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<h1 style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:27.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:black">Attention Students -<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">SER SW is committed to creating a supportive conference environment for students to attend, present work, and connect with the regional restoration community!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Student Kick-Off Dinner: Weds, Sept 11th 4 - 6pm at the Doubletree Hotel Restaurant.
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Complimentary dinner for students to meet at the beginning of the conference. RSVP required, information coming soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Student Conference Rate:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856"> We have a special discounted rate of $250
for students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Student Registration Waivers:
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Waivers are available on a rolling basis until we run out of slots. To be eligible, you must submit an abstract for a poster or oral presentation.
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<span style="color:#2CB191">Apply here AFTER you have submitted your abstract.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Student Poster Awards!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856"> Details coming soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Career Networking Fair!
</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Details coming soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:125%"><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:black">Rodrigo Sierra-Corona<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#409CFF">Restoration in the Borderlands as an act of hope</span></i></strong><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:165%"><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Rodrigo is the Executive Director of Borderlands Restoration Network, a nonprofit organization based in Patagonia, AZ. The organization protects land from development and
implements restoration practices and education programs on both sides of the US-Mexico border.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:165%"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#409CFF">Co-Creating an Urban Mesquite Bosque in Phoenix, Arizona</span></b></em><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:165%"><span style="font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;color:#515856">Juliet is a professor emeritus at Arizona State University and a plant ecologist who specializes in wetland and riparian ecosystems. The author of over 100 peer-reviewed
publications, she continues to write about plants while also tending a riparian forest garden in the city.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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