KSU Division of Aquaculture Annual Report 2008-09

KSU Division of AQUACULTUREENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER (CONT)ecology and environmental sciences. This is particularly important to student populations who areextremely under-represented in the natural resources and environmental professions—urban andminority students. Facilities also are designed to ensure access and learning experiences forstudents who are physically, visually, or hearing impaired. For those who cannot come to theKSU-EEC, the mobile EEC unit can go to them. During the 08/09 year, we had over 1,573 visitorsto the EEC (42 groups), and the Mobile EEC unit made over 5,192 direct contacts in 78 classes in16 counties across Kentucky.PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES & TECHNICAL ASSOCIATIONSShawn Coyle serves on the Board of Directors for the U.S. Freshwater Prawn and Shrimp GrowersAssociation, Inc.Dr. Sid Dasgupta and Forrest Wynne are members of the Technical Committee for Kentucky ofUSDA’s Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC).Dr. Jim Tidwell is a Past President of the U.S. Aquaculture Society and the World AquacultureSociety, and serves on the Publications Committee of USDA’s Southern RegionalAquaculture Center (SRAC).Dr. Carl Webster is a Past President of the U.S. Aquaculture Society.SCIENTIFIC JOURNALSThe Aquaculture Program at KSU plays an integral role in the major scientific aquaculturejournals in the United States.13