News

In early March, Rafael Feijo de Lima, a CREWS postdoctoral researcher at the University of Montana working with the Upper Clark Fork River (UCFR) team, presented at the Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting.

CREWS is saying a bittersweet farewell to our colleague Hedi Casquilho-Gray, who will be leaving her position at the University of Montana in June to begin a new career as a high school science teacher in Hawaii.

Libby Metcalf, a CREWS project lead at the University of Montana working with the Natural Resource Social Science team, was named as the inaugural Joel Meier Distinguished Professor of Wildland Recreation in the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. This honor recognizes Metcalf’s exceptional leadership and accomplishments in research, teaching, and service in and beyond the Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management arena.

Citizen science connects scientists and everyday people to help accelerate research and discovery. It can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal and is a valuable way to engage the university community and have the public learn about, participate in, and contribute to science through both informal recreational activities and formal research efforts.

Announcement from the Montana University system soliciting 2-page concept papers proposing topics for the next NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1 project for the state of Montana.

Meet Alyson Welch, a third-year undergraduate student at Montana State University and current CREWS innovation and commercialization intern.

Antony Berthelote, a CREWS project lead at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), has recently moved into the new position of Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs at SKC. This position, created to respond to student success needs, works with the current Vice President of Academics and Vice President of Business Affairs at SKC to unify multiple initiatives and future directions for the college. Berthelote was previously the only Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal STEM Ph.D.

As part of CREWS' focus on providing professional development opportunities for students and faculty on the project, Jessie Herbert-Meny from spectrUM Discovery Area presented a virtual Role Models Matter training in early March. The training focused on three main areas to effectively engage public audiences: 1) How people learn in informal settings, 2) Components of a successful role model event, and 3) Facilitation pointers.

A new activity developed by Montana NSF EPSCoR teaches kids about the Judith River Watershed and how CREWS researchers are studying the water and land in the region.