Upcoming Opportunities & Deadlines

November 2006 Field Trip
The destination for the November 2006 SEEDS Field Trip has been announced - the Coweeta LTER! The field trip will take place November 2-5, 2006 at the Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research site based in the eastern deciduous forest of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Applications will be available by early July at http://esa.org/seeds/activities/FieldtripsInfo.php.

 

SEEDS Highlights

Graduation Message from Dr. Laura Huenneke, SEEDS Advisory Board Chair
Congratulations on your graduation. All of us associated with the SEEDS program are thrilled you have completed this major milestone in your career. All of your hard work has paid off, and we wish you the very best of luck in your next steps and throughout your journey in life. As Dean of the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Northern Arizona University, I see many students enter and graduate the college every year. Graduation is always a time of celebration and of reflection over the undergraduate career, and simultaneously anticipation about the next steps. I wanted to share with you some comments from my discussion with the SEEDS Fellowship students at the leadership workshop in March 2006. To read more go to: graduation message.

 

What Some SEEDS Graduates Are Doing Now
A big, hearty congratulations to all SEEDS graduates. We are proud of you and your accomplishments and wish you the very best of luck in your next steps. We promise to keep in touch and hope you will remember that we are here to help as your career unfolds. SEEDS graduates are going on to many exciting endeavors. To read just a sampling of what some students are doing visit: updates.

 

New Venture for Jeramie Strickland, SEEDS Coordinator
My name is Jeramie Strickland. Currently, I am the Student Coordinator for the SEEDS Program of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). My interest in ecology goes beyond the science; I am also committed to spreading the word about ecology so students can see it as a viable career, and hopefully attract these talented students to the ecology profession.  I have been doing this through an EnvironMentors program and through my current position at ESA. Several years of undergraduate coursework, internships, and work experiences have helped define my varied interests in the field of ecology including natural reptile populations and ecological and evolutionary herpetology and have solidified my decision to pursue an advanced degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology beginning in August 2006. To read more, visit: Jeramie.

 

SEEDS Updates

ESA Annual Meeting
Thank you to all the ESA members who volunteered to be meeting mentors for SEEDS students in Memphis. We have matched ESA members with students and encourage all to communicate over the summer. We look forward to seeing everyone in Memphis.

 

Konza Prairie Field Trip
The SEEDS Kansas field trip will be held this month from June 4-9. Stay posted for the summary of the always successful SEEDS field trip in the July newsletter. Many pictures will also be posted on our web site, so if you are not able to join us, you can still feel a part of the trip!

 

Research Fellowship
The current SEEDS fellowship group will be traveling to their field sites this month to begin their summer fellowship research. Summer is the time for fellows to finally work in person with their mentors, as they have been mainly communicating at distance during the school year. SEEDS fellows can be found in Tahiti, Honduras, Mexico, Kansas, Gulf of Maine, Arizona, and North Dakota. Good luck fellows on your research!

 

Ecology Bulletin Board

SEEDS Coordinator
Location: Silver Spring, MD         Participation Dates: Full employment begins in late July.
Background: Founded in 1915, the Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a is a nonpartisan, nonprofit membership organization of scientists to promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists; raise the public's level of awareness of the importance of ecological science; increase the resources available for the conduct of ecological science; and ensure the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental decision making by enhancing communication between the ecological community and policy-makers. Education and diversity are central to ESA’s overall mission and ESA’s SEEDS program is the cornerstone of this effort. SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology Education, Development, and Sustainability), a core ESA education program, promotes ecology opportunities to underrepresented undergraduate students. Position Description: The Education Coordinator reports to the Director of Education, however, in this role the incumbent works directly with several staff to track SEEDS program participants and coordinate program activities. Specific responsibilities include: maintaining contact with SEEDS participants and documenting student career paths both formally (maintaining database, sending surveys, contacting graduates) and informally (remembering and/or developing relationships with students met); organizing and attending two field trips per year, including recruitment, logistics and arrangements, and facilitating the event; helping with the SEEDS portion of the ESA Annual Meeting, including organizing and presenting workshops to promote the program; helping maintain SEEDS Chapters through, in part, visiting schools in the Chapter network and presenting about the SEEDS program, and checking on the status of any SEEDS funded Special Projects; attending up to four minority serving conferences per year, exhibiting and promoting the program; tracking 300+ participants that have directly participated in SEEDS in the past. Requirements: articulate in written and oral communications, a natural communicator; capable of working independently as needed while communicating status of various tasks and projects underway; willingness to travel frequently; ability to work well with students from a wide variety of cultural and geographic backgrounds; ability to work within a multifaceted program that involves organizing the many details of program events, to assessing the big picture of SEEDS participant career paths; ability to cooperate within a team environment to work toward department goals and to support colleagues as needed; detail-oriented and organized in order to stay on planning timelines and follow through on action items; complete comfort in Word and other MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook); resourceful, taking initiative to make improvements to processes; college degree (BA/BS, Masters) or equivalent experience desired; positive can-do attitude, ability to work efficiently under pressure to manage multiple priorities, strong work ethic.
Application & Deadline: Send cover letter and resume to education@esa.org - June 10, 2006
Contact: education@esa.org

 

Archbold Biological Station Internship
Location: Lake Placid, Florida
Participation Dates: Internships generally run for 4-6 months but are flexible in their starting dates and durations.
Openings are available for research internships at Archbold Biological Station in south-central Florida. Research in the plant ecology laboratory of Eric Menges emphasizes conservation biology, plant demography, population viability assessment, fire ecology, landscape ecology, and fire management. Archbold Biological Station is active in research, conservation, and education.
For information on benefits, eligibility, and how to apply, visit http://www.esa.org/opportunities/internship.php

 

Dauphin Island 2006 Summer Internship
Location: Dauphin Island, Alabama        Participation Dates: June 20 - August 20, 2006
For information on benefits, eligibility, and how to apply, visit http://www.esa.org/opportunities/internship.php

 

Student Pugwash USA
Location: Nationwide (and globally through http://www.student-pugwash.org/)
Participation Dates: Our programs and conferences run throughout the year.
Student Pugwash USA enables students to think independently about how the development of cutting-edge science and technologies affect society—issues that range from international security to public health, from global warming to the development of U.S. science policy.  With chapters on more than 25 campuses across the country, Student Pugwash USA hosts regional and national conferences throughout the school year, currently focused on the issue of scientific integrity. 
For information on benefits, eligibility, and how to apply, visit http://www.esa.org/opportunities/internship.php

 

If you're interested in posting an opportunity, please visit http://www.esa.org/seeds/activities/newsletter.php

 

Help Support SEEDS

We invite you to contribute to ESA's SEEDS Program to help support and encourage greater diversity in the ecology profession. Contributions to the SEEDS program are tax deductible and are used to support special initiatives for underrepresented students. To contribute, visit www.esa.org/seeds/supportSEEDS.php