<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi folks--</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a great opportunity for conservation-focused undergrads -- especially those from under-represented groups. Four-thousand dollar summer stipends, professional development, and great networking/profesisnal growth opportunities. Please spread the word to any who might be interested.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, </div><div>Marty</div><div><br></div><div>Marty Downs<br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Communications Lead</div><div>LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</div><div><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=7e63967daf&e=[UNIQID]" target="_blank">LTER Science Update</a></div><div>t: @USLTER</div><div>f: USLTER</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Office: 805-893-7549</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Erika Zavaleta</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zavaleta@ucsc.edu">zavaleta@ucsc.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:55 PM<br>Subject: 2017 Doris Duke Scholars Program<br>To: Marty Downs <<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>><br>Cc: Erika Zavaleta <<a href="mailto:zavaleta@ucsc.edu">zavaleta@ucsc.edu</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Dear Marty, </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">I hope you’re doing well! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">I am writing to announce that
applications for the <b>Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program (</b></span><span><b><u><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://conservationscholars.ucsc.edu/" target="_blank">conservationscholars.<wbr>ucsc.edu</a> </span></u></b></span><b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">) </span></b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">at the
University of California Santa Cruz are open, and to ask for your help
reaching prospective Scholars. Each winter we select 20
early-undergraduate Scholars from around the country to participate in a
two-year conservation mentorship program centered on the summers between
academic years. Our goal is to <b>serve students from all
backgrounds, including groups traditionally underrepresented in conservation, who can contribute to diversifying, redefining,
and strengthening efforts to protect land, wildlife and water</b>. We
admit college freshmen and sophomores, at a stage when we can support their
undergraduate careers and their choices as they graduate. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span>During the first year, Scholars
participate on an eight-week, intensive
summer course integrating conservation design, leadership and research
experiences while traveling with a close group of peers and mentors. During the
second summer, Scholars pursue eight-week conservation practice internships
with nationally recognized conservation organizations and agencies. Students are matched with mentors at home
institutions and interact with the Program staff during the school year, through
ongoing communications and a winter professional development retreat. Scholars’ expenses are covered during their
participation in the program, and they receive a $4000 stipend each summer. Scholars also become part of a national, lifelong network of Doris Duke Conservation Scholars. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please share the
program information with faculty, freshmen and sophomores, and others in your
professional and community networks. Applications for the 2017
class of Scholars are available on our website and due February 12, 2017. </span>For
more information, questions, and application visit our website at (<a href="http://conservationscholars.ucsc.edu/)" target="_blank">http://conservationscholars.<wbr>ucsc.edu/)</a> or email me or our program director, Dr. Justin Cummings, at <a href="mailto:jacummin@ucsc.edu" target="_blank">jacummin@ucsc.edu</a>.</p><div>Thank you.</div><div style="background-color:white;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"> <img height="405" width="720" id="m_6794322340644925740BBEAF44-1E4B-4840-8603-CB0A1A51B7EB" src="cid:A12ADAE4-3042-4296-850E-F36F9C2217B7"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">Erika Zavaleta</p><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Professor <br>Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>University of California<br>1156 High St.<br>Santa Cruz, CA 95064</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><a href="mailto:zavaleta@ucsc.edu" target="_blank">zavaleta@ucsc.edu</a><br><a href="http://people.ucsc.edu/~zavaleta" target="_blank">people.ucsc.edu/~zavaleta</a><br><a href="http://conservationscholars.ucsc.edu" target="_blank">conservationscholars.ucsc.edu</a><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">“Darkness cannot drive out hate; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</div></div></div>
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