Ecological Society of America

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UC Davis SEEDS Chapter » Davis, California

The purpose of our chapter is to encourage minorities and undergraduates of low socioeconomic status at UC Davis to get interested in higher level education in ecology by exposing them to current ecological research. Students will gain exposure to careers that exist in ecology by being a part of SEEDS. By having a SEEDS chapter on campus, it will increase awareness of students to the ecological issues affecting society today.

Activities

• We will be recruiting as many members as possible for the chapter at UC Davis.
• We will bring in minority professors of ecology from other universities to visit UC Davis and give presentations or workshops about their research and how they have reached their position in ecology.
• We will also have meetings and talk about graduate school, what it entails and will make students aware that graduate school in ecology does not typically cost students a lot of money.
• We will help students connect with faculty if they wish to undertake research projects of their own.
• In August 2007, we also wish to send students to the ESA Annual Meeting in San Jose to expose them to research and possibly present research if they have any of their own or wish to present any research they've been assisting throughout the year.