Higher Education
Higher Education in Kentucky
The Environmental Education Higher Education Network (eeHEN) is a network of professionals in higher education offering or supporting environmental education in their courses or programs. This network includes educators across many disciplines, from environmental science, engineering, aquatics, biology, chemistry, forestry, early childhood, formal education, recreation, natural resources, and beyond. If you fit this description, join the eeHEN Online Community! By joining, you'll receive periodic emails, opportunities to collaborate, and more.
Questions? Contact the eeHEN Action Team Co-Chairs.
Tracy Knowles, tracy.knowles@bctcs.edu | Louis Ross, louis.ross@kysu.edu | Brittany Wray, brittany@kaee.org
Convene
eeHEN connects you with educators and professionals across the state, offering opportunities to collaborate on projects, research, and initiatives. You'll gain access to valuable resources to help grow your program and provide students with hands-on experience, credentials, and career development in environmental education.
eeHEN Spring Summit
Thursday, May 21, 2026 | 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Hazard Community & Technical College
Early bird registration fee: $30
Join us for a day of learning, collaborating, and networking with higher education professionals from across the Commonwealth. The Spring 2026 eeHEN Summit will feature training in Project WET: Water in Earth Systems and a KAEE Facilitator Training. PLUS, you can make the most of our journey by sticking around for an exclusive post-summit experience in Hazard! We'll take a trolley tour, a quick hike, and have a reception in a local park.
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Get Involved
KAEE's Strategic Plan includes specific efforts to establish and support a network of higher education professionals doing environmental education across disciplines (aquatics, biology, early childhood, education, forestry, geology, recreation, natural resources, wildlife, etc.) The eeHEN Action Team meets bi-monthly to support this goal and the associated strategies and action steps.
eeHEN Action Team Members
Kerri Adkins, Campbellsville University
Wesley Bullock, Kentucky Environmental Education Council
Sherri Brown, University of Louisville
Meg Gravil, Eastern Kentucky University
Ashley Osborne, University of Kentucky, 4-H Extension
Terry Wilson, Western Kentucky University, Professor Emeritus
Melinda Wilder, Eastern Kentucky University, Professor Emeritus
Kyle Yarrow, Asbury University
Kim Yates, Northern Kentucky University
Leadership Team
Co-Chair: Louis Ross, Kentucky State University
Co-Chair: Tracy Knowles, Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Ashley Hoffman, KAEE Executive Director
Brittany Wray, KAEE Deputy Director
Interested in joining the action team?
Contact brittany@kaee.org.