{"id":645,"date":"2014-04-02T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T15:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/phre\/?p=645"},"modified":"2014-04-02T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T15:36:13","slug":"trumans-environmental-studies-conference-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/phre\/2014\/04\/02\/trumans-environmental-studies-conference-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Truman’s Environmental Studies Conference this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Announcement from Michael Berman and Susan Zhu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello!<\/p>\n

I’m writing to inform you that this Saturday, April 5<\/strong>, is Truman’s Environmental Studies Conference<\/strong>. Fellow senior Susan Zhu and I are organizing this year’s conference. Titled “From Local to Global: Mapping out Environmentalism”, the conference will examine the diverse human connections to the environment and will feature student and faculty presentations from a wide range of disciplines. In the evening, please join us as this semester’s Restoration Ecology class debate the feasibility, ethics, and ecology of restoring Bear Creek on Truman’s campus.<\/p>\n

Several presentations are focused on ongoing and future projects at Truman and within the Kirksville community. As representatives of a university that strives for sustainability, your support of current and potential initiatives is critical to transforming Truman into a more sustainable institution. Your presence would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n

Presentations will be held from 10 AM to 5 PM<\/strong> and the debate will be held at 6:30 PM<\/strong> in Violette Hall 1000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

FREE ADMISSION — LUNCH PROVIDED
\nViolette Hall 1000<\/p>\n

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
\n10 \u2013 11 AM: Literary Ecocriticism and Biomimicry<\/strong>
\nEcocomposition Readings from Monica Barron’s Environmental Literature class
\nSebastian Maldonado-Velez: \u201cWalking Trees Attack!: A Collection of Poems about Nature and the Kirksville Community\u201d
\nEmily Bowen: \u201cBiomimicry, Nature, and Design\u201d<\/p>\n

11 AM \u2013 12 PM: Bear Creek Clean-up<\/strong>
\nAugust Kersten and Michele Woolbright: “Ongoing Efforts to Clean Up Bear Creek on Truman\u2019s Campus”
\nDawa Sherpa: \u201cWater Quality Indicators for Bear Creek\u201d<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 1 PM: Ecology and Disease<\/strong>
\nAndrew Gibson: \u201cEffects of Small-Scale Urbanization on Small-Mammal Distribution and Abundance\u201d
\nJason Luscier: \u201cAvian Window Strike Mortality on the Truman State University Campus\u201d
\nStephanie Fore: \u201cDrivers and Implications of Emerging Infectious Disease in Wildlife\u201d<\/p>\n

1 – 2 PM: LUNCH (provided)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 \u2013 3 PM: Women and Environment<\/strong>
\nChloe Jackson: \u201cThe Effects of Environmental Changes on Cancer Rates in the U.S.\u201d
\nSummer Jensen: “Healing the Land and Healing Women: How Liberative Praxis Theologies Catalyze Social Change”<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 4 PM: Alternative Solutions to Institutional Models<\/strong>
\nSidney Daller \u2013 \u201cRevolving Loan Funds on Truman\u2019s Campus\u201d
\nLara Redmond: \u201cDemystifying ‘Sustainability’ in Agriculture & Future Predictions\u201d
\nJim Bell: “Potential Solutions to Kirksville’s Glass Recycling Problem”<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 5 PM: Environmental Education<\/strong>
\nSarah Bakker: \u201cEvaluating the Effectiveness of the \u2018Ethics of Food\u2019 Course\u201d
\nSara Chappell: \u201cThe Importance of Pollinators and Efforts to Bring Bees to the Kirksville R-3 School District\u201d
\nMichael Kelrick, Corlin Clark, Katelyn Gribble: \u201cNature and Human Nature: A Course that Mattered\u201d<\/p>\n

6:30 PM: Costs and Benefits of Restoring Bear Creek: A Debate<\/strong>
\nDr. Brandt and Professor Wodika’s Restoration Ecology class will debate the costs and benefits of restoring Bear Creek. The debate will be interdisciplinary and will not be limited to an ecological mode of thinking.<\/p>\n

Best,<\/p>\n

Michael Berman and Susan Zhu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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