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The Stanford chapter of SEEDS is a pre-professional group aimed at increasing minority representation in the fields of ecology and environmental sciences. To achieve this mission, the Stanford chapter of SEEDS will provide community outreach and informational meetings that will present the exciting opportunities available in the environmental arena through affiliation with the Ecological Society of America. |
Plans for 2008-2009
- In 2008-2009, SEEDS Stanford will continue to work with RHS in outreach teaching and creek restoration and will increase the recruiting of Stanford students to SEEDS/ESA.
Activities of 2007-2008
- In 2007/2008 SEEDS/ESA Stanford held on campus meetings for recruiting of new members and to educate Stanford students, faculty, and staff about the SEEDS outreach activities, including creek restoration and hands-on science at Redwood High School (RHS), the continuation high school for the Sequoia Union school district. Starting in late September 2007, Stanford SEEDS students met and organized to mentor students and help with creek restoration as a means to further ecology education at RHS. On Wednesdays and Fridays, Stanford SEEDS students traveled to RHS to mentor/teach/tutor students. Although difficulties were often encountered, SEEDS students persisted and by early 2008 had made a big difference. Simultaneous to this, SEEDS advisors Dirzo (Biological Sciences) and Wilber (Jasper Ridge) applied for and received a Stanford K12 Initiative grant to implement a bigger vision teaching plan at RHS with the collaboration of SEEDS Stanford, the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford and the Computer Sciences at Stanford. This grant project was fortunate to hire SEEDS alum Raynelle Rino as project manager. Since March, this program has had significant positive change in this community of at-risk students. The program and funding will continue through March 2009. RHS, the Sequoia Union School District, Jasper Ridge, and a cohort of volunteers have made this a tremendous success to date and more achievements are anticipated.
- SEEDS Stanford also applied for and received
grant monies from SEEDS ESA for outreach projects and a small grant from the
WOODS Institute, Stanford University. With these funds, Stanford SEEDS
students will:
- Organize speaker series on campus and at RHS to address issues of diversity in ecology. Upcoming speakers include Rodolfo Dirzo, SEEDS alumni Raynelle Rino, Amber Finley, Christina Wong, Joel Abraham, and Jorge Ramos
- Provide T-shirts for SEEDS members and partners
- Organize and fund field trips for RHS students to visit Jasper Ridge, the Pulgas Ridge upper watershed, and the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Faculty Advisors
- Cindy Wilber
- Rodolfo Dirzo