Teaching sound science in our natural world.
Keystone College’s Environmental Education Institute (KCEEI) offers a variety of hands-on educational activities for those interested in exploring, protecting, and enjoying our natural world.
Keystone College Environmental Education Instutute
Keystone College’s Environmental Education Institute (KCEEI) offers a variety of hands-on educational activities for those interested in exploring, protecting, and enjoying our natural world. Our 170-acre Woodlands Campus features a stream, seven miles of hiking trails, and is home to a nature preserve, an apiary, and maple sugaring operation. The outdoor classrooms and field stations provide unparalleled opportunities for outdoor discovery and a wonderful learning atmosphere for our environmental education courses and workshops.
Upcoming Programs
Sugar Shack Open House - March 21
Join us for a family friendly fun day at the Keystone College Sugar Shack on Saturday, March 21st from 10am- 4pm.
KCEEI Nature Camp
Ages 10-13: Junior Naturalist
June 29-July 2
Ages 6-9: Nature Explorer
June 22-25 and July 6-9
Learn more.
Kelley Stewart, Director of KCEEI
570-945-8404
kceei@keystone.edu
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Sugar Shack
Apiary
The Keystone College apiary is a dedicated space on Keystone College’s Woodlands Campus where students can learn about and practice beekeeping. It serves as both a hands-on learning environment for students in the college’s beekeeping program and a resource for the community to learn about honeybees and beekeeping techniques.
Woodland Acres
Miles of Hiking Trails
Educational Stations
Field Trips
The Keystone College Environmental Education Institute is offering field trips for your student groups.
The field trips are tailored to your group and can include topics such as: Learn about: Ornithology, Mammalogy, Dendrology, Phytology, Mycology, Ecology, Entomology, Apiology, Geology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Limnology, and Zoology.
- Explore the Ologies
- Guided Forest Walks
- Stream Exploration
- Outdoor Interactive Stations
- Tour the Sugar Shack
- Visit the KC Apiary
KCEEI Summer Nature Camp uses experiential learning to incorporate themes from our natural world with science! Campers will explore our 170-acre outdoor classroom while experiencing hands-on investigative research, learning to collect data and how to become a citizen scientist.
Ages 10-13: Junior Naturalist
June 29-July 2
Ages 6-9: Nature Explorer
June 22-25 and July 6-9
Learn more.
Keystone College offers pre-college programs to local high school students. Students from local high schools can experience college level research, or get an early start on their college education through various high school programs that Keystone College offers.
Keystone Creekwalkers is a Trout Unlimited “5-Rivers” collegiate program. Activities include fly fishing and fly tying seminars, fishing trips, stream habitat and erosion control projects, aquatic life and water sampling, and trips to conventions.
Eco Club/Wildlife Society is based on the principle of establishing an ecologically aware campus community while providing educational, social and community service opportunities relating to the environment.
KCEEI participates in offsite programming that brings hands-on, educational activities to schools, community events, and public spaces. Through interactive tables and engaging demonstrations, these programs invite participants to explore, protect, and enjoy the natural and cultural resources of our region.
Environmental Science, BS
–Envrionmental Biology Concentration
Environmental Studies, AA
Wildlife Biology, AS
Wildlife Biology, BS
Wildlife Biology, MS
Student Research
Students participate in foundational experience focused in the environmental and wildlife sciences through extensive classroom instruction, guided laboratory experiences, and independent research experiences.
KCEEI Founder, Professor Howard Jennings
Keystone College’s Environmental Education Institute was founded by Professor Howard Jennings, who taught sciences for over 45 years at Keystone College, and was a leader in environmental stewardship throughout his lifetime. KCEEI remains committed to his vision to enhance the learning experience by combining inquiry-based science with field study, using nature as a laboratory.
The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.
KCEEI is funded by Keystone College, and through generous private gifts and grants. We wish to extend our gratitude to the P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation and The Overlook Estate Foundation for their ongoing support. Gifts to KCEEI go directly to fund our environmental education and stewardship programs.