{"id":12,"date":"2019-03-18T02:11:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T02:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/2018\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2019-03-26T20:55:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T20:55:57","slug":"supporting-the-next-generation-of-ecologists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/2018\/supporting-the-next-generation-of-ecologists\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting the Next Generation of Ecologists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESA continued its support for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.org\/seeds\">award-winning SEEDS program<\/a> in 2018 as well. Now up to 107 chapters with hundreds of students involved, SEEDS was able to support two separate field trips over the year \u2014 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, and the Llano River Field Station in Junction, Texas \u2014 involving 40 students from underrepresented backgrounds in hands-on science and academic and personal development.\u00a0 They hosted their yearly Leadership Meeting at the Southwestern Research Station in Portal, Arizona. Twenty-two students from SEEDS chapters and SEEDS Fellows joined Pres. Laura Huenneke for workshops and activities related to Border Ecology for 21st\u00a0century ecology.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Highlights from the 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESA_SEEDS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESA_SEEDS<\/a> Leadership Meeting in Portal, AZ at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swrsamnh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@swrsamnh<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ecology?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ecology<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Leaders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Leaders<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NextGenerationScientist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NextGenerationScientist<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FutureEcologists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FutureEcologists<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESA_org?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESA_org<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESAedu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ESAedu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esa_students?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@esa_students<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7C6DGSrSv\">pic.twitter.com\/q7C6DGSrSv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESA &#8211; SEEDS (@ESA_SEEDS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESA_SEEDS\/status\/1045720249151234048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>SEEDS also brought 41 undergraduates and seven alumni to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/2018\/2018-annual-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Annual Meeting<\/a> in partnership with the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program led by University of Florida. Of these students, 38 presented their research. The SEEDS program included eight events.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seven <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/fellowship\/meet-the-fellows\/#squelch-taas-tab-content-0-1\">2017-2018 SEEDS Partnerships for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Fellows<\/a> were recognized during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/2018\/diverse-people-for-a-diverse-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the ESA Diversity Luncheon<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Eight <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/seeds\/fellowship\/meet-the-fellows\/#squelch-taas-tab-content-0-0\">2018-2019 SPUR Fellows<\/a> completed their summer research at five partner field sites.<\/li>\n<li>Twenty students participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ESASEEDS\/videos\/2247220262191047\/\">SEEDS Leadership Meeting September 18-23<\/a>, at the Southwestern Research Station in Portal, Arizona, on the theme: \u201cBorder Ecology: the interactions between ecology and other fields.\u201d Laura Huenneke, ESA President, and George Middendorf from Howard University were key to the success of the event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ESA&#8217;s Director of Education and Diversity Programs was first author on\u00a0<em>The Role of a Professional Society in Broadening Participation in Science: A National Model for Increasing Persistence<\/em>; <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/biosci\/biy066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BioScience, Volume 68, Issue 9<\/a>, 1 September 2018, Pages 715\u2013721.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Student Mentoring<\/h3>\n<p>ESA supports mentoring for students and early career ecologists through its section structure and through its Society-wide programs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecologyplus.esa.org\/\">EcologyPlus<\/a> \u2014 a collective impact NSF INCLUDES pilot project involving 15 partners in the Greater Washington metropolitan region \u2014 was launched in March 2018 to facilitate year-round mentoring of diverse undergraduate, graduate students and recent graduates. 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