If you are interested in doing projects with the Thai community as "W.I.L.L." did, please attend this informational session:
Thailand Sustainable Communities and Ecosystems
Program Information Session: February 18, 12 noon @ Bunche 10367.
A Light Lunch will be provided.
Participate this summer in a community-based international service
learning program in multicultural Thai Buddhist, Muslim, and Sea-Gypsy
[Moken] coastal communities. This program emphasizes project-based,
collaborative, community engagement, and integrates social and natural
science field research methods and techniques. You'll engage in
sustainability fieldwork, intercultural activities, and community
service. The academic portion of the program focuses on social,
ecological, and environmental theories, fieldwork, analysis, and
practice. For community service, we participate, collaboratively, with
Thai villagers and organizations in developing sustainable community
practices, restoring tsunami-damaged ecosystems, regenerating coastal
biodiversity, and building resilience to climate change.
Directed by Michael Silverman, Lecturer, UCLA Institute of the
Environment, and Jenny Jay, Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of
Environmental Engineering, and assisted by Christine Lee, Ph.D.
candidate, researchers and members of UCLA's chapter of Engineers
without Borders.
Travel Grants are available: Travel grants for UCLA graduate students
and undergraduates attending an academic program in Thailand in Summer
2010 or academic year 2010-11.Thanks to a generous gift from the Royal
Thai Government, the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies is able to
offer a small number of travel grants in the amount of $1,000 to UCLA
undergraduates and graduate students travelling to Thailand to
participate in an academic program in Summer 2010 or the academic year
2010-11. Students should provide a description of the Thailand program
and a brief statement of purpose describing their academic work and
reason for enrolling in the Thailand program. Proof of acceptance into
the program or the name and email of the person or institution to whom
an application has been submitted is required, as is one letter of
recommendation from a UCLA faculty member, an unofficial transcript from
the UCLA Registrar, and a CV or resume. Thai language proficiency is
desirable but not required. The application deadline is March 12, 2010.
Eligible programs include the UCLA Summer Sessions Travel Study program
in Thailand
http://www.ieo.ucla.edu/TravelStudy/IOE-Thailand/overview.htm .
Apply online at http://apply.international.ucla.edu/?cseas
For more info please contact: Barbara Gaerlan, 310-206-9163
cseas@international.ucla.edu
