Volunteer and attend the meeting for free!
See the Annual Meeting from behind the scenes by volunteering as a Student Session Aide!
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5 January 2010
You must be a college freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate
student to apply as a Student Session Aide. AAAS reserves the right to
rescind registration for anyone found not to meet this criteria.
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Session Aides serve a very important role as liaison between
symposium organizers and speakers and AAAS Headquarters.
Students will work closely with AAAS administrators to ensure that
the meeting runs smoothly, and will get the chance to listen to and meet a
range of interesting people, including leading scientists, Nobel Laureates,
popular authors, government leaders, and radio and television personalities.
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All Session Aide volunteers
must attend the orientation session from
4:30 - 6:00PM on Thursday, 18
February
Your primary responsibility will be session monitoring. This includes
estimating attendance; evaluating audience interest, session content, and
speaker performance; and providing audiovisual assistance, if needed. Training
will be provided at orientation.
Assignments May Also Include:
- Assisting with crowd control at plenary lectures and special events.
- Assisting judges and AAAS staff at the Student Poster Competition and
the General Poster Session.
Volunteer for 8 hours and receive:
- Free meeting
registration
- Free poster
registration
Volunteer for 16 hours and receive:
- Free meeting registration
- Free poster registration
and
- Free one-year subscription to
Science
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