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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please include the following information:<\/p>\n Send your abstract to ser.sw.conference@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deadline: August 15, 2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the best aspects of the SER SW Chapter Annual Conference is student involvement and networking opportunities. We offer a discounted registration rate for students, as well as a limited number of registration scholarships. Student presentations and students who submit posters are also automatically entered into a contest with great prizes.\u00a0Posters can be\u00a0on\u00a0any topic related to restoration, management, or conservation of natural areas in the Southwest Chapter\u00a0Ecoregions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The scholarship winner is expected to participate in the conference administration experience by supporting vendor and registration activities, other small volunteer tasks, and<\/em> will be able to attend all the sessions and the field day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2018 Scholarship Application<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline: August 15, 2018<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nikki is the co-manager for ITEP’s Tribal Climate Change Program. She is of the Din\u00e9 Nation by way of Shonto and Blue Gap, AZ, and is of the Towering House Clan, born for the Reed People Clan, maternal grandfathers are of the Water that Flows Together Clan, and paternal grandfathers are of the Manygoats Clan. Nikki received her Bachelors and Masters of Forestry from Northern Arizona University (NAU) with a few years of post-graduate study at Michigan State University. For her undergraduate and Masters studies, she has worked extensively with the Cherokee Tribe of North Carolina, and has worked with various tribes including the Kaibab Paiute tribe. Prior to ITEP, Nikki has worked with the Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research on a Climate Change Education Program, and at NAU Talent Search working with underrepresented, low-income, potential first generation college students at 10 middle and high schools in Northern Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n In addition, as a river guide and cultural interpreter working on the Colorado River-Grand Canyon and San Juan River, Nikki is the co-founder of the Native American River Guide Training Program and Fifth World Discoveries, was the first Native American President and Vice-President of the Grand Canyon River Guides Association (GCRG), and is a former associate director of the Native Voices Program. She is very passionate about advocating for and education about the protection and preservation of the environment and its resources. Nikki thoroughly enjoys gardening, her Navajo language and culture, and spending time with her large extended family in the southwest and Iowa.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Learn more about NAU’s Institute for\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/southwest\/files\/2018\/06\/Register-Here.png\")
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\nFeatured Speaker: Nikki Cooley<\/h1>\n
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We are pleased to welcome Nikki Cooley, from the NAU’s Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, as our keynote opening speaker!<\/p>\n