Engaging Faculty in Preparing Students for Non-Academic Environmental Careers

Authors

Carmen R. Cid, Eastern Connecticut State University
Mark W. Brunson, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication Date

2-3-2020

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

52

Last Page

53

Abstract

As a biology major at New York University, I was introduced to ecology in a course that bused the class out of New York University's Greenwich Village campus every weekend, to investigate biodiversity patterns in nearby forests and wetlands. After a day crossing bogs and walking through forests, I would take the subway home, hip boots in hand, reflecting on how the day's activities connected to my routine city life. Engaging others in understanding the city connections to adjacent habitats became my life's work. As Dean of Arts and Sciences at a public liberal arts university, I encourage faculty and students to engage in connecting classroom knowledge to real‐world problem solving, as required in non‐academic environmental careers. – CRC

Recommended Citation

Cid, Carmen R. and Mark W. Brunson, "Engaging faculty in preparing students for non-academic environmental careers," Front Ecol Environ 2020; 18( 1): 52– 53, doi:10.1002/fee.2158