The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) at Columbia University Presents:

Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U); study-abroad courses that provide undergraduate students of all majors with a global understanding of ecology and environmental sustainability.

SEE-U offers summer field ecosystem courses in Brazil (São Paulo), the Dominican Republic (Punta Cana), the Virgin Islands (St. John), and New York (Black Rock Forest), for undergraduate students of all majors.

The SEE-U program is unique program designed to expose students to ecological fieldwork in unique and interesting natural settings. The "real-world" laboratories of tropical, temperate and endangered ecosystems allow for a first hand knowledge and understanding that could be elusive in the more "traditional classroom." SEE-U faculty members also engage students to think about the broader implications of the experience to issues of biodiversity, climate change, and sustainability.

As one student put it... On this program you don't only learn about ecology. You also learn about a new country, about yourself, and you bond with your classmates and instructors in a way that is impossible to do in a formal classroom...

Upon completion of the program, students receive six undergraduate credits from Columbia University. 

In addition to projects done on a team basis, students also work on individual projects. For more explanation of the curriculum, you can go to http://www.cerc.columbia.edu/education_seeu.html or to the website of Dr. Tim Kittel, who is the faculty for the Brazil SEE-U program at http://culter.colorado.edu/%7Ekittel/SEE-U_links.html.

Our application deadline is February 15th, 2008. You can apply online at https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=col-cerc. Individual fellowship is available.

I cordially invite you to attend our Open House scheduled for Thursday, February 7th at 6:00PM. We are located in New York City on the Columbia University Campus at 116th Street & Broadway, 10th Floor Schermerhorn Extension.

You may RSVP online at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/1774 or by e-mailing Desmond Beirne at djb2104@columbia.edu.

I realize this e-mail may reach many of you across the country and coming to New York City may not be feasible for you. Please feel free to get in touch with us, however, as the SEE-U program is open to students across the nation.

Thank you for your part in building our environmental legacy.