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Members of the University community are invited to attend Boston College’s first University-wide environmental sustainability conference to be held on campus April 15 and 16.
The two-day event will bring together alumni who are leaders in the national and global environmental sustainability effort, faculty members and administrators who focus on environmental concerns, economics and strategies, and students who are interested in learning more about careers in this rapidly expanding field.
“The unique thing about this conference, is that members of BC’s Energy and Environmental Alumni Network are returning to campus to meet with faculty to discuss aspects of the curriculum that will continue to make BC students marketable in environmentally-related careers, and then to help mentor students who may be interested in the field,” says Robert Sherwood, special advisor to the associate vice president of alumni affairs. “We will have alumni, faculty, administrators and students interacting with each other to explore this topic.”
Friday’s sessions will include a 1 p.m. reflection session with Founders Professor of Theology James Keenan, SJ, on finding challenges and making a difference in the world through career choices. This event will be held in the Shea Room in Conte Forum.
At 4:30 p.m. Friday in Higgins 300, Philip Landrigan ’63, MD, will offer the conference’s keynote address, “Environmental Threats to Children’s Health.”
Saturday’s program, to be held in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons, will feature presentations and panel discussions on a wide range of environmental topics and will include, among others, University Trustee Kathleen Corbet ’82, who will discuss the various ways faculty, alumni and students are responding to the environmental challenge, and BCEEAN co-chair Fran Dubrowski NC ’70, who will participate in a faculty/alumni presentation on “Creating a Green Economy.”
Full information on the sustainability conference and registration form is available on-line here.