Megan DeWall making a difference in human and ecological communities

2015 Mar 20

Queen Creek, Ariz. resident Megan DeWall, a graduate student in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly and Chicago Zoological Society-Brookfield Zoo, has been awarded a Community Engagement badge from the university for making a difference in human and ecological communities. As part of the AIP, students like DeWall apply the tools of conservation science and advance the tenets central to the master's degree: inquiry, community and voice.

Through her Conservation Science & Community course project entitled "The Water around Us: A Closer Look at the Valued Waterways in Central Wisconsin," DeWall raised awareness about concentrated animal feeding operation locations and the impact that these feeding lots have on aquatic ecosystems and communities. DeWall is a teacher at Stevens Point Area Senior High / Ben Franklin Middle School.

Project Dragonfly offers the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) master's degree in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, New York, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. The community-based AIP degree is co-delivered with Miami's Dragonfly and premier learning institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Courses take place in web-based learning communities and on-site at zoos in those locations. To learn more about the AIP, visit http://aip.miamioh.edu/.

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