Why volunteer?
- Develop new skills
- Gain professional experience
- Build a CV or resume
- Explore a career
- Earn academic credit
- Develop a career network
- Enhance your education
- Do something different from your job or schooling
- Reduce stress
- Fight boredom
- Donate your skills to a valuable community service
- Freedom of schedule
- For FUN!
Who can volunteer?
We are looking for people with these qualities:
- Interested in plants and/or fungi
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work independently or in a group
- Willingness to ask questions
- Ability and willingness to follow instructions and guidelines
- Minimal computer skills
Available volunteer activities
- Databasing plants and/or fungi
- Sorting specimen backlogs
- Filing specimens
- Barcoding
- Digitizing
- Curation
How to volunteer
You may contact us:
Jamie Minnaert-Grote
Collections Manager
minnaert@illinois.edu
217-244-7332
Andrew Miller
Herbarium Director
amiller7@illinois.edu
or fill out this form and we’ll contact you!