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"Short Summer Courses in Costa Rica 2008"

EARTH University from Costa Rica, in partnership with a group of universities in the United States, will offer a series of summer courses under the general topic of "Management of Sustainability and Natural Resources in the Humid Tropics" during the summer of 2008.

The participating universities are the University of Georgia, California State Polytechnic University, Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, the University of Florida, University of Missouri and Purdue University.  The goal of this initiative is to offer undergraduate students the opportunity to gain practical experience in issues that relate to sustainability and biodiversity in the rich multicultural environment of EARTH University, an international institution dedicated to educating young leaders from all over the world on topics that combine entrepreneurship and sustainable agriculture.

The summer course series will start during the last week of June and run until the end of the week of August 4th. During that time professors from several of the member institutions will offer the following courses:

"Sustainability of Tropical Agroecosystems: A study abroad in Costa Rica" taught by Dr. Michelle Schroeder (michelle_schroeder@ncsu.edu) and Dr. Wayne Parrott (wparrott@uga.edu). (July 7th- July 25th) http://www.uga.edu/tropag.
"Promoting Sustainability: Training Agricultural Practitioners" taught by Dr. Lori Unruh Snyder (lusnyder@purdue.edu) and Dr. Joel  Brendemuhl (brendj@ufl.edu) (July 21st - August 8th).
"Sustainable Practices in Environmental Engineering" taught by Dr. David Gattie (dgattie@engr.uga.edu) (July 7th -August 1st). University of Georgia, Engineering Center.

Each of these courses lasts from two to three weeks and all have a strong hands-on component that will insure direct experience with the challenges and realities of rural communities, agricultural production and natural resource management in the humid tropics of Costa Rica.