Networking: Annual Conference and Exhibition, Local Sections and Chapters, Specialty Conferences

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Student and Young Professional Opportunities
within AWMA

• Networking Annual Conference and Exhibition,
  Local Sections and Chapters, Specialty
  Conferences
• Scholarship and Travel Awards
• Young Professional/Student Membership
• Leadership Opportunities
• Job and Graduate School Opportunities
• Local Sections Chapters
• Professional Conferences and Exhibitions
• Environmental Challenge

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Student and Young Professional Opportunities
within AWMA

• Networking Annual Conference and Exhibition,
  Local Sections and Chapters, Specialty
  Conferences
• Unique opportunities to meet with colleagues who
  are interested in important environmental issues
• Meet professionals that are engaged work and
  service to the profession
• See what types of projects are occurring in the
  profession
• Great professional and social networking events
• Scholarship and Travel Awards
• 12 national scholarships awards 49 K/yr
• Michigan Tech, Penn State, University of
  California Irvine, U of Florida, Carnegie
  Mellon, Louisiana State, Yale, University of
  Texas at Austin, University of British Colombia,
  North Carolina State, Penn State, and Virginia
  Tech
• Local section and chapter scholarship and travel
  awards 176 K/yr

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Student and Young Professional Opportunities
within AWMA

• Young Professional/Student Membership (93/35)
• Leadership Opportunities
• Participate with local sections and chapters,
  national higher education division, and technical
  committees
• Job and Graduate School Opportunities
• Meet practicing professionals that are interested
  in hiring new staff
• Meet faculty interested in attracting students to
  their universities
• AWMAs career center

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Student and Young Professional Opportunities
within AWMA

• Local Sections Chapters
• 2006 Sustainability Conference (LMSS)
• 2004 Green House Gas Emissions (LMSS)
• Environmental Challenge (PNWIS)
• Leadership opportunities
• Job opportunities
• Graduate school opportunities
• Networking with professionals and other students
• Scholarships and travel support to conferences

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Student and Young Professional Opportunities
within AWMA

• Specialty Conferences
• Mega-Symposium, August 2008, Pittsburgh, PA
• Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics Visual Air
  Quality and Radiation, April 2008, Moab, UT
• Annual Conference and Exhibition Portland OR,
  June 24-27, 2007, Great opportunities for
  networking and professional development!
• Technical sessions
• Student and young professionals social
• Student chapters meeting
• Tours of local facilities and universities
• Student poster/paper competition 3 K
• Meet and Greet for Faculty, Ph.D. students and
  post-doctoral researchers
• Environmental Challenge

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Important Websites within AWMA

• AWMA
• http//www.awma.org/
• http//www.awma.org/join/index.html
• Environmental Education
• http//www.awma.org/enviro_edu/index.html
• Young Professional/Student Membership
• http//www.awma.org/join/index.html
• Professional Development
• http//www.awma.org/enviro_edu/prof_dev/index.html
  
• Career Center
• http//www.awma.org/career_center/index.html
• Scholarships and Listings of Colleges/Universities
  
• http//www.awma.org/awards/scholarship_programs/in
  dex.html
• Conferences
• http//www.awma.org/ACE2008/
• http//www.awma.org/events/events_calendar.html?so
  rt1typeid1
• Local Sections Chapters
• http//www.awma.org/about/sections.html