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The George Safford
Torrey Herbarium
(CONN)
Opportunities
Volunteer
Work
- The Herbarium
welcomes applications
to volunteer in many
aspects of
Herbarium tasks such
as mounting, database
entry, label
production and
Herbarium specific
projects.
Work
Study Students
- The University of
Connecticut assigns a
certain number of
students to
each Department.
Graduate
Assistantships
- Assists with
herbarium management
tasks.
Opportunities
exist for
graduate,
undergraduate and work
study students.
Typical tasks include
entering specimen
data, mounting and
labeling
specimens, processing
loans, scanning
specimens for our
on-line
database. Working in
the herbarium provides
excellent experience
in
plant identification,
nomenclature, using
complex relational
databases
and high tech imaging
equipment. These are
invaluable tools for a
career in biology and
the required knowledge
for many positions in
plant taxonomy and
systematics.
Director:
Dr.
Don Les
Collections
Manager: Dr.
Robert S. Capers
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