EXTRA!

Have a Good Idea for a New SEEDS Newsletter Name?
We at SEEDS are changing the name and format of the current newsletter. We are evolving and improving as are the Chapters. Therefore, we would like your help. Submit a name for a new newsletter title and yours could be chosen. Send your ideas to: seeds@esa.org

 

Upcoming Opportunities and Deadlines

Chapter Maintenance Grants
The SEEDS Campus Ecology Chapter program offers a Maintenance Grant to support Chapters. This grant is intended to ensure that each Chapter has funds to establish itself and/or sustain its presence on campus and beyond. Chapters in good standing may submit a proposal anytime before March 1, 2007. More information and the application are available at http://www.esa.org/seeds/activities/CampusEcologyChapters/MaintenanceGrants.php.

 

Chapter Special Project Proposals
Chapters, do you have project ideas for which you'd like to seek funding? The next SEEDS Campus Ecology Chapter Special Project Grant proposal deadline is January 26, 2007. More information is available at http://www.esa.org/seeds/activities/CampusEcologyChapters/SpecialProjectGrants.php.

 

SEEDS Highlights

Clayton State University Campus Ecology Chapter
The Clayton State SEEDS Chapter has not been in existence long, but in the short time that we have been established, we have accomplished much. Since the formation of our Chapter in March of 2006 we have participated in several field trips in association with Clayton State’s Science Association. We spent an incredible evening viewing the awe-inspiring Human Bodies exhibit at the Atlanta Civic Center. Students and faculty alike were floored by the exhibits that could be described as nothing less than art.   To read more, go to: Clayton.

 

Milton Muldrow Jr., New SEEDS Staff
My name is Milton Muldrow Jr., and as of September 5^th, 2006 I am the new SEEDS Student Coordinator at the Ecological Society of America. As I start my first month of work at the ESA, I look forward to working with all the chapters, students and professors within this exciting and rapidly-growing program! One of my many tasks at the ESA will be to edit this newsletter, therefore I look forward to hearing from you on ways to enhance and improve our communication.  To read more, go to:  Milton.

 

 

Colibrí Sanfiorenzo, 2006-07 Undergraduate Research Fellow
Hi! My name is Colibrí. I am currently an undergraduate senior student majoring in General Science at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus.  There have been two main influential people in my life in relation to my love of science and my interest in ecology, my mom (dedicated educational chemistry researcher) and Dr. Elvia Melendez Ackerman (my current advisor at my University). My mom showed me the incredible and wonderful world of science and how it can explain most of the things in this world. That is partly why I started out in college as a physics student, to try and learn how the universe and all of its components work. To read more, go to: Colibri.

 

Luis Garcia Barrios, 2005-07 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Mentor
I have served as a SEEDS mentor twice in a row (2005 and 2006-07). I was honored and very happy when I was first invited because SEEDS is a very relevant program! SEEDS students, mentors and coordinators are great! SEEDS is clearly needed to increase the impact of ecological research in society and to promote equal opportunities for young people interested in a scientific career in Ecology. To read more, go to: Barrios.

 

SEEDS Updates

Congratulations 2005-06 Fellows!
The 2005-06 Fellows finished their fellowship by presenting their research at the 2006 ESA Annual Meeting. To read more, go to: Fellows.

 

Ecology Bulletin Board

National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Location: Varies, dependent upon site
Participation Dates: Varies
The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the National Science Foundation. 
For more information, go to: ESA's Internship Page

 

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Internship
Location: Edgewater, Maryland
Participation Dates: Varies
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Internship offers undergraduate and beginning graduate students opportunity to gain hands-on experience within environmental research and education.
For more information, go to: ESA's Internship Page

 

Florida Keys Ocean Science Center Marine Instructor Internship
Location: Pigeon Key, Florida Keys
Participation Dates: January 2007 – May 2007
The Florida Keys Ocean Science Center is a Science and Research facility located on Pigeon Key island in the heart of the Florida Keys. The Florida Keys Ocean Science Center offers programs to students and teachers from elementary school through college. Interns will teach various marine science courses both in and outside the classroom. Interns will also accompany students to the coral reef and act as underwater naturalists.
For more information, go to: ESA's Internship Page

 

Target Field Trip Grants Program
Eligibility: K-12 educators and school officials
Deadline: November 1, 2006
Target hopes that teachers can use this grant to continue using the valuable experiential learning gained from field trips to enhance students' classroom studies. As a cornerstone of the giving program, Target educational programs focus on teachers and classrooms, and early childhood reading.
For more information, go to: ESA's Grants & Fellowships Page

 

Environmental Protection Agency P3 Award Program
Eligibility: Public institutions of higher education
Deadline: December 21, 2006
The P3 competition will provide grants to teams of college students to research, develop, and design solutions to challenges to sustainability. P3 highlights people, prosperity, and the planet – the three pillars of sustainability – as the next step beyond P2 or pollution prevention.
For more information, go to: ESA's Grants & Fellowships Page

 

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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