></div><div>I am writing to you as the Science Director of <a href="http://www.gloriagreatbasin.org/" target="_blank">GLORIA Great Basin</a>, a non-profit organization that studies the long-term effects of climate change on alpine plant communities on 29 mountain <span>peaks</span> in California and Nevada. GLORIA Great Basin surveys have long been an amazing <span>opportunity</span> for students and recent graduates to gain invaluable field experience in botany and field ecology while making connections with their peers and professionals in non-profits, academia, and in state and federal agencies. </div><div><br></div><div>However, GLORIA Great Basin also recognizes that there are marginalized groups that face barriers which exclude them from research <span>opportunities</span>, especially for <span>opportunities</span> in remote mountains that pose unique challenges with required transportation, field gear, and time. <b>Through our <span>Peak</span> <span>Opportunity</span> Fellowships, GLORIA Great Basin will fully support two students (upper-division undergraduate or graduate students) to join us on White Mountains or Sweetwater Mountains surveys this summer.</b> We will provide the successful applicants with transportation, field gear, room and board, and wages (totaling $2,500 per student), and mentorship (e.g., facilitating networking, providing guidance on job applications, etc.) both leading up to and following the field campaign. <div><br></div><div>Please share the attached flyer or <a href="https://www.gloriagreatbasin.org/_files/ugd/ab4221_33b6272c3fbe4dcf8ad9536c95e686d5.pdf" target="_blank">this link</a> with any upper-level undergraduate or graduate students you think might be interested in applying.</div><div><br>Thanks,</div><div>Seema</div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Seema Sheth (she/her)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Assistant Professor</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<br>North Carolina State University</font></span><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://seemasheth.weebly.com" target="_blank">seemasheth.weebly.com</a> </font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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