Museum Staff

Brigid Ferkett
Brigid Ferkett
Outreach Specialist
UWSP Museum of Natural History
715-346-2858
CBB 200G
bferkett@uwsp.edu

Meet Brigid!​​

 

​Brigid Ferkett began her position as outreach specialist for the Museum of Natural History in June of 2023. Before joining the UW-Stevens Point academic staff, Ferkett held a variety of unique roles, most recently as an outdoor instructor and support staff at the Tomorrow River Community Charter School at the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station. She has owned a vegetable, flower and sheep farm in Waupaca since 2012. She’s enjoyed working with children and families through her roles as Waupaca Public Library children’s librarian and working for the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as an educator. Ferkett earned her bachelor's degree in outdoor education: natural history at Northland College. She grew up in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove and was privileged to spend many summers visiting family and friends in the Waupaca area. 

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