Watershed Education Training Institute
About Us
Under the umbrella of the Millersville University Center for Environmental Sciences (MUCES) the Watershed Education Training Institute (WETi) was established in 2015 by Drs. John Wallace (Biology) and Nanette Marcum - Dietrich (Education Foundations) and inaugurated in 2016. Located on Millersville campus at Creek Lodge, WETi provides a variety of watershed conservation programs for people of all ages and backgrounds.
The facility provides an ideal location to hold field classes for Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Geography courses as well as science education classes within the College of Education. Funding provided through multiple external grants provides WETi with the ability to organize and host several educational workshops for children and adults through-out the year.
WETi works with local collaborators (the Stroud Water Research Center, Lancaster Conservancy, Lancaster County Community Foundation, Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC, OLNI and Pennsylvania State Parks) to bring the highest quality curricula and science driven research to its programs.
Our Mission
Is to foster watershed stewardship and student/faculty research for the region through the development of innovative science-based programs, address the impacts of historically destructive land-use practices and policies across multiple watersheds, while training and educating people of all ages and backgrounds on watershed advocacy and research.
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WETi News
2024 Positive Energy Fund Winners Announced
Elizabeth Rickrode, a graduate student who has worked with WETi throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies, has received a Positive Energy Fund grant to install educational signs along the nature trail beside Bodner Run, near the WETi shed. These signs will highlight invasive species and share ways individuals can positively impact their local waterways. Check out the link above to see other winners and read more about Elizabeth's project.
WINNERS OF THE 2022 PA MWEE AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Katie Harnish and Brad Showalter, two teachers at Hambright Elementary School, have won the MWEE School of Excellence award for implementing the first MWEE in the Shared Waters project. Read more about their work the Shared Waters project in the link above.
Dr. Wallace Receives Outstanding Alumnus Award
Millersville's Dr. John Wallace has received the 2021 Outstanding Alumnus Award from Michigan State University! The award recognizes his work in entomology research, extension, and engagement. Click the link to read an interview with Dr. Wallace from the Michigan State entomology department.
Preservice Teacher Education and MWEEs
Check out baybackpack's article on Millersville and Virginia Wesleyan Universities' NOAA-funded project: Shared Waters: An upstream/downstream collaborative! The article talks about the project's ways of incorporating Environmental Education into Preservice Teacher Education.
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