College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment

2023 CFWE Spring Seminar Series - Ashley Schulz
2023-03-14 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building, Room 2217, 3301 SFWS BUILDING, Auburn University, AL, 36849-0001, United States
The 2023 Spring Seminar Series will feature Ashely Schulz, Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University, who will give a talk titled ‘The quest to forecast the next high-impact insects on North American conifers and hardwoods’ on Tuesday, March 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building. Refreshments will be available after the seminar, and CFEs are available upon request. See the full spring schedule here.
Dr. Schulz’s talk will discuss the question, “can we identify invasive forest insects before they invade?” Dr. Schulz will share the origin story of a cool, new tool called i-Tree Pest Predictor.

Dr. Ashley Schulz earned her B.S. in Forestry from the University of Missouri-Columbia, M.S. in Forest Resources from the University of Georgia, and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Arkansas State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University. Her research interests broadly include forest ecology, forest health, and preventing and managing forest disturbances. Specifically, her research currently focuses on developing a tool that can predict the next high-impact insect invaders in North American urban and natural forests, and monitoring and controlling invasive species, such as cogongrass, in southeastern forest ecosystems. Faculty, students, and the public are invited to attend this program. Parking is available in the South Quad Parking Deck on the third and fourth floors. Advanced registration is not required. To receive announcements about future seminars, send a request to join our email list to cfwecom@auburn.edu.

2023 CFWE Spring Seminar Series - Jason White
2023-02-21 15:30 - 17:00 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building, Room 2217, 3301 SFWS BUILDING, Auburn University, AL, 36849-0001, United States
The 2023 Spring Seminar Series will feature Jason White, Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, who will give a talk titled ‘Nanotechnology-enabled agriculture: A path to global food security?’ on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building. Refreshments will be available after the seminar, and CFEs are available upon request. See the full spring seminar schedule here.
In White’s talk, he will discuss how the use and delivery efficiency of conventional agrichemicals is a significant impediment to maintaining global food security, particularly given that a 60-70% increase in food production is needed by 2050 to support the projected population. White and his team are using nanotechnology as a novel and sustainable strategy to increase the delivery efficiency and efficacy of nutrients and pesticides, harnessing the ability to effectively tune nanoscale material structure and composition to maximize benefit and reduce the impact of agriculture on the environment.
Dr. Jason C. White is the Director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the oldest Agricultural Experiment Station in the United States and has a research program on food safety and security, with a focus on sustainable nano-enabled agriculture. Dr. White was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in 2021 and is a member of the European Science Foundation College of Experts. He is a Commissioned Official of the US FDA and a Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher from 2020-2022. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from Cornell University in 1997 and has secondary appointments in the Yale University School of Public Health and the University of Massachusetts Stockbridge School of Agriculture.
Faculty, students, and the public are invited to attend this program. Parking is available in the South Quad Parking Deck on the third and fourth floors. Advanced registration is not required. To receive announcements about future seminars, send a request to join our email list to cfwecom@auburn.edu.

2023 CFWE Spring Seminar Series - Kelsey McCune
2023-02-14 15:30 - 17:00 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building, Room 2217, 3301 SFWS BUILDING, Auburn University, AL, 36849-0001, United States
The 2023 Spring Seminar Series will feature Kelsey McCune, Affiliate Assistant Professor, who will give a talk titled ‘Avian behavioral ecology in a changing world and implications for conservation’ on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment (CFWE) Building. Refreshments will be available after the seminar, and CFEs are available upon request. See the full spring seminar schedule here.
In this talk Dr. McCune will describe her research evaluating variation in avian behavior and cognition as it relates to rapid environmental change. In addition, she will briefly highlight the research she will focus on with the CFWE.
Dr. Kelsey McCune is an ecologist who studies individual differences in behavior and cognition in wildlife species. She has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and a PhD in Animal Behavior from the University of Washington. She has been supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, an NSF-sponsored internship at the Smithsonian National Zoo, and a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Dr. McCune’s research has helped bridge the fields of animal behavior and wildlife management by examining links between aspects of behavior and niche specialization, resource acquisition in novel environments, and biological invasions. In her new role as affiliate faculty with the CFWE, she looks forward to continuing this important work through faculty collaborations and student mentoring. Faculty, students, and the public are invited to attend this program. Parking is available in the South Quad Parking Deck on the third and fourth floors. Advanced registration is not required. To receive announcements about future seminars, send a request to join our email list to cfwecom@auburn.edu.

2023 CFWE Spring Seminar Series - Jayme Waldron
2023-02-07 15:30 - 17:00 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building, Room 2217, 3301 SFWS BUILDING, Auburn University, AL, 36849-0001, United States
The Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment’s 2023 Spring Seminar Series will feature Dr. Jayme Waldron, a Department of Biological Sciences professor at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia. Dr. Waldron will give a talk titled ‘The long and short of it: Insights from Crotalus rattlesnake monitoring programs’ on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building. Refreshments will be available after the seminar, and CFEs are available upon request.
In Dr. Waldron’s talk, she will discuss applied conservation approaches and outcomes derived from short- and long-term Crotalus rattlesnake research programs. She will present life history data and discuss difficulties and limitations associated with low detection probabilities of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus).
Dr. Jayme Waldron is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Marshall University. She grew up in West Virginia and received her B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources from West Virginia University in 1998, her M.S. in Biological Sciences from Marshall University in 2000, and her Ph.D. at Clemson University in 2005. She has been studying eastern diamondback rattlesnakes in South Carolina for 23 years.
Faculty, students, and the public are invited to attend this program. Parking is available in the South Quad Parking Deck on the third and fourth floors. Advanced registration is not required. To receive announcements about future seminars, send a request to join our email list to cfwecom@auburn.edu.

2023 CFWE Spring Seminar Series - Wayde Morse
2023-01-31 15:30 - 17:00 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building, Room 2217, 3301 SFWS BUILDING, Auburn University, AL, 36849-0001, United States
The 2023 Spring Seminar Series will feature Wayde Morse, Professor of Natural Resources Sociology, who will give a talk titled ‘Establishing study abroad programs: a wide array of options ‘ on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building. Refreshments will be available after the seminar, and CFEs are available upon request. See the full spring seminar schedule here.
In Dr. Morse’s talk, he will share how study-abroad programs can be life-changing experiences for students and instructors. He will share his experiences, perspectives, and recommendations on developing and conducting popular and effective programs.
Dr. Wayde Morse is a conservation social scientist who has lived, studied, researched, worked, and taught internationally for the past 25 years. He began his international focus with a semester study abroad in New Zealand and then served with the Peace Corps in Panama. As a Ph.D. student, he was Fellow in a National Science Foundation Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Research Traineeship (IGERT) involving research in Costa Rica on their ambitious conservation program of Payments for Ecosystem Services. In addition to his on-campus classes and research at Auburn University, Dr. Morse has developed and taught courses including Watershed Services in Costa Rica, Nature Based Tourism in New Zealand, Cultural Tourism in Fiji, and People and the Environment in Spain, as well as a pre-freshman study abroad to Belize on Sustainable Tourism for the Office of International Programs. Dr. Morse has developed and led his own programs and collaborated with the University of Georgia, Auburn University’s College of Human Sciences, the Honors College, the Office of International Programs, and the Provost’s office to facilitate programs.
Faculty, students, and the public are invited to attend this program. Parking is available in the South Quad Parking Deck on the third and fourth floors. Advanced registration is not required. To receive announcements about future seminars, send a request to join our email list to cfwecom@auburn.edu.

2023 CFWE Spring Seminar Series - Chuck Hemard
2023-01-24 15:30 - 17:00 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building, Room 2217, 3301 SFWS BUILDING, Auburn University, AL, 36849-0001, United States
The 2023 Spring Seminar Series will feature Chuck Hemard, Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Auburn University, who will give a talk titled ‘Longleaf Pine, a photographic artist’s perspective’ on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2217 of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building. Refreshments will be available after the seminar, and CFEs are available upon request. See the full spring seminar schedule here.
In Hemard’s photographic exploration of remnant old-growth longleaf pinelands, he is after a sense of the momentous and sacred, what he can experience in the present that gives a tiny glimpse of insight into both past and future. In this talk, Hemard will discuss this exploration, his creative research process, and his belief that art and science are essential partners in helping us to understand the nature and value of longleaf pine ecosystems.
Chuck Hemard is an Associate Professor in Auburn University’s Department of Art and Art History. He is a lifelong resident of the American South. His recent photographs are mostly made with large format film cameras, exploring the complexities of the contemporary landscape. Hemard’s photographs have been exhibited nationally and are included in museum collections across the southeast United States, including the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, GA, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, among others. In 2018, Hemard published a monograph that explores remnants of old-growth longleaf pinelands across the Deep South. The work was featured in Smithsonian Magazine (online), Hyperallergic, Garden and Gun Magazine, and Oxford American. Faculty, students, and the public are invited to attend this program. Parking is available in the South Quad Parking Deck on the third and fourth floors. Advanced registration is not required. To receive announcements about future seminars, send a request to join our email list to cfwecom@auburn.edu.

Chili Cook Off hosted by the Society for Natural Resources
2022-11-14 17:00 - 18:30 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
Chili Cook Off hosted by the Society for Natural Resources
The Society for Natural Resources is excited to host the 3rd annual Chili Cook Off to bring together the CFWE community of students, faculty and staff for competition and conversation.
The cook off will be held on Monday, Nov. 14, at 5 p.m. on the Jeff Butler Patio at the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive in Auburn. A general admission fee of $3 will be charged to those not competing in the cook-off.
Those who wish to compete in the cook-off should RSVP (https://forms.gle/FBQELUXHeEpR2DMVA) no later than Sunday, Nov. 13, by 2 p.m. RSVP is optional for general attendance.
For questions and concerns, please contact Avy Elmore at ase0023@auburn.edu.

A Slice of Learning: An Open House to Introduce CFWE’s New Minors
2022-10-26 17:00 - 18:00 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
A Slice of Learning: An Open House to Introduce CFWE’s New Minors
Auburn University has expanded curriculum options for students interested in natural resource-focused careers with the launch of five new minors, including Coastal Management, Environmental Law, Forest Health, Forest Seedling Nursery Management and Urban Forestry.
Created to address present challenges identified by industry and employment gaps existing in the workforce, the minors will allow students to specialize their education when paired with other degrees on campus or to build upon the curriculum of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment’s Natural Resource Management Bachelor of Science degree.
The college will officially launch the new minors with A Slice of Learning: An Open House to Introduce CFWE’s New Minors on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. in Room 2217 at the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Building located at 602 Duncan Drive in Auburn.
Current Auburn students are invited to the open house for pizza and discussion with advisors and faculty experts about the curricula, enrollment requirements and employment opportunities.
To attend, students should register (https://aub.ie/10-26-22registration) for the open house no later than Wednesday, Oct. 26, by 2 p.m.
To receive information about the curricula, they may visit cfwe.auburn.edu or contact the college’s student advisors via email at workingwithnature@auburn.edu.

2022 Scholarship, Fellowship, Professorship Donor Recognition Luncheon
2022-10-20 17:00 - 19:30 | Auburn Research and Technology Park, 540 Devall Dr, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
The College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment will host a ceremony to recognize our donor’s generosity and congratulate our students for their academic achievements, give students the opportunity to meet their donors, and recognize donors to professorships.

CFWE Career Fair
2022-09-28 10:00 - 15:00 | Room 1101 (Conference Hall), SFWS Bldg., 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
If you are interested in finding internships, a full-time job, or simply would like to network and learn from industry professionals, make plans to visit with natural-resource focused employers during the Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment annual Career Fair Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Building Conference Hall, Room 1101. Scan the QR code to pre-register!

Need a bit of prep before the career fair? You can receive help with your resume on Monday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. or by appointment via Handshake from Career Services, located at 101 Mary Martin Hall.

We’ll also host a Career Fair Ready Workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. at the Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Building in Room 2217. Speakers from Career Services, Alabama Forestry Commission, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will discuss strategies to help you make the most of the career fair.

Soft Skills Seminar
2022-09-27 18:00 - 20:00 | College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, 602 Duncan Drive, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
The College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment will host a soft skills seminar and pizza dinner for students on Wednesday, October 20, from 6 – 8 p.m. The seminar will feature guest panelists who will talk about interview skills and professional and leadership attributes that are necessary for advancement.
The workshop is intended to help students develop professional and interpersonal skills such as communication, team work, conflict resolution, work ethic and character traits of integrity, empathy, adaptability, and emotional intelligence; which are often noted as crucial for career success.
The seminar is free and open to all Auburn University students. The seminar will be held in room 2217 within the Forestry and Wildlife Sciences building located at 602 Duncan Dr., Auburn, Alabama.
