Jane and others looking at summer programs, Please do take a look at program's websites, or contact the program coordinators, to see if they offer flexibility. I can only speak for my program, but we do offer as much flexibility as possible in consultation with specific students and mentors. I don't have much extra time to work with, either...there are only ~2 school-free weeks on each side of my 10-week program, and I begin to run into logistical constraints for housing, etc. Another concern is that students who cannot make the start of the program miss out on some of the cohort experience, but we have had several students lately in this situation who have been fine.
-Bruce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruce A. Snyder, PhD [email protected] Instructor; Coordinator, REU and URM Programs REU: ksu.edu/reu URM: ecogen.ksu.edu/urm.html Earthworms Across Kansas: ksu.edu/earthworm/ Personal: www-personal.k-state.edu/~basnyder/ Office: 136 Ackert Hall 785-532-2430 Mail: Kansas State University Division of Biology 116 Ackert Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-4901 "How many miles of unexplored caves are there?" - an analogy for biodiversity discovery On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 1:15 AM, Jane Shevtsov <[email protected]> wrote: > This time of year, I scan ECOLOG for summer opportunities for students I > mentor. However, I end up having to discard many excellent programs, > including the majority of REU positions, because they start a week or more > before spring quarter ends at UCLA. > > The quarter system isn't that rare. For example, all University of > California campuses other than Berkeley and Merced run on it. (I personally > prefer semesters, but quarters are what we've got.) > > While some longer programs may require a may or early June start date, > those lasting 8 or fewer weeks should be able to run from mid-June to > August, allowing students on both quarter and semester systems to > participate. I therefore issue a plea for program scheduling that considers > the needs of students on the quarter system! > > -- > ------------- > Jane Shevtsov, Ph.D. > Mathematical Biology Curriculum Writer, UCLA > co-founder, www.worldbeyondborders.org > > "Those who say it cannot be done should not interfere with those who are > doing it." --attributed to Robert Heinlein, George Bernard Shaw and others >
