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<\/a>Kyle Obermann ’14<\/strong> accepted into the International League of Conversation Photographers<\/strong> (iLCP<\/a>) as one of three 2019 Emerging League<\/a> photographers.\u00a0 Kyle founder of Explore to Conserve, a Chinese social media movement dedicated to connecting China\u2019s outdoor industry and environmental movement, and an environmental KOL working with companies like Weibo, Kuaishou, Alipay, and Outdoor Magazine<\/p>\n…named 2017 Explorer grant winner<\/strong> by WildChina. \u00a0His project \u00a0titled, “Beyond the Smog: Backcountry Conservation in the Hengduan Mountains,” will\u00a0explore and document ten\u00a0backcountry, grassroots conservation communities in China\u2019s remote Hengduan Range. North Yunnan, west Sichuan, and east Qinghai form a geographic belt known as the Hengduan mountains. According to Kyle this is one of the world’s most ecologically interesting and unexplored regions; unknown to the West, this is also where China’s next grassroots environmental movement is being born. While at St. Olaf during our LIASE Exploration grant, Kyle worked as a college photographer, studied political science and completed concentrations in Chinese and environmental studies. \u00a0Since graduation he has lived and worked in China, finding ways to meld\u00a0all his interests and become a storyteller between the East and West for environmental issues. To read more about Kyle’s WildChina award and view photography and videography, check out the links below. His submission video<\/a> is available on YouTube. \u00a0You can follow his work on Instagram<\/a> @kyleobermann, Weibo @\u6b27\u9633\u51efkyle, or explore www.kyleobermannphotography.com<\/a><\/p>\n St. Olaf College “Love Photojournalism & Outdoors<\/a>”\u00a0\u00a0National Geographic\u00a0<\/em>Aug 2020 “China forges ahead with ambitious national park plan<\/a>“ WildChina award announcement<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 St. Olaf College “Seeing China” story<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0TimeOut Shanghai<\/em> article<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0That’s Beijing<\/em> article<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Corey Ruder ’16” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ z_index_tablet=”500″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px”]<\/p>\n St. Olaf Luce Scholar article<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Luce Scholar News<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Luce Scholar bio<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 Corey’s Luce Scholar Blog<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”STO News Stories” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ z_index_tablet=”500″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px”]<\/p>\n Iris Burbank ’18 paint Portraits of Rural Strength from her Asian Rural Institute internship in Japan, see story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alison Curry \u201919 studies air pollution, language and culture in China, see story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hannah Sorenson \u201919 and Dorinda Stryker \u201919 immersed themselves in hands-on work in Hong Kong\u2019s Mai Po Nature Reserve and generate a short documentary and interactive web site, see story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
St. Olaf College “Following the Dream<\/a>” Spr\/Sum 2021<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Corey Ruder ’16<\/strong>\u00a0named a 2017 Luce Scholar<\/strong> by the\u00a0Henry Luce Foundation. \u00a0Established in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society this award will enable Corey to conduct\u00a0work in aquatic biogeochemistry at Lake Biwa in Japan.\u00a0Currently Corey conducts graduate research\u00a0that examines\u00a0the effects of internal waves on nitrogen cycling in reservoirs; she is pursuing a Ph.D. at Washington State University – Vancouver. \u00a0In 2016 she received a\u00a0National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship<\/a> to support her studies. \u00a0While at St. Olaf she completed an\u00a0environmental studies major while conducting independent research\u00a0assessing the utility of Chironomidae (Diptera) as indicators of nitrogen loading in lakes and co-founded the Ole Thrift Shop LLC<\/a> with Lyla Amini \u201914 and Sudip Bhandari \u201914. The student-run small business<\/a> combats campus waste by collecting donations of clothes, books, and miscellaneous belongings in the spring, then selling the secondhand items during the first week of the following school year. \u00a0She was active in our LIASE Implementation award. \u00a0Corey enrolled in two new Asian Studies\/Environmental Studies courses, one that explored environmental sustainability in Japan and another that conducted an investigation of radiation levels in the forest and soils of the Asian Rural Institute.\u00a0 Follow her on instagram @corey_kiyo<\/p>\n
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