NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 23 number 1 - Fall 2002

By Mary Kate Keith, Friends of the Library

Michael Stoskopf, an NC State professor of aquatics, wildlife, and zoological medicine and of molecular and environmental toxicology, is the guest speaker for the Friends of the Library's annual Fall Luncheon, scheduled for November 1, 2002. He will provide a fascinating introduction to the Red Wolf Species Survival Plan (SSP) and Recovery Program in North Carolina, as well as other animal conservation programs and issues.

The goal of the of Red Wolf Species Survival Plan is to save the species from extinction and to reintroduce red wolves to North Carolina. The faculty and students of NC State's School of Veterinary Medicine support this project and work in cooperation with three red wolf recovery programs in the state. The SSP facilities are located at the Western North Carolina Nature Center in Asheville, the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, and the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham. The mainland release site for red wolves in North Carolina is the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge near Manteo.

Stoskopf received his D.V.M. from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. in environmental and biochemical toxicology from Johns Hopkins University. He is a diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine, director of the Environmental Medicine Consortium, director of Veterinary International Programs, and chair of the NCSU Marine Sciences Council. Stoskopf is also a former winner of the NCSU Libraries' Faculty Award.

The fourteenth annual North Carolina State University Libraries Faculty Award will be presented during the Fall Luncheon. This award is given to an NC State faculty member who has contributed consistently or notably to the operation and development of the Libraries.

The luncheon will be held at 12:00 p.m. in NCSU's McKimmon Center. For ticket information, please call the Friends of the Library at (919) 515-2841.