Carena J. van Riper
 

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SELECT HONORS & RECOGNITION

I am deeply honored to now serve as the Student Representative to the George Wright Society Board of Directors.  My term will run from 2011-2013!

I received the Thomas G. Villo Fellowship for Marine Conservation from 2011-2012 and the Jake Hershey Fellowship for Natural Resources Management, sponsored by the Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University.

In 2009, I received the University of Vermont's Graduate Programs Outstanding Service Award.  My nomination for this award was sponsored by my major professor at UVM, Dr. Robert Manning.

I was selected as a 2008 Lucille and Derby Dustin Future Scholar (click here). This award is sponsored by the Academy of Leisure Sciences and the Society of Park and Recreation Educators.

In March of 2008, I became a George Wright Society Park Break Fellow of Conservation Policy (click here), which allowed me to attend a week-long seminar on conservation policy at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.  This program was featured in two media pieces in the Pike County Courier and the Straus Newspaper.

I served as chair of the 2008 International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM) Student Forum and planned the first ISSRM Quiz Bowl (click here). She then initiated a Student Affairs Committee for the Association and was appointed by the Executive Director to serve as co-chair from 2008-2010.  She is still an active member of the Committee.