Monday July 7, 2008, Pfenning Center Wilson Room
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcoming Comments
Provost & Dean of the Faculty Wendy Hill
9:05 The Environmental Studies & Environmental Science Initiative
President Daniel Weiss
9:20 The Goals of the Workshop
Dru Germanoski
9:30 Introduction of the Participants
Guest Speakers
Environmental Studies Steering Committee
Lafayette Faculty Participants
10:00 Thirty Years of Observation of Environmental Science and Policy Programs
Daniel Richter, Professor of Soils and Forest Ecology
Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School, Duke University
10:40 Discussion
11:00 Form and Function in the Design of Environmental Studies Majors: Experiences from the Field
Candie Wilderman, Professor of Environmental Sciences
Chair of the Environmental Studies, Dickinson College
11:40 Discussion
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 ES Programs That Make a Difference: Design Principles and Core Outcomes for the Facebook Generation
Mike Maniates, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Science
Allegheny College
1:40 Discussion
2:20 On Core Competencies in Environmental Science and Studies Programs
William Focht, Director of the Environmental Institute
Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University
3:00 Discussion
Environmental Studies and Environmental Sciences Curriculum Workshop
Tuesday July 8, 2008
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Review of Objectives
9:10 What to Expect from Post-Doctoral Fellows or Visiting Assistant Professors, and a Word about Energy
Robert Lifset, Donald Keith Jones Assistant Professor of Honors
Honors College, University of Oklahoma
9:50 Discussion
10:30 Group Focus Discussions
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Group Focus Discussions