{"id":328,"date":"2015-11-12T05:09:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T05:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students-preprod\/2015\/11\/12\/2015-11-12-esa-section-connection-blog\/"},"modified":"2015-11-12T05:09:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T05:09:51","slug":"2015-11-12-esa-section-connection-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/students\/2015\/11\/12\/2015-11-12-esa-section-connection-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA SECTION CONNECTION BLOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">Greetings Students,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">This blog consists of monthly entries from your Student Section liaisons describing exciting news and opportunities about ESA sections and how to get more out of ESA. Here is N<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">ovember\u2019s Section Connection Blog from Amanda Sorensen of ESA\u2019s Education Section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">News:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> ESA received a prestigious NSF award to build a Network of Next Generation Careers linking prospective employers, faculty and professional societies<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">. For more details see<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">:\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2015-09\/esoa-ern091515.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">http:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2015-09\/esoa-ern091515.php<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">Opportunities:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> We have a<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> Science Education Conference coming up for <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">anyone interested in <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">biological\/ecological education<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> and creating <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">connections<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> with this community<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">It is <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">particularly <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">focused at the<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> K-12 <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">level and will be hosted in Baltimore in March 2016. For more details, please see<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/ldc\/\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">https:\/\/esa.org\/ldc\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">What you wish you had known when you first joined ESA:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> I wish I had known about the importance of attending business and section meetings at the ESA annual meeting for networking and building a community within ESA earlier. After attending these types of meetings I was able to recognize and talk to people in the hallway. It has also been great to connect to a community of individuals who share similar interests and can be potential advocates, mentors, colleagues, and future employers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">Section Contact and Website:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">Kim Bjorgo-Thorne, <\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:bjorgo@wvwc.edu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">bjorgo@wvwc.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">; w<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">ebsite:\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/education_section\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\">https:\/\/esa.org\/education_section\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">This blog consists of monthly entries from your Student Section liaisons describing exciting news and opportunities about ESA sections and how to get more out of ESA. 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