Registration and Booth Reservations are open Now! NDiSTEM Conference 2023 - October 26-28 in Portland, Oregon - Celebrating our 50th Anniversary
Registration and Booth Reservations are open Now! NDiSTEM Conference 2023 - October 26-28 in Portland, Oregon - Celebrating our 50th Anniversary
Each year hundreds of members support our student community by participating in various reviewing and mentoring opportunities. Giving back time and feedback to our community empowers the future generation of STEM and helps uplift the SACNAS mission of fostering success for our members.
Here are just a few of the ways you can give back your time and energy to SACNAS:
Travel Scholarship Reviewers | Research Presentation Reviewers (Undergrad + Grad Abstracts) | Session Proposal Reviewers | Mentor Judge | Conversations with Scientists
Questions: Email presentations@sacnas.org
Questions: Email travelscholarships@sacnas.org
Session reviewers are professionals with a bachelor’s degree or higher who volunteer to review session proposals submitted for the 2023 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference. They are a crucial part of the session selection process that ensures variety and quality in conference programming. Reviewers have two weeks to complete their assignments on their own time.
Note: This is a pre-conference opportunity, assignments will be provided on a rolling basis starting April 18th, all assignments are due on May 10th. Volunteers are not eligible for discounted or waived conference registration.
As a session reviewer volunteer you will receive:
Volunteer time: Each proposal takes approximately 20 minutes to review. Total time = Approximately 3.5 hours starting from April 18 - May 10, 2023.
Eligibility: Undergraduate students, and persons affiliated with a session proposal are not eligible to participate as session reviewers.
Please send questions to Liliane Neubecker, Coordinator, Conference & Events, at sessions@sacnas.org
For many students getting direct mentorship can make all the difference in validating and motivating them to persist in their STEM journey. By serving as a mentor judge, volunteers provide constructive feedback and motivation to student research presenters, including many first-time presenters and first-generation college students. In addition to giving back to student SACNISTAs, this is a great opportunity to get exposed to new research in your field, as well as networking and recruiting talented students.
Time commitment: Approximately 2 hours during the conference October 26 to 28, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.
Eligibility:
IMPORTANT: Mentor judges are not eligible for discounted or waived conference registration
Requesting funding from your institution? Let them know you’ll be serving as a mentor!
Conversations with Scientists is SACNAS's signature mentoring event that has been occurring for over 30 years. In this 90-minute program, undergraduate and graduate students can meet and speak with mentors in their own fields. Participants are divided up based on discipline, and then, by sub-discipline. Mentors answer specific questions, and also share their own educational and professional stories.
Time commitment: Approximately 90 minutes during the conference on Thursday, October 26, 2023 from 12:30-2 PM in Portland, Oregon - date and times are tentative.
IMPORTANT: Conversation with Scientists mentors are not eligible for discounted or waived conference registration
Requesting funding from your institution? Let them know you’ll be serving as a mentor!
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