澳门六合彩官网直播 climate change working group awards mini-grants to faculty, students

In collaboration with the 澳门六合彩官网直播鈥檚 Office for Sustainability, the 澳门六合彩官网直播 Climate Change Working Group awarded a Climate Change Teaching Fellow mini-grant of $500 to seven successful applicants. The awards seek to foster the integration of climate change as a topic in 澳门六合彩官网直播 courses at all levels and in all disciplines. 

Awardees were selected from a variety of disciplines across campus, including the Departments of English, Family and Consumer Sciences (Interior Design and Nutrition and Dietetics), Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies, Geological and Environmental Sciences, and Philosophy. The CCWG executive committee was delighted to receive many excellent submissions and deeply appreciated learning about the important curricular modifications being considered by so many talented faculty.

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2020 Climate Change Teaching Fellow mini-grant awardees

Kim Buchholz, 澳门六合彩官网直播 instructor of family and consumer sciences, interior design

Dr. Caroline Webber, 澳门六合彩官网直播 associate professor of family and consumer sciences, nutrition and dietetics internship director

Dustin Altschul, 澳门六合彩官网直播 part-time instructor of family and consumer sciences, interior design

Dr. Todd Kuchta, 澳门六合彩官网直播 associate professor of English

Dr. Johnson Haas, 澳门六合彩官网直播 associate professor of geological and environmental sciences

Dr. Mariam Konate, 澳门六合彩官网直播 associate professor of gender and women鈥檚 studies and co-author Deirdre Courtney, 澳门六合彩官网直播 interdisciplinary Ph.D. student

Anna Kietzerow, 澳门六合彩官网直播 graduate assistant of philosophy

About 澳门六合彩官网直播鈥檚 Climate Change Working Group

The 澳门六合彩官网直播 CCWG is an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, student and community volunteers dedicated to working for the urgent action needed to adapt to and mitigate global climate change. The CCWG heightens the awareness of the consequences of climate change and provides leadership about action through research, education and community outreach in Kalamazoo. The CCWG is a member of the Kalamazoo Climate Crisis Coalition.

 All faculty are encouraged to join the CCWG, and to consider adding their courses to the existing Minor in Climate Change Studies or the recently approved Graduate Certificate in Climate Change Policy and Management (beginning Fall 2020). For more information or to get involved, please contact Dr. Denise Keele