Please share the attached flyer with students and colleagues you think might be interested. I think this is a great opportunity for a student looking for an interesting, cost effective summer field science course in a location that is exotic, foreign, and safe. There is the opportunity to study Portuguese language and culture alongside the science, and I even have a small amount of scholarship funding to help defray costs.​ It would be great to get another student from College of the Environment!

I recently left Woods Hole to move to the Netherlands after working for 23 years at SEA Education Association as a Professor of Oceanography, so I know a number of people at UW. My wife and I (also a biologist and oceanographer) designed a summer field course taught at Univ. of the Azores last summer that went really well so they’ve asked us to teach it again this June.​ Last year we had 8 students from France, Canada, and several US schools including Georgetown, Miami of Ohio, SUNY campuses, and Univ. of Washington (a rising sophomore in the Aquatic and Fisheries Science​ program, and one of the strongest students in my group!). Majors ranged from International business to biology and env.sci., and the Study in Portugal Network is growing and now has formal affiliations with 15 US universities.​

Thank you and kind regards,

Erik Zettler, Ph.D.

Guest Researcher

Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research & Utrecht University
P.O. Box 59 |1790 AB Den Burg | The Netherlands​

www.nioz.nl/en

flyer inserted below as an image. To learn more about SiPN and apply, see: http://www.studyinportugalnetwork.com/academics/ -select “Build Your Program”, then
“Build Your Summer”, and scroll down to “SiPN June Summer Programs in the Azores, Sao Miguel Island”. For any questions about
this course please contact lead instructor Dr. Erik Zettler (erik.zettler@nioz.nl) directly.