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face="Times New Roman">Graduate Assistantship Position
Announcement<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Availability</B>:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fall 2009</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Position</B>:<SPAN
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</SPAN>Graduate Research Assistantship, MS or PhD</FONT></FONT></P>
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</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Biological
Science or Plant Science, 0.49% time</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Location</B>:<SPAN
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style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Insect
Research Collection</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Plant Science Department</FONT></P>
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</SPAN>South Dakota State University</FONT></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>Brookings, South Dakota</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U>Qualifications</U></B>: B.S. or M.S.
degree in Entomology, Zoology, Biology, or related discipline.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A strong background with insect taxonomy
or ecology is highly desirable. <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Candidates must meet academic requirements
of the Graduate School and the Plant Science Department.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN>The student will be expected to
work independently and collaboratively in the field and lab.</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U>Research Objectives</U></B>: <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The research will focus on a biodiversity
survey and inventory of the native bees of the Black Hills ecoregion of western
South Dakota.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This research will be
based on extensive fieldwork and collection study, and will involve multiple
state and federal agency cooperation. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Data gathering will involve bee taxonomy,
habitat selection, floral host preferences, nest site assessment, and land
use/perturbation responses.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Cybertaxonomic/ecologic work will involve databases, webpages, and
collaboration with the USDA Bee Lab, and geospatial analysis in collaboration
with the USGS-EROS Data Center.</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Stipend and Tuition Fees</SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">: Current SDSU stipend rate for an MS
is $16,709, and for a PhD is $20,778 per annum. Graduate assistants
receive a two-thirds tuition remission on graduate resident rates.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Doctoral candidates will be expected to
seek supplemental funding.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U>Application</U></B>:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Send a letter of application that
includes a statement of career objectives, current resumé or CV, a list of 3
personal references of a professional status (including e-mail address and
telephone), and a copy of academic transcripts to:</FONT></FONT></P>
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lang=PT-BR style="mso-ansi-language: PT-BR"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dr. Paul J. Johnson<SPAN
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: 3.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Box 2207A, South Dakota State
University</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: 3.25in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Brookings, SD<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>57007</FONT></P>
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href="mailto:paul.johnson@sdstate.edu"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>paul.johnson@sdstate.edu</FONT></A></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">South
Dakota State University is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity
and diversity of its faculty, staff and students. Women and minorities are
encouraged to apply. Arrangements for accommodations required by
disabilities can be made at 605/688-4504 (TTY 605/688-4394).</SPAN><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Gill Sans MT" size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Laurie Davies Adams<BR>Executive
Director<BR><B>Pollinator Partnership </B><BR>423 Washington Street, 5th
floor<BR>San Francisco, CA
94111<BR>415-362-1137<BR>LDA@pollinator.org</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#0000ff size=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><B><A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></B></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"></B><BR><A
href="http://www.nappc.org/">www.nappc.org</A><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
face="Gill Sans MT" color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="12"><B><I>National Pollinator Week is June 21-27, 2010. <BR>Beecome
involved at <A
href="http://www.pollinator.org/">www.pollinator.org</A></I></FONT></B></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>