This was an excellent workshop, and easily one of the best workshops on leadership I have ever attended. I really appreciated the concrete examples of how to use our own strengths in leadership. 

This conference was a great experience, in which I developed a deeper understanding of my own project, gained valuable skills presenting my work to the public, got to network with other scientists, shared bonding experiences with remote collaborators, and learned more about other experiments in the community. I am deeply grateful to the PSECCO!

Thanks to the PSECCO BAJEDI micro-grant for helping us build a polar climate and weather aware community in Fairbanks and Interior Alaska!

I made so many new friends and so many things I would have never thought I would see, done so many things I would have never thought I'd done. It was such a great experience and I would definitely recommend it.

Spending so much time with these girls really pushed us to get to know each other and really connect. I feel really connected with everyone after spending 12 days of sharing memories, laughs and unforgettable moments together.

One lasting lesson that I gained from this program is the importance of protecting the environment for future generations. There are so many beautiful locations and hundreds of species, and it's the least we can do to respect the environment and try to maintain biodiversity. Since completing the Girls on Rock program, I have since moved to Utah to study public health and compete for a Division I program in track and cross country. I also have a part-time job as a research assistant at the Office of Community Research and Evaluation, which gives me the opportunity to work with data from partners in order to help them improve their programs. Girls on Rock also sparked a love of writing, and I have since had two poems published in print through Metaphor, my university's undergraduate literature journal!

RECCS has impacted my life in various ways including social interactions, academic work, research, presenting, and so much more. I was able to develop personal relationships with professionals in the CU community, as well as NOAA. I now have a network of great friends and mentors I can depend on and reach out to if need be. Research and graduate school are now tangible and do not seem unobtainable since completing the RECCS program

It was so lovely to meet my fellow RECCS students, who have similar interests and approaches to climate and environmental issues. I feel like this is the type of community I don't have access to at my community college. [My mentor] is immensely helpful, structured in his thought-process, but also friendly and easy-going. I often get very nervous around new people, but I felt comfortable working with him, and I also felt like he had my best interests at heart.