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Schnecksville Resident to Study Primates in Borneo

Jamie Dawson of Schnecksville, a student at Miami University of Ohio, will study primate conservation strategies on the island of Borneo.

A local resident has been selected to participate in summer 2013 global graduate studies on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.

Beginning in mid-June, Youth Services Agency staff member Jamie Dawson of Schnecksville, will study primate conservation strategies on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. More information about Dawson's course is located at http://earthexpeditions.muohio.edu/borneo.

The graduate courses from Miami University's Project Dragonfly are based on Earth Expeditions, which has engaged more than 1,400 people since 2004 in firsthand educational and scientific research at critical conservation field sites in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Americas. More information is located at www.EarthExpeditions.org.

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