<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Forwarding along an opportunity to study sea turtles in Costa Rica! </div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Katherine L Van Horn</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:katherine.kaufman@ucr.edu" target="_blank">katherine.kaufman@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 9:49 AM<br>Subject: [Eeobstudent] FW: UCSB Sea Turtle Field Course, Summer 2023 & Lecturer Led<br>To: <a href="mailto:eeobstudent@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">eeobstudent@lists.ucr.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:eeobstudent@lists.ucr.edu" target="_blank">eeobstudent@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div>





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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">UCSB Sea Turtle Field Course and Expedition </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">2 WEEK PROGRAM  |  COSTA RICA  |  SUMMER 2023  </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Created by a graduate from UC Santa Bárbara - Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, BIOMA has provided to over one thousand university students worldwide with a
 two-week academic & high quality sea turtle experiential learning and hands-on research experience. Our participants collaborate side by side with experts to learn about sea turtle biology, ecology and management while doing impactful on-site conservation
 work and living in a local community. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Student teams (about 14 like-minded students per group), will build skills of real world application, boost their resume and knowledge while discovering incredible landscapes
 at Costa Rica’s Pacific sunshine coast. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Join us at </span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://biomatravel.org/" target="_blank">BIOMA</a><a href="https://biomatravel.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72"> </span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">and </span><b><u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://biomatravel.org/application" target="_blank">APPLY</a><a href="https://biomatravel.org/application" target="_blank"><span style="color:#954f72"> </span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">to
 not only learn about sea turtles and science. <b>It's about connecting people and creating an unbreakable bond between science and humanities. </b></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Program Highlights</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">:</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Affordable, university student tailored, two-week hands-on research and conservation program with endangered sea turtles and experts in the field.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Some students can gain academic credit (4 units) through internship or independent studies (depending on the University).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Travel to one of the most bio-diverse, safest and happiest countries in the world, Costa Rica.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Become part of a wonderful local coastal community. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Make friends and </span>build<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535"> connections with other like-minded students</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Boost your resume with an official Certificate from the Costa Rica Ministry of Environment.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Apply what you learned in class into the field and connect with people & nature.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Over 15 years of experience and more than one thousand students. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#353535">Come Join us! <i>“Limited spaces available”. </i></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Christopher T. Cosma</div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div>Ph.D. Candidate</div><div>Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div><a href="https://ccosm001.wixsite.com/ctcosma" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Personal website</a> - <a href="https://raffertylab.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Rafferty Lab</a> - <a href="https://ctcosma.shinyapps.io/the_butterfly_net/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">The Butterfly Net</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>