<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Hi SEEDS students,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">This opportunity may be of interest to you!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Best,</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif">Advyth Ramachandran</font><div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif">Vice President | SEEDS Chapter, University of California – Riverside<br></font><div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif">B.S. Biology 2023</font></div></div><div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><br></font></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:markos@ucr.edu">markos@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 10:51 AM<br>Subject: FW: Application for Stipend Support for Student Advisory Board to Increase Diversity in Ecology and Environmental Biology<br>To: Advyth Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:arama031@ucr.edu">arama031@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_6762954242009632973WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Hi Advyth,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Could you forward this to the SEEDS students<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Marko<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Francesca Hopkins <<a href="mailto:fhopkins@ucr.edu" target="_blank">fhopkins@ucr.edu</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 4, 2022 10:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> Samantha Chi-Yun Ying <<a href="mailto:samantha.ying@ucr.edu" target="_blank">samantha.ying@ucr.edu</a>>; William Porter <<a href="mailto:wporter@ucr.edu" target="_blank">wporter@ucr.edu</a>>; Peter Homyak <<a href="mailto:phomyak@ucr.edu" target="_blank">phomyak@ucr.edu</a>>; Loralee Larios <<a href="mailto:loralee@ucr.edu" target="_blank">loralee@ucr.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:markos@ucr.edu" target="_blank">markos@ucr.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Application for Stipend Support for Student Advisory Board to Increase Diversity in Ecology and Environmental Biology<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Please share with any undergrads you think would be interested. Would be great to have UCR represented on this committee!<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We are currently looking for 15 motivated, creative,<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span>and energetic students of color</span></b><span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">to help us refine our understanding of diverse student experiences in EE by participating in a Student Advisory Board (SAB).  The term for this participation is at least one year for which includes a stipend of $1000 for your collaboration with the UNIDE team.<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We are a diverse team of ecologists, environmental scientists and social scientists</span></b><span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">working on the NSF-funded project UNIDE -<i>Undergraduate Network for Increasing Diversity of Ecologists</i><span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span>on the following goals:</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To identify the barriers and challenges that must be overcome in order to support participation of under-represented people (based on ethnicity or race) in the study and practice of Ecology and Environmental (EE) fields<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To characterize the ecological identity, or sense of social belonging in EE to include the values of under-represented people with the goal of developing effective interventions to identified barriers and challenges for recruitment and retention of diverse people and to revise current EE curriculum to include broader values</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To build a sustainable and interdisciplinary network of faculty, students, and practitioners in ecology/environmental Science (EE), educators, and social scientists committed to maintaining broad ethnic, racial and cultural inclusion in ecology and environmental sciences </span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Expectations of Student Advisory Board members:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The SAB will organize meetings to identify and prioritize factors that affect diverse students’ recruitment and retention in EE fields. Work expectations (~2-4 hours per month) for SAB participants include attending and conducting monthly meetings to discuss and provide feedback to the UNIDE Steering Committee on topics that include:<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">1) potential effectiveness of ways to increase access to EE career information and EE internship opportunities, <span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">2) effectiveness of interventions developed to increase cultural sensitivity of environmental teaching practices, and<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">3) implement and monitor social media outreach to EE students and practitioners to help build interest in ecology and environmental science<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please click<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:red"><a href="https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_43px6Ki3MlP1OKy" target="_blank">here</a></span><span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span>to fill out the attached application for participation in the UNIDE Student Advisory Board<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_6762954242009632973normaltextrun"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">by February 28, 2022.</span></span></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Zakiya H. Leggett, Ph.D.</i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Asst. Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Resources</i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Office of Faculty Excellence (OFE) Faculty Fellow</i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Campus Director, Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program (DDCSP) -<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://go.ncsu.edu/dorisduke" target="_blank">https://go.ncsu.edu/dorisduke</a></i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Program Coordinator, Scholars for Conservation Leadership Program (SCLP) -<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://go.ncsu.edu/sclp" target="_blank">https://go.ncsu.edu/sclp</a></i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Lead PI, NCSU National Needs Fellowship (NNF) Program -<span class="m_6762954242009632973apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://go.ncsu.edu/nnf-ncsu" target="_blank">https://go.ncsu.edu/nnf-ncsu</a></i><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:zholmes@ncsu.edu" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:#0563c1">zakiya_leggett@ncsu.edu</span></i></a></span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>