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Speziale receives SETAC / Menzie-Cura
Education Award
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Speziale
receives SETAC/Menzie-Cura
Education Award in Portland, Ore.,
November 2004. |
14 November 2004
The Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry (SETAC) has awarded Dr. Barbara Speziale
the 2004 Menzie-Cura Education Award in recognition
of her efforts to include environmental issues in the
curriculum for high school biology students.
Speziale, a professor in the department
of biological sciences at Clemson University, will receive
the award during the Fourth SETAC World Congress and
25th Annual Meeting in North America to be held Nov.
14-18, 2004, in Portland, Ore.
Speziale, who earned a doctorate in
zoology from Clemson University, has more than 20 years
of experience in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12)
science education, curriculum development, and community
outreach. Along with her efforts to improve high
school biology curriculum, Speziale creates easily understood
publications that teach the public how to reduce their
impact on the environment.
The SETAC/Menzie-Cura Education Award
recognizes an individual, group, organization or corporation
that has made a major contribution in improving environmental
science education. An individual must make significant
advancements to environmental awareness education for
youth either through educating other instructors or
by working with community groups and K-12 programs.
"This work is my passion,"
says Speziale. "I would do it without recognition,
but the award affirms that others support the need for
and importance of scientifically accurate and balanced
environmental education."
Currently, Speziale is the director
of a $1.8-million project, funded by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute Undergraduate Biological Sciences
Education Program, which educates middle and high school
students and teachers about the South Carolina environment.
"I am honored to be recognized
by SETAC and Menzie-Cura for my career work in environmental
education," says Speziale, an associate dean of
undergraduate studies. "I respect SETAC
and Menzie-Cura for establishing an award for environmental
education, in addition to the SETAC awards for environmental
research and service."
SETAC is a not-for-profit, worldwide
professional society consisting of individuals and
institutions dedicated to the study, analysis, and
solution of environmental problems; the management
and regulation of natural resources; environmental
education; and research and development. Visit
www.setac.org
for more information.
Contact:
April M. Phillips
T 850 469 1500 x 28
aprilp@setac.org
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