Greetings from the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation! CERC is proud to announce that Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates, our field ecology program, has been successful in establishing a financial aid program for the 1999 Summer Session. *Earn 6 Columbia University credits in 5 weeks. Tuition, room, and board is $1,000.* Following is some key information about the program: Summer Session 1999 will be held at Black Rock Forest, NY, which is a 1500-hectare preserve of eastern deciduous forest 1.5 hours outside of New York City. Students will conduct fieldwork in the forest and laboratory and computer research in Black Rock Forest's new science center. The five week program offers students the opportunity to learn about the Forest from the ground up, including topics in soil science, plant biology, wildlife biology, ecology, and conservation. The program is fully residential. Students will live in a renovated Victorian house at Camp Olmsted in the town of Cornwall. We will provide transportation between Camp Olmsted and the Forest. Students are responsible for transportation between home/school and Camp Olmsted. The summer session is 5 weeks long, from July 5 to August 6. The course is worth 6.0 Columbia University credits in environmental biology. Because of scholarship money, we have been able to lower the cost of tuition, room, and board to $1000. In addition, we have a loan program that will assist qualified students. What makes this program unique: We believe that ecology should be taught at a local, regional, and global levels. To achieve this goal, we are in the process of creating computer networked exercises that will allow students to conduct research with five research sites in North and South America. This summer, students will have the opportunity to complete joint exercises with Biosphere 2. Please feel free to contact Joan Obra at (212) 854-5094 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information and an application. Hope to see you this summer! _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/
