Text Box: SENIOR FEATURE: IAN HUBBARD Text Box: FROM THE MAIL BAG . . . Text Box: The Environmental Careers Organization is offering paid environmental internships as part of its diversity initiative. Apply online at www.eco.org. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summer Undergraduate Mentorship Program sent applications to the CSTEP Office. It’s for rising sophomores and juniors and there is a stipend. SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS The Southern Regional Education Board (www.sreb.org) is offering packages and annual stipends for Ph. D. students. If you have been accepted in a Ph. D. program you can apply for the $15,000 annual stipend. GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS Saint Mary’s University in MinText Box: nesota offers an M.A. in International Business. Information is available in the office. The University of Vermont is offering a Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program. Look them up under http://learn. uvm. edu. Loyola University is offering a new graduate program in Biology designed for pre-medical students. Find out more by going to http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/mams.htm. The University of Oklahoma is offering a new M.A. in Native American Studies. Sage Graduate School is offering a Masters in Teaching for biology majors. Information is in the office. Text Box: SUMMER JOBS The Environmental Protection Agency has summer opportunities for students. Check out http://www.epa.gov/ohros/student. Reunion Weekend is seeking to hire students for a number of jobs on campus. Applications are in the Alumni and Parent Programs Office in Vilas Hall. INTERNSHIPS & RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES The C.S.T.E.P. program at SUNY College of Optometry is having its annual summer internship. The application deadline is April 26. Come to the CSTEP Office for details. Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg is seeking an intern. The deadline for application is April 10. For more information—stop in the CSTEP Office.

NEWSLETTERS  &  OTHER

The March and April 2004 Upward Bound Newsletters arrived.

Closing the Gap for Jan/Feb arrived.

Expanding the Circle is available.

McNair  Newsletters from Clarkson U., U of California, University of Akron, and Wichita State are here.  

The College of Scholastica send a CD containing the McNair Scholarly Review.

INFO ON UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND FAIRS

  The New York Medical College School of Public Health is hosting two open houses—April 21 and May 20—for prospective students seeking to earn an MPH.

The St. Lawrence University Festival of Science will be held Friday, April 23. Details will be posted.

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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6

Ian Hubbard (right) with mentor, Dr. Erika Barthlemess

 When he’s not running cross country or skiing with the Nordic ski team, Ian Hubbard can be found outside in the woods trapping porcupines.

The Tri Beta Biology Honorary member combines a presence on the Dean’s List with being a two-time Academic All American Nordic Skier.

 Hoping to have a career one day in the management and protection of natural areas,  Ian has had experience in the field. In the summer of 2003 he interned with his McNair mentor working with a small mammal population study on the St. Lawrence University Golf Course.

 

 Course.

The Farmington, Maine McNair Scholar spent the fall and continued this semester on an honors thesis studying fat content of porcupines while calibrating an instrument to use with other mammals of that relative size. He credits Dr. Erika Barthlelmess with being “a constant source of motivation and guidance.”

Having taken both the GRE and the science subject test, Hubbard has positioned himself for graduate school as he considers prospects in

Alaska, Vermont and New Hampshire, to name a few.

Ian’s philosophy for success is something for all students to consider. “Never be intimidated by a class or subject. In other words, identify your weaknesses and overcome them, if possible.”

A lover of the outdoors, Ian has traveled with the Nordic skiing team and done lots of backcountry skiing in Quebec and the Adirondacks.

A biology and history major, Ian  felt that Conservation Biology was his favorite course, and that fits in perfectly with his future plans.