Announcing
A one-year internship beginning June 2011, with six hours of graduate credit at
the University of Pennsylvania
Location
Time is split between the Botany Departments of the Morris Arboretum of the
University of Pennsylvania and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
The Morris Arboretum is located in northwest Philadelphia. Facilities include
botanical laboratories, greenhouses, and an extensive outdoor living collection
of trees and shrubs. The Academy of Natural Sciences, in Center City
Philadelphia, is the oldest natural history museum in the United States,
including a herbarium of more than 1.5 million specimens. Facilities available
at the Academy of Natural Sciences include the Laboratory for Molecular
Systematics & Ecology. The Intern will work under the supervision of Dr.
Tatyana Livshultz at the Academy of Natural Sciences and Drs. Timothy A. Block
and Ann F. Rhoads at Morris Arboretum.
Internship Duties
The internship provides work experience in all aspects of managing collections
in a major herbarium and an opportunity to contribute to a modern state flora
program through a research project on some aspect of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Duties include curation of botanical collections at The Academy of Natural
Sciences (www.ansp.org), and participation in the Pennsylvania Flora Project at
the Morris Arboretum (www.paflora.org).
As a member of the internship group at the Morris Arboretum, the Pennsylvania
Flora Intern will participate in workshops, seminars, and field trips designed
to demonstrate the varied aspects of management and operation of a public
garden. The appointment includes a stipend plus University of Pennsylvania
benefits package, including medical and dental insurance, two weeks paid
vacation, sick leave, and tuition coverage for an additional 6 graduate credit
hours.
Requirements
Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in botany, or biology with
course work in botany.
To Apply
All applicants must complete the Penn online application process. Go to
www.hr.upenn.edu/Jobs/Default.aspx. Click on the link to staff positions.
Click on the Search Postings button in the left column. In the school/center
box, select Morris Arboretum. Select Pennsylvania Flora Internship from the
list of openings. Follow the instructions to complete the application. Print
and sign a copy of the completed application and send to the address below.
Also, send a letter of application including statement of interest in the
internship, official college transcript(s), and have three letters of
recommendation sent to:
Pennsylvania Flora Internship
Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania
100 East Northwestern Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
DEADLINE Feb. 15, 2011
For more information, call or email:
Dr. Timothy A. Block
(215) 247-5777, ext. 130
[email protected]
Makiri Sei, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
146 Pearson Hall
Department of Zoology
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
(513)-529-3175
