Day: May 15, 2012

Promotion and tenure announced

Congratulations to the following faculty who were recently approved for promotion and tenure by Michigan Tech’s Board of Control :

Andy Burton, promoted to Professor with tenure
Rod Chimner, promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Oliver Gailing, promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Audrey Mayer, promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Chris Webster, promoted to Professor (already tenured)

Two of top 10 Journal of Forestry downloads are from SFRES

Two of the ten most downloaded papers in 2011 at Journal of Forestry were fromthe School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciene:
Woody Invaders and the Challenges They Pose to Forest Ecosystems in the Eastern United States (Vol. 104, No. 7)
and
Promoting Ecological Sustainability in Woody Biomass Harvesting (Vol. 108, No. 1).

Professor Chris Webster is an author on each paper.

See all 10 downloads at:
http://www.safnet.org/publications/jof/mostdownloaded.cfm

Jessica Beachy – 2009

Joins Conservation District as Education Coordinator

Jessica holds a Ph.D. in Forest Science from Michigan Technological University, a M.S. in Entomology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and a B.S. in Natural Resources from The Ohio State University.

She has broad training in environmental science, aquatic ecology, agriculture, entomology and forest science. She has also gained a great deal of education experience, teaching in both formal and informal settings from toddlers to adults. She has developed curriculum, managed after-school programs, taught environmental education in Bulgaria for two years, coordinated summer leadership camps and taught at the college level at Michigan Technological University and Northwestern Michigan College.While Jessica grew up in the Detroit area, she has always had a love of northern Michigan.  She vacationed every summer in the Grand Traverse region, and was delighted to make Traverse City her permanent home in 2010.  She has worked with the Conservation District’s Invasive Species Network for the past year and is currently Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern Michigan College.

Jessica is excited to join the Conservation District team in this new capacity as the Education Coordinator, and is looking forward to developing, delivering and providing for the ongoing vitality of environmental education programs and exhibits at the Boardman River Nature Center and throughout the community.

Jessica  can be reached at jbeachy@gtcd.org or 231.941.0960 ext. 24.