GSI Positions Available
Graduate Student Instructor POSITIONS
available with the
University of Michigan Biological Station
Spring Term 2007 and Summer Term 2007
Employment opportunities are available at the Biological Station in
Duties include instructional assistance in class/laboratory and in the field. Selection criteria include a relevant academic preparation (Biology preferred) and relevant experience in the open position. Minimum qualifications include good standing in the applicant’s academic department.
Actual hiring will be dependent on student enrollment. Applications will be accepted through April 15. Decisions will be made by April 29. We will provide notification of hiring decisions to all applicants within 14 days after the selection process has been completed. A list of qualified applicants will be retained and forwarded to faculty for selection for each class. Please note specific course you are interested in. Unsuccessful applications will be retained for consideration in the event that there are last minute openings. Upon request, any applicant denied employment will receive, within fourteen (14) calendar days, a written explanation of the reasons for denial of employment, unless he or she states a preference for an in-person interview with the hiring agent.
Hiring decisions are made by the faculty of each course. Please contact Karie Slavik at the Biological Station office at 763-4461 or by email (slavik@umich.edu) or visit 2014 Natural Science Bldg. with questions.
Course descriptions for the following courses are available at www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/.
Spring Session (May 20 – June 16, 2007)
BIO 104 Introduction to Natural Sciences
BIO 381 General Ecology
EEB 405 Special Topics: Diatom Taxonomy
EEB 455 Ethnobotany
ANTHRARC 487 Field Studies in Archaeology, May 20- June 21
Summer Session (June 23 – August 18,2007)
EEB 348 Forest Ecosytems
EEB 311 Rivers, Lakes, and Wetlands
EEB 330 Biology of Birds
BIO 381 General Ecology
BIO 390 Natural History and Evolution
EEB 486 Biology & Ecology of Fishes
EEB 442 Biology of Insects
EEB 492 Behavioral Ecology
EEB 474 Ecology of Wetlands
EEB 482 Limnology: Freshwater Ecology
EEB 556 Field Botany of
ENG 317/ENVIRON 377 Environmental Writing and Great Lakes Literature
The University will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, disability, height, weight, marital status, national origin, political persuasion or affiliation, sexual orientation, parental or pregnancy status, HIV antibody status, veteran status, membership in any social or political group or any other factor where the item in question will not interfere with job performance and where the employee is otherwise qualified. The