v STUDENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS FOR THE HI ED CONFERENCE:
Students currently enrolled in a college/university emergency management program are needed as student volunteers for the 15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference. Students will be given reporting assignments and general conference duties. The reports will be incorporated into the post-conference proceedings posted to the FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Program website -- Conferences section.
Generally graduate students will be assigned primarily to take detailed notes during the concurrent breakout sessions and to write summaries of those breakout sessions for incorporating into the post-conference “proceedings”. Reports will be 3-4 pages per session and will highlight the most significant aspects of the session. Graduate students will be assigned at least one breakout session to report but may be assigned up to three reports during the conference.
Generally undergraduate students are assigned various aspects of the conference i.e., passing microphones during plenary sessions, assisting with conference registration, passing out conference notebooks, taking hard copies of presentation materials to classrooms, posting breakout session classroom assignments and various other duties.
In addition one or more students will be assigned to assist the Higher Education Program Manager and as well as the Hi Ed Program Assistant through out the week.
Student volunteers are required to attend 100% of the conference beginning with Monday workshops and ending on Thursday afternoon with the last breakout sessions. The typical volunteer obligations comprise about 20% of the conference. When not acting in a volunteer capacity students are free to attend breakout sessions at their leisure.
Student volunteers are encouraged to participate in all conference activities.
Student Volunteer Criteria:
· Student should have the recommendation of a faculty member or department chair
· Students must be at least 18 years of age.
· Student volunteers must pay own transportation to and from the conference.
· Student volunteers must be able to participate in the entire four day conference.
· Student volunteers will receive from the Higher Education Program reimbursement of the NETC meal ticket for the week and a no-cost, on-campus dorm room (International students can not be reimbursed for the meal ticket and will be required to pay $40.00 per night for the dorm room and must go through a 8-12 week security clearance.)
· Students currently employed in any capacity by FEMA are not eligible for reimbursement of the meal ticket.
· Student should be capable of taking good detailed notes.
· Student will need to prepare a comprehensive report based on notes from the assigned breakout session. These reports will be incorporated into the Higher Education Program website conference proceedings.
· In the event we do not have enough graduate volunteers students may be asked to participate in additional breakout sessions.
· Student will be contacted by the Student Volunteer Coordinator for their respective assigned break out session and to collect the final reports.
· Students must submit a conference application form and must return all requested information to the Mitigation secretary in a timely manner in order to be reimbursed for the meal ticket.
· If you have questions about the Higher Education Conference Student Volunteer positions please contact the Higher Education Program Assistant Barbara Johnson at Barbara.Johnson3@fema.dhs.gov or (301) 447-1452.
More information will be available on the Hi Ed website conference section at
