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NOVEMBER 2024

Celebrate Your Culture: National Native American Heritage Month

November is National Native American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate traditions and culture of Indigenous peoples across the United States. It's a wonderful opportunity to recognize Indigenous heritage in a way that is meaningful to you. Here are some ideas for observing this special month.

 

Rock Your Mocs

A grassroots effort that began in 2011 in Albuquerque, N.M., Rock Your Mocs is a worldwide Native American & Indigenous Peoples week-long virtual unity event held annually during National Native American Heritage Month. Even though the week has passed, you can display pride and honor your culture by wearing moccasins any day. Do so combines the enduring cultural significance of moccasins with your current celebration. Snap a photo and post it on social media to spread the awareness and knowledge.

 

Speak with Your Elders

Elders are an incredible resource. They understand your cultural history and can share the importance of oral traditions that are passed from generation to generation. Take the time to connect with an elder to learn more about your culture and benefit from their wisdom. You may be surprised by what you learn!

 

 

 

Your Path to a Foreign Service IT Career
The , funded by the U.S. Department of State, provides up to $43,500 annually for two years in academic funding toward your IT-related bachelor’s or master’s degree program! Plus, you get two paid summer internships, professional development and mentoring. At the end you become a Foreign Service Diplomatic Technology Officer. Apply today!

 

 

ON TOPIC

As National Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, it’s a great time to reflect on your Indigenous past, culture, and traditions. One way to do that is through poetry. Native American poems draw on oral tradition to explore themes of spirituality and seeking balance in life. Much of Native American poetry uses unique images to connect to universal ideas. Here are a few links to start (or continue) your poetry journey:

 

 

 

Another way to explore Native culture is through art. Visit local museums to see exhibits of Native American art, or take virtual tours of museums around the country to explore their collections of Indigenous art and artifacts, including paintings, sculptures, and utilitarian pieces. Check out these museums to get a sense of the treasures on view.

 

 

The Heard Museum

 

The Eiteljorg Museum

 

Denver Art Museum

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Peabody Essex Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

• and make your mark on the world.

• We recruit a from multiple professional backgrounds.

• work to solve the most challenging issues for the nation.

• draw on a diversity of talents, thoughts, and experiences.

 

 

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Get the AISES Nation App Today

The AISES Nation app is a space for AISES members to come together, share their cultural knowledge, celebrate each other's successes, and build community. This virtual hangout is your one-stop-shop to make meaningful connections and easily access all the amazing AISES programs in one place! To download the app, go to the App Store/Google Play store on your phone and type AISES Nation. You can also join the platform online .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAREER CORNER

To help you on your journey to determine a career pathway, each month we'll highlight one STEM profession and how you might use that career to support and build your tribal community after earning your degree. Many career paths are worth exploring — even those you've never heard about. Keep an open mind as you learn about various options within STEM, and discover your path to opportunity.

 

BIOLOGIST

Biology is one of the most popular undergraduate majors. It is often the chosen major for students who want to go on to medical school, dental school, or veterinary school. Biology students learn about living organisms at the chemical and cellular levels through the study of entire ecosystems. Career options are equally broad and include pharmaceuticals, environmental protection, agriculture, health care, and forensics.

 

What they do:

Biologists research or study basic plant and animal life principles, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.

 

A person in this career:

  • Prepares technical and research reports, such as environmental impact reports, and communicates the results to individuals in industry, government, or the general public.
  • Develops and maintains liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or develop information and interpret findings.
  • Collects and analyzes biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment.
  • Programs and uses computers to store, process, and analyze data.
  • Supervises biological technicians and technologists, and other scientists.
  • Identifies, classifies, and studies plant and animal species’ behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution.
  • Communicates test results to state and federal representatives and the general public.
  • Prepares requests for proposals or statements of work.
  • Represents employer in a technical capacity at conferences.
  • Studies basic plant and animal life principles, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function.

How can I use this type of career to help my community?

Botanist: Researches and studies physiology, traditional medicinal uses, heredity, environment, distribution, and economic value of plants for application in agronomy, forestry, horticulture, and pharmacology.

Horticulturist: Conducts experiments and investigations to determine breeding methods, producing, storing, processing, and transporting traditional foods like fruits, nuts, berries, vegetables, flowers, bushes, and trees.

Marine Biologist: Researches the origin, relationship, development, and functions of plants and animals that live in water.

 

For more about STEM careers, check out the .

 

 

PK–12 STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

University of Washington: Friday Harbor Labs – Friday Harbor, Wash.

Spend 10 weeks on San Juan Island taking hands-on, immersive marine science courses through the University of Washington. Priority applications are due December 16, and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

  

NASA/Future Engineers – Remote

For the Power to Explore Challenge, NASA is calling on K–12 students in the United States to research Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), a type of nuclear “battery” used in space exploration, and dream up a new RPS-powered space mission to any moon in our solar system. 

  

Regeneron Science Talent Search – Washington, D.C.

Regeneron STS is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science competition for high school seniors, providing an important forum for original research that is recognized and reviewed by a national jury of professional scientists. Annually, nearly 2,000 high school seniors from around the country accept the challenge of conducting independent science, math or engineering research and completing an entry for the Regeneron Science Talent Search. The competition recognizes 300 student scholars and their schools each year and invites 40 student finalists to Washington, D.C., to participate in final judging, display their work to the public, and meet with notable scientists and government leaders. Each year, Regeneron STS scholars and finalists compete for $3.1 million in awards.

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Princeton University – Princeton, N.J.

The Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES) at Princeton University in collaboration with NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) is recruiting undergraduate students for 8-9 week research internships in atmospheric, oceanic and earth system science. Awardees will work with host scientists at Princeton University and NOAA/GFDL, a world-leading center of earth system modeling, research and prediction. 

  

University of Minnesota  – Duluth, Minn.

The Sustainable Land and Water Resources Research Experience for Undergraduates (SLAWR REU) is a 10-week summer program that explores the interactions between physical, natural, and social processes through the weaving of Indigenous knowledge with Western knowledge to advance scientific understanding and support tribal management decisions. Apply by Feb. 2.

  

UCAR  – Boulder, Colo.

NSF SOARS is an undergraduate-to-graduate bridge program, designed to broaden participation of marginalized communities in the atmospheric and related sciences. Students are invited from multiple STEM disciplines including: chemistry, computer science, ecology, engineering, environmental studies, geography, mathematics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, science education, social sciences, and other related fields. Apply by Jan. 21.

 

GRADUATE/POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Science for Public Good Fund is a grant program for Union of Concerned Scientists’ Science Network members who want to use their expertise for efforts to support the public good. Apply for up to $1,500 of financial support for advocacy actions, community building, or other efforts to advance equitable science-based policy, with an emphasis on addressing local impacts. In addition to the funding, you’ll get hands-on coaching and resources to assist you in planning impactful and informative actions and events. Apply by Jan. 6.

  

ASCE – Virginia

The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of ASCE is seeking new members to oversee the development of a new SEI standard: Shake-Table Testing of Nonstructural Components. The scope of the proposed standards activity is to develop a standard for “Seismic Certification of Nonstructural Components by Shake-Table Testing and publish it as an ASCE standard. The content of the standard will include three sets of test criteria: equipment test unit and pre-test information, equipment certification test procedure, and test laboratory reports of test. This test standard is not intended to support probabilistic or fragility-based assessments. Apply by Dec. 11.  

  

University of Waterloo – Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Are you interested in participating in cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, strengthening yourresume with professional and technical skills, and exploring the scientific and cultural diversityin Europe and North America? We are looking to admit our second cohort of approximately 24 PhD and 8 MASc students into the training program, with start dates as early as Spring/Fall 2025. Apply by Dec. 15.

  

RAND – Santa Monica, Calif.

RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization focused on improving policy and decision making through high-quality research and objective analysis. Our research is enriched through diverse, multidisciplinary teams that draw on a range of experiences and perspectives. We are committed to striving for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Research and analysis is enriched by diversity of talents, experiences, and perspectives. We welcome all applicants, including those who identify as part of historically marginalized groups.

 

 
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