Submitted by: Treci Buchanan, Tbuchanan@uca.edu on 11/07/2025
Please join Dr. Dussourd in congratulating the winners of the ninth annual Jewel Moore Nature Reserve photography contest:
Students:
1st place: Lauren Rose (Environmental Science major) – cicada molting
2nd place: Keyli Gutierrez (Psychology major) – backlit greenbrier
Alumni/Staff/Faculty:
1st place: Erik Stinnett (Computer Science Alumnus) – Barnard’s Loop in Orion constellation photographed at night at the Steel Creek field station
2nd place: Jabin Miller (Biology Department Staff) – sesiid moth that mimics a wasp
The pictures will be displayed in LSC and CCCS with the attached poster. A total of 96 photographs were submitted by 35 students with an additional 16 photographs by 6 alumni/staff/faculty. A huge thank you to Alyssa Sparks, ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Digital Media Specialist, and Pablo Mena, ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ photographer, for volunteering to judge this contest.
This contest serves to promote nature photography and to publicize the beautiful natural areas on the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ campus and at the Steel Creek Research Learning Center along the Buffalo River. The Steel Creek Center is jointly administered by the National Park Service, ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾, and North Arkansas College.
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