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BROADCAST Mentoring
Program
Shadow a female professional who works in
broadcasting. Whether you are interested in
being a TV or radio producer, cameraperson, anchor, DJ, or somone
behind the scenes, girls will enjoy the fast-paced world of communications.
For more information, contact
Carlene Brady. cbrady@mbgsc.org |
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Career Trek
Grades 10-12
A one-on-one mentoring program. Girls will investigate different career
options, choose an area of interest, research educational requirements,
develop a resume, practice interview skills, meet many professional
women, and visit college campuses within a 200-mile radius of Chattanooga.
Download application for career trek
For more information, contact Carlene Brady cbrady@mbgsc.org
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EarthPACT
(Plants
and Animal Conservation Team)
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An
environmental mentoring program
Cadette and Seniors |
- explore
careers while doing field research work;
- choose one area of study: amphibians, birds, environmental
law, fish, geology, insects, land management, mammals, plants,
reptiles, or wildlife rehabilitation;
- work one-on-one with a university professor, one
of the area's foremost naturalists, professionals, or environmental
educators;
- help restore an ecologically important habitat
at the Pot Point House in the Tennessee River Gorge;
- spend a weekend going on night hikes, participating
in outdoor "games" and restoring a vernal wetland;
- participate in "Eco-Island."
Download application
or EarthPACT
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Dr. Jean Scanland
and participant
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PHYSICIANS of TOMORROW
Mentoring Program (PTMP)
Participants will:
- explore the challenges and opportunities of a career
in medicine;
- be paired with a female physician (of various
specialities);
- observe the practice of medicine in an office
and/or hospital setting;
- understand the training necessary to become a
physician
Download application
for PTMP
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OTHER MENTORING
OPPORTUNITIES
AMERICAN
FISHERIES SOCIETY SUMMER
Mentoring Program
for
minority and girls for the summer after 10th, 11th, and 12th
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This $3,000 scholarship program is designed to
promote greater diversity within the fisheries profession by exposing
students to career opportunities in the field of fisheries science.
Students accepted into the program are matched with professional mentors
and enjoy a hands-on fisheries science experience in a marine or freshwater
setting. The assignment normally begins in June and lasts for 8 weeks
and is made with a participating organization within reasonable commuting
distance from the students. Applications must be submitted by March
1 of each year.
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