Dragonfly News April 2022

Denver-area AIP students engage in discussion and inquiry at Daniel’s Park, Sedalia, Colo.

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Jamie Bercaw Anzano

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Miami Dragonflies in the News

This Thursday: virtual Dragonfly Diversity Cafe with AIP student Katie Leung

Register for Dragonfly’s tenth virtual Diversity Cafe at 7:30 EDT Thursday, April 21, 2022, with Advanced Inquiry Program graduate student Katie Leung, who participates in experiential learning at New York’s Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). After the emergence and spread of Covid-19 led to an uptick in violence and negative sentiment toward the Asian American community, Leung of Staten Island, N.Y., was inspired to shift her master’s focus toward understanding why this occurred and, importantly, why these acts of hatred and violence continue. ... register and learn more

GFP graduate Helen Corveleyn receives Presidential Award

President Joe Biden has named Global Field Program graduate Helen Corveleyn ’20 as a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Corveleyn of Pennington, N.J., is among 117 individuals and organizations honored with a Presidential Award, which is the highest award kindergarten through 12th grade mathematics and science teachers can receive from the U.S. government. ... read more

AIP graduate Anne Livingston publishes in outdoor journal

Advanced Inquiry Program graduate Anne Livingston ’21, who participated in experiential learning through the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, explored the use of technology in nature in a recent article published in the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership. Inspired by the Pokémon Go experience, Livingston of Maineville, Ohio, tested how teens engaged with this technology to learn about the native plants of southwestern Ohio. ... read more and access her articl e

GFP student Tanner Fangman reflects about his Galápagos course

Global Field Program student Tanner Fangman of Chesterfield, Mo., shares his experiences and memories of his Miami Earth Expeditions: Galápagos course.

"Just when I would start to catch my breath, something else – something more – was there to take it back away. More to see. More to learn. More to do. More to every moment,” said Fangman..... read his blog

Miami University/Dragonfly instructors publish in the journal Zoo Biology

Miami University instructors Lily Maynard and Dave Jenike of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden -- a Project Dragonfly Master Institution -- together with a team of researchers created a collaborative plan for monarch conservation. Their research has been published in the journal Zoo Biology.

"Conservation psychology principles can be useful for aligning organizations and scaling up conservation programs," according to their article. "We can use findings and recommendations from conservation psychology to inform organizational collaborations between zoos and aquariums to maximize efficiency and coordination." ... read more and access the article

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An education reform initiative within Miami University's department of biology, Project Dragonfly oversees the world's largest graduate degree programs dedicated to community-driven ecological and social change. Dragonfly students join the frontlines of community innovation, working across an extraordinary network of leading U.S. zoos, botanical gardens, and community organizations around the world. Dragonfly offers the Advanced Inquiry Program and the Global Field Program master's degrees which combine online and on-site experiential learning, as well as individual field courses through Earth Expeditions.

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