{"id":299296,"date":"2019-05-13T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=299296"},"modified":"2019-05-13T06:00:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:00:20","slug":"uog-sophomore-is-selected-for-conservation-scholars-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uog-sophomore-is-selected-for-conservation-scholars-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UOG sophomore is selected for conservation scholars program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This June, University of Guam sophomore Serena Barasi will start a two-year\u00a0conservation leadership program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_299297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299297\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-299297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/barasi-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-299297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barasi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barasi was among 20 students\u20148 percent of applicants\u2014who were accepted into the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program. The program exposes college students to the field of environmental conservation through field research, leadership, and professional training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of environmental conservation, there are currently many threats to Guam\u2019s environment and endemic species,\u201d Barasi said. \u201cAs an aspiring scientist and someone born on Guam, there is nothing I yearn for more than to be a part of a generation that creates solutions to these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is split into two eight-week summer internships, which both include a $4,000 stipend. The first year integrates conservation design, leadership, and research experience while the scholars travel with a close group of peers and mentors. During the second year, the scholars intern with a conservation organization or agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerena is a great choice for this program because she is academically solid \u2014 majoring in both biology and chemistry \u2014 works very hard, and is enthusiastic about learning and conservation,\u201d said Professor of Biology Curt Fiedler, who recommended Barasi for the program.<\/p>\n<p>Barasi is the second student from the University of Guam to be accepted into the program. Annette Ludwig was accepted into the program\u2019s first cohort in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, the Barasi\u2019s sights are set on helping Guam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an individual, I just want to help improve the earth, which, of course, includes Guam and the people who call it home,\u201d Barasi said. <strong>(UOG)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This June, University of Guam sophomore Serena Barasi will start a two-year\u00a0conservation leadership program at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":302742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[445],"class_list":["post-299296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pacific","tag-uog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}