Table of Contents ====================================================================== 1. GEM 2014 Summer Workshop Registration Open 2. Information about Requesting Student Support to GEM 2014 Summer Workshop ====================================================================== *************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 24, Number 3 February 19, 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. GEM 2014 Summer Workshop Registration Open ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Clauer and Xia Cai The GEM 2014 Summer Workshop will be held from June 15-20 at Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel & Conference Center, Portsmouth, Virginia. The registration is now open at http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html . Please note the following important dates: - Deadline for student applications for support: Friday, March 14, 2014 - Deadline for poster submissions: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - Last day to pay the early registration fee: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - Last day to make lodging reservations and receive the discounted rate: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Contact Xia Cai at (xcai@vt.edu) if you have any question regarding the Workshop. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Information about Requesting Student Support to GEM 2014 Summer Workshop ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Clauer and Xia Cai Since there is a high demand for graduate student financial assistance, we must prioritize student support based on criteria developed by the steering committee. A high priority will be given to the following groups: graduate students engaged in their thesis or dissertation research, first time attendees and students from small institutions, and students having specific GEM-related duties. We urge those of you that qualify and are planning to attend the 2014 GEM Workshop to act quickly and send an email application to Xia Cai at (xcai@vt.edu) requesting support that includes the following information: • Name: • Gender: • Email: • Advisor's name and email: • School: • Graduate or undergraduate student: • Year in school: • Previous GEM support received (list number of years): • Are you signed up to give a student tutorial (yes/no)? • New! Are you signed up to be a volunteer (taking pictures, recording tutorials, light control during plenary sessions…) (yes/no)? • New! Tentative title and abstract for your oral/poster presentation • New! Write a brief statement of purpose (500 words) about why you should come to GEM. The statement should include what your research goals are, how GEM could help pursuing those goals and how you can contribute to GEM. New! For students who receive support to attend GEM, we will now require that you submit a follow-up report (500 words) within 2 weeks after the workshop is finished. In the report, please briefly summarize what you have learned or accomplished at GEM. Failing to do so could lower your priority in the next year. Every student applying for assistance must have his or her advisor send a one or two paragraph email to Xia Cai at (xcai@vt.edu) including the following information: • Is the student ready for GEM? For GEM, we believe, it is most appropriate for students engaged in research. If the student is an undergraduate, please justify why he/she should be considered. • Is there a specific benefit for the student that you can identify? • If you have several students applying for support, please submit one email containing your assessment for all of the students. Please also prioritize the students to receive GEM support. Deadline for student applications and advisor recommendations is Friday, March 14, 2014. Applications or advisor recommendations received after this date will be waitlisted. Once you have been granted support, the website for registration will be sent to you. The student registration fee for GEM is $150.00, whether attending with or without GEM support. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To broadcast announcements to the GEM community, please contact | | Peter Chi, GEM Communications Coordinator, at: | | | | | | Please submit your announcements in plain text or Word document. | | | | To subscribe the GEM Messenger, send an e-mail to | | | | with the following command in the body of your e-mail message: | | subscribe gem | | To remove yourself from the mailing list, the command is: | | unsubscribe gem | | | | GEM Messenger is also posted online via newsfeed at | | http://heliophysics.blogspot.com and | | http://www.facebook.com/heliophysics | | | | Back issues are available at: | | http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki/messenger/ | | | | URL of GEM Home Page: http://aten.igpp.ucla.edu/gemwiki | | Workshop Information: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/index.html | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+