MultiDisciplinary
Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
By Alexis Jenkins
Alexis Jenkins definitely is very active from the start. Sports have always been her passion; growing up, you could always catch her outside at the softball field playing with her high school, tournament team, or family. This all was until she had an almost career-ending injury occur not just once but twice. Luckily, she could continue to play two years of college softball, but she always wondered why tearing your ACL, also known as your Anterior Cruciate Ligament, was such a big deal. Now years later, she is a Senior here at Millersville studying Sports Journalism. After graduation, she plans to work her way into the ESPN world to eventually become an ESPN Broadcast Journalist.
biology
Comparison of Small Mammal Trap for Conducting Biological Surveys
By sarah tirado
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Sarah Tirado is a recent graduate of Millersville University and was a biology major with a concentration in animal behavior. She began this research project with the MU Applied Conservation Lab as part of an internship at the Chincoteague Bay Field Station (CBFS) in Wallops Island, VA. Tirado previously took Behavioral Ecology at CBFS and it had a powerful impact on her, igniting her passion for field research. This project compares the efficacy of a novel camera trap, MouseCam, to that of traditional trapping methods for use in rapid biological assessments. Tirado hopes to continue conducting field research on mammal behavior to improve conservation efforts in the future.
Author's Note:
​Thank you to Dr. Aaron Haines for all the support and guidance throughout this project, the MU Conservation Biology Class of 2021 and Mammalogy Class of Spring 2022 for setting traps, and to Dr. Raymond Dueser and Dr. John Porter of the University of Virginia for designing the MouseCam.