News - July 2023

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Outstanding senior solves natural resources' puzzles

Rebecca Templeton sees her work in geospatial information systems as a puzzle. You gather data across a set area—it could be the type of coverage, elevation, temperature or more—and put it together in such a way that it becomes a tool. You can analyze how water might move through a landscape, for example, or the amount of habitat that’s available for a certain species. Templeton, a senior majoring in natural resource management and…


Outstanding senior stays true to his roots

Even during a pandemic, opting to stay near campus as he finishes his next-to-last semester at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Cody Scarborough manages to keep his feet in the country. Originally from the small enclave of Lake Park in South Georgia, Scarborough found himself riding out the COVID-19 crisis in Hull, a rural town about 15 minutes away from UGA. It makes sense, though, for this wildlife…


Forestry graduate’s path includes odd jobs, adventure

Outstanding forestry student Robert Seibold may have taken the long road to graduation, but the life experience was worth it   This December could take on a new meaning for Robert Seibold, when he plans to graduate with his bachelor’s degree in forestry. For years, the month meant the start of ski season. On the other hand, spring for Seibold means river guide training. And summer isn’t time off—it’s high season for tourism and a time to…


Passion for healthy watersheds drives aquatic science student's career goals

In high school, Jordan Horvieth watched the documentary “DamNation,” a film that outlined the issues surrounding dams on America’s waterways. It was, as she says, a “lightbulb moment,” illuminating the pathway to a career working to improve and restore rivers and marshes. This fall, Horvieth plans to graduate with a bachelor’s degree focused on aquatic sciences and was named Outstanding Senior for Fisheries by her fellow students and members of…


Passion for healthy watersheds drives aquatic science student's career goals

In high school, Jordan Horvieth watched the documentary “DamNation,” a film that outlined the issues surrounding dams on America’s waterways. It was, as she says, a “lightbulb moment,” illuminating the pathway to a career working to improve and restore rivers and marshes. This fall, Horvieth plans to graduate with a bachelor’s degree focused on aquatic sciences and was named Outstanding Senior for Fisheries by her fellow students and members of…


Trip to Nevada natural area changes senior's future trajectory

Like many people, Keri Greeson’s future was changed by a trip to Las Vegas. Her fortunes weren’t changed by a slot machine or a blackjack table, though. Instead, it was an excursion her family took to Red Rock Canyon, a natural area located just outside the city, that inspired her to pursue a degree at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. “That was a catalyst moment,” says Greeson, a senior parks,…


Igniting a spark for a new way of thinking

Let’s be honest: There aren’t many people who are excited to walk into an economics class. It’s something Jacek Siry is prepared for. Siry, the Stuckey Professor in Forest Economics and Taxation at UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources in the Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business, knows his undergraduate students didn’t come to UGA to study economics. For these students, the trees come first. Which is why Siry is there…


Comfort zone: Professor makes effort to meet students where they are

You don’t have to call him professor. Please don’t call him Kyle. In fact, “Dr. Woo” fits just fine. The respectful nickname for associate professor Kyle Woosnam, who teaches parks, recreation and tourism management in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, echoes the relationship he has with his students. He wants to see his students as more than just a face in a classroom, and through the environment he creates, he hopes,…

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Drawn to action, UGA student’s artwork propels pandemic-related fundraiser

When University of Georgia master’s student Henry Adams isn’t studying salamanders in Costa Rica, he’s drawing them. So, when he recently found himself holed up in his metro Atlanta home, social distancing while going through salamander data he’d collected in Central America, he would take a break to draw the world around him. This time, instead of cold-blooded creatures, he drew springtime flowers and robins outside his windows, executed with a…


Exploring the bonds between research, teaching

In James Beasley’s lab, students play an integral role in developing and shaping the research done there. Their perspectives are very much valued, says the associate professor, who is based at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in Aiken, South Carolina. Teaching and research are linked, says Beasley, and it’s important for students to see first-hand how scientific discoveries are made. Beasley was recently selected to receive the Alumni Association…

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