Richmond Hill, Ga., resident Jenifer Hilburn to study in Thailand

2016 Jul 1

Richmond Hill, Ga., resident Jenifer Hilburn, a master's student in the Global Field Program from Miami University's Project Dragonfly, will travel to Thailand in July 2016. Hilburn will study emerging models in conservation and education as well as spiritual connections to nature.

Hilburn is executive director at Altamaha Riverkeeper.

More information about Hilburn's 2016 course can be found at http://www.earthexpeditions.org. Click Thailand.

Since the program began 12 years ago, Project Dragonfly's Earth Expeditions graduate courses - on which the master's programs are based - have engaged more than 1,850 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.

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