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Eppley Continues Survey Work in Europe For ABMC

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

The Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands is excited to share completion of successful collaborative project with our partners at the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Over the summer, Eppley staff travelled overseas to Europe to implement in-person data collection for an ABMC Visitor Use and Satisfaction Study. This phase of the three-year project, conducted between May and August 2024, extended the study, which kicked off in 2021, to three additional ABMC sites: Flanders Field American Cemetery (Waregem, Belgium), Montsec American Monument (Montsec, France), and Rhone American Cemetery (Draguignan, France).

Online Learning Program Promotion – 20% Off Managing Wildlands

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Eppley’s online learning courses offer concise, informative, and continuing professional education learning to everyone whenever they wish to learn. There are no class meetings or webinars to attend, and the courses offer continuing education units (CEU). 

Eppley Leads the Way in Parks and Public Lands Leader Training

Monday, August 26, 2024

The Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands is known for its leadership development programs building on the concept of leadership development as a journey across a career and lifetime.  Having delivered the highly effective Facility Manager Leaders Program cooperatively with the National Park Service from 2006 through 2023, Eppley offerings at various workshops and events including the Great Lakes Park Training Institute. As Eppley works to roll out an online initial leadership in parks online micro credential and a Women’s Leadership in Parks badge at the Great Lakes Park Training Institute in February 2025, Eppley staff has reviewed the key components of any effective leadership training program. Here are some essential elements that are critical in the development of strong leaders, based on Eppley staff’s experience, expertise and best practices research.

Eppley Continues Monon South Trail Partnership with Radius

Saturday, August 24, 2024

The Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands has kicked off the second phase of their partnership with Radius Indiana to enhance the capacities of communities along the soon to be constructed Monon South Trail (MST) to maximize the trail for economic and quality of life benefits. The MST is a 57-mile trail between Mitchell and Borden in south-central Indiana with construction spearheaded by Radius and largely funded through Indiana’s Next Level Trails program. Radius is an economic development partnership focusing on improving quality of life in the South-Central Indiana region.

Matt Norris joins the Eppley Center

Friday, August 23, 2024

Matt Norris joined the Eppley Center in July. He will be working part-time on various accessibility projects including the Indiana State Park Accessibility Assessment, United States Forest Services National Accessibility Project, and the expansion of online courses on accessibility in Eppley’s IU Expand catalog. Matt has been with the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community for 22 years.