ESA SEEDS

Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability:

Diverse People for a Diverse Science

SEEDS is an education program of the Ecological Society of America. Its mission is to diversify and advance the profession of ecology through opportunities that stimulate and nurture the interest of underrepresented students. Focused at the undergraduate level, opportunities sponsored by the program include student field trips, undergraduate research fellowships, ESA Annual Meeting travel awards, and campus ecology chapters.

The core SEEDS program components offer hands-on, engaging experiences with ecology that exhibit the relevance and applications of the science. Each experience also provides opportunities to interact with a diverse group of ecologists and other motivated students to both broaden and deepen students’ understanding of ecology and potential careers.

2008 Chapter of the Year Award!

The 2008 Chapter of the Year Award goes to the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras!  The runner-up award goes to the University of Puerto Rico - Bayamón!  Congratulations to both of these outstanding chapters for all of their achievements.

Read the full story in the August/September issue of the SEEDS Dispersal newsletter.

Members of both chapters at the Diversity Mixer at the ESA Annual Meeting.

SEEDS is off on another adventure!

SEEDS is getting ready for another great Fall Field Trip!  The 2008 SEEDS Fall Field Trip will take place from October 16-19 at the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research site (LTER) in Petersham, Massachusetts, about 60 miles west of Boston.  19 undergraduate students from across the country, two SEEDS Chapter advisors, and two SEEDS staff will be participating.  This field trip will provide a unique opportunity for students to learn from, and perhaps contribute to, scientific research programs taking place within the long term ecological research network.

Photo credit: William Vinson

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