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| Workshop Session I Ia: Establishing a New Regional Environmental Journal A new academic journal is in the planning, and this workshop will facilitate discussion about the goals, scope and logistics. The refereed journal will encourage scholars to contribute interdisciplinary research and analysis of ecoregional issues to facilitate collaboration and interdisciplinary dialogue. Ib: Raising all Boats: Leveraging the Consortium to Maximize Institutional Gain The Environmental Consortium’s collaborative network of diverse disciplines and the programs that flow from it have great potential to enrich the community of our member institutions. Reciprocally, without the engagement of our members, the Consortium’s capacity to fulfill its mission is diminished. This breakout session will explore how the Consortium can maximize its strengths to the benefit of its member institutions and how member institutions might more meaningfully contribute to the Consortium’s programmatic capacity. Ic: Collaboration Between Higher Education and Cornell Cooperative Extension This session will provide an opportunity for faculty, students, and members of Cornell Cooperative Extension to interact and discuss how they can collaborate. Several examples of current collaboration will be discussed, including the ongoing collaboration between Cornell Cooperative extension and Vassar college faculty and students. Id: Field Programs and Stations: Where and How to Extend the Classroom Field stations and field programs provide resources for scientists at all stages of their careers, and foster a creative, exciting intellectual environment with a sense of community and purpose that is exceptional. This session will explore what is happening at field stations in the Hudson River Watershed, and what field programs are currently going on in the region. Representatives of programs and stations from around the region will be invited to give us a sense of what they are doing, with an emphasis on opportunities for students and faculty. Workshop Session II IIa: Understanding the Hudson with Technology Whether we view the watershed from a boat deck or from 500 miles above the earth via satellite, technology aids our understanding of processes in and impacts on the Hudson Basin. This workshop will highlight current projects collecting real-time environmental data, explore uses of these data in education and research, and discuss ways to interpret and access data via dynamic web-based spatial databases and other tools. IIb: Pre-Service Teacher Training and PreK-12 Collaboration with Higher Education PreK-12 educators who are interested in environmental issues often create educational modules, which make creative use of their local environments. Higher education can profitably adapt these practices for their students as well as helping the primary educators gain a more complex and nuanced understanding of environmental issues in the watershed. In addition, the workshop will explore the training needs of pre-service teachers to prepare them for integrating issues surrounding the environment into their curriculum when they enter the field of education. IIc: Collaboration Between Higher Education and Non-Profits At least 200 environmental organizations are active in the Hudson River Watershed. Many of these organizations have overlapping goals and engage in educational outreach. This session will explore ways in which environmental NGOs and educational institutions can better coordinate their activities to the benefit of education and the environment. IId: Growing Capacity for the Regional Foodshed: Training, Research, and Policy This workshop will address areas in which higher education can play a critical role in the future of farms and a sustainable foodshed in the Hudson Region. Training young farmers, making land use policies more favorable to farmers, offering institutional land for model teaching farms, and conducting research are four key areas that colleges and universities can gather around and make lasting changes towards the future. Workshop Session III IIIa: Inter-Institutional Collaboration in Education and Research In our graduate and undergraduate institutions, both students and faculty undertake research on Hudson River Watershed topics. In order to more rapidly develop our understanding of the science, social science, history and culture of the valley, it behooves us to share our research results so that topics are not repeated, and are enhanced by continued research. How can we best share on-going research and student research papers for all of our benefit? What models exist for inter-institional collaborations among member institutions and how can we build on them to enliven our research and create research agendas that will complement rather than repeat or compete with other institutions. What role can administrations and the Environmental Consortium play in promoting these efforts. IIIb: New and Innovative Educational Programs This session will introduce several new, innovative educational programs offered by Consortium member institutions, including minors, majors, and graduate initiatives. A range of facets of each new program will be addressed, including key impetuses and assessment of student demand, curricular structure, participating faculty, and fit within the institution’s strategic plans. IIIc: Student and Student-Faculty Research Opportunities This workshop is for students interested in ecoregional research, and for faculty who lead or want to lead student-faculty research projects. Research opportunities and issues will be discussed, with time for Q & A and advice sharing. We will also share research needs within the Hudson River Watershed and opportunities for instructors to integrate these needs into their student-faculty research and classroom instruction. IIId: Engaging the Community and Local Government Since its inception, the Consortium has thought about how colleges and universities interact with their communities and how these interactions might be enhanced and developed. Some valley communities are now developing plans to "go green," and are cooperating with one another to effect change. How can the Consortium encourage academic engagement with these communities? How do we let communities understand what resources academia can provide? |
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Watershed map created by Cynthia Saniewski ©2003 as part of the Riverama at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY. All rights reserved. |
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