‘Cheetah Conservation Fund: A UW Photography Exhibit’ Fundraiser Oct. 4 at Denver Press Club

A visit to Namibia modified the way in which Wyoming native and University of Wyoming pupil
Maddy Huffman views conservation and applies media work.

“We felt so connected and such a part of the team, even only being there a short time,”
she says. “I wasn’t expecting to spend eight days there and then cry while leaving.”

Huffman, of Cheyenne, was a part of a study-abroad course by the UW Department of Communication
and Journalism to the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in May and June. Now, the general public
is invited to “Cheetah Conservation Fund: A University of Wyoming Photography Exhibit.”

An open home occasion is scheduled 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, on the Denver Press
Club and options images from UW college students who spent two weeks in Namibia. Student
images and different objects shall be up for public sale. Proceeds from this occasion will
assist fund a UW communication and journalism pupil intern at CCF subsequent 12 months and CCF
itself.

Founded in Namibia in 1990 by Laurie Marker, CCF is devoted to saving the cheetah
within the wild. CCF’s imaginative and prescient is to see a world wherein cheetahs reside and flourish in
coexistence with folks inside a sustainable system that’s protecting of the setting,
socially accountable and economically viable.

Marker will converse on the occasion at 12:30 p.m.; VIP e-book signings and pictures with
Marker start at midday. Tickets are $20 prematurely and $25 on the door. To buy
a ticket, go to https://gopokes.formstack.com/forms/cojo_ccf_fundraiser.

Huffman says attending to create content material for each the UW Department of Communication
and Journalism and CCF social media accounts was one of many highlights of the category.

“It’s not the kind of communication or setting and pure sources work that
you’ll do in Wyoming, so it opens up a complete new world to completely different subjects, experiences
and other people,” she says.

The study-abroad course gave college students the chance to work with a global,
nonprofit group and expertise how communication expertise and conservation work
go hand in hand.

“One factor that’s beneficial to college students is an expertise that can assist them of their
lives,” says Cindy Price Schultz, the co-leader of the course. “They received to grasp
animals in a very new method. Now, the general public can see the outcomes of these experiences.”

Price Schultz says college students who went to Namibia and people in her public relations
methods course final spring who organized a Run Like a Cheetah 5K, a fundraiser
for CCF that raised virtually $6,000, will look again and say they received to be part of
serving to save the cheetahs.

For extra info, electronic mail Price Schultz at [email protected].