Guest ORPHE Questions: Parker McMullen-Bushman
- Due Nov 2, 2015 by 11:59pm
- Points 5
- Submitting a text entry box or a file upload
- Available Oct 28, 2015 at 12am - Nov 2, 2015 at 11:59pm
Here is a brief bio for our next Guest ORPHE Professional who will be joining us via Skype on Tuesday November 3.
Bio:
Parker McMullen-Bushman
Education Director
Chincoteague Bay Field Station
Born in Bronx, New York, Parker's love of nature developed after a family move from the metropolitan New York area to rural southern Georgia. In Georgia she joined the 4-H Club, where she participated in everything from poultry judging to backwoods camping. She spent many years at the Rock Eagle 4-H Summer Camp as a camper, a counselor, and a Special Interest Program Director.
Parker has had many experiences participating and working in all aspects of camp life and youth programming. She has been a counselor, instructor, challenge course director and environmental educator. She spent five summers working at Med-o-lark International Theater Summer Arts Camp in Maine where she was their Adventure Course Director and then their Director of Programming. Parker has also worked at several other camps, non-profit youth agencies, and outdoor education centers over the years including the Boys and Girls Club, Thousand Pines Outdoor School, YMCA Storer Camp, and the Gads Hill Center. For the past 6 years she has worked for the Chincoteague Bay Field Station where she is currently the Education Director.
Chincoteague Bay Field Station
Born in Bronx, New York, Parker's love of nature developed after a family move from the metropolitan New York area to rural southern Georgia. In Georgia she joined the 4-H Club, where she participated in everything from poultry judging to backwoods camping. She spent many years at the Rock Eagle 4-H Summer Camp as a camper, a counselor, and a Special Interest Program Director.
Parker has had many experiences participating and working in all aspects of camp life and youth programming. She has been a counselor, instructor, challenge course director and environmental educator. She spent five summers working at Med-o-lark International Theater Summer Arts Camp in Maine where she was their Adventure Course Director and then their Director of Programming. Parker has also worked at several other camps, non-profit youth agencies, and outdoor education centers over the years including the Boys and Girls Club, Thousand Pines Outdoor School, YMCA Storer Camp, and the Gads Hill Center. For the past 6 years she has worked for the Chincoteague Bay Field Station where she is currently the Education Director.
Parker holds a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her Masters of Science in Environmental Education and Interpretation from the the University of Wisconsin - Steven Point.
Please read the document titled. "Highlights_Green2.0_FINAL.pdf" which can be found in the "files" section of Canvas.
Also, please submit five potential questions for Parker. Your questions will be due by 11:59pm on Monday night, November 2.
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