96th ESA Annual Meeting - August 6-12, 2011
Austin, Texas
SEEDS supported 33 students to attend the 2011 ESA Annual Meeting (27 undergraduate students and six SEEDS alumni students). Each undergraduate student selected a mentor to work with during the week via an on-line process and thus, 27 mentors were selected to participate in the 2011 SEEDS program at the ESA Annual Meeting. Several events were planned specifically for SEEDS participants and mentors, most all of which were led by SEEDS students and alumni. In addition to presenting their research, SEEDS student leadership at an ESA meeting was at an all time high. SEEDS students and alumni led:
- two field trips (an Urban Bioblitz as part of the SEEDS Education and Outreach Initiative (SEOI) and a “Toxic Tour” in collaboration with the Environmental Justice section;
- a symposium on Revolutionary Ecology Part II: Defining and Conducting Stewardship and Action as Ecologists and Global Citizens;
- an organized oral session on Action Ecology for All;
- and two workshops (Diversity and Inclusiveness sponsored by the SEEDS Network of Alumni and Professionals (SNAP), and an Active Ecologists Guidebook). Three students served as panelists at the Diversity Luncheon and SEEDS alumni led the Diversity Mixer events.
For more information about the 2011 ESA Meeting, please click here.
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To learn more about the SEEDS at the ESA Annual Meeting, read the 2011 Annual Meeting Report. Photos are also available in the Photo Gallery, found here.
95th ESA Annual Meeting - August 1-6, 2010
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SEEDS supported 38 students to attend the 2010 ESA Annual Meeting (34 undergraduate students and four alumni graduate students). Each student selected a mentor to work with during the week via an on-line process and thus, 34 mentors participated in the SEEDS program in 2010. Many SEEDS alumni attended the meeting with their own funding, and three alumni volunteered as SEEDS mentors to undergraduate students. Eight nine percent of directly supported SEEDS students presented their research (two oral presentations, nineteen poster presentations, and one symposium). The symposium “Revolutionary Ecology: Multidisciplinary and Multimedia approaches to Cooling the Planet” was held on Friday, August 6. SEEDS students also sponsored the 4th annual community Bioblitz field trip through the Student Education Outreach Initiative (SEOI). In addition to SEEDS activities, the alumni extension group SEEDS Network of Alumni and Professionals (SNAP) offered two workshops during the meeting including: Diversity and Inclusiveness, and Grant Writing for your Student Organization.
For more information about the 2010 ESA Meeting, please click here.
For student presentations from the SEEDS Chapter Workshop click here.
To learn more about the SEEDS at the ESA Annual Meeting, read the 2010 Annual Meeting Report. Photos are also available in the Photo Gallery, found here.
94th ESA Annual Meeting - August 2-7, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The SEEDS Program of the Ecological Society of America supported the attendance of forty-six people to attend the ESA meeting (thirty-four undergraduate students, five SEEDS alumni graduate students, and seven Chapter Advisors). i graduate students, two SEEDS Fellow and one SEEDS high school graduate student). Seventy one percent of our thirty-four undergraduates presented their research (five oral presentations and nineteen poster presentations). Our highest number of SEEDS alumni yet attended the ESA meeting with their own funding (eleven) and six of these alumni volunteered as individual mentors to incoming SEEDS students. Alumni participation in the meeting was also at its highest point during SEEDS events, as they ran the mentor workshop, SEEDS Chapter workshop, and Diversity Mixer. Each student was matched with an ESA member mentor to help guide them through the meeting. In addition to attending SEEDS-sponsored events, SEEDS participants were actively involved in the Annual Meeting by presenting at oral and poster sessions.
For more information about the 2009 ESA Meeting, please click here.
To learn more about the SEEDS at the ESA Annual Meeting, read the 2009 Annual Meeting Report (coming soon). Photos are also available in the Photo Gallery, found here.
93rd ESA Annual Meeting - August 2-8, 2008
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Enhancing Ecological Thought by Linking Research and Education
The SEEDS Program of the Ecological Society of America supported the attendance of twenty eight undergraduate students, six SEEDS Alumni student mentors, two international students, and eleven SEEDS Chapter faculty advisors at the 2008 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Each student was matched with an ESA member mentor to help guide them through the meeting. In addition to attending SEEDS-sponsored events, SEEDS participants were actively involved in the Annual Meeting by presenting at oral and poster sessions, as well as sponsoring a SEEDS all day field trip and corresponding special session.
For more information about the ESA Meeting, please click here.
To learn more about the SEEDS at the ESA Annual Meeting, read the 2008 Annual Meeting Report. Photos are also available in the Photo Gallery, found here.
