The Environmental Education & Training
Partnership (EETAP) has scholarships available to EE leaders
interested in taking Applied EE Program Evaluation, Fundamentals of
EE, or Making EE Relevant for Culturally Diverse Audiences. Please
note that the qualifications for scholarships are different for each
course. Scholarship recipients must pay the course cost difference
to UWSP.
Applied EE Program Evaluation
Scholarship - Amount: $200
Qualifications: Must hold a leadership
position in EE at the community or state level (e.g., directors
of EE organizations, programs, or nature centers; state program
coordinators for PLT, WET, or WILD; state EE association board
members).
Scholarship Deadline:
January 1, 2010
(spring semester)
Fundamentals of EE Scholarship - Amount: $200
Qualifications: Must hold a leadership
position in EE at the state level (e.g., state program
coordinators for PLT, WET, or WILD; state EE association board
members).
Scholarship Deadline:
January 1, 2010
(spring semester)
Making EE Relevant for Culturally Diverse
Audiences - Amount: $100
Qualifications: Must be responsible for an
EE program in their community, state, or at a national level.
Scholarship Deadline:
January 1, 2010
(spring semester)
To obtain a scholarship application please contact Lesley
Sheridan at EETAP
(lsherida@uwsp.edu
or 715-346-4748).
National Wildlife Refuge System Staff Scholarship - Amount: Full
(Depending on course)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has 15 scholarships
available for
National Wildlife Refuge employees
whose positions include environmental education (EE) duties.
The
UWSP-EETAP
Summer 2009 on-line courses include the
Fundamentals of EE,
and
Making EE Relevant
to Culturally Diverse Audiences.
Qualifications:
Must be a USFWS National Wildlife Refuge employee, or a volunteer
that has provided significant, long-term support to a Refuge
environmental education program.
Examples
of positions include Environmental Education Specialist, Park/Refuge
Ranger, Supervisory Park/Refuge Ranger, or Visitor Services
Specialist.
Scholarship Deadline: January
1, 2010 (spring semester)
To obtain a scholarship application please contact
Georgia Jeppesen at the National Conservation Training Center at:
georgia_jeppesen@fws.gov
or 304-876-7388.