Florence, Ky., resident Valerie Rice to study in Belize

2017 Jun 20

Florence, Ky., resident Valerie Rice, a new master's student in the Global Field Program (GFP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly, will travel to Belize in July 2017. Rice will study coral reefs, manatees, howler monkeys, jaguars and other wildlife while learning the methods communities are using to sustain them.

Rice is an animal keeper at Red Wolf Sanctuary and Raptor Rehabilitation Center.

More information about Rice's 2017 course can be found at http://www.earthexpeditions.org. Click Belize.

Since the program began 13 years ago, Project Dragonfly's Earth Expeditions graduate courses have engaged more than 2,000 people in firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. Dragonfly is located in the department of biology 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.

Learn more about Project Dragonfly on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PrjDragonfly.