Dragonfly Photo Contest Winners 2025
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 2025
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 2025 photos and video here! Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who submitted photos!
In the U.S.
While at the Ohio Association of Gerontology & Education (OAGE) Conference hosted by Bowling Green State University, AIP student Krysta Peterson captured this collaborative artwork created as part of Opening Minds through Art's Connect & Create initiative, an interactive experience designed to foster community connection through creativity. Peterson of Virginia Beach, Virginia is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.
While hiking Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego for a herpetofauna visual encounter survey, AIP student Sophia Perez stopped to take in the sights. Perez of San Marcos, California, is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
Spending the day at the San Diego Zoo to write her Foundations of Inquiry paper, Alexandra Schegetz captured this photo of a female Coquerel’s sifaka named Furia, who is the granddaughter of Zoboomafoo, the lemur star of the preschool TV series! Schegetz of Anaheim, California, is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
International
While on a nocturnal tour at Paluma Range Hidden Valley Australia, GFP student Tate Vangellow captured this photo of students and instructors carefully inspecting tree tops for gliders and other creatures of the night. Vangellow of Sarasota, Florida, is a GFP student earning a master’s degree from Miami University.
Having brought her hand lens on the Earth Expeditions: Guyana class, Ellie Tornquist was able to capture this photo of a small mushroom cluster on a tree. Tornquist of Chicago, Illinois, is a GFP student earning a master’s degree from Miami University.
AIP graduate student Mahleah Grant captured this beautiful panoramic photo of the Caribbean coast at Pacuare Reserve Costa Rica. Grant of San Diego California, is earning Miami University’s online AIP master’s degree with experiential learning through San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
Project Dragonfly’s Michelle Szydlowski captured this photo of a cheetah taking a break after a sprint. Szydlowski is one of Dragonfly’s Visiting Assistant Professors and took this photo while teaching during the Earth Expeditions: Namibia course.
“ When your mom makes brownies and you get to lick the spoon clean.”
Miami University GFP student Caleb Fix captured this photo of a Cheetah Conservation Fund keeper feeding a rescued cheetah during an educational display. Fix of West Palm Beach, Florida, captured this photo while on the Earth Expeditions: Namibia class.
While doing a mini research project in the Belize barrier reefs, GFP student Sheila Roarty captured this video of eagle rays soaring by the students’ study site. Roarty of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, is a GFP student earning a master’s degree from Miami University.
