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Media Advisory Invitation for Education Editors and Reporters ***THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 PRESS TELECONFERENCE*** How well are American colleges doing at greening their campuses? How environmentally literate are today's college students? What is the biggest obstacle to expanding green activities on campus such as energy conservation, sustainable landscaping, and environmental curricula? Which campuses are recognized for their exemplary commitment to sustainable practices? Campus Environment 2008 reveals the answers-the survey results will surprise you.
WHAT: Press TeleConference to Release Campus Environment 2008
BACKGROUND With 1,068 campuses responding to the survey, on which the report card is based, this is the nation's largest study created to gauge campus sustainability. Are they keeping pace? MODERATOR Scott Carlson is a senior reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education, where he covers architecture, energy, facilities, and sustainability. Scott has been a reporter at the Chronicle since 1999, and has won national awards for his coverage of information technology, his previous beat. Scott has also written for the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Dwell, the Utne Reader, and many other publications. SPEAKERS Mary McIntosh, PhD, is Principal and President of PSRAI and a specialist in health, education and international research. With three decades of experience conducting social and policy research, Dr. McIntosh has won international recognition for her ground-breaking surveys in post-communist societies. Trained as a medical sociologist and methodologist, McIntosh has extensive domestic survey research experience. She has taught statistics and research methods courses for Boston University, the University of Maryland and the Dallas Health Science Center. Dr. McIntosh is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at George Washington University and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Applied Statistics from North Texas University. She has published extensively on European and American society and politics, and is a frequent speaker at international and national conferences.
Ken Gaalswyk is a Director at PSRAI responsible for project management, sampling, survey design, and data analysis. Gaalswyk covers a wide range of domestic and international survey research including public and elite views of US political institutions, financial literacy, health care, and religious and social issues. Prior to joining PSRAI, he worked as a graduate research assistant at the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research and the UCLA Department of Political Science, focusing on health care, Congress, and political parties. Gaalswyk holds an M.A. in Political Science from UCLA, with additional graduate coursework in statistical methods and American politics, and a B.A. in Politics from UCSC.
Dr. M. Lee Pelton was appointed Willamette University's 22nd president in July 1998. Under his leadership, the University has increased its academic profile, successfully employing strategies to attract the best faculty and the brightest students from the state, the nation and the world. Dr. Pelton is a recognized leader in higher education and has lectured and written extensively on the topic. Dr. Pelton has served as a member of several leading national educational boards and committees, including the Harvard University Board of Overseers (former vice chair), American Council on Education (chair), and the American Association of Higher Education. He served as dean of the college at Colgate University (1988-91) and Dartmouth College (1991-98). At Harvard he taught in the English Department and was the dean of one of Harvard's 13 undergraduate colleges. President Pelton holds a doctorate from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree in English and psychology from Wichita State University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1974. His area of academic focus is in 19th century British prose and poetry.
Kevin Coyle serves as Vice President for NWF's education and training programs including: Campus Ecology, Climate Classroom, Climate training for adults leaders, and the Federation's award-winning children's magazines. Prior to NWF, Coyle was president of the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation (NEETF) and before that, he was president of American Rivers, the nation's principal river conservation organization. Early on, Coyle spent ten years at the U.S. Department of the Interior where he was northeast assistant regional director for state and local programs for the National Park Service's Northeast Office. There he directed the Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants program and natural resource planning programs.
Terry Calhoun is director of publications at the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). He oversees publication of SCUP books, whitepapers, and "Planning for Higher Education" - SCUP's quarterly journal. He is editor of SCUP Links - a weekly synthesis of resources that provide broad perspectives to those who are leading and aligning planning efforts on campus. Calhoun served on SCUP's inaugural Sustainability Task Force in 2000 continues to serve as senior staff liaison to SCUP's sustainability efforts. In partnership with Anthony Cortese of Second Nature, he conceived and launched the first annual Campus Sustainability Day - now in its sixth year. He served as a founding board member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and is active in HEASC - the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium. Press Release for Campus Environment 2008 - Coming Soon PRESS CONTACT FOR CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT 2008 |
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