• The Medicinal Plants of the Southwest Summer Workshop is a student development activity designed to increase the educational opportunities for students at New Mexico State University.
• The workshop is open to undergraduates at NMSU and recent high school graduates who are registered to attend NMSU in the Fall 2008 term.
• Under-represented minority students (African American, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander) are especially encouraged to apply as the goal of the NMSU-RISE program is to increase the number of ethnic minority researchers in the biomedical sciences.

Instruction and lab work will cover general principles in plant science, biochemistry, ethnobotany, cell biology, chemistry, and microbiology, using specific examples from medicinal plants. Discussion groups will also cover scientific ethics Students will work in teams and perform research on a set of medicinal plants from the area. Instructors include faculty and staff from NMSU.

The Summer 2008 Workshop will run for 6 weeks on the NMSU Las Cruces campus, May 27 – July 3, Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm.

Participants in the project will be paid ~$8/hour, and must be eligible for employment in this federally funded program, participants must be US citizens or permanent residents.

A complete application includes a completed application form, and a current academic transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable).
Application forms are available on the web

Participation Requirements

• At a minimum, students should have graduated high school and satisfactorily completed High School courses in one or more of the following areas: Chemistry, Biology, or Physics.  Participants must be enrolled for the Fall 2008 term at NMSU,
• The student should have a sincere interest in exploring a college major in: animal science, anthropology, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, genetics, physiology, plant sciences, etc. Opportunities are available for workshop participants to continue to participate in academic research programs sponsored by the NMSU-RISE training program year round.

For more information about the summer program please contact:

• Dr. Mary O'Connell (505) 646-5172 [to email: add "@nmsu.edu" after "moconnel"]