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Student Session Aides

Volunteer and attend the meeting for free!

[PHOTOGRAPH] An attentive woman in audience, taking notes

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.

Session Aides serve a very important role as liaison between symposium organizers and speakers and AAAS Headquarters.

Register as a student session aide today!

» All Session Aide volunteers must attend the orientation session on Thursday, 14 February.

Responsibilities

Your primary responsibility will be session monitoring. This includes estimating attendance; evaluating audience interest, session content, and speaker performance; and providing audio-visual 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
  • Free poster registration

Volunteer for 16 hours and receive:

  • Free meeting registration
  • Free poster registration
    and
  • Free one-year subscription to Science Online

Register

Download the application form to become a student session aide.

Please return completed form by fax, mail, or e-mail:

AAAS Student Session Aide Office

c/o Melanie Hunter

2205 West St. Charles Avenue

Phoenix, AZ  85041-5418

Fax: 202-289-4021

E-mail: melanie.hunter@yahoo.com

 
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