HR: 0800h
AN: ED11B-0473    [Abstracts]
TI: Growing Your Career through Volunteering and Leadership
AU: * O'Riordan, C A
EM: coriordan@joiscience.org
AF: Consortium for Ocean Leadership, JOI Division, 1201 New York Ave., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, United States
AU: Meth, C
EM: cmeth@joiscience.org
AF: Consortium for Ocean Leadership, JOI Division, 1201 New York Ave., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, United States
AB: From giving your first paper at a scientific meeting to chairing committees that make multi-million dollar decisions, scientific organizations provide critical opportunities for growing your career. Many organizations support student activities by providing travel grants and fellowships - an important first step towards joining the larger scientific community. Beyond these standard opportunities, organizations also provide opportunities for students interested in gaining leadership experience, a skill not typically acquired in graduate science programs. For example, the Consortium for Leadership's Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship provides research funds to graduate students, but also introduces the fellows to the communication skills needed to become successful members of their scientific community. Beyond student opportunities, volunteering provides mid-career and established scientists further experience in leadership. Opportunities exist in advising government science policy, guiding large-scale research programs, organizing large scientific meetings, and serving on non-profit boards. The variety of volunteer and leadership opportunities that are available give scientists at all stages of their career a chance to expand and diversify their experience, leading to new successes.
UR: http://www.joiscience.org/usssp/schlanger
DE: 6630 Workforce
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting