<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div id="m_8010829068025201007gmail-:1cip"><div id="m_8010829068025201007gmail-:1cil" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:297px" aria-controls=":1cl0"><div class="gmail_default"><div id="m_8010829068025201007gmail-:1bzm"><div id="m_8010829068025201007gmail-:1bzi" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:297px" aria-controls=":1c1x"><div class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span><br></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adam Starke '01, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nature Conservancy Coastal Scientist</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Notes from the field: A personal perspective on two decades of marine and coastal conservation work in NY</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Adam Starke (B.A. Environmental Sciences - 2001) has been working along the coast of New York on a wide range of important marine and coastal conservation projects over the past 20 years as a Coastal Scientist with the Nature Conservancy. Come hear about his personal experiences and learn about the challenges and opportunities of working along the coast in this rapidly evolving landscape. Along the way, you’ll learn why creative collaborations may be the key to success, how embracing failure can help lead to big wins, and what new opportunities are quickly developing off of NY’s coastline.</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div><b>Friday Nov 3rd </b><b>3:30pm. </b><br></div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b>All seminars are free and open to the public. </b><br></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b>There will be a reception prior to the talk outside the lecture hall starting at 3:00</b></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b>There will also be a student lunch with Adam in Hudson 155 at 12:00. This is open to all students to come and learn about Adam's career and how he used his SUNY Plattsburgh degree to get to where he is!</b></p><p style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0in;unicode-bidi:embed;word-break:normal"><b><br></b></p></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">If you have any questions regarding the seminar or lunch please contact Dr. Mark Lesser (<a href="mailto:mless004@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">mless004@plattsburgh.edu</a>)</div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_lo7gej8d0" alt="Slide1.JPG" width="452" height="339" style="outline:0px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>