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They will get to try their hand at research including inventorying invasive earthworms, assessing the health of local streams and participating in a four-hour scientific journey aboard the Michigan Tech research vessel Agassiz.
They will also get a taste of college life, staying and eating in a university residence hall.
Terry Sharik, dean of Michigan Tech’s School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, says that the natural resources career pathway is the least diverse of all career pathways. One of the week-long program’s goals is increasing diversity in natural resources careers. Another is increasing diversity at Michigan Tech.
Dudley Edmondson, a nature photographer from Duluth, will give a free public presentation at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 22 in 135 Fisher Hall. He is the author of the book, Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places, and an outspoken advocate for encouraging young people of color to spend more time outdoors.
