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The School for Field Studies
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
SFS BOARD OF TRUSTEES
TERRY L. ANDREAS,
Board Chair
New York, NY
MICHAEL J. MARS, Board Vice Chair
Boston, MA
JAMES L. JACKSON, Board Treasurer
Portland, ME
JAMES A. CRAMER, Board Clerk
ex officio, SFS President
Beverly, MA
DARREN ARONOFSKY
New York, NY
TOMOKO HABER
Greenwich, CT
VICTOR IMBIMBO
Greenwich, CT
SHAUN MARTIN
Washington, DC
JACQUELYN MILLER
Boston, MA
ERIC OLSON
San Francisco, CA
SONAL PANDYA DALAL
San Francisco, CA
JAMES TOZER, JR.
New York, NY
CHRISTY UCHIDA
Chicago, IL
JOHN S. "JACK" WAGGETT
Knoxville, TN
Dear Friends,
In our current political environment, even
as we experience increasingly extreme
weather patterns and other severe
consequences of a changing climate,
ranging from impacts on livelihoods to
national security threats, climate change
is still questioned and science itself is
under attack.
There has arguably never been a more
important time for our SFS donor
community to invest in transforming
our nation's young talent into the next
generation of leaders and advocates for
Hurricanes Irma and Maria dealt a harsh blow to the SFS Center for Marine
Resource Studies (CMRS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands, but we are happy to
report that the program re-opened in less than a year in renovated facilities, and
it is stronger than ever. We received an outpouring of support to help us get SFS-
CMRS ready for students and to help the devastated community recover from
the storms.
SFS continues to focus on exploring new regions for education and research, while
concurrently enhancing the quality and capacity of our existing centers through
program innovations and upgrades to our facilities and transportation systems.
This year, we re-launched our wildlife management program in Kenya, and look
forward to welcoming our first student cohort in the Patagonia region of Chile
this fall.
Our efforts over the last several years to improve our quality and effectiveness,
while significantly expanding our reach, have us poised to make a major leap
forward. We look forward to serving a larger and more diverse student cohort at
a greater range of ecosystems around the world - and we are excited to partner
with our donors and supporters to make it happen.
Sincerely,
James A. Cramer
President
OUR SCHOOL OF RECORD
The University of Minnesota has served as the SFS School of Record (SOR) since
June 2014. The University of Minnesota works closely with SFS on program
quality through representation on the SFS Partners Council and through program
reviews every five years. As a U.S.-accredited institution, the University of
Minnesota can also issue official transcripts to SFS students who need them.
For the most up-to-date information on
SFS governance and staff, please visit
our website.
WWW.FIELDSTUDIES.ORG
Jan 2019
sound environmental practices and policies - and we are incredibly grateful for
your generosity and support.