5 More Students Complete Floodplain Management Program

May 24, 2007

Bowling Green, Ky. - Five more Western Kentucky University students have earned national certification in floodplain management.

The students passed the Certified Floodplain Manager examination to complete CE 300 Floodplain Management, the capstone course in WKU’s new minor in floodplain management. The minor is the first of its kind in the United States.

The five students are Christian Crear of Clarksville, Tenn., David Hurd of Bowling Green, Christine Morgan of Scottsville, Aaron Wallace of Glasgow and Blake Williams of Glasgow. 

During the 2006-07 academic year, 14 WKU students became Certified Floodplain Managers. Kentucky now has 43 CFMs, up from just seven three years ago.

The CFM program is a national certification by the Association of State Floodplain Managers, a professional organization of several thousand members and the largest organization in the country devoted to floodplain management.

Also, the Kentucky Association of Mitigation Managers has decided to award a $500 scholarship to a WKU floodplain management student for the next academic year.

More information about the floodplain minor is available online at http://www.wku.edu/engineering/ce/floodplainminor/Floodplain_Minor.php or by contacting Dr. Warren Campbell at (270) 745-8898 or warren.campbell@wku.edu
               
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For information, contact Warren Campbell at (270) 745-8988.