-----Original Message----- From: Deborah Benavides Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:44 PM To: Roxanna Nelson; Maria Villarreal (DT Advising); Sylvia Mansour; Patricia Gonzalez (Cosae) Subject: FW: REU in "Convergence Ecology" at Southern Illinois University I wanted to pass along this information in case you have any students who are interested. Thanks, deb Deborah A. Benavides, M. A. Academic Advisor II + College of Architecture + University of Texas- San Antonio + Downtown Undergraduate Advising Center + http://www.utsa.edu/dtuac/ + Frequently Asked Advising Questions: www.utsa.edu/advise/students-faq.html + -----Original Message----- From: Native American & Tribal College Advising [mailto:NATIVEAMERADV@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Banks, Lynaire (lynaire(a)uidaho.edu) Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:19 PM To: NATIVEAMERADV(a)LISTSERV.KSU.EDU Subject: REU in "Convergence Ecology" at Southern Illinois University On 1/14/14 9:43 AM, "Sara Baer" <sgbaer(a)SIU.EDU&gt; wrote: REU Summer Program in Convergence Ecology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Application Website: http://www.ecology.siu.edu Application Deadline: March 1, 2014 Stipend: $5,000.00 + research support and lodging Start Date: June 2, >2014 Here is a website of summer projects: http://www.ecology.siu.edu/pages/reu.html This NSF Site REU offers diverse opportunities to study ecology resulting from an extraordinary combination of SIU faculty research programs in southern Illinois, a distinctive physiogeographic region where prairie, forest, wetland, floodplain, and river systems converge. This program will provide research opportunities for 10 undergraduate students under the guidance of faculty mentors associated with the Center for Ecology. Participation in this REU program will introduce students to ecological research tools used to study populations, communities, and ecosystems. Research areas include ecological pattern and variability, organismal response to environmental degradation, population and community response to restoration, and conservation of managed and natural systems. The goals of this REU program are to foster (1) hands-on scientific inquiry through research, (2) development of a diverse ecological skills-set through guided quantitative field and laboratory methods, (3) comprehension of and confidence in communicating science through weekly reading and discussion, (4) a broad awareness of ecological science through weekly seminars, and (5) a better understanding of biodiversity (to include human culture) through educational field trips to local natural and cultural areas. The program will culminate with The Colloquium of Undergraduate Research in Ecology (The CURE). Requirements: Applicants must not have graduated before summer 2014 and must be a U.S. citizen. Application Procedure: Instructions and application are available at http://www.ecology.siu.edu/pages/reu.html. Applicants will need to submit the electronic application and unofficial transcripts to ecologyreu(a)siu.edu. Two letters of recommendation on behalf of the student's application should also be sent to ecologyreu(a)siu.edu. Application Deadline: March 1, 2014 For more information, please contact Clay Nielsen (kezo92(a)siu.edu; 618-453-6930) or Sara Baer (sgbaer(a)siu.edu; 618-453-3228). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to this Listserv list. If you have any comments about mailings of this type, please email the Executive Office (mailto:nacada@ksu.edu). You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF NATIVEAMERADV" command to LISTSERV(a)LISTSERV.KSU.EDU. Manage Subscription: http://listserv.ksu.edu/web?SUBED1=NATIVEAMERADV&A=1 List Archives: http://listserv.ksu.edu/archives/NATIVEAMERADV.html