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Jobs
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LINKS TO LISTS OF JOBS &
INTERNSHIPS
RECENT
INTERNSHIPS
OF SOME REAL QUEENS STUDENTS :
- The Queens Intern of the Year 2000 award went to Tracy Kaylor, who analyzed mutant DNA
of a neurotransmitter receptor molecule for a Neurobiological Laboratory
- Analysis of enzymes involved in recovery from heart attacks
- Operations and procedures in an in vitro fertilization clinic
- Design of a cell culture system for bone marrow stem cells
- Seasonal analysis of regional lake water
- "Shadowing" of various health professionals: physicians, pharmacists,
physical therapists, sports medicine practitioners, administrators of Managed Health Care
programs, etc.
- Assisting veterinarians in surgery and treatment
- Emergency Medicine Tech with a first aid crew (ambulances!)
- Photodocumentation of the Discovery Place Science Museum collection for preparation of
visitor education guides
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CAREER ADVICE
BOTANY
CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
ECOLOGY,
ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE
GENETIC COUNSELING
GRADUATE SCHOOL
MARINE BIOLOGY
& OCEANOGRAPHY
MEDICAL AND DENTAL
SCHOOLS
VETERINARY MEDICINE
- We have quite a few alumni who are veterinarians. Let a Queens faculty member know
if you would like one of them to contact you.
- This is from an email we received:
Studying veterinary medicine in Australia
Dear advisor to pre-veterinary/pre-health profession students,
You and the students you advise may be interested in knowing that the University of
Melbourne (Australia) offers a 4-year course in Veterinary Science (veterinary medicine),
leading to the professional degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc). About 75
students are admitted to the course each year and up to 25 of those places are available
to International Students. Currently, the course includes students from Canada, the United
States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji and Botswana.
Many academically qualified and highly motivated applicants miss out on places in North
American veterinary colleges each year. Some are able to consider the option of studying
veterinary medicine overseas. The University of Melbourne may offer them an attractive
opportunity to achieve their career goals in a stimulating, safe environment with no
language difficulties and few, if any, cultural differences.
To be eligible for selection, students must have completed at least one year of University
study. The prerequisite subjects are Biology (including units in zoology, botany,
genetics, and cell biology), Chemistry (including organic, inorganic and physical) and
Physics. For students from Canada and the US, normally two years of university study are
required in order to meet all those requirements. The entry level is at least a B average
(3.0 GPA) with successful applications usually being higher. International applications
are accepted at any time and will be considered as soon as they are received. The deadline
is mid-December 2000 for the next academic year, which commences 5 March, 2001. We
recognise the amount of time required to make arrangements for international travel and
study and we try to give successful applicants as much advance notice as possible. The
University of Melbourne School of Veterinary Science is recognised by the Australian
Veterinary Schools Accreditation Committee and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
(UK). It is an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)-Listed college making
graduates eligible for registration to undertake the National Examining Board (NEB)
Examination in Canada and the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates
certification program in the United States. Graduates regularly proceed to postgraduate
internship and residency programs in North America and the United Kingdom and a number
currently hold academic appointments in veterinary medical teaching institutions in those
countries. Because of the very favourable currency exchange rate for Americans and
Canadians (currently $1.00 US is equivalent to about $1.80 Australian), costs for tuition
and living expenses are comparable to attendance at many colleges in North America.
Prospective applicants from the United States and Canada should also be aware that The
University of Melbourne is a tertiary institution recognised under the (US) Federal Loan
Scheme [Federal School Code: G08505] and the Canada Student Loans program.
You will find more information and application details at our web site: http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au .
This site is also linked to web sites of the American Association of Veterinary Medical
Colleges and the American Pre-Veterinary Medical Association. You might like to add this
to the information you provide for your pre-veterinary students.
ZOOS & AQUARIUMS
info on careers in zoos and
aquariums
by Stephanie Goettsch,
Biology Major, University of South Dakota. serwin@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/~serwin
As I have received many requests for a summary of the information that I have gathered
regarding a career in zoos, aquariums and conservation, I am posting this summary as there
are probably more people that are interested in it as well.
Probably the most important piece of information is volunteer or get an internship at a
society that you would like to work at. This helps you get your foot in the door, the zoos
and aquariums are more likely to hire you for a paying position if you are known. They may
give preference to someone that they know does a good job over someone who just looks good
on paper. Do not really expect to get a paying internship, most of these positions are
volunteer but you will gain valuable experience.
Some websites to look for information:
I have searched many of these and there is usually something regarding their volunteer
program located there. It would take me years to get them all wrote down. Zoo keeping is a
lot of work. Spend a day (a full day, not a couple of hours) shadowing a zoo keeper or
aquarist in your area. You will gain a lot of valuable information about whether you
really want to do this for the rest of your life. I found it very rewarding because it
gave me an idea of what to look forward to in zoo keeping.
Zoo keepers work pretty long hours and you may not be able to have every holiday all
though it really depends on the institution that you work at. Most of them will require
that you be able to lift approximately 50 pounds and being able to work outside in a
variety of weather situations.
Out of the people that I have talked to regarding zoo keeping as a career many said
that getting a Bachelor’s degree in a biological science (Biology, Zoology,
Environmental Science, etc.), taking classes or courses in a specific school for zoo
training may not be a bad idea but a Bachelor’s degree will be more beneficial.(It
will also give you more to fall back on if you cannot find a job right away.)
If you want to work in a aquarium get SCUBA certified and look into taking some courses
that deal with the aquatic environment in which you wish to work, such as water chemistry
and such.
If you have any other questions feel free to email me them. However, I am not currently
a zoo keeper, only an undergraduate working to get into that career, so the information
that I have is only information that I have found or been given.
Finally I wish to thank everyone that has graciously given me information regarding
employment in zoos and aquariums. Stephanie Goettsch , Biology
Major, University of South Dakota. serwin@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/~serwin
NOTE: In Charlotte, try
Raptor Center 704-875-6521
Discovery Place 704-372-6261
UNDECIDED &
MISCELLANEOUS
Columbia University now has a program in Earth and Environmental Science
Journalism. It's not touchie-feelie environmental writing, but a dual master's program in
Earth science (at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) and Journalism (at the Columbia
University Graduate School of Journalism). It takes two years full-time. It is designed to
give the student grounding in both science and journalism. If you can't handle full-time
work, they have a part-time option, but I don't believe you can pursue the dual degree
part-time.
I am in the part-time journalism program at Columbia and have been able to do
quite a bit of science and environment writing regardless.
The University of California-Santa Cruz has a nice program for science writing,
particularly for those with little or no journalism experience. John Wilkes is the name of
the director, I believe. He referred me to Columbia because I was more experienced than
the type of person they typically target. Anyway, I was impressed by what they had to
offer at Santa Cruz and have talked to a number of graduates who were more than pleased by
what they learned.
I think the University of Colorado at Boulder may have a similar program. I'm
not sure, but if it exists it is in their journalism school.
submitted to Ecolog listserver by David M. Lawrence dml2s@m6.sprynet.com
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