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The Education Department interprets and communicates the research of our scientists and watershed restoration staff for many different audiences by developing and delivering K-12 school programs, training and professional development workshops, community outreach events, and curricula.

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Education Staff

Kathryn Difo headshot.

Kathryn Difo

Education Program Manager
Steve Kerlin, Ph.D.

Steve Kerlin, Ph.D.

Director of Education
David Kline on a snowy mountain.

David Kline

Watershed Education Specialist
Steve Mohapp

Steve Mohapp

Watershed Education Specialist
Tara Muenz

Tara Muenz

Associate Director of Education and Leaf Pack Network Administrator

Education News

Project TRUE interns sample macroinvertebrates and small fish from an eel mop.
F(eel)ing Buggy: Project TRUE Interns Survey the Bronx River
The interns used kicknets, eel mops, and the iNaturalist community science app to find and identify macroinvertebrates, and even small fish.
Teachers learning watershed education skills at a workshop.
Stroud Center’s Education Team Wins Partnership Award
Together with Red Clay Consolidated School District, we’re helping students understand the places water comes from, where it goes, and why it matters.
WVU Tech, Millersville, and Stroud Center Secure Major Joint Grants for Clean Water Curriculum Research and Education, Call for Educator Involvement
WVU Tech, Millersville, and Stroud Center Secure Major Joint Grants for Clean Water Curriculum Research and Education, Call for Educator Involvement
The ENVISION project will bring cutting-edge water science into schools across West Virginia and Delaware over the next four years.
Two girls take a stream sample.
School-Days-Off Camps: Where Days Off Become Days of Discovery
When schools are closed, Stroud Water Research Center is open for young nature explorers.
A Cub Scout learns to fish in the Junior Rangers Angler program.
Junior Ranger Angler Program Comes to White Clay Creek
Stroud Water Research Center educators put a new spin on learning to fish by introducing participants to watershed ecology.
A penny shows the scale of seven-day-old New Zealand mud snails being reared in a laboratory.
Leaf Pack Monitoring Finds Invasive New Zealand Mud Snail in Ridley Creek
A community creek monitoring event revealed one of the highest densities of invasive New Zealand mud snails ever observed in the region.