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UOG’S Ann Gawel is a finalist for ecological group’s service award
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Posted on Aug 03 2011
Ann Marie Gawel, a graduate student pursuing her master’s degree in biology at the University of Guam, is a finalist for the 2011 Ecological Society of America Service Award.
The Union of Concerned Scientists in partnership with the Student Section of the Ecological Society of America will honor young scientists for the contributions to the discipline of ecology that have extended beyond the realm of academia and into the broader communities of which they are a part during the annual conference of the Ecological Society of America, in Austin, Texas, which begins Aug. 7. The award will consist of a cash prize of at least $300 and a commemorative plaque.
A panel that includes the boards of both the ESA-SS and UCS will evaluate each applicant’s contributions to outreach, ecoservice and environmental justice. The goal of this award is to engage young ecologists in research that reaches beyond inquiry and into application, outreach, and education. The theme of the 96th annual ESA meeting is “Earth Stewardship: Preserving and enhancing the earth’s life-support systems.”[I] (UOG)[/I]
