Published on May 21, 2018 by Sean Flynt Â
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Courtney and Rahn at the AAG Conference
Â鶹¹û¶³ Geography student Forrest Courtney presented his research with faculty member Jennifer Rahn on a coral nursery on the island of Saba, Dutch Caribbean, at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) conference in New Orleans in April.
Rahn leads Â鶹¹û¶³ students in January and summer terms to give them hands-on experience and help them learn how to conserve Saba's ecosystem, including coral threatened by environmental pressures such as disease, damage from hurricanes and lethal .
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.