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Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Michael Atherton, in partnership with professors from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg and Saint Vincent College, made a presentation on 鈥淐ampus Watershed Projects: Conservation Literacy Across the Curriculum鈥� at the Society for Conservation Biology鈥檚 21st Annual Meeting. The meeting, held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, took place over five days in early July 2007 and attracted over 1800 participants from 88 countries.

After the conference Dr. Atherton spent a month traveling extensively in Africa with his family. 鈥淚n one day,鈥� he says, 鈥渨e saw snow, giraffes, surfers, and Harry Potter.鈥�

While in Africa Dr. Atherton visited his daughter, Jessica, who is currently serving in the Peace Corps. teaching English at Mt. Carmel High School in Lesotho. He also took a trip to Zombodze, Swaziland, where he himself served in the Peace Corps. at the Zombodze National School.

鈥淚t was good to see some improvements,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey now have a road, and electricity.鈥� 鈥淚 introduced volleyball while I was there,鈥� he added, 鈥渁nd I was thrilled to see they鈥檙e still playing it.鈥�

In addition to partnering on the presentation, Dr. Atherton says that he and his colleagues at Saint Vincent and Pitt 鈥� Greensburg hope to someday take students from all three schools to Lesotho to help with a project to conserve the river banks there, in addition to helping with literacy initiatives.

鈥淚n order to save the rhino,鈥� he says, 鈥測ou have to save the community around the rhino. And vice versa.鈥�