From Climate Change to Cappuccinos:
Grad Students Taking the Reins in Course Development
Danny Coenen
and Tracy Van Holt, two SNRE doctoral students, pursued opportunities
to design and teach their own courses. By combining the knowledge gained
through their individual programs of study and their research, each student was able
to add their unique perspective to a natural resource topic not previously
addressed at the University. The article looks at their courses: Climate Change and the European Union: Science and Policy & Ethical markets in Latin America: the Mocha Cappuccino.
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Saving the Miami Blue Butterfly
Once common in the southern
coastal areas of Florida, the Miami Blue butterfly was eliminated from
much of its former range due to ever-expanding urbanization and the associated
loss of coastal habitat. Dr.
Daniels, a new affiliate faculty member in SNRE, led efforts to study its
biology and develop a captive breeding program to help recover the insect. More >>
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Dean's Perspective
Dr. Cato, Senior Associate Dean of SNRE, provides a few words on the current
state of the SNRE program and highlights
of the progress for this year. SNRE programs continue to show tremendous
success and growth. Our academic degree programs
are
recruiting students
in the
top of their
field and admission
has become increasingly competitive. More >>
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Life in the Field: A Student Perspective
Carrie Vath, an SNRE Masters student, balks at the idea of no more monkey
business. In fact, the business of primates, birds, jaguars, tapirs, peccaries,
and other
large vertebrates is exactly what concerns her most. Carrie provides her insights
on the challenges and rewards of field research. More >>
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Drowning in a Sea of Plastic Bags
By the time you've finished reading this sentence, Americans will have
thrown away over 15,000 plastic bags. They will have recycled about 150.
Stuart Carlton, a SNRE first year Ph.D
student, provides in depth commentary on the current environmental issues
associated with plastic bag use. More >>
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From Arusha, Tanzania to Baron, Wisconsin:
The Journey of an SNRE Alum
It was definitely a strange set of circumstances that landed me about
a month ago in the small rural town of Baron, Wisconsin. By no stretch
of the imagination could I have envisioned that one day I would have a
job at the USDA, working with small-scale and resource-limited producers
to improve their direct marketing opportunities. SNRE
Ph.D alumni, James Barham discusses how his SNRE degree prepared him for
his future work with the USDA.More >>
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Extension Training Enhances Community Involvement
Around the state, rural development and urban growth are creating problems
(both environmental and political), which many publics are unprepared to handle.
It's true that issues are complex, problems are hard to solve and channels
for action may seem limited.SNRE affiliates, Family Youth & Community Sciences
professors and Co-PIs, Drs. Mark Brennan and Jerry Culen, were awarded the
SNRE New Faculty Support
Grant in 2006-2007 to develop a curriculum for Extension, teachers, and and
other educators that fostered
community and youth involvement in land use decision making. More >>
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SNRE International Involvement
The University of Florida's School Natural Resources and the Environment
(SNRE) has trained international students in Interdisciplinary Ecology
since its inception in 1999. A survey based research study was conducted
to investigate and provide a better picture of international student enrollment.
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