Mai Le, Bachelors Candidate, University of Texas ar Austin. 

 Assist in configuring and installing personal computer 

 hardware and software, including network software in of- 

 fices of the National Air and Space Museum. Assist per- 

 sonal computer users in solving hardware and software 

 problems. June 24, 1995 through August 5, 1995. 



Betty Limon. Latino Outreach. Work with Public Affairs staff 

 involved in the Institution's outreach program directed to- 

 ward the Latino community in Washington D.C., and 

 across the nation. Work with other Smithsonian bureaus, 

 various forms of Latino media, developing contacts and par- 

 ticipants, in PR activities. June 26, 1995 through August 4, 



1995- 



Farhan Malik, Bachelors Candidate, University of Kansas. 

 Space History. Work with primary source matetials dealing 

 with the technology of manned spaceflight in order to orga- 

 nize and prepare archival records. Assist with the care and 

 storage of the space suit collection from the Mercury, 

 Apollo and Gemini eras. June 26, 1995 through August 8, 



1995- 



Javier T. Moreno, Bachelors Candidate, Texas Tech University. 

 Golden Lion Tamarin. Assist zoo staff in interpreting the 

 exhibit to the general public. Perform specific animal obser- 

 vations. Assist in daily care tasks like food preparation and 

 will learn to use radio tracking equipment tor public dem- 

 onstrations. June 24, 1995 through August 4, 1995. 



Melissa Neuman, Bachelors Candidate, Harvard University. 

 Historian. Assist National Portrait Gallery historian with 

 ongoing research projects using the collections of the Gal- 

 lery itself and perhaps those of the District of Columbia's 

 Public Library and the Library of Congress. June 24, 1995 

 through August 5, 1995. 



Callie J. Newcombe. Primate House. Assist primate keepers 

 with their daily routine including cleaning enclosures, pre- 

 paring food, and conducting behavioral observations of 

 eighr species of primates. Assist with some record keeping. 

 June 24, 1995 through August 5, 1995. 



Chi T Ng, High School Senior, Lane Technical High School. 

 Armed Forces History. Working with collections of over 

 400,000 objects (uniforms, insignia, art). Caring for collec- 

 tions and assisting with mounting exhibitions. Use compu- 

 terized catalogue system. Assist in routine museum work. 

 June 24, 1995 through August 5, 1995. 



Steven C. Pabst, Bachelors Candidate, Ball State University. 

 Exhibit Interpretation. In National Zoological Park's pho- 

 tography department, experiencing Black & White photog- 

 raphy printing, copy work, filling photo requests, and 

 assisting the staff photographer with animal and other pho- 

 tography. Learn abour and help survey, rehouse, identify, 

 and catalog historic and recent photographs in the Zoo's 

 photo archive. Assist with the development of the Photo 

 CD project to integrate photo CD images into a database. 

 June 24, 199$ through August 5, 1995. 



Nazzy Pakpour, Bachelors Candidate, Universiry of Califor- 

 nia, Davis. Insect Zoo. Will learn to care for the animals 



found in Insect Zoo and learn interpretive techniques 

 which have been developed specifically for the exhibit. 

 Will participate in teacher training workshops. June 24, 

 1995 through August 5, 1995. 



Jaime Petrovich. Early Enrichment Center. Assist in research- 

 ing and coordinating developmentally appropriate mu- 

 seum-based activities for children. Responsible for assisting 

 in planning and implementing the actual activities. The in- 

 tent of the program is to integrate museum experiences 

 with early childhood education, stressing active learning, 

 critical thinking, and problem solving skills. June 24, 1995 

 through August 5, 1995. 



Ta] J. Polite, Bachelors Candidate, North Carolina State. Edu- 

 cation. Assist the education department by conducting 

 tours of the education department by conducting tours of 

 the "Black Mosaic Community, Race and Ethnicity" exhibi- 

 tion. Additional duties include answering telephone inquir- 

 ies, working with the education department's archive, and 

 helping to update the mailing list. June 26, 1995 through 

 August 5, 1995. 



Corlei N. Prieto, Bachelors Candidate, University of Califor- 

 nia, Santa Barbara. Education. Assist with various duties re- 

 lated to the care and maintenance of the "Exploring Marine 

 Ecosystems" exhibit. Participate in the daily maintenance 

 and monitoring of 3,000-gallon Caribbean coral reef ex- 

 hibit, a 2,000-gallon gulf of Maine exhibit, and two 130- 

 gallon aquarium exhibits. Perform technical duties 

 including monitoring chemical parameters (temperature 

 and salinity), observing and feeding organisms within the 

 systems, harvesting algal turf scrubbers, and checking me- 

 chanical equipment. Provide behind the scenes tours and 

 answer questions for the general public. June 24, 1995 

 through August 5, 1995. 



Michael William Twitty, Bachelors Candidate, Howard Uni- 

 versity. African-American Studies Center. Aid The 

 Smithsonian Associates Studies Center in the planning and 

 implementation of programs, and to research, collect, and 

 record data on past programs and overall successes of the 

 Studies Center. June 25, 1995 through August 5, 1995. 



Melanie J. Weeks, Bachelors Candidate, McNeese State Uni- 

 versity. Curatorial Affairs. Introduction to basic curatorial 

 concepts, review of exhibits proposals, discuss process and 

 planning with curators and participate in evaluation pro- 

 cess through review committee. June 2, 1995 through July 

 26, 1995. 



Olivia M. Wendt, Bachelors Candidate, St. Norbert. Library. 

 Assist professional staff in standard library duties, learning 

 about variety of research tools. Help to determine whether 

 incoming materials are to be catalogued or to be discarded, 

 following library guidelines to sort materials already se- 

 lected for the library's vertical files, and helping to elimi- 

 nate the backlog of materials already selected for the 

 vertical files. June 26, 1995 through August 5, 1995. 



Maria Wiehe, Bachelors Candidate, Mesa Community Col- 

 lege. Horticulture. Work in the Grounds Management 



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