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Applications
Due
February 23, 2007
To: Sarah Sidor, ssidor@wooster.edu
Wooster’s Environmental Analysis and Action
(EAA) Program will emphasize participation, integration, and an empirical
approach to problem solving in the local landscape.
General information.
Student participants for the research projects will be selected
on the basis of written application, which will include a narrative
of intended career goals. The summer program will begin the May
25 and conclude July 13. Early research experiences will be offered
to interested sophomores through Wooster’s well-established
Sophomore Research Program. During the following academic year,
students who chose to incorporate their work into their independent
study projects will continue to work with the research team. Others
may continue as sophomore research assistants or on a volunteer
basis.
Summer Workshops. The summer
research teams will be drawn together by an EAA sponsored workshop
with an invited speaker who will connect scientific research to policy
applications. Students participating in the EAA Program whose work
will lead to senior independent study (I.S.) will be encouraged to
include a section in their I.S. theses that specifically connects
their work to local, regional or global environmental policy.
Presentation of Research Results.
EAA participants’ research will be presented in Fall 2007.
EAA research teams, including faculty leaders, will present their
results to faculty and student groups such as: Science Round
Table (a bi-weekly luncheon), our science support group (Pursuing
Scientific Interests), ECOS (Environmental Concerns of Students),
and our science department clubs.
Students will receive a stipend of $3200 for 8 weeks
of work during the summer. Attendance at three jointly held events
will be required of all participants. Housing will be provided
on campus for $7/night, and $100/week will be added to student
stipends to cover the cost of food. Some of the projects will involve
field work. Research teams may apply for additional funds to support
travel to field locations, to attend a conference, and/or to purchase
supplies.
Student applications
are due February 23, 2007. Please submit to Sarah Sidor, Kauke Hall
301.
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