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Tuko Pamoja: Climate Perspectives From East Africa And Fulbright-Hays, Casey R. Schmitt Feb 2026

Tuko Pamoja: Climate Perspectives From East Africa And Fulbright-Hays, Casey R. Schmitt

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Casey R. Schmitt, Interdisciplinary Studies, presents "Tuko Pamoja: Climate Perspectives from East Africa and Fulbright-Hays".


The State Of Our Streams: A Land Trust's Approach To Monitoring The Health Of Three Headwater Streams, Lauren Mcgrath Nov 2025

The State Of Our Streams: A Land Trust's Approach To Monitoring The Health Of Three Headwater Streams, Lauren Mcgrath

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Lauren McGrath, Director of Watershed Protection Program, Willistown Conservation Trust, presents "The State of Our Streams: a land trust's approach to monitoring the health of three headwater streams."


If Sustainable Living Is Our Goal, Complexability Should Be Our Game: Playing Between Simplicity And Complexity, Tim Lutz Oct 2025

If Sustainable Living Is Our Goal, Complexability Should Be Our Game: Playing Between Simplicity And Complexity, Tim Lutz

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Tim Lutz, Earth and Space Sciences Emeritus, presents "If sustainable living is our goal, complexability should be our game: Playing between simplicity and complexity"


“Toward A World Where Many Worlds Fit”: Thinking-Feeling Our Way In The Pluriverse, Michael Burns Oct 2025

“Toward A World Where Many Worlds Fit”: Thinking-Feeling Our Way In The Pluriverse, Michael Burns

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Michael Burns, English, shares "Toward a 'World Where Many Worlds Fit': Thinking-Feeling Our Way into the Pluriverse" Recording shares the lecture portion. Following the lecture participants shared their thoughts with one another.


Heathy Aging In A Sustainable Manner, Karin Volkwein-Caplan Apr 2025

Heathy Aging In A Sustainable Manner, Karin Volkwein-Caplan

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Karin Volkwein-Caplan, Kinesiology, presents "Healthy Aging in a Sustainable Manner".


Pursuing Sustainability In Campus Dining Services, Nick Ventrola, Emily Zito Apr 2025

Pursuing Sustainability In Campus Dining Services, Nick Ventrola, Emily Zito

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Nick Ventrola, WCU Dining Services Resident District Manager, and Emily Zito, WCU Dining Services Registered Dietitian, present "Pursuing Sustainability in Campus Dining Services".


"'For All Its Problems, It's Mine": Writing And Sustaining Queer Appalachian Stories In Youth Literature, Jason Vanfossen Mar 2025

"'For All Its Problems, It's Mine": Writing And Sustaining Queer Appalachian Stories In Youth Literature, Jason Vanfossen

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Jason Vanfosson, English, presents: "'For All Its Problems, It's Mine": Writing and Sustaining Queer Appalachian Stories in Youth Literature


Fostering & Understanding Diversity Within The Ant Microbiome & Research Group, Manuela O. Ramalho Mar 2025

Fostering & Understanding Diversity Within The Ant Microbiome & Research Group, Manuela O. Ramalho

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Manu Ramalho of the Biology Department presents: Fostering and understanding diversity: within the ant microbiome and our research group.


Sustainable Synthesis Of Cellulose-Derived Carbon Materials, Abbie S. Ganas Feb 2025

Sustainable Synthesis Of Cellulose-Derived Carbon Materials, Abbie S. Ganas

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Abbie Ganas, Chemistry, presents "Sustainable Synthesis of Cellulose-Derived Carbon Materials".


Getting “Out In The Woods” With Students: Intergenerational Work Centering Learners As Creators Of Sustainable Futures, Kate Southerton-Castillo, Emily Southerton Feb 2025

Getting “Out In The Woods” With Students: Intergenerational Work Centering Learners As Creators Of Sustainable Futures, Kate Southerton-Castillo, Emily Southerton

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Kate Southerton-Castillo, student, M.S. in TESC, and Emily Southerton, Ph.D. Learning Sciences present on "Getting “Out in the Woods” with Students: Intergenerational Work Centering Learners as Creators of Sustainable Futures".


Using Walk Audits To Understand Neighborhood Environmental Problems, Megan Heckert, Randall Cream, Christina Rosan Feb 2025

Using Walk Audits To Understand Neighborhood Environmental Problems, Megan Heckert, Randall Cream, Christina Rosan

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Megan Heckert, Geography and Planning, Dr. Randall Cream, English, and Dr. Tina Rosan, Temple University Geography, Environment, and Urban Studies, present "Using Walk Audits and Storytelling to Understand Neighborhood Environmental Problems".


Urban Sustainable Neighborhoods: Revitalization Of Sheppard Square Hope Vi In Louisville, Ky, Ramona Stone Dec 2024

Urban Sustainable Neighborhoods: Revitalization Of Sheppard Square Hope Vi In Louisville, Ky, Ramona Stone

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Ramona Stone, PhD, MPH, from West Chester University presents "Public Health Sciences Urban Sustainable Neighborhoods: HOPE VI Revitalization of Sheppard Square in Louisville, KY".


What Can We Learn From Cavity-Nesting Birds?, Jennifer Uehling Nov 2024

What Can We Learn From Cavity-Nesting Birds?, Jennifer Uehling

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Jennifer Uehling, Biology, "What can we learn from cavity-nesting birds?".


The Pennsylvania Wilds And The Rhetorical Construction Of Wilderness, Casey R. Schmitt Oct 2024

The Pennsylvania Wilds And The Rhetorical Construction Of Wilderness, Casey R. Schmitt

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Casey R. Schmitt, Interdisciplinary Studies, presents "The Pennsylvania Wilds and the Rhetorical Construction of Wilderness".


Sustainable Aquaculture And Youth Membership, Stephen Hughes Oct 2024

Sustainable Aquaculture And Youth Membership, Stephen Hughes

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Steven Hughes of Cheyney University discusses Sustainable Aquaculture and Youth Mentorship


Voter Registration, Education, And The Connection To Sustainability, Office Of Sustainability, Shay Gillespie, Abigail Thomas Oct 2024

Voter Registration, Education, And The Connection To Sustainability, Office Of Sustainability, Shay Gillespie, Abigail Thomas

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Shay Gillespie, Associate Director, Center for Civic Engagement and Social Impact, and Abigail Thomas, Sustainability Peer Educator, discuss voter registration, education, and its connections to sustainability. Included are also two PowerPoint presentations with supplementary data.


A Brighter Tomorrow With Darker Skies: Understanding The Consequences Of Excessive Light And Combating Light Pollution At West Chester University, Finn Schmidhuber Sep 2024

A Brighter Tomorrow With Darker Skies: Understanding The Consequences Of Excessive Light And Combating Light Pollution At West Chester University, Finn Schmidhuber

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Finn Schmidhuber, Computer Science '25, presents on the importance of Dark Skies and limiting light pollution.


Amending The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act: Human Rights, Sovereignty, And Cultural Sustainability, Maddie Mulcahey Apr 2024

Amending The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act: Human Rights, Sovereignty, And Cultural Sustainability, Maddie Mulcahey

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Madeline Mulcahey, Anthropology '24 presents "Amending the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: Human Rights, Sovereignty, and Cultural Sustainability"


Building A Strategic Framework With A Sustainability Lens At Wcu, Stefanie Schwalm Apr 2024

Building A Strategic Framework With A Sustainability Lens At Wcu, Stefanie Schwalm

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Stefanie Schwalm, WCU Associate Provost for Accreditation, SRPS Spring '24 4/17: "Building a Strategic Framework with a Sustainability Lens at WCU."


A Campus Beyond Plastic: Post-Landfill Action Network (Plan), Savannah Robledo, Ramiro Murguia Apr 2024

A Campus Beyond Plastic: Post-Landfill Action Network (Plan), Savannah Robledo, Ramiro Murguia

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Savannah Robledo and Ramiro Murguia of the Post-Landfill Action Network present "A Campus Beyond Plastic" at the 2024 Zero Waste Summit.


Mourning The Planet And Signs Of Hope: The Role Of Grief And Resilience In How Students Understand Climate Change, Zachary C. Wooten, Jocelyn Brown Apr 2024

Mourning The Planet And Signs Of Hope: The Role Of Grief And Resilience In How Students Understand Climate Change, Zachary C. Wooten, Jocelyn Brown

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Zachary Wooten (Honors College) and Jocelyn Brown '23 present "Mourning the Planet and Signs of Hope: The Role of Grief and Resilience in How Students Understand Climate Change"


Coo-Coo For Cocorahs: Participation In A Nationwide Meteorology Citizen Science Program, Adam M. Rainear Mar 2024

Coo-Coo For Cocorahs: Participation In A Nationwide Meteorology Citizen Science Program, Adam M. Rainear

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Adam Rainear (Communications and Media) presents Coo-Coo for CoCoRaHS: Participation in a Nationwide Meteorology Citizen Science Program


Sustainability And Careers In The 21st Century, Phyllis J. Schoen, Amanda Baker Mar 2024

Sustainability And Careers In The 21st Century, Phyllis J. Schoen, Amanda Baker

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Phyllis Schoen and Amanda Baker of the West Chester University Career Center present on "Sustainability and Careers in the 21st Century."


Listening To The Gordon Natural Area: Field Recording As Means Of Connecting With The More Than Human World, Devin Arne Mar 2024

Listening To The Gordon Natural Area: Field Recording As Means Of Connecting With The More Than Human World, Devin Arne

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Devin Arne (Music Theory, History, and Composition) shares "Listening to the Gordon Natural Area: Field Recording as Means of Connecting with the More Than Human World"


Lichen Ecosystem Services And A Study From The Nj Pine Barrens, Gregory Turner Feb 2024

Lichen Ecosystem Services And A Study From The Nj Pine Barrens, Gregory Turner

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Greg Turner of the WCU Biology Department presents Lichen Ecosystem Services and a Study from the New Jersey Pine Barrens.


The Role Of Humor In Sustainability: Well-Being, (In)Equity, And Community, Mia Ocean Feb 2024

The Role Of Humor In Sustainability: Well-Being, (In)Equity, And Community, Mia Ocean

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Mia Ocean, Graduate Social Work, shares an interactive presentation on The Role of Humor in Sustainability: Focusing on Well-Being, (In)equity, and Community


Sustainability Considerations Of Generative A.I., Thomas Pantazes Feb 2024

Sustainability Considerations Of Generative A.I., Thomas Pantazes

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Dr. Thomas Pantazes of the WCU Teaching and Learning Center shares Sustainability Considerations of Generative A.I.


Rewilding Our Story: Using Storytelling To Combat Climate Change, Calli Lambard Jan 2024

Rewilding Our Story: Using Storytelling To Combat Climate Change, Calli Lambard

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Calli Lambard, WCU Office of Sustainability, Rewilding Our Story: Using Storytelling to Combat Climate Change


Beyond Sustainability Curriculum Integration - Educating Otherwise, Paul Morgan Nov 2023

Beyond Sustainability Curriculum Integration - Educating Otherwise, Paul Morgan

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Paul Morgan, Educational Foundations and Policy Studies - Beyond Sustainability Curriculum Integration - Educating Otherwise


Epidemiologic Understanding Of The Un Sustainable Development Goals, Zeinab Baba Oct 2023

Epidemiologic Understanding Of The Un Sustainable Development Goals, Zeinab Baba

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

A Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar entitled "Epidemiologic Understanding of the UN Sustainable Development Goals," presented by Professor Zeinab Baba, Department of Public Health Sciences, West Chester University of Pennsylvania.