Meetings: Teachers & Students
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Student Session Aides
Volunteer and attend the meeting for free!
![[PHOTOGRAPH] Student session aides speaking with the then President of AAAS, Alice Huang](/meetings/2012/images/people/session_aides_huang.jpg "[PHOTOGRAPH] Student session aides speaking with the then President of AAAS, Alice Huang")
Student Session Aide registration is closed.
See the Annual Meeting from behind the scenes by volunteering as a Student Session Aide.
Students will work closely with AAAS administrators to ensure that the meeting runs smoothly, and will get the chance to listen to and meet a range of interesting people, including leading scientists, Nobel Laureates, popular authors, government leaders, and radio and television personalities.
Student Session Aide registration will open in October after the scientific session schedule has been posted.
All session aide volunteers must attend the orientation session on Thursday, 16 February.
Responsibilities
Your primary responsibility will be session monitoring. This includes estimating attendance; evaluating audience interest, session content, and speaker performance; and providing audiovisual assistance, if needed. Training will be provided at orientation.
Assignments May Also Include:
Assisting with crowd control at plenary lectures and special events.
Assisting judges and AAAS staff at the Student Poster Competition and the General Poster Session.
Benefits
Volunteer for 8 hours and receive:
- Free meeting registration
Volunteer for 16 hours and receive:
- Free meeting registration
- Free one-year subscription to Science Online
