Randy Champeau
Director,
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education
Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources
Dr. Randy Champeau is Associate Dean of
Extension/Outreach and Director of the
Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education in the
College of
Natural Resources (CNR) at the
University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA.
Champeau received his Ph.D. in Environmental Education
from Michigan
State University in 1980. He received his M.S. in
Environmental Education in 1978 and his B.S. in
Biology/Social Science with teacher certification in 1974
from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP).
Prior to his present university career, he was a K-12
teacher.
As Associate Dean, he provides leadership and
administrative oversight to over fifteen extension programs
of the CNR, including a Land Use Education Center, three
water quality programs, and three environmental field
stations.
As a founding director of the Wisconsin Center for
Environmental Education, he provides leadership related to
the development of environmental education (EE) in the K-12
schools of Wisconsin. The WCEE has been recognized
nationally and internationally as a leader in promoting and
developing environmental literacy of K-12 teachers and
students. Champeau is credited with developing one of the
largest EE graduate programs for teachers in the nation.
As a professor at the University of Wisconsin, he teaches
courses in environmental science, environmental education,
and future studies.
Over the last 20 years, he has participated on many
working committees of the
North
American Association for Environmental Education and
served on its board of directors. He served on the
World
Wildlife Fund U.S. Education Advisory Board, has served
as chairman of the board for the Global Network of
Environmental Education Centers, and served on the Education
Working Group of President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable
Development. He is a former chairman of the
International Joint Commission on Environmental Education
Research, and in the last decade has published and presented
over 40 professional papers on environmental education.
He is presently an associate editor of the North American
Journal of Environmental Education.
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