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Urban Landscape Scholarship-quick turnaround on this one!
Scholarship for those of you into the Urban landscape scene. Quick turn around.
Scholarships Available - SMA Annual Conference
Thanks to a grant from USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, SMA has a
limited number of scholarships for the annual conference and trade show in
Savannah , GA , Oct 4-7, 2009
Scholarships will be awarded and will cover conference registration fees
($349 by September 18, $225 for students) and a stipend of $151 to offset
other costs (e.g., hotel, travel, Saturday workshop.)
If you receive a scholarship, you will be notified by the scholarship
committee in time to register at the early-bird rate and before the hotel
cut-off date of Sept. 4. Scholarship recipients will receive a code that
will be needed to register for the conference. Those that register on-line
with the scholarship code will not need to pay the conference registration
fee, and will be reimbursed $151 after the conference for travel costs.
Those who do not register on-line will need to pay the conference
registration fee and will be reimbursed after the conference for both
registration and the $151 travel portion.
Eligibility:
Awards will be based on the following criteria:
1. Membership in SMA, and
Individual SMA membership is $75, student membership is $40. Join at
https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=sma&formId=2538
2. Demonstration of leadership and volunteerism in SMA, through
attendance at programs and/or service on committees/board, or current
university student in urban forestry or related major, and
3. Financial need.
Requirements:
1. Scholarship recipients are required to attend the entire SMA
conference, Oct 4-7. No reimbursement will be made to recipients who do
not attend the full conference.
2. Scholarship recipients must stay at the conference hotel if space
is available, although shared rooms are acceptable.
3. Scholarship recipents must be willing to contribute to a City
Trees article about their conference experience. Students will display a
poster demonstrating an experience they have had on a project in a
municipality or with a municipal forester (undergraduate students) or
showcasing research areas of interest that impact municipal forestry
(graduate students).
Application Process:
To apply, complete the scholarship application online at the SMA Web site,
https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=sma&formId=64475
Application Review
Applications will be reviewed by an ad-hoc committee of the SMA.
Deadline: 10:00 pm, August 26, 2009
Applications must be completed on-line at www.urban-forestry.com.
Questions?
Please email SMA at urbanforesty@xxxxxxxxxxx or phone 706-769-7412.
Jerri J. LaHaie, CAE, Executive Director
Society of Municipal Arborists
P.O. Box 641
Watkinsville, GA 30677
phone: 706-769-7412 fax: 706-769-7307
email: UrbanForestry@xxxxxxxxxxx
webpage: www.urban-forestry.com