Joie's Daisies Scholarships for 2004 Spring ConferenceJoie's Daisies Scholarships began when a group of naturalists at the Fall 1999 Northern AEOE Conference decided that they wanted to do something in Joie Armstrong's name, something to help naturalists new to the field. For those of you who may not have heard of her, Joie was the Yosemite Institute naturalist who was tragically murdered in Yosemite in July1999. The home that she lived in was originally a pioneer home and had feral daisies, descendants of those planted by the original homeowner. Most of them were fading in the summer's heat and, shortly before her death, Joie was trying, with her boyfriend, to give them a little more life by hauling water from the stream and bringing it to the flowers one heavy bucketful at a time. During the FBI's thorough investigation of the area (a group understandably more concerned with gathering evidence than with low impact meanderings) a ranger noticed the flowers and took pity on them. He was seen making the same trips to the river to extend their lives yet a little longer. We need to keep the next generations of Joie's daisies alive, metaphorically speaking. We have chosen to do so by providing twenty scholarships of $95 (approximately 90% off of early registration fees) for the Spring AEOE conference to interns, naturalists or others who would normally not attend the conference due to financial difficulty. To apply, simply follow the steps outlined below. |
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1. Fill out a registration form for the 2004 "Teaching Outside the Lines" conference and send it in by April 2, 2004 along with your scholarship application (see # 2)
2. Write a paragraph, essay, or somehow otherwise (drawing, diagram, poetry) indicate your response to one (or more, if so inspired) of the following:
