EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

*Please visit ESA's website for the 95th annual meeting in Pittsburg (click here) to find more information about signing up for the workshop. To help organize or provide support during these workshops please email SNAP at snap.ecodiversity@gmail.com.

95TH ANNUAL ESA MEETING, PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 

AUGUST 1-6, 2010

WK #5790: An Introduction to Special Project Grant Writing for Student Organizations.

Description: This interactive workshop is intended to develop grant writing skills, in general for student organizations and in particular for SEEDS Chapters . The discussions and activities provided in this session will be helpful in obtaining small, non-academic project grants. We will help you learn how to develop a project idea, solicit funding agencies (especially in your local communities), and collaboratively work towards a well-written grant proposal. While this session will be limited by time, we plan to cover a lot of information and be as interactive as possible. During our project development section, we will help you learn to identify key mission goals of funding agencies in order to better prepare your grant proposal. We will also assist in identifying and soliciting funding agencies, to help eliminate some of the pitfalls that many student organizations face when fund raising. Finally we plan to identify several of the key components of a successful grant proposal. We will especially focus on budget development and fund management. This workshop will be led by several student organization leaders who have had experience developing and obtaining special project grants. 
 

Summary: This workshop is intended to develop grant writing skills for student organizations, such as SEEDS Student Chapters. The activities provided in this session will be helpful in obtaining special project grants. We will help you learn to develop project ideas, solicit funding agencies, and work towards a well-written grant proposal.

Organizer

Amber Finley
Environmental Management Program
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, HR 516
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Phone Number: 701-757-1665
Email: adfinley@usfca.edu 

Co-organizer

Zakiya H. Leggett
Southern R&D
Weyerhaeuser Company
1785 Weyerhaeuser Rd.
Vanceboro, NC 28586
Phone Number: 252-474-3710
Email: zakiya.leggett@weyerhaeuser.com 

Co-organizer

Kellen Marshall
Department of Biological Science M/C 066
University of Illinois at Chicago
845 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, IL 60607
Email: kmarsh9@uic.edu 

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WK #5787: Diversity and Inclusiveness in Ecology

Description: The Diversity and Inclusiveness workshop serves as a forum for personal exploration and reflection about the impacts of their work within the scientific community among members of the Ecological Society of America. Participants will evaluate personal interactions with students, peers, and mentors and how those interactions affect the atmosphere within which we chose to experiment and make our discoveries. Participants will consider the relevance of diversity, tolerance, and inclusiveness in an academic community and more specifically, the role of the ecological community in promoting and supporting a welcoming and engaging environment for academic inquiry and debate. We will assess how well the Ecological Society of America currently supports these efforts in a time of more effective collaboration and synthesis. Planned activities will generate opportunities for self-reflection and exploration regarding the importance of these issues for professional development. At the completion of this workshop, participants will have the means to return to their institutions able to foster and develop a more inclusive and diverse community in their labs and classrooms. **As this workshop is designed to remove participants from their comfort zone it is important to recognize the purpose of facilitating these discussions within a larger community. The workshop will be held in a private manner in order to ensure confidentiality among the participants and provide for a stimulating discussion of the nature of inclusiveness for the Ecological Society of America. All are welcome to attend. 
 

Summary: The Diversity and Inclusiveness workshop promotes personal exploration and professional development by motivating participants to consider the relevance of diversity, tolerance, and inclusiveness in an academic community and more specifically, the role of the ecological community in promoting and supporting a welcoming and engaging environment for academic inquiry and debate.

Organizer

Raynelle M. Rino
Department of Biological Sciences
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
Hensil Hall 743
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone Number: 408-425-2926
Email: raynelle@sfsu.edu 

Co-organizer

Zachary T. Brym
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
2531 Dana Building
440 Church St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone Number: 203-980-3651
Email: brymz@umich.edu 

Moderator

Amber Finley
Environmental Management Program
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton Street, HR 516
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Phone Number: 701-757-1665
Email: adfinley@usfca.edu 


CONTRIBUTIONS BACK TO THE SEEDS PROGRAM

FIELD TRIP REVIEW COMMITTEE 2010
EL VERDE LTER, PUERTO RICO & THE ADIRONDACK ECOLOGY CENTER

Erin Vinson* – Adirondack Ecology Center
Lorna Moreno* – University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Luben Dimov – Alabama A&M
Jeramie Strickland* – US Fish and Wildlife Service
Serge Farinas* – University of Michigan
Michael Collins – Consultant, geospatial technology and STEM education (PR only)
Edmund Outlaw – ESA (PR only)
Raynelle Rino* – San Francisco State University (PR only)
*SNAP members

SEEDS LEADERSHIP MEETING SNAP PARTICIPANTS 2010
HIDDEN VILLA, LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA

Zackary Brym - Science & Media Outbreak Group

I was involved with the Science and Media outreach group. We produced THIS video in an evening as an example of action-oriented ecology in the media. I also provided feedback to the SEEDs fellows that presented their work about how to improve their presentation skills and led daily morning hikes through the Hidden Villa trail system. It was certainly interesting being a more experienced member of the conference. I hope to develop this wonderful group of young leaders throughout their careers.