Hannah Krause
Hannah Krause is a Junior at Conrad Weiser High School in Berks County and has a true a passion for conservation. Hannah attended PA Bucktails in 2014 and came back to serve as an Assistant Team Leader at PA Drummers in 2015. More about Hannah in her words…I’ve participated with the PA Game Commission assisting to duck, goose, song bird, and barn owl band;… Read More
Jackie Rosenberger
Jackie is a sophomore at Shippensburg University of PA pursuing a degree in Ecology and Environmental Biology with a GIS minor. Jackie first attended the PA Bucktails field school as a student in 2009 and has been active with the program ever since attending the Pennsylvania Drummers field school, serving as an Assistant Team Leader, and being a part of the Academy Support Team… Read More
Brett Ramer
Brett Ramer is currently a sophomore at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania studying Ecology, Conservation, and Environmental Biology. More about Brett in his words… I am also working on a minor in Geography. I am hoping to get an internship this upcoming summer in a national park, state park, or aiding a biologist in the field. When I’m not in the classroom, I’m hanging out… Read More
Katie Schmidt
Katie Schmidt is a senior at Penn State studying Wildlife and Fisheries Science with a minor in Forest Science. More about Katie in her words… I am the president of the Penn State student chapter of The Wildlife Society and I am also working on undergraduate research to see if there is a wild, breeding population of ring-necked pheasants in Pennsylvania by looking at isotopes… Read More
Benjamin Hawes
Benjamin Hawes is a sophomore at Keystone College studying Environmental Resource Management, with a minor in Chemistry. Since participating in the Drummers program, 2011, he has become an Eagle Scout and Local Church Servant with the United Methodist Church. He is active both on and off campus through clubs, symphonic band, Honors Program, church, and service learning. Benjamin is planning on going for a month… Read More
Molly Diefenbach
Molly is a senior at the University of Wyoming this year and will be applying to veterinary schools next fall. An update in her words… My main interests of study are wildlife and large-animal medicine. This past summer, I worked at the USDA/APHIS National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins, CO on an oral rabies vaccine trial in skunks, raccoons, and coyotes. This job really helped… Read More
Robert Ritson
Rob graduated one semester early in December 2014 from The Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. An update in his words… While a student, I was an active member of the Penn State Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society and served as Secretary. I also studied abroad in Tanzania with the School for Field Studies at their… Read More
Elisabet Bjanes
Elisabet is a second year Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania studying immunology and microbiology. Her lab is trying to understand host-pathogen interactions in the context of bacterial infections. When she’s not moving pink and clear liquids from one small tube to another, Elisabet is usually reading, cooking, or catching up with friends. In some of her spare time, Elisabet volunteers at public… Read More
David Grow
Academy Alum David Grow shares what he has been up to this past year. He is a senior this year at Kutztown University. During Summer 2014, I hiked across the Pennsylvania section of the Appalachian Trail to inventory non-native plant invasions along the trail for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. I have been using the data I collected to pursue my own research interests including: do… Read More