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UNIVERSITY
OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM HONORS PROGRAM September
18, 2000 |
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Contact: Lisa Young 334/861-7509 One
hundred students, participants in the University of Alabama at
Birmingham's (UAB) Honor Program, will descend on the campus of the
Dauphin Island Sea Lab to learn about the environmental microcosm of
the barrier island. The
Honors Program will be at the Sea Lab from Sunday,
Sept. 17 to Thursday, Sept. 21. The
Honors Program is an interdisciplinary course that focuses on natural
science. This year's theme is "The Environment: Earth, Air, Fire
and Water." Their visit to the Sea Lab will be complemented by
their other major "out-of-class" activity, designing and
constructing an outdoor environmental education center at the Richard
Arrington Middle School in Birmingham. While
at the Sea Lab, students will hear lectures by Sea Lab and visiting
faculty on the history and challenges of Dauphin Island. They will
also engage in a range of field-based activities, including a research
cruise in Mobile Bay, an instructional beach and maritime forest hike,
and a salt marsh seine. For
more information on the UAB Honors Program, please check out their Web
site at http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=25345. |
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