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Higher Education Network
eeHEN

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Network

Join our community of professionals

in higher education offering or supporting environmental education in their courses and programs.

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Convene

Save the date for our next eeHEN Summit where professionals from across the state convene to network, connect, and collaborate.

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Support

Join the team of faculty and staff who work with KAEE to help support and steer the direction of the network and our offerings.

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NETWORK

Environmental Education
Higher Education Network (eeHEN)

The 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. By joining the eeHEN online community, you'll receive periodic emails, opportunities to collaborate, and more.

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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 

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CONVENE

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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.

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Questions? Contact eeHEN Action Team Co-Chairs:
Tracy Knowles, BCTC, tracy.knowles@bctc.edu

Louis Ross, KSU, louis.ross@kysu.edu

Stay Tuned for the Next eeHEN Summit!
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SUPPORT

eeHEN Action Team

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.

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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 ExtensionKim Vigil, Murray State University

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?

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