April 29, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Seven 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 minor in floodplain management. The minor is the first of its kind in the United States.
The students are Darren Back of Campton, Catie Gay of Evansville, Ind., Robert Dillingham of Bowling Green, Sean O’Bryan of Whitesville, Kelly Stolt of Nashville, Tenn., Scott Embry of Bowling Green, and Benjamin Webster of Lexington.
In the past two years, 21 WKU students became Certified Floodplain Managers. Kentucky now has 56 CFMs, up from just seven four 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.
Nationally the pass rate for the Certified Floodplain Manager exam is about 75 percent. This year, the pass rate for WKU students was more than 12 percent above the national average.
The people taking the exam usually have degrees and have been working in the field for several years. The WKU students have had one floodplain management course prior to sitting for the exam.
More information about WKU’s floodplain minor is available online at http://www.wku.edu/engineering/Programs/Civil/minors.html 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.
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