Happy end of semester to all of you golden rams out there! And students, good luck on finals! The bulletin will be on pause over the holidays. Look for our next edition on Tuesday, January 18, 2022! For now, here's the latest in news, events, and announcements from WCU's Office of Sustainability.
WCU Again Named a Princeton Review Green College and Sierra Club Cool School
West Chester University has been included once again in the Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2022and the Sierra Club's Cool Schools listing! Read the full article in the WCU Newsroom below.
Brandywine Project Staff Sustainability Workshop
Save the Date!
Staff members, save the date for the next Brandywine Project Staff Sustainability Workshop, hosted in person on the WCU campus from 8am to 11:30pm on Wednesday, February 9th 2022. More details and registration to come!
WCU's Brandywine Staff workshops provide a space for staff members, both well-versed and new to concepts of environmental, social, and economic sustainability, to grow in their knowledge and impact for good. Participants will learn more about the history of sustainability at WCU, ongoing local efforts and initiatives (including the Green Office Program), and participate in a number of breakout sessions aimed at collaboratively envisioning solutions to sustainability hurdles in the workplace.
Call for Presentation Proposals for the Spring 2022 Sustainability Research and Practice Seminar!
Faculty, employees, and students: Do you have you a sustainability-focused research project or on-campus initiative you’d like to share with the WCU community? The sponsors of WCU’s Spring 2022 Sustainability Research and Practice Seminar – the Office of Sustainability, the Office for Research and Sponsored Programs, and the Sustainability Council’s Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee – invite you to propose a topic to present next semester in our regular seminar series. Please write tosustainability@wcupa.edu by 4:30 pm on Tuesday, December 21 and provide a brief bio, a title for your proposed presentation, the names of any co-presenters, and three preferred dates (any Wednesday between February 2 and April 27, 2022.
Sustainability Research and Practice Seminar "Thank You!"
As the semester winds down and we’re looking back on another successful Sustainability Research and Practice Seminar series, a big thank you goes out to all of the presenters for sharing their work and creativity with the WCU community. Each presentation gave us new ways of thinking about sustainability and drew in diverse perspectives on understanding and creating more equitable, healthy, vibrant communities and worlds.
The Sustainability Research and Practice Seminar will be back for the Spring 2022 semester. Keep checking back for the release of the schedule of speakers as we get closer to the start of classes.
Thank you Fall 2021 presenters!
Meteorologist Drew Anderson
Dr. Nur Ritter
Dr. Bradley Flamm
Ms Amy Maxcy
Professor Paul Morgan
Professor Hadih Deedat
Professor Charles Hardy
Professor Lisa Huebner
Professor Janneken Smucker
Professor Jen Chandler
Professor Scotty Reifsnyder
Professor Anita Foeman Frida Navarro
James Lingman
Brady Day
Donna Phillips
Brandywine Project Faculty Workshop
Faculty members, get ready and get excited for the next Brandywine Project Faculty Workshop, January 11th - 12th, 2022! This is designed as a collaborative workshop where attendees develop sustainability courses. The workshop will cover two days – one in person and one via Zoom –and meals will be provided the first day. Even if you aren't as versed in issues of environmental, social, and economic sustainability as you'd like, this is a great opportunity to come together with colleagues, form new connections, and deepen your understanding, as you find applications within your own discipline. Remember, sustainability isn't just for scientists. As a bonus, there are a limited number of $500 stipends available for WCU faculty members who create or revise syllabi.
Registration is up now, so don't put off taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Follow the link below for more information and to save your spot!
For our final Fall 2021 Spotted in the GNA feature, we're sharing a beautiful photograph of the most common visitor to feeders across the continent in the wintertime, theDark-eyed Junco (Junco hiemalis). While the more detailed plumage of this species varies quite extensively, adults are commonly seen with gray heads, necks, and breasts, grey or brown backs and wings, and a white belly. For those birders out there, the Dark-eyed Junco is said to be an excellent study on bird language with a trill song like a Chipping Sparrow, and a call that resembles a Black-Throated Blue Warbler.
Remember, you can find a whole host of images and information about the hundreds of species found in the Gordon Natural Area by accessing the GNA'sBiotapage.
Exciting Opportunities… but Apply Now! Applications due on Wednesday, December 15, 2021!
WCU South Campus Garden Internship, 2022
The WCU South Campus Garden has an internship opportunity available beginning in the Spring 2022 semester. If you'd like to know more, follow the link below to the position announcement on Handshake.
WCU North Campus Outdoor Classroom and Organic Gardens Internship 2022 WCU's North Campus Outdoor Classroom and Organic Gardens has an internship opening beginning Spring of 2022. Those interested in learning more can find the full job announcement on Handshake below.
ATLAS Zero Waste Fellowship West Chester University’s Office of Sustainability (OoS) seeks applicants for two Zero Waste Fellow positions. Each fellow will work 50 hours during the Spring 2022 semester with staff from the OoS and the Post-Landfill Action Network to facilitate the development of a WCU Zero Waste Strategic Vision. For more information and application details, please see the position announcement on Handshake.
We'd love to help you spread the word! If you would like to have an announcement included in the weekly Office of Sustainability Bulletin, please send the details to sustainability@wcupa.eduby 8am Monday, the week it should go out.
Office of Sustainability, West Chester University
114 W Rosedale Ave, West Chester, PA 19382
610-436-2736 sustainability@wcupa.edu
