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Monday, June 14, 2004
SIUC Offering Aquaculture Certification - the Southern Illinoisan
Way down in Little Egypt, they're hatching a different kind of fish school. "We thought if we could do some type of certification course where people could learn aquaculture on their own time, this would be a great service," said Susan T. Kohler, associate director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Office of Economic and Regional Development. "We've been involved with writing business plans for fish farmers for several years now but have found that bankers are sometimes reluctant to write loans for them. They want to know that these farmers know what they're doing. Certification would give the bankers and other funding agencies a little more confidence." To offer the course, Kohler and her staff will rely on distance learning, which uses everything from satellites, cable TV, e-mail and the Internet to help instructors in one place teach students in a host of others. "The technology has been out there for a while," said Daniel A. Selock, who put together the first eight classes in what will eventually be a 16-class course.
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