SFS Gets Climate Smart
Name: Mark Seifert, Ph.D. Position: Assistant Dean Location: SFS Headquarters SFS Alum: Costa Rica Summer ’88 The SFS Center for Marine Resource Studies Center Director Heidi Hertler and I recently attended a three day working group on climate adaptation sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. The meeting, held in Mexico City, brought together [...]
Lowland Hummingbirds Are Moving Up… Is Global Warming the Culprit?
Name: Gerardo Avalos, Ph.D. Position: Center Director Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica Dr. Avalos will be submitting this observation as a scientific note for publication. One of the most evident and immediate consequences of global warming is the rapid shift in distribution ranges of plant and animal species. There is recent highland [...]
Final Impressions of SFS Australia
Name: Jillian Guenther School: Vassar College Major: Environmental Studies Program: Rainforest Studies, Australia What did you like most about the SFS experience? I liked being in an area with beautiful landscapes (cleared and forested), unbelievable animals, and incredibly friendly people. What I liked most about our program was the professors – their lively [...]
Final Impressions from SFS Australia
Name: Matt Manley School: Clark University Major: Environmental Studies Program: Rainforest Studies, Australia What did you like most about the SFS experience? Getting to know so many incredible people in a way that most people only know their closest friends. It was hard to live with so many people in close quarters sometimes, [...]
Vida at its Purest: My Stay in El Sur
Name: Paige Nicole Triola School: Lafayette College Major: Biological Sciences Program: SFS Costa Rica, Spring 2012 Reflecting on her spring semester with SFS, alumna Paige Triola gives a rich description of a day in the field – and in the mud – at a traditional sugarcane mill in the small town of El [...]
Final Impressions of SFS Turks & Caicos
Name: Doug Rice School: Clark University Major: Environmental Science Program: Marine Management Studies, Turks & Caicos What did you like most about the SFS experience? Being in the water everyday. If I can live my life without my swimsuit completely drying, I’ll be happy. You’ve been in the country for a full semester – [...]
Final Impressions of SFS Kenya
Name: Kristin Partin School: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Major: Political Science Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania & Kenya What did you like most about the SFS experience? I haven’t the faintest idea of what to name the experience I find most nzuri sana. I do know that I cannot express well enough [...]
Final Impressions of SFS Costa Rica
Name: Patrick Ronay School: Gonzaga University Major: Environmental Studies Program: Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica What did you like most about the SFS experience? The interplay between our travels and academic undertakings. The collaboration between faculty for us students to extract the maximum benefit from every circumstance was quite evident on trips. It was a [...]
Final Impressions of SFS Tanzania
Name: Asha Misra School: University of Rhode Island Major: Wildlife Management Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Kenya & Tanzania What did you like most about the SFS experience? This seems like an impossible question to answer! I think that my favorite part of this experience has been spending time in two different countries. Upon entering [...]
Student Reflection
Name: Eduardo Guevara, Ph.D.Ed. Position: Lecturer in Environmental Policy & Socioeconomics Program: Marine Resource Studies, Turks & Caicos Last week the students completed the spring 2012 Directed Research (DR) project. It has been a very steep learning curve for every student, with many challenges and opportunities to grow. I provided them with the perspective of [...]
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