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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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4 | Advice for students
What advice would you give a student who is interested in studying the Great Lakes?
Many opportunities exist for students. GLERL receives a lot of inquiries from students who are looking for data for their own high school science projects. In the past, students have conducted science projects on why the lake levels go up and down, where ice forms on the lakes every winter, and what kind of aquatic animals are found in the lakes.
As for college, a student can persue a wide variety of degrees, including Civil Engineering, Hydrology, Biology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, and Water Resources Policy.
The key to preparing for a career on the Great Lakes is to take science and math courses while in high school! GLERL also has tours and open houses so students can see what the Great Lakes researchers do. A student who is especially focused can apply for our summer internship program; it's a good way for a student to determine if he or she really likes this kind of work.
Great advice for students! (15 seconds)
We consider this fun! It's not only work, but an avocation that we all really enjoy. That's one of the things that we really try to get across to students -- that science is really fun!
Graphic: GLERL's Ann Arbor office.
