Member School Event: Integrating Sustainability & Climate Change into General Education Programs

Integrating Sustainability & Climate Change

into General Education Programs

Friday, November 1^st, 2013

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

1:00-4:00pm in the Philips Autograph Library

Philips Memorial Building

(700 S. High Street West Chester, PA 19383)

Please join us for an engaging afternoon led by Dr. Neil Weissman, the Provost and Dean of Dickinson College, and Dr. Neil Leary, the Director of Dickinson’s Center for Sustainability Education.  Their presentation/workshop will focus on why and how colleges and universities might integrate sustainability into general education programs. Free and open to faculty, students, and administrators.  RSVP to Dr. Paul Morgan (pmorgan@wcupa.edu) 610-436-6945.

More details are available here:

Sustainability and General Education at WCU.pdf 

Background:  West Chester University recently completed a Climate Action Plan (CAP), which includes a commitment to make sustainability and climate change part of the curriculum and educational experience of all WCU students.  For guidance in this effort we have turned to our colleagues at Dickinson where they are making sustainability a defining characteristic of a Dickinson Education.  Whether or not your institution is a signatory to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, please join us as we consider how we can educate all students to be active participants in addressing climate change and creating a sustainable society.