Below is a list of summer offerings at the Highlands Biological
Station in Highlands, NC for the upcoming summer 2012. Please take a
look and feel free to forward it on to your departments, students,
colleagues, or anyone else you think may be interested. The courses
offer affordable and exciting opportunities in the natural sciences
for a wide range of students, professionals, and interested citizens.
Not to mention Highlands is beautiful and there are tons of
opportunities nearby for hiking in the southern Appalachians! Thanks
in advance for helping us get the word out.
Best,
Michelle
Michelle Ruigrok
Program Assistant
Highlands Biological Station and Foundation
265 N. Sixth Street | Highlands, NC 28741
tel: Station
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The Highlands Biological Station, an inter-institutional research
center of the University of North Carolina, is offering its 2011
series of summer courses and workshops that can be taken for
undergraduate OR graduate credit toward your academic program. The
following list of field-based courses and workshops are focused on
the diversity of organisms in the region with special emphasis on
identification and collection techniques as well as principles of
evolution, ecology and conservation. Scholarships, Grants-in-aid of
research for graduate students, and summer internships also
available. Highlands, North Carolina, is located in the southern Blue
Ridge Mountains, at an average elevation about 3,800 feet, and
situated near the Nantahala National Forest, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Cherokee Indian Reservation, Appalachian Trail, and
the Blue Ridge Parkway. For more information and to apply, visit
<http://www.wcu.edu/hbs>www.wcu.edu/hbs, e-mail
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected], or call at
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2012 SUMMER COURSES & WORKSHOPS AT THE HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL STATION
BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION OF BIRDS - Rob Bierregaard, UNC-Charlotte
(May 7 - 19)
MOLECULAR METHODS WORKSHOP FOR BIOLOGISTS - Ron Michaelis, UNC (May 14 - 18)
CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGY - Robert Warren, Yale School of Forestry &
Env. Studies (May 21 - June 2)
NATURAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP - Nancy Lowe, Discover Life in
America (May 28 - June 1)
BIOLOGY OF PLETHODONTID SALAMANDERS - Ken Kozak, Univ. of Minnesota &
Joe Pechmann, WCU (June 4 - 16)
MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS - Ed Pivorun, Clemson
University (June 18 - 30)
MOUNTAIN BIODIVERSITY - *for science educators only* - Karen Kandl,
WCU (June 25 - 29)
TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSKS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS - Amy & Wayne Van
Devender, Appalachian State University (July 2 - 14)
SPIDERS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS - Kefyn M. Catley, WCU (July 16 - 28)
COST AND CREDIT INFORMATION
Course fee: $700 each ($600 for HBS member institutions)
Workshop fee: $350 each ($300 for HBS member institutions) *Mtn. Bio. $150*
Course credit: 4 semester hours credit for courses, 2 hours credit
for workshops, through UNC-CH for undergrad. credit ($55/course);
current WCU undergrad. students ($85/course) grad. credit through WCU
($85 for current students, $135 for non-WCU students); *Mountain
Biodiversity can be taken for 2 grad. credits or 3 CEU's. Check
website for course applications, detailed descriptions, and
prerequisite requirements:
<http://www.wcu.edu/hbs/currentyrcourses.htm>http://www.wcu.edu/hbs/currentyrcourses.htm
