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I initially studied biology with a focus in marine biology/conservation and wildlife genetics. During that time, I found a passion for science and environmental education which is what I am currently studying in my doctoral program. I have loved working in both formal and informal education environments and look forward to seeing where science education leads me next. Besides keeping busy with the amount of work that comes with graduate school, I spend my time in this region of the country, far away from my beloved ocean, exploring the midwest with my little dog Penny. "I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities" ~Dr. Seuss

Entries by Kerri Donohue

Makerspaces and their growing role in STEM education

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Dr. Maltese is working with two undergraduate students in the MILL. He is showing them some of the tools available so that they may work on their projects.

As a young child, years before the first Harry Potter book was published, I sat at my mother’s kitchen table mixing together anything I could find into a tall glass and calling it a potion. Now, this was just pure imagination and I’m sure that none of my concoctions were palatable, possibly even so bad… Read more »

Earth Day 2017: Onwards and upwards

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A picture of a statue of the Lorax

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,  nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” ― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax Less than fifty years ago on April 22, 1970, the modern day environmental movement was born and the first Earth Day was celebrated. Rachel Carson, scientist and writer, is credited with raising environmental awareness… Read more »

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