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 [...]
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 [...]
Final Impressions of SFS East Africa
Name: Ashley Reynolds School: Colby-Sawyer College Major: Environmental Studies Program: Wildlife Management Studies, East Africa What did you like most about the SFS experience? My entire SFS experience has been amazing! I loved that we got to go into the field for lectures and do field work. The entire atmospheres in both Kenya and Tanzania [...]
SFS Announces 2012 Photo Contest Winners
Congratulations to Juliana Mayhew on taking the top prize in our photo contest! Over the past year, SFS students around the world captured images of their time in the field. We asked students to submit shots that portrayed the “observer and the observed,” and we received hundreds of incredible shots featuring professors, classmates, and community [...]
First Impressions of SFS Wildlife Management Studies,Tanzania
Name: Yash Gharat School: Cornell University Major: Natural Resource Management There it was. I could not believe my eyes when the peak of the mighty Mt. Kilimanjaro peeked its way out of the clouds, looking like a huge snowy island suspended in an ocean of clouds. Since finding out that I had been accepted into the SFS East [...]
Join SFS for a Tanzania Safari Spring 2012
I am thrilled to be organizing a special safari to Tanzania (March 10-22, 2012) for interested members of the SFS family! By Dr. Priscilla Deck I went to Tanzania for the first time last January. I was attending the annual Center Directors meeting at The SFS Center for Wildlife Management Studies with other SFS staff [...]
