Earn three credits in two weeks, while immersing yourself in the beautiful environment and climate of the southern Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina.
The Highlands Biological Station, an inter-institutional research center of the University of North Carolina, is offering its 2014 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 www.highlandsbiological.org or call 828-526-2602. Remaining courses this summer: Courses Biology of Southern Appalachian Fishes (June 23-July 5) with Dr. Mollie Cashner-Woltmann, APSU Conservation Genetics of Salamanders (July 7-19) Dr. Joseph Apodaca, Warren-Wilson College Spiders of the Southern Appalachians (July 7-19) with Dr. Kefyn Catley, Western Carolina University Southern Appalachian Mayflies, Stoneflies & Caddisflies (July 21-Aug. 2; or Aug. 4-16) with Dr. John Morse, Clemson University Fleshy Fungi of the Highlands Plateau (Aug. 4-16) Dr. Andrew S. Methven, Eastern Illinois University Workshops Buds, Berries & Bark: Wild shrub identification and natural history in the Highlands region (July 21-25) with Dr. Larry Mellichamp (UNC-Charlotte) Butterflies & Moths of the Southern Appalachians (July 21-25) with Dr. David Alsop, Queens College (Emeritus) Southern Appalachian Insects (July 28-Aug. 1) with Dr. David Alsop, Queens College (Emeritus) Cost and Credit Information Course fee: $700 per 2-week course (**$600 for students from HBS member institutions**) Workshop fee: $350 per 1-week workshop (**$300 for students from HBS member institutions**) Course credit: Summer courses can be taken for 3 semester hours credit, workshops can be taken for 1 hours credit, through either UNC-Chapel Hill or Western Carolina University for an additional fee Housing: $75-150/week depending on accommodations. Check website for course applications, detailed descriptions, and prerequisite requirements: http://www.highlandsbiological.org/summer-2014/ The Highlands Biological Station in the southern Appalachian Mountains is hosting a 2-week field course this summer that may be of interest to the NCSU Department of Entomology. This immersion-based course will be taught by Brian Byrd, assistant professor in the Environmental Health Sciences Program at Western Carolina University. -- Michelle S. Ruigrok Program Assistant, Highlands Biological Station 265 N. 6th St. | Highlands, NC 28741 Tel: (828) 526-2602 | Fax: (828) 526-2797 www.highlandsbiological.org Mission: To foster research and education focused on the rich natural heritage of the Highlands Plateau.
