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INTERDISCIPLINARY CLIMATE CHANGE EXPEDITION CONTINUES RESEACH ON DINWOODY GLACIER

INTERDISCIPLINARY CLIMATE CHANGE EXPEDITION CONTINUES RESEACH ON DINWOODY GLACIER

A team of students pose before heading into the Wind River mountains to study the Dinwoody Glacier

The 2017 CWC Interdisciplinary Climate Change Expedition (ICCE) Research) team headed into the mountains on August 13, 2017 to continue the fourth year of their work in the Dinwoody Cirque of Wyoming’s Fitzpatrick Wilderness. Participating students stem from a broad range of disciplines and will perform research in the fields of archaeology, hydrology, geophysics and microbiology.

ICCE performs research through 5-year research permits granted by the USFS. This year special research guests include Elizabeth Traver – a hydrologist and Phd student from the University of Wyoming, Christian Harder – author and GIS expert from ESRI, Dave Smith a geoscience specialist and instructor from the University of Redlands and Micahel Adami – a geospatial science student from University of Redlands.

Prior to going to the field, this year’s team spent a full week working, learning and prepping. Over the past several days students spent several days honing their skills in the use of ground penetrating radar (GPR) and receiving instruction in geospatial technologies – use and applications of a geographic information system (GIS) and the mechanics and science of kite aerial photography (KAP).

ICCE teaches students how to collect field data in rugged alpine environments, how to write research grants and to think and write scientifically. Students will present their data at conferences at Alberta, Canada in the Fall, the University of Wyoming in the spring and California this summer.

ICCE is funded by EPSCoRNASA and INBRE and is housed in CWC’s Alpine Science Institute.

Riverton, Wyo.— Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands, continues its multimilliondollar investment in critical workforce programs at community colleges nationwide. Among the schools, Central Wyoming College was selected from a competitive pool of applicants to receive $100,000 to transform the futures of students in the community.

“Central Wyoming College is excited to be a part of something that is elevating the importance of career paths where people can be really successful,” says President Brad Tyndall. “Trades, like our auto program, are so desperately needed by our communities right now. We’re incredibly thankful for Metallica’s generosity and All Within My Hands’ support.”

“Metallica’s mission to bring ‘dignity to the trades’ is aligned with Central Wyoming College’s purpose of providing high quality education in all of our trades programs,” says Lynne McAuliffe, CWC Dean of Business, Technical, Health and Safety. “We selected the Automotive Technology program to be the focus of this initiative in order to bring additional resources and attention to the demanding profession of automotive technicians.”