SEEDS: Newsletter > Volume 4, Issue 4 - May 2006

SEEDS Updates: Introducing the 2006-2007 SEEDS Fellows

"I must say, I am looking forward to going to the Konza Prairie LTER this summer and working with my mentor, Dr. Anthony Joern. This experience will be most beneficial to me and my future college and career goals. I feel very blessed and fortunate to have this kind of ecological research opportunity. I will learn what I can and make the most of it. Thank you SEEDS."
- Chris McLaughlin, University of Mary, Bismarck

“The SEEDS Fellowship is an incredible opportunity to grow as an individual who wants to be part of something bigger.  I have been part of the fellowship for just a few months and in that time the incredible people (students, professors, researchers, administrators) I have met have given me the inspiration to follow my dreams and the energy to achieve them.  This fellowship has opened many doors that were not there before. Soon I will be walking through them by interacting with other SEEDS students, participating in conferences, conducting research in the field that I love, and writing a mini-thesis that will be the seeds for my graduate career. My mentor is Dr. Luis Garcia Barrios of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Chiapas, Mexico.”
- Colibri Sanfiorenzo, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras

“The most exciting thing I am looking forward to is getting out there where the beaver are and gathering all the needed data to see if my hypothesis is correct.  I recently went to Standing Rock to locate a research site and I believe I found one. While I was explaining my research project to the owners of the land one of them stated, "That's why we have beaver here, so we can have lots of water." I was thinking awesome!!! This is the place! I will be working with Dr. Carol Johnston of South Dakota State University for my research."
- Marla Striped Face-Collins, United Tribes Technical College

“I am honored to be a part of this fellowship and can't wait to start my research. With this fellowship, I hope to grow as an emerging scientist and gain valuable field skills not learned in the classroom. I'm grateful for this program and hope to make a difference in the field of ecology. Dr. Mike Heithaus of Florida International University will be my mentor for the fellowship.”
- Ku'ulei Vickery, University of Hawai'i at Manoa