Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.38
Liaison Michelle Larkins
Submission Date Feb. 17, 2012
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Pacific University
Tier2-6: Sustainability Events

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ramona Ilea
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
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Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
Yes

A brief description of the event(s):

In honor of Earth Week 2011, Pacific University presented a variety of events beginning Sunday, April 17 and concluding on Saturday, April 23. Most events were free and open to the public.

Included was a visit from renowned philosopher Noam Chomsky on April 20 and a lecture from Rose Tocke who presented “Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature” on April 19 as a part of the Whiteley Lecture Series.

Other events were week-long, such as the Staff Mini Conference “Greening Pacific from the Inside Out” which took place each weekday in the Pulse from 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.


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