VIRGINIA
TECH PROFESSOR ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
BLACKSBURG,
Dec. 2, 2003 -- Donald
J. Orth of Blacksburg,
Thomas H. Jones professor
and department head
of fisheries and wildlife
sciences at Virginia
Tech's College of
Natural Resources,
has been selected
as president-elect
of the National Association
of University Fisheries
and Wildlife Programs
(NAUFWP).
NAUFWP is a faculty
developed and supported
organization that
represents member
institutions in their
dealings with groups
and organizations
such as the government,
natural resource organizations,
commodity and industry
groups, educational
and scientific organizations,
and the public.
The
organization seeks
to increase public
understanding of fisheries
and wildlife management
and conservation;
strengthen fisheries
and wildlife education,
research, Extension,
and international
programs at the university
level; and advance
fisheries and wildlife
science and management.
Orth
will also serve as
chair-elect of the
Fish and Wildlife
Division of the National
Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges (NASULGC).
This division is also
part of the Board
on Natural Resources
for the Commission
on Food, Environment,
and Renewable Resources
(CFERR).
NASULGC
works in conjunction
with the NAUFWP and
represents approximately
80 institutions. NAUFWP
was formed in 1991
and represents approximately
55 university programs
and 440 faculty members,
scientists, and Extension
specialists as well
as more than 9,200
undergraduate and
graduate students.
Orth
received his bachelor's
degree from Eastern
Illinois University
and a master's degree
and Ph.D. from Oklahoma
State University.
The
College of Natural
Resources at Virginia
Tech consistently
ranks among the top
five programs of its
kind in the nation.
Faculty members stress
both the technical
and human elements
of natural resources
and instill in students
a sense of stewardship
and land-use ethics.
Areas of studies include
environmental resource
management, fisheries
and wildlife sciences,
forestry, geospatial
and environmental
analysis, natural
resource recreation,
urban forestry, wood
science and forest
products, geography,
and international
development.
