Project Dragonfly student Allison Beard awarded scholarship from Miami University's Global Initiatives to travel to the Amazon

2014 Apr 16

Springfield, Ore. (97477) resident Allison Beard was awarded the Summer Credit Workshop Study Abroad Scholarship from Miami University's Global Initiatives office to help fund travel on a summer 2014 Earth Expeditions course. Beard, who is a recreation leader and instructor at the River House and a Miami master's student, will travel to the Amazon in summer 2014 to study avian and tropical ecology.

Since the program began 10 years ago, Earth Expeditions graduate courses from Miami University's Project Dragonfly have engaged more than 1,500 people in firsthand educational and scientific research at key conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas.

Miami's Global Initiatives office supports the university's global teaching, outreach and research missions. Global Initiatives supports and encourages Miami's commitment to dynamic and comprehensive internationalization resulting in a diverse cultural and global learning experience for students.

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