Final Impressions of SFS Tanzania
Name: Simmi Patel School: Muhlenberg College Major: Anthropology and Biology Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania What did you like most about the SFS experience? During my three and a half months in Tanzania, SFS has provided a well-rounded and diverse experience. From spending time in the national parks to visiting the Hadzabe and immersing ourselves [...]
Wildlife at Our Doorstep
Name: Ashley McIntosh School: Franklin and Marshall College Major: Zoology Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania These past few weeks have flown by in a blur. We traversed the Serengeti while on expedition and saw copious amounts of animals, from lions to elephants to a new species we haven’t yet seen, Topi. We spent days in [...]
Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, and Rain
Name: Christian Kiffner, Ph.D. Position: Resident Lecturer in Techniques of Wildlife Management Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania Just after final exams and Easter, the second SFS Tanzania expedition set off to Serengeti. In the short grass plains of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and southern Serengeti, the SFS convoy came across one of the most impressive [...]
SFS Alumna Receives Fulbright Award
“I’ve never been a ‘road well-traveled’ type of person,” said Katlin Kraska. This adventurous attitude carried the DePauw University student to East Africa last spring to study wildlife management with The School for Field Studies (SFS). Soon, she will depart for Indonesia on a prestigious Fulbright award to explore mechanisms for improving community empowerment through [...]
The Challenges of Conserving Migratory Wildlife Species and a Different Way of Life
Name: Christian Kiffner, Ph.D. Position: Resident Lecturer in Techniques of Wildlife Management Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania It is now about half-time in the SFS program, but instead of having a break, students are now really getting into the issues and challenges of conserving wildlife in the Tarangire-Manyara Ecosystem. The week started off with an [...]
Land of “Hatari”
Name: Nikki Ghorpade School: University of Miami Major: Environmental Studies Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania John Wayne inspired my love affair with Africa. I was five years old when my father first bought home the movie Hatari! on VHS. The Duke, along with Hardy Kruger, Red Buttons, and Elsa Martinelli first introduced me to Africa– [...]
Traveling Lecture and Expedition in Tanzania
Name: John Mwamhanga, M.S. Position: Resident Lecturer in Environmental Policy & Socioeconomic Values Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania This reporting period students participated in two major academic activities; these are Traveling Lecture and Expedition. The traveling lecture was done to Jangwani Wildlife Corridor in Mto wa Mbu area. The Jangwani corridor serves as the wildlife [...]
Expedition to Tarangire and Arusha National Parks
Name: Emily Boyd School: North Dakota State University Major: Animal Science/Zoology Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania I have been looking forward to our expeditions since well before we set off. Now we have just returned from our first expedition and it did not disappoint! Spending 6 days in Tarangire and Arusha National Parks, we had [...]
Action Learning at its Best
Name: John Kioko, Ph.D. Position: Resident Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania In last three weeks, students at Moyo Hill have been fully immersed in field learning. In one of the visits, students had a chance to visit Lake Manyara National Park – a park famed for tree climbing lions, flamingos, and [...]
This Amazing Place is My Classroom
Name: Alison Smith Major: Biological Sciences School: Denison University Program: Wildlife Management Studies, Tanzania Words can’t even describe how amazing and beautiful Tanzania is! We have only been here for two weeks but I feel like I have seen so many new and fantastic things that I usually would only be able look at in [...]
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