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Rick Wilke
Director
Environmental Education Training and Partnership (EETAP)
Dr. Wilke is a University of Wisconsin System
Distinguished Professor of Environmental Education in the
College of
Natural Resources at the
University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He holds B.S. and M.S.
degrees in Resource Management and a Ph.D. in Environmental
Education. Dr. Wilke is a past President of the
North
American Association for Environmental Education
(NAAEE), a member of the North American Commission on
Environmental Education Research, and a consulting editor
for the Journal of Environmental Education. He has
authored over 50 articles and four books on environmental
education. Dr. Wilke has made over 100 presentations
on environmental education at state, national, and
international conferences and workshops and has led
environmental education foreign study programs in Latin
America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. He has served as
the committee chair and thesis supervisor for over 50
graduate students in environmental education and currently
teaches graduate courses in environmental education.
Dr. Wilke has also taught environmental studies at the high
school level and was the first director of the
Central Wisconsin Environmental Station. He has
been the principal investigator for grants and contracts
with a total value in excess of 25 million dollars.
Dr. Wilke has directed six
National
Science Foundation and
U.S. Department
of Education supported projects for teacher training in
environmental education and eight grants and contracts from
the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental
education training. Dr. Wilke provided leadership in
efforts to obtain several statewide environmental education
initiatives in Wisconsin. The initiatives include a
pre-service teacher training requirement, school district EE
curriculum requirement, a state environmental education
board, environmental education grants program, and
legislatively mandated environmental literacy assessments
for teachers and students. He chaired the Council of
State Governments Committee that developed Model State
Environmental Education Legislation.
Dr. Wilke has directed the national environmental
education training program for the U.S. EPA, the
Environmental
Education and Training Partnership, since 2000. He
co-directs the
National Environmental Education Advancement Project,
which assists states in their efforts to build capacity to
support environmental education programs.
In 1991, U.S. EPA Administrator, William Reilly,
appointed Dr. Wilke to chair the newly created National
Environmental Education Advisory Council. He was
reappointed chair by U.S. EPA Administrator Carol Browner
and served on the Council until 1997.
Dr. Wilke has received all three of the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's major campus awards for
teaching, scholarship, and service. He is the
recipient of numerous other awards from external groups.
Among these is the Distinguished Service Award from the
U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Distinguished Service Award from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Aldo Leopold Award
from the
Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education,
Outstanding Contributions Awards from the
Izaak Walton
League,
Soil Conservation Society,
Wisconsin
Land Conservation Association, and
Wisconsin Garden Club Federation.
In his spare time Dr. Wilke raises, trains, hunts, and
competes nationally with his yellow Labradors.
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