Message to TCD Students!

Dear TCD Students:

We hope that you are winding up this Fall 2024 semester and advancing towards your graduate career goals.  We want to thank you for being part of the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) graduate certificate / concentration community and check-in to see if you have any questions or concerns about meeting requirements.   If you are nearing completion of your graduate degree, let us know if you have questions about finishing the final paperwork to get the recognition of your TCD accomplishments.

We also want to remind you of upcoming funding competitions including TCD Graduate research Assistantships (Feb. 3, 2025), Field Research Grants (March 3, 2025), Practitioner Experience Grants (April 7, 2025), Conference Travel Grants (April 7, 2025).  If you need additional support to complete your MS/PhD degree, you can apply for a TCD Graduate Assistantship because you are enrolled in the certificate/concentration.  Research grants are open for pilot projects in the PhD program and MS thesis research; in some cases, MDP student practicums might also be eligible.  Practitioner Experience and Conference Travel grants are open to all TCD students in the certificate/concentration.

As you likely know, TCD has >700 alumni across the globe, working in the academy, government agencies, research institutions, NGOs, foundations, and private sector.  Just this past semester, ~5 TCD alumni joined us virtually or in person at TCD Student Group Tropilunch series and we are looking for more ways to connect and engage alumni with students and faculty.  We look forward to the day when you will join this vibrant group, and we hope, refine and practice the professional skills and interdisciplinary ways of thinking and working together that characterize the UF TCD program.

Some important contacts/information sites at UF for TCD are:

Bette Loiselle, Director of TCD: loiselleb@ufl.edu

Patricia Sampaio, TCD Program Coordinator: psampaio@latam.ufl.edu

Karen Kainer, TCD Academic Advisor: kkainer@ufl.edu

Thank you and best wishes for the holiday!

Bette & Patricia