 SEEDS is a program of the Ecological Society of America |
Greetings SEEDS Students!
The spring semester is over or almost over and warm weather is just arriving across the United States. We hope that you all enjoyed success over this academic year. Spring was a very busy time for the SEEDS program with the SEEDS Undergraduate Research Fellowship, the 2014 SEEDS Leadership Meeting and two SEEDS Field Trips! We would like to highlight a few of these opportunities and more of our programs components in this issue of SEEDSNouncements! Enjoy!
SEEDS VIDEO CONTEST
Did SEEDS help you with your education, career choice, or personal growth? Share your SEEDS story in 3-minutes or less on camera! There’s still time to submit your video and win cash prizes! Visit our website to find out more about the requirements. The deadline to submit your video is June 6, 2014.
Check out last year’s winners on the SEEDS home page.
CHAPTER REPORTS
It’s that time of the year again for ALL SEEDS Chapter to submit their annual reports. What has your SEEDS Chapter been up to the last year? We hope that you’ve been busy and flourished throughout this academic year. It’s simple, quick and easy!
Your up-to-date report is your entry form for the 2014 SEEDS Chapter of the Year Award at the 2014 ESA Annual Meeting in Sacramento, California! Be sure to submit your report online TODAY!
2014 SEEDS NATIONAL FIELD TRIP
The 2014 SEEDS National Field Trip was held May 8-11 at the Trout Lake Station managed by the Center for Limnology of the University of Wisconsin in Boulder Junction, WI. With over 2,500 lakes surrounding the station, it is the perfect location to study fresh water ecosystems and the interesting interactions between them. 19 students from all across the United States and Puerto Rico joined Fred Abbott (SEEDS Staff) and Jorge Ramos (SEEDS alumni) for the four day adventure.
Students were able to experience the thawing of Trout Lake after the long winter and see the start of the new season. They toured a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Hatchery, visited the Lac du Flambeau Museum and Cultural Center and even had the opportunity to see how the WDNR conducts its fish surveys. With the help of Dr. Tim Kratz, Director of Trout Lake Station, and Dr. Noah Lotting, Research Scientist, students were given a wide range of information about all the cool projects that are conducted at the station. We also enjoyed a very nice evening around a lake front bonfire as the ice slowly melted before us… It will be a trip we will never forget!
 SEEDS REGIONAL FIELD TRIP 
On May 22-25 the SEEDS Program will be hosting its second Regional Field Trip! Students from four SEEDS Chapters at Howard University, Coppin State University, Hampton University and Norfolk State University will be at the Mountain Lake Biological Station(MLBS). Managed by the University of Virginia, the station is located in the southern Appalachians of southwest Virginia and is surrounded by sharp ecological gradients and fine scale changes in habitats – making it an ideal location for research in ecology!
99th ESA ANNUAL MEETING  The 99th ESA Annual Meeting will take place from August 10-15, 2014 in sunny Sacramento, California. The theme of this meeting is From Oceans to Mountains: It’s All Ecology! SEEDS participants for this meeting have already been selected, but you still have the opportunity to join our group.
SEEDS has designed two packages that will include all our program events for your consideration.
Talk to your faculty adviser, research lab or department head about travel support from your home institution to participate in this awesome opportunity! If you wish to find out more about these packages, please contact us at seeds@esa.org for more information.
Best wishes,
ESA-SEEDS Staff |
Tuesday, May 20
ESA SEEDSNouncement: May 2014
