Save Our Mascot Clemson University and University of Alabama
February 1, 2016
Hosted by Eli Weiss
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Episode Description
My guests today, Sean Carnell of Tigers for Tigers National Coalition and Spirit Campaign Manager with the partner National Wildlife Refuge Association, Madeleine McMillian, President of Clemson University Tigers for Tigers. and Reata Strickland, co-Founder of Tide For Tusks, is a University of Alabama student-led initiative to raise awareness for poaching of African elephants working with partners in Tanzania, while promoting a deeper understanding of the trafficking of endangered wildlife. The Save our Mascot and Tide For Tusks national campaigns harness school spirit and pride for their and other university mascots, empowering students and sport teams fans alike, to support international tiger and elephant conservation efforts. Learn more on Facebook and www.tigersfortigers.org , http://t4tclemson.org , and http://www.tidefortusks.org/mascot-conservation.html |
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Featured Guests
Sean Carnell
As the Spirit Campaign Manager for the National Wildlife Refuge Association, Sean leads the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition. NT4TC mission is to rally students and fans of mascot universities, train student activists in conservation advocacy, and support meaningful conservation efforts on the ground, also providing unique career building opportunities through student trainings, networking with professionals; field visits to Washington D.C., internships on national wildlife refuges and more. Sean graduated from Clemson University in 2013 with as B.S. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. Sean enjoys spending time outdoors and listening to podcasts. He looks forward to the day when he can drink a pot of coffee on his porch with his dog.
As the Spirit Campaign Manager for the National Wildlife Refuge Association, Sean leads the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition. NT4TC mission is to rally students and fans of mascot universities, train student activists in conservation advocacy, and support meaningful conservation efforts on the ground, also providing unique career building opportunities through student trainings, networking with professionals; field visits to Washington D.C., internships on national wildlife refuges and more. Sean graduated from Clemson University in 2013 with as B.S. in Biological Sciences and a minor in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. Sean enjoys spending time outdoors and listening to podcasts. He looks forward to the day when he can drink a pot of coffee on his porch with his dog.
Madeleine McMillan
President of Tigers for Tigers at Clemson University, where the SaveOurMascot began with Sean and Dr. David Tonkyn Madeleine knew about T4T before she even got to Clemson. During her four years she has raised the bar for T4T in coordinating student campaigns. Tigers for Tigers is dedicated to preserving tigers through education, research, and service learning on local and global levels. Our goals are to increase awareness and interest in tiger-range countries and enhance Clemson University's reputation for social responsibility and public service. The tiger is a powerful, unifying symbol for thousands of Clemson students, alumni, staff, and friends. Its roar is heard at sporting events, and its paw prints line the highways to campus. Clemson has a tremendous amount of pride for our mascot, and we want to extend our efforts to save the endangered tiger in the wild.
President of Tigers for Tigers at Clemson University, where the SaveOurMascot began with Sean and Dr. David Tonkyn Madeleine knew about T4T before she even got to Clemson. During her four years she has raised the bar for T4T in coordinating student campaigns. Tigers for Tigers is dedicated to preserving tigers through education, research, and service learning on local and global levels. Our goals are to increase awareness and interest in tiger-range countries and enhance Clemson University's reputation for social responsibility and public service. The tiger is a powerful, unifying symbol for thousands of Clemson students, alumni, staff, and friends. Its roar is heard at sporting events, and its paw prints line the highways to campus. Clemson has a tremendous amount of pride for our mascot, and we want to extend our efforts to save the endangered tiger in the wild.
Reata Strickland
A creative problem solver with a love for conservation and education. Vice President of Tide for Tusks, a non-profit mascot conservation program that works to save the African elephant through awareness, teaching, research, and service, both in the classroom and on the ground efforts in Africa. Tide for Tusks was created to raise awareness of the threat of extinction for the African Elephant due to ivory poachers.
A creative problem solver with a love for conservation and education. Vice President of Tide for Tusks, a non-profit mascot conservation program that works to save the African elephant through awareness, teaching, research, and service, both in the classroom and on the ground efforts in Africa. Tide for Tusks was created to raise awareness of the threat of extinction for the African Elephant due to ivory poachers.
National Wildlife Refuge Assoc.
The National Wildlife Refuge Association (the Refuge Association) works to protect America’s wildlife heritage by bringing a unique perspective and creative strategies to conservation. Refuge Association has created a powerful recipe for success by leveraging the world’s largest wildlife conservation program–the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 150-million acre National Wildlife Refuge System–and engaging other conservation nonprofits, private land owners and refuge Friends groups in safeguarding wildlife. By mobilizing citizens in support of conservation, generating support for wildlife conservation among decision makers, and creating mosaics of public and private protected lands, the Refuge Association is ensuring a future for wildlife across America.
The National Wildlife Refuge Association (the Refuge Association) works to protect America’s wildlife heritage by bringing a unique perspective and creative strategies to conservation. Refuge Association has created a powerful recipe for success by leveraging the world’s largest wildlife conservation program–the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 150-million acre National Wildlife Refuge System–and engaging other conservation nonprofits, private land owners and refuge Friends groups in safeguarding wildlife. By mobilizing citizens in support of conservation, generating support for wildlife conservation among decision makers, and creating mosaics of public and private protected lands, the Refuge Association is ensuring a future for wildlife across America.
