REU Site: Sustainable RIVER (Remediating InVasives to Encourage Resilience)

REU研究中心：可持续的河流（修复入侵者，以鼓励恢复力）这个REU网站奖给南达科他州，位于佛蒙特州，SD的大学，将支持10名学生在2017年至2019年的夏天11周的培训。REU学生参加可持续河流项目将研究密苏里州河的运作和管理作为一个透镜，通过它来研究复杂的，跨学科的系统。通过与来自美国大学多学科密苏里州河流研究所的教师导师的个人研究项目，学生将解决如何在密苏里州河及其高地的入侵元素影响河流的可持续性和人类谁依赖它的问题。学生还将作为一个团队每周举行会议，整合从个人项目获得的知识，创建一个团队项目，以解决如何更好地保护环境的问题。适应性强的密苏里州河，满足多个利益相关者的需求，并维持多样化的，功能正常的生态系统，可以培养。预计，共有30名学生将在该计划中接受培训。 积极的招聘工作将集中在美洲原住民学生，在美国各地的可持续发展计划的学生，以及参加南达科他州的2年和4年制院校的学生。 可持续河流项目将明确关注地方的关键教学法，学生们将学习如何在被破坏的地方可持续地生活，同时学习认识和解决这种破坏的原因。 可持续河流项目将培养学生科学家，他们将成为跨学科研究的领导者，并通过发展多视角，系统思维的方法来理解和应对复杂的挑战，从而创造一个更可持续的社会。 由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的共同网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。 学生将在课程结束后进行跟踪，以确定学生的职业道路。 学生将被要求通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。 有关该计划的更多信息，请访问http://SustainableRIVER.org或联系PI（Meghann Jarchow博士，电子邮件：Meghann. usd.edu）。该REU网站由生物基础设施部（生物科学局）和地球科学部（地球科学局）共同资助。

REU Site: Sustainable RIVER (Remediating InVasives to Encourage Resilience)This REU Site award to the University of South Dakota, located in Vermillion, SD, will support the training of 10 students for 11 weeks during the summers of 2017-2019. REU students participating in the Sustainable RIVER project will examine the functioning and management of the Missouri River as a lens through which to study complex, interdisciplinary systems. Through individual research projects with faculty mentors from USD's multi-disciplinary Missouri River Institute, students will address the question of how invasive elements in the Missouri River and its uplands affect the sustainability of the river and the humans who depend on it. Students will also meet as a team weekly to integrate knowledge gained from the individual projects to create a team project to address the question of how a more resilient Missouri River, which meets the needs of multiple stakeholders and sustains diverse, functioning ecosystems, can be cultivated.It is anticipated that a total of thirty students will be trained in the program. Active recruitment efforts will focus on Native American students, students in sustainability programs across the US, and students attending 2- and 4-year institutions in South Dakota. There will be an explicit focus in the Sustainable RIVER project on the critical pedagogy of place, where students learn how to live sustainably in places that have been disrupted while learning to recognize and address the causes of such disruptions. The Sustainable RIVER project will create student scientists who will become leaders in interdisciplinary research and leaders in creating a more sustainable society through their development of a multi-perspective, systems-thinking approach to understanding and addressing complex challenges. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine student career paths. Students will be asked to respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information about the program is available by visiting http://SustainableRIVER.org or by contacting the PI (Dr. Meghann Jarchow at Meghann.Jarchow@usd.edu). This REU site is co-funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences), and the Division of Earth Sciences (Directorate for Geosciences).