Holothuria hilla

The sea cucumber Holothuria hila from Kosrae, by François Michonneau

a sea anemone

Tentacles of a sea anemone in Moorea, by Adrian Stier

a barracuda

A barracuda in Moorea, by Adrian Stier

a shark

A black-tip shark in Moorea, by Adrian Stier

a trigger fish

A trigger-fish in Moorea, by Adrian Stier

Beach morning glory, Ipomoea pes-caprae

Beach morning glory, Ipomoea pescaprae, by Hannah Vander Zanden

Driftwood at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Driftwood at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, by Hannah Vander Zanden

Fishermen, Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Fishermen, Tortuguero, Costa Rica, by Hannah Vander Zanden

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas

Green turtle, Chelonia mydas, by Hannah Vander Zanden

Jaguar print

Jaguar print, by Hannah Vander Zanden

Salmacina

Salmacina, Okinawa, Japan by François Michonneau

Didemnum molle

Didemnum molle, Heron Island, by François Michonneau

Guidelines for nominating and voting on the Graduate Student Invited Speaker

  1. Nominations
    • Nomination and voting will occur the spring semester prior to the academic year of the proposed talk. The Colloquium Representative will send an email to the graduate student listserv to collect nominations.
    • All graduate students are encouraged to nominate any person(s) as the potential Graduate Student Invited Speaker.
    • Each individual is allowed to nominate a maximum of two individuals.
    • Nominators should provide the potential speaker’s name, affiliation, a link to their website, and a 2-4 sentence description of their work and career.
  2. Voting
    • The Colloquium Representative will conduct the vote through an online survey site that allows votes to remain anonymous. Each graduate student has one vote.
    • Graduate students will have one week to vote.
    • Voting graduate students will rank five nominees in order of interest. The first choice will be assigned a score of 5, the second choice will be assigned a score of 4, etc.
    • The first choice speaker will be the nominee with the largest total score.
    • In the case of a tie among any of the top five nominees, a revote for those nominees will be taken before invitations to speakers are pursued.
  3. After the vote
    • The nominator of the speaker will be responsible for the invitation.
    • Should the proposed speaker accept the invitation, the nominator of that speaker will be responsible for coordinating the speaker's schedule during their visit.
    • Should the first choice speaker reject the invitation, the second through fifth choice speakers will be invited sequentially following the procedure outlined in step 3a until a speaker accepts.
    • In the case that each of the top five speakers rejects the invitation, new nomination, voting, and post-voting procedures will be undertaken.
    • During the second attempt to secure a speaker, graduate students can nominate new and previously nominated individuals.

Previous graduate student invited speakers

Information compiled by Dimitri Blondel