<div dir="auto"><div>Hi all,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Please take a look at this opportunity to be involved in the Environmental STEM Institute. They're still taking applications, and the event begins soon- August 6. Thanks all and have a great weekend!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto">Annika</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 5:07 PM Loralee Larios <<a href="mailto:loralee@ucr.edu">loralee@ucr.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Jared and Annika,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This STEM institute happening in two weeks is still accepting applications. Could you please forward along to SEEDS students and urge those interested and available to apply?</div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span>Thanks,</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span>Loralee<br></span></font><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Escobedo, Francisco - FS" <<a href="mailto:Francisco.Escobedo@usda.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Francisco.Escobedo@usda.gov</a>><br><b>Date:</b> July 22, 2021 at 6:06:47 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> Loralee Larios <<a href="mailto:loralee@ucr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">loralee@ucr.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: accepting student applications for upcoming NHEC NM Environmental STEM Institute, Aug 6-15</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 20, 2021 1:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> FS-pdl wo r&d npl <<a href="mailto:pdl_wo_r&d_npl@usda.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pdl_wo_r&d_npl@usda.gov</a>>; FS-pdl urban <<a href="mailto:pdl_urban@usda.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pdl_urban@usda.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> FS-pdl wo r&d fsret <<a href="mailto:pdl_wo_r&d_fsret@usda.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pdl_wo_r&d_fsret@usda.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: accepting student applications for upcoming NHEC NM Environmental STEM Institute, Aug 6-15<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Please consider sharing this opportunity with your University colleagues and friends, nationally. Attached is selection criteria for diversity candidates, and how to apply for this event starting quickly on
August 6.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">To apply:</span></b><span style="color:black"> students email their application answers to NHEC’s Programs Coordinator, Juan Rodriguez, at</span><span style="color:#1f497d">
</span><a href="mailto:jrodriguez@nheec1.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jrodriguez@nheec1.org</a><span style="color:black"> and NHEC President Roger Rivera at
</span><a href="mailto:rrivera@nheec1.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rrivera@nheec1.org</a><span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For questions email or call NHEC at 703-683-3956 or Juan Rodriguez at 703-861-6064.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Phillip Rodbell<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">National Program Lead, Urban Sustainability Research<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Washington, DC<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 20, 2021 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Roger Rivera <</span><a href="mailto:rrivera@nheec1.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">rrivera@nheec1.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External Email]accepting student applications for upcoming NHEC NM Environmental STEM Institute, Aug 6-15<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">For those who may not have seen our earlier email, the National Hispanic Environmental Council (<b>NHEC) is
pleased to announce it has resumed holding its "Environmental STEM Institutes", </b>(none were held in 2020 due to the pandemic).<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">With nationwide Covid vaccination available, adhering to all CDC and state guidelines, and with the full
knowledge/participation of NHEC's federal agency funders, </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">NHEC has restarted the program for 2021.<b> </b>To be clear -- this means the <span style="background:white">Institutes
will be <u>in-person</u>, not virtual. Therefore, to participate</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130"> <b>students must be fully vaccinated; submit a copy of the CDC card providing proof of vaccination; and follow other
CDC and NM State covid guidelines. </b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">NHEC is accepting applications</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> <b>from
top undergraduate college STEM students</b> (and a limited number of high school STEM seniors entering college in Sept) for its upcoming <b>17th annual NM Environmental STEM </b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Institute,
to be held August 6--15, 2021<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">NHEC's NY and CA Institutes will be held later in the
fall.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">As with previous Institutes,<b> <u>NHEC covers all costs -- airfare, meals, housing, more -- for those selected to
attend</u></b><u>.</u><b> </b>There is no fee to apply and no fee to attend. <b>Students will be competitively selected from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico</b>. </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Regarding eligibility -- students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA; love science and be passionate about the environment; pursuing a <b><u>science degree</u> in
an environmental, agricultural, or natural resource major</b>; possess science-relevant academic coursework; and possess relevant environmental experience(s), past or present. Students must either be US Citizens or Legal Permanent Residents to be selected. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Institute will be held at sites in beautiful northern and southern New Mexico, including Albuquerque, Las
Cruces, and Santa Fe. NHEC’s federal sponsors -- the U.S. Forest Service, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and U.S. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">EPA -- are actively participating in planning and on-site<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">.
Students will explore diverse ecosystems in national forests, national parks, and other public/private lands; federal research laboratories; and more. </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The NHEC Institute is an intensive, science-heavy, hands-on, 10 day <u>residential</u> environmental STEM
program</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. Taught by NHEC's skilled Instructors, most with Ph.D's, the Institutes feature multiple high-level presentations on environmental/natural
resource issues, environmental science principles, and related methodologies. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Also included are almost daily <b>“Environmental Field Studies”</b>, where students conduct air, water, soil
testing, plant/vegetation surveys, tree mensuration, and more, with professional-grade science equipment. Other learning includes conducting tests in a federal research lab; sessions on federal internships/jobs in enviro/natural resource STEM fields; mentorship
by scientists/staff -- especially those of color -- from Institute sponsors and others; and much more. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Overall, the Institutes are designed to<b> help build the next generation of diverse/of color scientists and professionals</b> in environmental and natural
resource <u>science</u> fields, an area within STEM that still remains severely underrepresented for people of color. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Students should note that the Institute’s federal sponsors will be on-site to actively meet/recruit students
for new federal opportunities emerging in internships and jobs, science and technology, climate change and environmental justice, and more. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please see the attached Fact Sheet and Selection Criteria</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> for
more information on the Institutes</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, NHEC, <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">and how to apply. <b>Qualified students should act promptly on this unique opportunity, as slots
go fast.</b> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Finally, we ask that you forward this information on to interested students and related colleges, organizations,
and more. We thank you for your assistance. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Roger Rivera</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#323130"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">President, NHEC</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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