NSF EPSCoR MILES Ambassadors The Ambassador Program is designed to foster stronger relationships between Idaho’s 2-year and 4-year colleges and research universities, and increase the number of students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) pipeline of research and education. Ambassadors are ‘campus champions’ who can connect instructors and students to EPSCoR and related STEM opportunities throughout the State.
DAVE MAKINGS College of Southern Idaho (CSI) Dave Makings is Professor Emeritus at College of Southern Idaho. Dave earned his B.S. in Zoology from Colorado State University, an M.A in Biology (Environmental emphasis) from University of Northern Colorado, and his Ed D. Adult Education and Teacher Education at University of Idaho. Over the years Dave has engaged in a number of research activities from renewable energy, sustainable and integrated agriculture, validating and assigning Credit for Prior Learning, the Plant Operations Technology Program, the Para Educator Program, and education technology.
KEEGAN SCHMIDT Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) Keegan Schmidt is a professor in the Earth Science program at Lewis-Clark State College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, where he conducted research on the tectonic development of the Peninsular Ranges batholith in Baja California, Mexico. He has continued this research subject in the Idaho batholith and accreted Wallowa terrane in north-central Idaho and collaborates on geological mapping projects in Idaho with researchers at the Idaho Geological Survey. Keegan directs the Earth Science program at Lewis-Clark State College.
WILLARD PACK College of Western Idaho (CWI) Willard Pack is the Department Chair of Physical Sciences at College of Western Idaho (CWI). He began teaching developmental math at CWI in fall 2011 and soon learned that his passion was in the field of education. He became Department Chair in 2013 and has been working on expanding the programs within the physical sciences, specifically in developing the engineering discipline. His work experience prior to education was in the field of water and wastewater engineering in southern Nevada, concentrating his efforts on computer aided modeling of water quantity and quality.
JULIE VAN MIDDLESWORTH North Idaho College (NIC) Julie Van Middlesworth is an environmental scientist with significant and diverse experience regarding water quality, water conservation and environmental restoration gained across academic, private and non-profit sectors. She currently directs undergraduate research and teaches environmental science and geology at North Idaho College. While pursuing an M.S. in Aqueous Geochemistry at the University of Idaho, she studied the fate and transport of heavy metals in various environments. Current projects include heavy metal bioavailability in the Coeur d’Alene watershed, nutrient reduction via floating wetlands and stormwater education at the NIC Gathering Garden.
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