{"id":8397,"date":"2022-06-03T08:18:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=8397"},"modified":"2022-06-03T08:18:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T15:18:24","slug":"student-assistantship-for-land-one-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-8397","title":{"rendered":"Student Assistantship for Land One program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GAA \/ UAA Forestry, Land &amp; Food, and Environment Applications in Calculus (50 hrs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interested in the connections between math and real-world applications? We are hiring an academic assistant (graduate or undergraduate) to help develop applied calculus problems that focus on natural resources for first-year students. You will work under the guidance of Dr. Fok-Shuen Leung to create pedagogical materials on applied calculus with relevance to Forestry and Land &amp; Food Systems (ex. forest management, land management, conservation, food systems, nutrition, animal husbandry, food and resource economics etc).<\/p>\n<p>Applicants should have a good understanding of calculus and natural resource\u00a0issues important\u00a0to the Faculties of Forestry and Land &amp; Food Systems. The appointment (either as a GAA or UAA) is 50 hrs (timing is flexible and work can be done remotely). To apply, please send a brief cover letter outlining your knowledge in calculus and interest in researching and developing pedagogical materials plus a brief resume. Applications should be sent to Dr. Athena McKown (<a href=\"mailto:athena.mckown@ubc.ca\">athena.mckown@ubc.ca<\/a>). Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview via phone or video call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application deadline: June 12th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Start date: June 20th (ending no later than Aug 31st)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions? Please contact Dr. Athena McKown (<a href=\"mailto:athena.mckown@ubc.ca\">athena.mckown@ubc.ca<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAA \/ UAA Forestry, Land &amp; Food, and Environment Applications in Calculus (50 hrs) Interested in the connections between math and real-world applications? We are hiring an academic assistant (graduate or undergraduate) to help develop applied calculus problems that focus on natural resources for first-year students. You will work under the guidance of Dr. Fok-Shuen&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8398,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8397\/revisions\/8398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}