College for Forest and Environmental Engineering Kaunas
| College for Forest and Environmental Engineering Kaunas | |
|---|---|
| founding | 1927 |
| Sponsorship | state university |
| place |
 Lithuania , Girionys , Kaunas district municipality
|
| director | Albinas Tebėra |
| Students | 1,186 (October 2013) |
| Employee | 112 (2014) |
| Website | www.kmaik.lt |
The College for Forest and Environmental Engineering Kaunas (lit. Kauno miškų ir aplinkos inžinerijos kolegija ) is a state university in Girionys near Kaunas , the only non-university school for forestry and forest science in Lithuania . The college prepares forest technicians and environmental specialists.
history
In 1927, the Higher Forest School ( Aukštesnioji miškų mokykla ) was founded in Alytus on the initiative of Professor Antanas Rukuiža . In 1938 it entered middle school. From 1939 it was based in Vilnius . In 1945 it was reorganized as the Vilnius Forest Technology Center. The forest school has been located in Girionys ( Kaunas Rajongemeinde ) since 1963 . From 1963 she was Kauno miškų technikumas . In 1967 the technical center was named by Antanas Kvedaras . In 1991 it became the Kaunas Higher Forest School and in 2002 it became a college. In 2011 there were 1,200 students.
courses
Forestry; Recreation ; Hydrotechnology ; Geography ; Green space design; Cadastral measurements and property valuation .
Faculties
- Forestry and regional studies
- Environmental engineering
Directors
- 1944–1950: Mikalojus Lukinas (1906–1987)
- 1963–1988: Bronius Paulauskas
- Albinas Tebėra
Graduates
- Kęstutis Bacvinka (* 1967), forester and politician, member of the Seimas
- Česlovas Jokūbauskas (* 1955), judge
- Vytautas Masiokas (* 1955), judge
- Romas Pakalnis (* 1941), ecologist and professor
- Aristidas Pėstininkas (* 1943), judge
- Rimantas Šalkauskas (* 1947), forest engineer and politician, deputy minister
- Birutė Valionytė (* 1956), politician, deputy to the Supreme Soviet ( Seimas )
Honorary members
- Torbjörn Pettersson, Swedish forester
- Romualdas Pusvaškis (* 1956), Lithuanian education officer
- Albertas Vasiliauskas (* 1935), Lithuanian forest scientist, phytopathologist and politician