See our right-hand column for announcements and news briefs. Scroll down the right-hand column to access the Archives -- links to articles posted in the main column since 2007. See details about our site, including a way to comment, in the yellow text above the Archives.
Showing posts with label Aquatic Ecology at Gratiot Lake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aquatic Ecology at Gratiot Lake. Show all posts

Monday, May 26, 2014

Gratiot Lake Conservancy to offer scholarship for Summer Youth Program in Aquatic Ecology

GRATIOT LAKE -- Gratiot Lake Conservancy is pleased to offer a full Jack and Rita Sandretto Scholarship for a local student to attend the Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program Exploration: Aquatic Ecology at Gratiot Lake from July 27 - August 2, 2014.

Students learn how an ecologist works by participating in hands-on activities out-of-doors. In this field study program for 9th through 11th graders, they collect and analyze aquatic invertebrates and compare water chemistry data from lake, stream, and beaver dam areas. Students camp at Gratiot Lake Conservancy’s Noblet Field Station.

For more information about this science program and the Jack and Rita Sandretto Scholarship  call Michigan Tech’s Summer Youth Program office at 906-487-2219.

Click here to register through the Michigan Tech website.

For the Jack and Rita Sandretto Scholarship preference given to a local student. Click here to find out how to apply for scholarship information.

For more information on Michigan Tech's Summer Youth Programs visit www.syp.mtu.edu.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Conservancy offers summer youth scholarship for Aquatic Ecology at Gratiot Lake

GRATIOT LAKE -- Gratiot Lake Conservancy sponsors the Jack and Rita Sandretto Memorial Scholarship for a high school student to attend the Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program Exploration: Aquatic Ecology at Gratiot Lake. This intensive educational program is held at the Noblet Field Station and Nature Preserve at Gratiot Lake from July 15 to July 20.

Applications for this scholarship must be received by the Michigan Technological University Center for Pre-College Outreach no later than June 1, 2012.

This program is nearly fully enrolled, so applicants for scholarship should not delay. Preference is given to Western Upper Peninsula youth but others may apply. Scholarship applicants must also register for the Exploration.

Click here for information about the scholarship and an application form.

Or call Rose Martell at the  Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program office: 906-487-2219.