PARENT SESSION
Poster Session # 3: Ecological Education.
Monday, August 4 Presentation from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM. SITCC Exhibit Hall B.
SEEDS: Promoting ecology opportunities for minority students.
Hoffman, Katherine*,1, Taylor, Jason*,1, Jurgensen-Armstrong, Melissa*,1, 1 Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD
ABSTRACT- The Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS) program aims to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the field of ecology by promoting ecology opportunities for minority students and their faculty. Started in 1996, the program expanded in 2002 to serve a greater number and diversity of students, faculty, and schools. The expanded SEEDS program has two main components: (1) Program Activity Grants partner the Ecological Society of America with the United Negro College Fund to award institutional grants to five UNCF schools for faculty development, curriculum development and recruitment efforts and (2) Project-Wide Activities expand and extend the impact of the program to a broader spectrum of faculty and students by supporting Student Undergraduate Research Fellowships, Student Field Trips, Campus Ecology Chapters, and ESA Annual Meeting Travel Awards.
Key words: education