<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center invites applications for the short course, <a href="http://www.sesync.org/opportunities/education-short-courses/teaching-socio-environmental-synthesis-with-case-studies-july"><i>Teaching
about Socio-Environmental Synthesis with Case Studies</i></a> to be held at
SESYNC in Annapolis, MD on July 25-28, 2017. <br></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Preparing students to tackle urgent and complex environmental problems is a critical challenge. Problems such as global climate change, water resource management, and sustainable development are dynamic, multi-faceted issues that require interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to solve.</p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Socio-environmental synthesis is a problem-solving approach that considers the integrated nature of the environment and human society, and combines insights, methods, and data from the natural and social sciences to produce knowledge and inform solutions. SESYNC is dedicated to educating about this approach and its broad relevance, and to teaching the core concepts and competencies necessary to understand, research, and address socio-environmental problems. <br></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">Through the short course, participants will engage in discussions about
teaching the concepts and competencies students need to understand and address
complex, socio-environmental problems. Participants will also design and create
a case study for teaching; each individual or team will commit to producing one
case that will be shared via the <a href="http://www.sesync.org/for-you/educator/case-study-collection">SESYNC
website</a>.The short course is open to faculty, postdocs, graduate students,
and other professionals, and all cases must focus on a socio-environmental
issue. For more information, please visit <span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.sesync.org/opportunities/education-short-courses/teaching-socio-environmental-synthesis-with-case-studies-july">our
website</a>. </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing">The deadline to apply is April 18, 2017. Please share with colleagues!<br></p><div>--</div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:cambria,serif">Emily
S. Cassidy<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:cambria,serif">Science
Communications Coordinator<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:cambria,serif">National
Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:cambria,serif">Email:
<a href="mailto:ecassidy@sesync.org">ecassidy@sesync.org</a><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:cambria,serif">Phone:
410-919-4990<span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>
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