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Contacts:

Gwenn Hennon, Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography
Email:gmhennon@alaska.edu

Russell Hopcroft, Chair-Department of Oceanography; Professor of Biological Oceanography, Marine Biology, & Marine Invertebrates
Email: rrhopcroft@alaska.edu 

Looking for three (3) students (Sophomore - Senior Standing).

The Northern Gulf of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Long-term Ecological Research program is seeking up to 3 undergraduate students* based in Fairbanks, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.
*Restricted to current undergraduates, must be a US citizen

Students will have the possibility to participate in oceanographic research cruises based out of Seward, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ in Spring or Summer or Fall 2025

Projects will be co-created between students and their mentors. These projects can be in physical, chemical, and/or biological oceanography with multiple mentors available.

Qualifies as Experiential Learning (FSH490) and/or thesis for CFOS degree requirement.

Prerequisites: No official prerequisites, but we prefer students who have several years of courses already completed including math, chemistry, biology, and a lab based course. We will give preference to students from the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences who have taken introductory oceanography courses.

Time Commitment: 10 weeks of full-time work** for $7,000 stipend
**Flexible start and end dates and part-time schedules possible for equivalent hours
Students may start as soon as April 2025, but most students would likely start in June.

Compensation: $7,000 Stipend, We would also likely be willing to work with students to apply for other funding sources (such as URSA) to continue working into the fall semester if that is mutually desired.

Please apply for this opportunity through this link by January 31, 2025:


Required materials: resume, unofficial transcripts, contact for references, and a statement of interest

Contact: Mike Hull
Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: mmhull2@alaska.edu

Looking for two (2) students (Freshman-Senior Standing). 

I am looking for a student for each of two projects:

1) How do students reason about radioactivity? This would involve analysis of quantitative data (student responses to a survey probing their understanding of radioactivity)

2) What do students find interesting in their physics lessons? This would involve qualitative content analysis (student reports about what they found to be most interesting in their class each week).

Prerequisites: None- an interest in how students learn and an eagerness to grow in data analysis techniques is beneficial. 

Time Commitment: These positions are available to start ASAP with a flexible workload and end date. 

Compensation: This position is currently unfunded. The mentor would be willing to provide technical support to students interested in applying for project funding. 

Contact: Carol Gray
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Email: cjgray5@alaska.edu

Looking for up to 4 students of any standing (Freshman-Senior). 

*This is an ongoing project and will accept interest past the Spring 2024 listed date.*

Time Commitment: Minimum of 10 hours per week though, if funding is provided, I would be open to students working more hours if they chose to.

Compensation: This position is unpaid. But I am happy to have interns as volunteers or if they are able to obtain grants through URSA or otherwise. I would be happy to mentor a student who is funded through URSA or some other mechanism.

Additional Position Information: 

Students would learn about archiving, historical research, and the politics and context of the anti-slavery movement from the 1800s in Canada and the U.S. Through weekly meetings with the professor, students learn about how archival research unfolds and would be part of creating a valuable data base that could be used by historians and other researchers working on civil and human rights for years to come.

When this internship was conducted at a different institution (not in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ), interns who worked on this project did independent research that they presented at a professional conference. I am not sure whether such opportunities would be available here in Fairbanks, but there might be some conferences that are virtual that students might apply to. I would be happy to mentor students in crafting an abstract and submitting a conference proposal. 

Contact: Sarah Stanley
Faculty, English Department
Email: sstanley2@alaska.edu
Phone: (907) 474-7335

The InsideOut StoryLab is starting to receive submissions from prisoners for a Boundaries and Bridges Story Collection. The InsideOut StoryLab: Boundaries and Bridges is a story collection from both incarcerated and unconfined writers to be distributed by portable story dispensers inside and outside of carceral settings in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ.

• Type up handwritten submissions
• Write response letters submissions
• Evaluate submissions
• Work with a submission database

We are always in process with collections. This is a chance to get involved with community publishing from the ground up. Sarah (your mentor) is an excellent letter writer for a recommendation. Reach out and get involved!

This position listing is looking for up to 3 students (Freshman-Senior Standing). 

Prerequisites: None

Compensation: We can work on writing a grant for this--let us know your interest. Open to mentoring students who apply for funding through URSA or other campus entities (especially a student that wants to put together a Community-Engaged Learning award for our next collection).

Contact: Richard Collins
Faculty, Geophysical Institute & Atmospheric Sciences
Director, Graduate School
Email: rlcollins@alaska.edu

In search of 1 student of any year of study (Freshman through Senior status).

ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ researchers have been studying Earth's highest clouds since the 1990's. These clouds, called noctilucent (night shining, ) form 50 miles high in the summer over ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ an the Arctic. They are called night shining as the are visible after dark in the late summer. We are looking for a student to use digitizing equipment at the Rasmuson library to convert video tapes to digital files, and post those files to a public website (e.g. You Tube). Student will work with faculty members and staff. Student will have opportunity to participate in related research if interested.

Additional Position Information: This job involves working with an archive of tapes that is unique. Students can learn more about noctilucent clouds at the following links.

Prerequisites: Student should have basic tech skills be able to manage data files, maintain spreadsheets of information, and have ability and interest to learn media skills.

Time Commitment: Start as soon as possible, running through Fall and Spring. Up to 20 hours a week, with total hours ~200-300 hours. The schedule would depend on access to library tape digitizing equipment, but is otherwise flexible.

Compensation: Student Assistant Grade 2, Step 14: $14.67 an hour

Contact: Simon Zwieback
Faculty, Geosciences
Email: szwieback@alaska.edu. 

Contact: Tristan Goers
GIS Technician | Digital Services | Fairbanks North Star Borough
Email: tristan.goers@fnsb.gov
Phone:  (907) 459-1477

The Fairbanks North Star Borough is offering an internship opportunity georeferencing imagery for course credit to an undergraduate student. This opportunity involves mosaicking and georeferencing scanned historical imagery of the FNSB and may also involve scripting. This work will be completed over the 2022 spring semester with the final deliverables being (1) georeferenced image tiles, (2) a georeferenced, mosaicked, image, and (3) an image tile index. The final product will be an invaluable resource not only for the Fairbanks North Star Borough but also the public at-large. You will be expected to give, at a minimum, weekly progress reports detailing the work completed, any challenges encountered, and any questions you may have.

Prerequisite: Prior exposure to remote sensing or GIS

Pay: This could be a paid internship, an unpaid project for credit, or both.
Please reach out to us to discuss further details.

Benefits: Valuable real-world experience and skills that are in great demand on the job market.

Rolling Deadline- please contact the opportunity provider listed above for more information.

Contact: Simon Zwieback
Professor Geosciences
Phone: (907) 474-5549
Email: szwieback@alaska.edu

The project seeks to characterize permafrost landscape dynamics following temperature extremes and a bark beetle outbreak. It combines fieldwork in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, soil analysis in the lab, and remote sensing data analyses.

You will collect field measurements under supervision of experienced researchers. Laboratory work will include sample preparation and analysis, and data compilation. Remote sensing analyses may comprise processing and classification of multispectral and radar remote sensing imagery, and predictive modeling using machine learning.

How long: 10 to 20 h / week during the semester, up to 40 h / week in summer.

Pay: Yes. Salary is negotiable.

Other benefits: Gain field experience in Northern ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, potential for research-based credits.