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Dragonfly Photo Contest Winners 2024

Miami University Project Dragonfly graduate students in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP), the Global Field Program (GFP), Earth Expeditions (EE) courses, and faculty and staff are invited ...

Dragonfly Photo Contest Winners 2024

Miami University Project Dragonfly graduate students in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP), the Global Field Program (GFP), Earth Expeditions (EE) courses, and faculty and staff are invited to submit photos for the annual photo contest. Winners are announced each fall. Check out the winning 2024 photos here! Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who submitted photos!

In the U.S.

Community Category 

While at Taylor Community Gardens in Michigan, AIP student Christina Amato participated in some beekeeping. Amato, of Ferndale, Michigan, is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through the Detroit Zoological Society.

 

A student in some wetlands

Conservation & Education Category

In the pouring rain, GFP student Lila Fried captured her last song meter for data collection. Fried’s project examined the impact of climatic variables on vocal phenology in wetland birds to help paint a clearer picture of occupancy and breeding success and inform habitat management efforts. Fried, of Chicago, Illinois, is earning a master’s degree from Miami University.

 

Looking over landscape

Panorama/360° Category

While in the San Pasqual Valley for his Regional Ecology class, Dane Hitchcock snapped this photo of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Biodiversity Reserve with the Safari Park’s yellow balloon in the distance. Hitchcock of Menifee, California, is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.

 

A snake's eye

Up Close and Personal Category

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” AIP student Lara Vezard of New Jersey, captured this photo while looking at enclosures designed for different reptiles in the Bronx Zoo Reptile House. Vezard is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through the Wildlife Conservation Society / Bronx Zoo.

 

Red panda

Staff, Teachers, and Partners Category

Project Dragonfly’s Kirsten Keener, of West Alexandria, Ohio, captured this photo of a red panda trotting along the bottom of its enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Keener is the Interactive Media Developer at Dragonfly.

 

International

Butterfly's on some turtles

Community  Category
Butterflies and basking turtles create a unique community in the Amazon. Cara Stofa of New York, New York, is currently earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through the Wildlife Conservation Society / Bronx Zoo. Stofa captured this photo on her Earth Expeditions: Amazon course.

 

Students walking into the sun rise

Conservation & Education Category

AIP student Audrey Evans captured this photo of students walking from their camp to the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) education center in Namibia. Evans, of Happy Valley, Oregon, is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through Woodland Park Zoo.

 

A herd of elephants

Panorama/360° Category

GFP student Shalayne Mann captured this photo of a herd of elephants while in Kui Buri National Park on her Earth Expeditions: Thailand course. Mann, of Colmesneil, Texas, is earning a master’s degree from Miami University. 

 

Primate face.

Up Close and Personal Category

On his Earth Expeditions: India course, Chris Carille captured this Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata) outside of the Shiva Temple in Marleshwar. Carille of Poughkeepsie, New York, graduated from the GFP in 2011 and continues to take Earth Expeditions classes as an alumnus.

 

galapagos tortoise

Caption Category

“Tonsil Check!”

Miami University GFP student MacKenzie Pfeifer took this photo of a Galapagos Giant Tortoise. Pfeifer, of Washougal, Washington, studied these animals while on her Earth Expeditions: Galapagos course.