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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please see below and the attached flyer for information about two free workshops to be hosted at the New York Botanical Garden this summer!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Herbarium Training Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="p2"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Summer 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What:</span></b></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The staff of the New York Botanical Garden’s William & Lynda Steere Herbarium will host two training workshops on herbarium management this summer. The workshops will provide participants
with a comprehensive introduction to herbarium management and collections care. Topics covered will include curation, imaging and digitization, integrated pest management, record keeping, georeferencing, and more.
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<p class="p3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Where:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In person at the New York Botanical Garden. Visit
</span><span class="s3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.nybg.org/">https://www.nybg.org/</a></span></span><span class="s4"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> and</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="https://sweetgum.nybg.org/">https://sweetgum.nybg.org/</a><span class="s4"> for more
</span>information about NYBG and the Steere Herbarium, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Two sessions will be offered (covering the same content):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="p3" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">June 10-12, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (participants will travel to/from NYC on June 9 /13)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="p3" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">July 8-10, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (participants will travel to/from NYC on July 7/11)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="p3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Who is it for:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Students and early-career professionals interested in careers in natural history collections,
and specifically working in and with herbaria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p3"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">What will it cost: Free!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Participants’ travel costs will be covered by funding from the U.S. National
Science Foundation. <i>Please note that participants’ travel to/from NYC must originate and terminate within the U.S.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p5"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">How to apply:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span class="s4">Complete this form: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/XGpWj44DBeJW24pW7">https://forms.gle/XGpWj44DBeJW24pW7</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The application deadline is March 15, 2025 and decisions will be shared with applicants by April 1, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p3"><span class="s1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Questions?
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please email
<a href="mailto:esessa@nybg.org">esessa@nybg.org</a> with subject “Herbarium Training Workshop”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">_______________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Emily B. Sessa, Ph.D. (she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Patricia K. Holmgren Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">William and Lynda Steere Herbarium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The New York Botanical Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">2900 Southern Boulevard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Bronx, NY 10458<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">O: 718.817.8622<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://sessalab.org/" title="https://sessalab.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://sessalab.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-hand-lens/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-hand-lens/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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