Round River InformationOctober 5, 2006 at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Doug Milek, a representative from Round River Conservation Studies, will be on campus to speak about research opportunities for undergraduate students in Namibia, Ecuador, and British Columbia. Round River Conservation Studies, www.roundriver.org, is a non-profit conservation research and education organization. Round River specializes in working with local, indigenous communities to develop and impliment landscape-scale conservation strategies using conservation biology, while additionally providing oppertunities to train local biologists and small groups of 5 to 8 undergraduate students. Participating students can receive college credit while attending these programs.