Florida International University
AC-5: Immersive Experience

The Tropical Conservation Institute (TCI) at FIU conducts the International Research Experience for Students Program (IRES). This research training program in wildlife conservation is held in the Caribbean archipelago of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). The goal of this program is to help train the next generation of wildlife conservationists. https://tci.fiu.edu/opportunities/ires/

Green Family NeighborhoodHELP™ is a centerpiece of the curriculum at FIU’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Medical students partner with colleagues in nursing, social work, public health, law and other disciplines to work with a household in an underserved neighborhood. Medical students work with the household for three years, helping families address societal and environmental challenges that impact their health. https://medicine.fiu.edu/about/community-engagement/green-family-foundation-neighborhoodhelp/

The FIU Organic Garden is a hands-on teaching facility through the Agroecology program under the Department of Earth & Environment in FIU's College of Arts & Sciences. Students gain experiential learning right on campus about food production and its relationship to the ecosystem through gardening and plotted experiments. The garden is nestled adjacent to the FIU Nature Preserve, providing excellent opportunities to understand the various interaction between growing food and ecosystem needs. It contains 9 distinct areas for research and education: shade house, class plots, community plots, herb garden, fruit grove, meditation gardening, composting, biofuels, and aquaponics. https://case.fiu.edu/earth-environment/agroecology/agroecology-research/