Previous Faculty Led – Global Engagement /global º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø - º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:51:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7 Spring 2025: BIO220 Field Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem /global/2024/05/15/spring-2025-bio220-field-natural-history-of-the-greater-yellowstone-ecosystem/ Wed, 15 May 2024 19:07:50 +0000 /global/?p=15271
Geothermal Basin in Yellowstone

Over the course of the Spring 2025 semester, you will learn about the unique biology, ecology, geology and history of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.  You will then travel to the Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association field camp at the end of May.   The field camp is a nonprofit field station dedicated to hosting university and educational groups for field trips like this. The station has been actively hosting field camps since 1930, and provides cabins, bathrooms, classrooms, and three meals a day for the full stay. The trip will consist of daily excursions to different habitats within the ecosystem, where you will hike, explore, identify and study the wildlife and geologic features that you learned about in the classroom.  Interested students (anyone with an interest in biology or earth science) should enroll in BIO 220. For more information contact Dr. Karen Koy (kkoy@missouriwestern.edu) or Dr. Kristen Walton (kwalton1@missouriwestern.edu).

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Spring 2024 New York City Through a Gendered Lens /global/2023/10/31/new-york-city-through-a-gendered-lens/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:06:34 +0000 /global/?p=14854
Brooklyn Bridge during Golden Hour

Students interested in Psychology or Journalism explored New York City through a Gendered Lens in Spring of 2024. Students completed coursework focused on gender studies or multimedia storytelling, then traveled to NYC visiting sites related to gender (ex. Stonewall, Museum of Sex), Media (ex. NBC Studios, Artechouse) and tourism (ex. Empire State Bldg, 9/11, MOMA). Trip cost included airfare, lodging, and entrances ($2799).

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Spring 2024 BIO220 Natural and Cultural History of Belize /global/2023/10/11/bio-220-natural-and-cultural-history-of-belize/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:48:23 +0000 /global/?p=14814
sea turtle underwater

This Spring 2024 course culminated a 9-day trip to Belize May 5-13, 2024. The trip will included two days of activities on the mainland, including exploring Mayan pyramids, taking a traditional ethnobotany tour, and visiting the Belize Zoo. The remainder was spent at the Belize TREC research/education station on Ambergris Caye, for five days of snorkeling in different locations on the Belize Barrier Reef. The trip fee of $3,000 covered roundtrip airfare from Kansas City as well as transportation, lodging, meals, and entrance fees in Belize. BIO 220: Natural and Cultural History of Belize was a 3-credit elective course open to all MWSU students.

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