Directory of
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4-H Environmental Educators’ Biographies
Josh Hapner
Hello everyone, I am Joshua Hapner. I graduated in May of 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, IN. During the summer of 2005 I worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation doing random stream sampling. I then got a job as a naturalist at Camp Greenkill in New York. The following fall I worked as a naturalist at 4-H Camp Palmer in Ohio. My ultimate goal is to either work as a park naturalist or teach college science classes. I have hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and have done research in the Bahamas, which I presented at the 11th Annual Symposium of Natural History of the Bahamas. I have also created a field guide to the trees and shrubs of Andros Island, Bahamas. I am looking forward to living and working in a new part of the country.
Katie O’Rourke
I’m from Syracuse, New York. I graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in May 2007 with a B.S. in Environmental and Forest Biology. I’m so excited to be here at Wahsega teaching that I wrote a limerick.
There once was a girl from New York
Whose name was Katie O’Rourke
She liked snakes and trees
And fun colored leaves
And she can’t wait for EE to uncork!
Martha Yoke
I’m excited to be working in Environmental Education because I love nature and the outdoors and I want to share my knowledge and enthusiasm with kids. I grew up in Marietta, Georgia and I studied Zoology at Brigham Young University in Utah. I completed a Masters project there on a group of dusky salamanders that live here in the southern Appalachians. My favorite food is chicken parmesan with lots of cheese. If I could be any animal I would be a flying squirrel and if I could be any plant I would be a pink lady’s slipper orchid.
Chris Stanbery
After graduating from University of Richmond, I have worked with kids in a variety of settings. I have had the pleasure of teaching from the top of a zip line to teaching while chest deep in a swamp, and I look forward to discovering the wonders of Georgia with our students. I also strongly believe that the superior flavor of ice cream is mint chocolate chip.
Thea Cox
Before coming to Wahsega I taught outdoor education at a center in New York, but I like Wahsega better because the weather is nicer and there is more mountain laurel. This is my second season at Wahsega and so far one of the most exciting animals I have seen here is a very large Northern Red Salamander. My favorite food is green tea flavored ice cream.
Mary Beth Pendley
I graduated in 2006 from the University of Montana with a B.S. degree in the field of Wildlife Biology. I’ve worked in several areas of wildlife research, but Wahsega will be my first attempt at the education side of the field. I’m really excited about getting kids out in the woods and learning cool stuff with them. I can’t wait to see what the kids will teach me! If I could be any animal here at Wahsega it would be a squirrel because I could sit on the roof and throw acorns at people as they walked by.
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