Hi all! Just came across this community/magazine and I'm just tickled to meet other people who love cute squishy sucky invertebrates! WHEE I am particularly fond of cephalopods, nudibranchs, and cnidarians.

I recently graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelors degree in zoology, and one in biology. However Oregon's job market [tonmo edit: "sucks" will do :) ], so I remain unemployed. I've decided to go to graduate school for a PhD. Anyone have any good recommendations of west coast grad programs in biology, marine biology, or zoology?? I looked up some today but word of mouth is always good too.

~Paige
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Welcome to Tonmo, Paige...interesting review of the Oregon job market...don't know if I have heard that one yet ! :lol:
Check with Dr. SOS...he is our academic wizard...good hunting!
Greg

:welcome:, Paige! This squishy sucky invertebrate is just tickled to meet you, too.

Hope you get connected.

:welcome: Paige!

:D

Welcome Paige, and good luck! There are graduate research proposals in the science forums, and that would give you an idea of what's desirable to at least one academic scientist....

Melissa

:lol: :lol:
:welcome: , I hope you find what you are looking for here!!!

A very warm :welcome: to TONMO.com!

:welcome: to TONMO, Tralenea!!

Welcome trelanea! I kinda had to edit your post there, you know, family-friendly site and all...

:police:

Lovely art on your Website! Glad you're here!

hehe oops sorry
I'm such a sailor
*zips profane mouth*

:boat:

...and props on the surly squid avatar... 8)

:welcome: indeedy; afraid I'm at the other end of the world to the US folk, so it would be a major move/relocation to study cephs.

:welcome:, Paige! This squishy sucky invertebrate is just tickled to meet you, too.

Hope you get connected.

Uh Oh, lets hope Sir Dr Ummmmm...... doesn't develop a new ummfatuation!

Nah. :twisted: need not worry, Sir Dr. ummmmm... is quite monogummous.

:roflmao:

Hajimemashite!

My name is John, and I too would like to say hello and that not all is lost in the world of marine biology/ zoology. Good luck, and you may want to apply around the country. I look forward to reading your posts.

Welcome to TONMO, where the past, present, and future is Cephalopods!

Sushi and Sake, (Gochiso-sama)!

John

Nah. :twisted: need not worry, Sir Dr. ummmmm... is quite monogummous.

Well thank :cthulhu: for that... would hate to see Paige summarily frightened off by casually visiting TONMO and discovering a Photoshop of herself starring in The Paige of Innocence or something similar. :roll:

Anyway - :welcome:

"The Page of Innocence"?

Just what are you reading in your spare time, Kat? :lol:

Is this like the time I photoshopped a friend's head onto a squid and sold it to the FOX network?

John

Im still waiting for the royalties after you slapped my head on a picture of a "river horse" and sold it to them....

:heee:

Welcome, nice to have you here! (Sorry to have missed this at the time, almost two years ago!).

And Merry Christmas too!

Phil, how much egg nog have you had?

Ah the christmas spirit...goes on and on, until you end up with a severe headache!

Welcome, and good luck on the grad program/job search too!:welcome:
Sharon

Phil, did you have to blow the dust off of this one??? Jeez, we love ya man !

Hmmmm! Guess I should check the dates on these things.