Moorcroft High School through Eastern Wyoming College Moorcroft Outreach to host Fulbright Scholar
April 8-9th, 2014
Dr. Titus Man, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Geography, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
will be spending a day with the students at Moorcroft High School. Dr. Man is one of approximately 800
outstanding foreign faculty and professionals who will teach and/or research in the United States
through the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program in 2013-2014. The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence
Program brings scholars and professionals from abroad to U.S. colleges and universities to significantly
internationalize campuses and curricula.
“The EWC Board of Trustees has encouraged this project since it was first considered several years ago.
Very few community colleges host a Fulbright Scholar-in Residence. I was fortunate to have worked with
individuals in Colorado to bring several to a small rural campus,” shared Dr. Tom Armstrong, EWC
President. “This is a tribute to the hard work of our diversity committee, the office of Learning, and of
Dr. David Banville – a Fulbrighter himself. Our college and outreach sites will benefit from Dr. Man’s
content area knowledge and, beyond that, an exposure to a more global perspective in a number of
areas.”
Dr. Man is researching and applying promising advancements in using sensing technology to manage
crop production, soil erosion, drought, and land. Romania, his country, shares common soil and climate
characteristics with our area. In addition, both countries experienced severe drought conditions during
summer 2012, and understand the importance of utilizing advanced techniques to optimize crop, farm
and ranchlands. Dr. Man will introduce students at EWC to the uses of remote sensors and other
technologies to detect soil, erosion, crop, or drought issues on farms and ranches as well as examine the
broader facets of making agricultural land more productive, water allocation and purity, land
optimization, soil erosion control techniques, and general environment responsibility. In April, Dr. Man
will also offer five topical seminars to the students at Moorcroft High School and through a breakfast
seminar will visit with local ranchers. Please contact Melissa Buckmiller at Moorcroft Outreach for
details on the breakfast. EWC Moorcroft Outreach students who are enrolled this semester in GEOG
1000 (taught by Lona Tracy) will also get a chance to meet Dr. Man and learn some of what he teaches
his geography students at Babes-Bolyai University.