Weekly Sustainability Seminars: Resilience and Hope for the Planet
Every Wednesday at 12 p.m., WCU’s Office of Sustainability (OoS) offers a look at how WCU scholars, students, and staff explore and apply principles
of environmental, social, and economic sustainability in their research and on-campus
work. At 50 minutes each, these Sustainability Research and Practice Seminars introduce
an array of topics related to sustainability in easily digestible segments. Free and
open to both campus and community, they are presented via Zoom (link below) or in
person in Sykes Student Union 255 A/B.
Two of the April programs will take place in different locations:
April 10 is the University’s second Zero Waste Summit, held in Sykes Student Union Ballrooms.
April 17’s program will take place in the Science and Engineering Center and The Commons, room 107.
Calli Lambard from the WCU Office of Sustainability opens this semester’s programs with “Rewilding Our Story: Using Storytelling to Combat Climate Change” on January 31. A graduate of Susquehanna University with a double major in environmental studies and creative writing, Lambard joined OoS last fall after serving as the sustainability bookseller at Commonplace Reader in Yardley, PA.
The complete schedule is below. Unless otherwise indicated, speakers are WCU staff and faculty members. NOTE: There will not be a seminar during spring break week, 3/13/24.
Programs are recorded and archived in the Francis Harvey Green Library’s Digital Commons site. The series is co-sponsored by the Office of Sustainability along with the Office for Research and Sponsored Programs and the Sustainability Council’s Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee.
For more information, visit wcupa.edu/sustainability or write to sustainability@wcupa.edu.
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January 31
Calli Lambard (Office of Sustainability): Rewilding Our Story: Using Storytelling to Combat Climate Change
February 7
Emma Craven (junior, English), Cheryl Wanko (English), William Lalicker (English), Megan Schraedley (Communications & Media), Maxine Gesualdi (Communications & Media), and Joey Miller (Philosophy): The Environment and the Humanities
February 14
Thomas Pantazes (Teaching & Learning Center): Sustainability Considerations of Generative A.I.
February 21
Mia Ocean (Graduate Social Work): The Role of Humor in Sustainability: Focusing on Well-Being, (In)equity, and Community
February 28
Greg Turner (Biology): Lichen Ecosystem Services and a Study from the New Jersey Pine Barrens
March 6
Devin Arne (Music Theory, History, and Composition): Listening to the Gordon Natural Area: Field Recording as Means of Connecting with the More Than Human World
March 20
Phyllis Schoen and Amanda Baker (Twardowski Career Development Center): Sustainability and Careers in the 21st Century
March 27
Adam Rainear (Communication and Media): Coo-Coo for CoCoRaHS: Participation in a Nationwide Meteorology Citizen Science Program
April 3
Zachary Wooten (Honors College): Mourning the Planet and Signs of Hope: The Role of Grief and Resilience in How Students Understand Climate Change
April 10 (Sykes Student Union Ballrooms)
Second Annual WCU Zero Waste Summit special guest speaker
April 17 (SECC Room 107)
Stefanie Schwalm (Associate Provost for Accreditation, Assessment, and Planning): Building a Strategic Framework with a Sustainability Lens at West Chester University
April 24
Madeline Mulcahey (senior, anthropology): Amending the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Human Rights, Sovereignty, and Cultural Sustainability