Chris Fabry, gentle giant, beloved son and brother, hero uncle and cherished partner shuffled off this mortal coil on May 10 from his childhood home in Fairfield with his family at his side.
Chris was a graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School in Fairfield and attained his bachelor s and master s degrees in biology from Western Washington University, spurred on by the relentless encouragement of his mentor, Roger Anderson. He went on to inspire countless other students through the many trips he led doing fieldwork in the Alvord Desert in Oregon. Along with his life partner, Joni Riccitelli, he was a founding member of Ecological Methods LLC, working with species of concern in the Mojave Desert.
This Postgraduate Diploma will provide existing or future water professionals with the necessary knowledge to design and implement freshwater quality monitoring programmes and to assess water quality. The programme is offered in a part-time, online format that facilitates study in your own time. It will be useful to those already working in the water sector, including government agencies, and to staff in higher-level education institutes who wish to gain a specialized postgraduate qualification in surface and groundwater monitoring, quality assurance and control, and data analysis and presentation. Rivers, lakes and groundwaters are covered in detail and there is an option to study biological and ecological methods, the use of particulate material in monitoring and to take part in a field module during the second year of the programme. To be eligible to transfer to the MSc in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment a student must obtain a pass mark of at least 40% in each taught
The MSc in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment will provide existing or future water professionals with the necessary knowledge to design and implement freshwater quality monitoring programmes and to assess water quality. The programme is offered in a part-time, online format that facilitates study in your own time. It will be useful to those already working in the water sector, including government agencies, and to staff in higher-level education institutes who wish to gain a specialized postgraduate qualification in surface and groundwater monitoring, quality assurance and control, and data analysis and presentation. Rivers, lakes and groundwaters are covered in detail and there is an option to study biological and ecological methods, the use of particulate material in monitoring and to take part in a field module during the second year of the programme. The final year of the programme comprises an individual research project and a written dissertation.