Allison Beard to Study Overseas

2013 May 20

A local resident has been selected to participate in summer 2013 global graduate studies in Mongolia.

Beginning in mid-June, The River House staff member Allison Beard of Springfield (97477), will study steppe ecology and conservation in Mongolia. More information about Beard's course is located at http://earthexpeditions.muohio.edu/mongolia.

The graduate courses from Miami University's Project Dragonfly are based on Earth Expeditions, which has engaged more than 1,400 people since 2004 in firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. More information is located at www.EarthExpeditions.org.