ORU Hosts Executive Director of Au Sable Institute
Oral Roberts University hosted the Executive Director of Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, Dr. Fred Van Dyke, on February 24, in Zoppelt Auditorium on the ORU campus. Van Dyke presented on “Research as Service – Loving Our Neighbors Through Creation Care.”
Van Dyke received his Ph.D. in environmental and forest biology from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at State University of New York-Syracuse. He has taught on numerous areas of environmental science as well as the intersection of the natural world with ethics, policy and theology.
Van Dyke has served as a wildlife biologist for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, a scientific and management consultant to the National Park Service and an ex officio member of numerous interdisciplinary management teams of the U. S. Forest Service. His studies of wildlife ecology, plant ecology and fire ecology have been published in numerous books and journals.
He is author of the widely and internationally used textbook, “Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications” (Springer 2008). Van Dyke co-authored the book, “Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship.” His latest book, “Between Heaven and Earth: Christian Perspectives on Environmental Protection” was published in 2010.
Au Sable Institute inspires and educates people to serve, protect and restore God's earth. Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies offers environmental science programs for students and adults of all ages: primary and secondary school, college and graduate school.