Announcements

The Cascades to Coast GK-12 project is seeking applicants for Doctoral Fellowship and TA positions.  Graduate students are eligible for up to three years of funding and research support.  Teaching assistant positions are offered for the first year. Two year fellowship positions are available for advanced doctoral students. GK-12 teaching assistant positions include tuition remission and an annual stipend of $15,000.  GK-12 fellowship positions include a $30,000 stipend, professional development and $10,000 for tuition and research supplies to advance their scientific careers while working with teachers to develop and implement inquiry-based curriculum in local grade schools.  Applications are due by Jan 21, 2012. see www.pdx.edu/soe-gk12 to apply.

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Congratulations to ESR doctoral student Tim Davidson, who, in addition to finishing his dissertation recently, won the Best Student Paper Contest in  the Applied Conservation category for 2011 meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists. 

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ESM is pleased to introduce our newest faculty member, Dr. Angela Strecker.  Angela is an aquatic ecologist who is broadly interested in understanding patterns of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in freshwater systems, particularly as they relate to anthropogenic stressors and how landscape connectivity can influence these patterns.  

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Departmental Information

Our department has 16 full-time and tenure-track faculty. We also have an additional fifteen or more associated faculty, adjunct faculty and research staff.

Environmental Science and Management offers two undergraduate degrees - Environmental Studies and Environmental Science. We also offer a minor in Environmental Studies and a minor in Sustainability.

At the graduate level, students can earn a Master of Science or a Masters of Environmental Management degree.  Students can also earn a Certificate of Hydrology.

Environmental Science and Management offers a doctoral degree through the School of the Environment PhD program.

Environmental Science and Management is distinct in that we also host four research centers or programs. These are the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs, the Aquatic Bioinvasions Research and Policy Institute (collaboratively with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center), the Student Watershed Research Program and the Environmental Professional Program.

Environmental Science and Management Mission Statement

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