PVAMU-CAHS-Seminar Series
What
Texas Aquatic Science
Who: Rudy Rosen, Director and Visiting Professor, Background Institute for Water Resources Science and Technology, TAMUSA Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Rosen was recruited to Texas A&M through the Texas A&M Chancellor’s Research Initiative. He is a former Research Professor at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, and a former Director of Fisheries, Wildlife and Coastal Resources for Texas Parks and Wildlife and Director of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, where he served two governors in their cabinet for the environment. He has been executive director and regional director of three of the nation's largest nonprofit science-­‐driven conservation organizations and has degrees from Penn State, South Dakota State, and the University of Massachusetts. He recently wrote a textbook on fundraising for conservation, Money for the Cause, and Texas Aquatic Science a textbook for high school and university students, both published by Texas A&M University Press. When:
11:00 AM -­‐ 12:00 PM (Noon), Thursday, March 3, 2016 Where:
CAHS-­‐CEP Auditorium Abstract In May 2010, the Ewing Halsell Foundation granted funds to the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies to develop a novel experiential, technology-­‐enhanced educational curricula for middle and high school students and educators focused on water science from molecules to ecosystems, and headwaters to ocean (http://water-­‐texas.org ). Other partners soon joined, including Texas Parks and Wildlife and a National Science Foundation funded network of over 10 university research institutes in Texas. Through this partnership, which has since become known simply as H2O, the water education curriculum Texas Aquatic Science was born. Rising rapidly to the very top of internet search results for aquatic science curricula, H2O’s Texas Aquatic Science (http://texasaquaticscience.org) is now the number one source of information on the internet for aquatic science education and information, including an aquatic science textbook, videos, activities, curriculum, images, certified field sites for students, and more. This presentation describes the journey to build this comprehensive pathway for water education in Texas. Contact:
Ali Fares, Associate Director of Research (Interim) & Professor, CAHS-­‐PVAMU Phone: 936 261 5019, Email: AlFares@PVAMU.Edu