Amanda Dalton awarded Audubon Miami Valley Rosie Bloom Scholarship

2014 Aug 29

Middletown, Ohio (45044) resident Amanda Dalton has been awarded the AMV Rosie Bloom Scholarship of $500 from Audubon Miami Valley (AMV) in collaboration with Miami University's Project Dragonfly.

Dalton, who was accepted into the Global Field Program (GFP) in 2013, has studied conservation research in the East African country of Kenya and in the Central American country of Belize as part of Project Dragonfly's Earth Expeditions (EE) programs. Dalton is a natural resources specialist at Hueston Woods State Park in Ohio.

AMV, in collaboration with Miami University's Project Dragonfly, has awarded 15 partial scholarships to EE students since 2009.

About the Scholarships

The AMV Rosie Bloom Scholarship, named for local Audubon Society charter member and nature advocate Rosie Bloom, supports local educators who advocate environmental stewardship and global understanding. The AMV has been a local chapter of the National Audubon Society in Butler and Preble counties since 1976. AMV works to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.

About Project Dragonfly

Project Dragonfly reaches millions of people each year through inquiry-driven learning media, public exhibits and graduate programs worldwide. Since 2004 Dragonfly's global courses have engaged more than 1,550 people in firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. Dragonfly is based in the biology department at Miami University, a state university in Oxford, Ohio. Miami was established in 1809 and is listed as one of the eight original Public Ivies.

More information about the GFP is located at http://gfp.miamioh.edu.

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