Everybody lives downstream of somebody else.

Water Quality Indiana (WQI), began in Fall 2013 as a cross-College, immersive-learning initiative designed to not only examine local water-quality issues alongside a community partner but to emphasize the connection between these local issues and their broader implications.

In the summer and fall of 2016, In the summer and fall of 2016, Dr. Adam Kuban and his students partnered with FlatLand Resources to examine and document selected sites along York Prairie Creek, a tributary of the White River that begins in Muncie and flows through Yorktown. This transdisciplinary team included students from Indiana Academy, a residential high school for those talented in science, math, and humanities. Several had the opportunity to travel to the “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, observing the ultimate effects of excess nutrients and water pollution. and his students partnered with FlatLand Resources to examine and document selected sites along York Prairie Creek, a tributary of the White River that begins in Muncie and flows through Yorktown. This transdisciplinary team included students from Indiana Academy, a residential high school for those talented in science, math, and humanities. Several had the opportunity to travel to the “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, observing the ultimate effects of excess nutrients and water pollution.

WQI blends science with journalism and provides impactful recruitment into STEM and media fields through experiential, project-based learning. Watch their documentary, Downstream: Connecting Indiana to the Gulf of Mexico, on YouTube.

To learn more about this seminar visit their WQI website and Facebook page.