Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate student Mike Curtis of Millersport, Ohio (pictured here with his daughter, Tegan), published an opinion piece in his hometown newspaper, The Columbus Dispatch. "Nobody wants to have a fun day [at the lake] end in an emergency room when a pet or child cuts themselves on a broken piece of glass," he writes. Since 2022, Curtis has been spending his free time leading community litter clean-up efforts at Buckeye Lake and collecting 71 pounds of trash.

As a student in Miami's biology department, Curtis is earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology through Project Dragonfly's AIP while working as a desktop services technician at Park National Bank.