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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Here is a great opportunity for all undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs:</span>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Cheers,</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Kurtis</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">A WORKSHOP FOR EARLY-CAREER ASTRONOMERS WHO WANT TO DO BETTER OUTREACH </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">(Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan 3 & 4, 2017 at the start of the American Astronomical Society
Meeting near Dallas, TX) </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The American Astronomical Society is sponsoring a skill-building workshop -- and an ongoing
community -- to support early-career astronomers (graduate students, post-docs, recent faculty) in doing effective outreach to schools, families, and the public. Working with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and other outreach organizations, the AAS
Astronomy Ambassadors program (now in its fifth year) offers you two days of hands-on training, extensive resources and pre-tested activities (plus a like-minded group of peers.) If you are a younger astronomer with an interest in spending a fraction of your
time helping students or the public become more scientifically literate, this is an invitation to join the growing Ambassadors community. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Among many other topics, we will discuss the opportunity for astronomy education represented
by the Aug. 21, 2017 “All-American” eclipse of the Sun, and what programs, resources, and ideas are already being developed to help you do classroom and public outreach for it. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">For now, some of the costs are being underwritten by the AAS Council (so registration,
lunch, and materials are free; and one night’s lodging can be provided). The workshop for the “Astronomy Ambassadors” program will be held on the day before and part of the first day of the January 2017 AAS meeting. Participants will spend two active days
learning techniques, examining selected materials, and getting to know both each other and an existing community of astronomers who do and support outreach activities. There will be sessions appropriate for those who have done outreach already and for those
who are just beginners. No experience is required. We especially want to encourage participation by members of groups underrepresented in science. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Applications are due by no later than Oct. 17, 2016. </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">For more about the program, see: </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
<a href="http://aas.org/outreach/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">http://aas.org/outreach/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><a href="http://aas.org/outreach/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">http://aas.org/outreach/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">For more information about the 2017 workshop, visit: </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
<a href="https://aas.org/meetings/aas229/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-workshop" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">https://aas.org/meetings/aas229/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-workshop</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><a href="https://aas.org/meetings/aas229/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-workshop" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">https://aas.org/meetings/aas229/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-workshop</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">To complete an online application, go to: </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
<a href="https://aas.org/content/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program-2017-application" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">https://aas.org/content/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program-2017-application</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><a href="https://aas.org/content/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program-2017-application" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">https://aas.org/content/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program-2017-application</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="">
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Dr. Kurtis A. Williams<br class="">
Associate Professor<br class="">
Department of Physics and Astronomy<br class="">
Texas A&M University - Commerce<br class="">
Tel: (903) 886-5516<br class="">
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