Summer Intern Position

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(Posted for Don Wilkening.)

The Pioneer Trails Regional Museum located in Bowman, North Dakota has 
an internship position available for an individual for the summer of 
2006. This position is available for an advanced undergraduate or 
graduate student pursuing a degree in paleontology, stratigraphy or 
other closely related field. Coursework required for consideration 
includes physical geology, historical geology, general paleontology and 
stratigraphy and/or sedimentation. In exceptional cases, field and/or 
laboratory experience may be considered in place of advanced coursework.

Factors that will be considered include: research experience in 
paleontology or stratigraphy, field and lab experience and knowledge 
about the geology in the northern Great Plains, (particularly late 
Mesozoic and early Cenozoic). The position requires excellent public 
communications skills, good physical condition to access remote 
outcrops and the ability to perform physical labor. All applicants must 
also provide a copy of their current driving record along with their 
application.

The position will involve conducting educational tours for the general 
public to our paleontological sites,  mapping and field collecting of 
vertebrate and paleobotany specimens for the museum, laboratory 
preparation and curation of specimens and assisting with research 
projects of the museum.

The term of the 2006 Summer Internship is from June 5, 2006 through 
August 19, 2006 at the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum in Bowman, North 
Dakota. The internship salary is $300.00 per week. Housing is the
responsibility of the individual upon arriving in Bowman, however, the 
museum will assist in locating housing if desired. The Intern will also 
receive training in all aspects of our summer program upon arriving.

Application deadline is March 25, 2006. Applicants must submit three 
letters of recommendation and a resume to Dean A. Pearson, Curator of 
Paleontology at the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum at PO Box 78,
Bowman, North Dakota 58623. Mark plainly on the envelope 
PALEONTOLOGICAL INTERNSHIP APPLICATION. Selected candidates will be 
interviewed in person or by telephone, so please provide us with a 
telephone number where you can be reached when submitting your 
application. The Summer Intern will be chosen and
announced by April 4, 2006.


Don Wilkening
Pioneer Trails Regional Museum
Bowman, ND 58623
( 701) 523-3625 or e-mail  paleo@ptrm.org