Environmental Leadership Lab Slated for February

Brown University, in cooperation with The Kohala Center, will mount its second annual Environmental Leadership Lab for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from February 17-26. Students from across the country will travel to Hawai'i for a unique opportunity to study the ecological systems of the Island.

The course will concentrate on three areas of exploration: volcanology, marine science and rainforest ecology. Course activities include observation of seismographs recording movement of magma beneath the volcano, green turtle capture and tagging at Kiholo Bay, and participation in restoration of a Hawaiian dryland forest.

Leadership training will be provided by senior-level faculty at Brown University, which is considered among the finest undergraduate colleges in the country. Additional faculty from the Oceans of Hawai'i Program, HPA, TREE Center, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, and Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation will round out the program.

The Kohala Center is offering $1,000 scholarships to three Hawai'i Island students to help defray the cost of participating in this program. Scholarship recipients will be responsible for paying the $1200 balance of the program tuition directly to Brown University.

To apply for a scholarship, students must submit all required application materials directly to Brown University by the December 14 deadline and also submit a complete copy of the application to The Kohala Center office by December 14. A complete application consists of Brown University's Pre-College Application and Teacher's Appraisal Form, a copy of your official school transcript, and a copy of the required application essay.

Applications should be dropped off at The Kohala Center's office in the Lindsey House in Waimea or mailed to The Kohala Center, P.O. Box 437462, Kamuela, HI 96743.

Brown University staff will make the final admissions decisions for the scholarship students, based on The Kohala Center's recommendations. Scholarship awardees will be announced in early January.

For more information or to make a contribution to The Kohala Center's BELL Program scholarship fund, contact Linda Copman, Program Manager, at 987-8298 or lcopman@kohalacenter.org.

To learn more and apply, visit http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Continuing_Studies/pre-college/hawaii.html.