Resumekevinvandevusse 2015
Resumekevinvandevusse 2015
Resumekevinvandevusse 2015
Education
Antioch University New England - May 2017
M.S. Environmental Studies
Middle Level Science Teacher Certification
Teaching Experience
Environmental Educator
Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies
Sept. 16, 2013 - Oct. 25, 2013; Jan. 30, 2015 May 31, 2015
Taught various environmental topics such as wildlife, plants, outdoor survival, and
Michigan history.
Taught elementary school students ranging primarily from 2nd - 8th grade.
Led interpretive hikes with students on trails surrounding the institute.
Gained experience in group management and developed skills in control and engagement of group.
Lead Naturalist
Community Cloud Forest Conservation
November 6, 2014 December 4, 2014
Lead interpretive birding hikes for indigenous Guatemalan girls.
Lived in a cloud forest preserve in central Guatemala.
Research Experience
Bird Monitoring Point-counter
Community Cloud Forest Conservation
December 5, 2014 January 15, 2015
Conducted Golden-winged Warbler point counts on their wintering grounds in central
Guatemala.
Assisted researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology with bird monitoring.
Assisted in an ongoing project with the university on the Lesser Prairie Chicken.
Captured prairie chickens via drift traps and drop net.
Assisted with the application of both satellite transmitters and VHF collars.
Banded adult prairie chickens, both male and female.
Conducted various measurements as well as taking blood samples.
Completed numerous vegetation surveys of the project site.
Research Assistant
Grand Valley State University
October 2011 - March 2012
Assisted a graduate student with her thesis on the Winter Ecology of
Southern Flying Squirrels.
Collected data with radio telemetry via triangulation.
Assisted with putting radio collars on individual squirrels.
Endangered Species Surveyor
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Summer (June August) 2011
Surveyed, by use of transect lines, Karner Blue Butterflies in the Allegan
State Game Area.
Navigated through the forest using GPS.
Developed skills using a data sheet and a compass.
Assisted office manager with general office tasks including cataloguing books,
organizing book shelves and answering the phone.
Volunteer Experience
Zoe Water Mission Trip, through Cornerstone Church - Kenya - 2014
Grand Valley State University's Campus Ministries Missions Trip - New Mexico - 2009
Paradise Bound Mission Trip - Guatemala - 2008
Youth Group Mission Trip with Habitat for Humanity - South Carolina - 2005, Missouri - 2007