Rachael Rost making a difference in human and ecological communities

2015 Mar 9

Lawrence, Kan., resident Rachael Rost, a graduate student in the Global Field Program (GFP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly, has been awarded a Community Engagement badge from the university for making a difference in human and ecological communities. As part of the GFP, students like Rost 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 "Mapping the Locations and State of Storm Drains in Topeka, Kansas ," Rost found an area of the city that had badly polluted storm drains and map the location of each drain . Rost is an education specialist at Topeka Zoological Park.

As part of her master's program coursework, Rost studied approaches to environmental stewardship in the Central American country of Belize. Study sites include 13 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas.

The GFP master's degree is designed for educators and other professionals from all disciplines and settings who are interested in working collaboratively to bring about change in local and global contexts. Applicants can be from anywhere in the United States or abroad. To learn more about the GFP, visit http://gfp.miamioh.edu/.

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