Get Involved

Purdue Undergraduate Students

Volunteer, research credit (independant or capstone), and a limited number of paid positions are available. Contact Chris for more information.

Prospective Graduate Students

Opportunities to conduct research in the collection are available through several faculty advisors (Smith, Cameron, Decker, Johnston). To request a loan, please contact Chris Wirth.

Community Volunteers

Are you interested in entomology and natural history collections research? We have opportunities to volunteer in the PERC, ranging from preparing, curating, and identifying specimens to digitizing (transcribing) related archival materials (e.g., specimen labels, field notebooks, or correspondence). Contact Chris for more information.

Donations

Each year the PERC receives thousands of donated specimens, totaling over 30,000 last year alone. If you are interested in donating—from a single specimen to a whole collection—please contact Chris! Monetary donations are alway welcome and directly support the acquisition of curatorial supplies and specimen storage infrastructure.

 

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