Event Agenda:
NJHEPS Regional Climate Change Alliance
September 25th, 2009, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Trustees Pavilion, Ramapo College of NJ
No fee for NJHEPS members, but participants must register. Please register and/or notify others to register at
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=185337
Has your university signed the Presidents Climate Commitment or designed their own target for Greenhouse Gas reduction? Find out how other institutions are addressing climate change in their university? Meet staff members from other universities and enjoy presentations addressing climate change through:
curriculum, design, energy and farm to table.
The workshop will kick off with a Presidents Panel lead by Dr. Peter Mercer, Ramapo College of New Jersey.
Who should attend?
-Sustainability Coordinators
-Steering Committee Members
-Faculty, Administrators, Students, Staff
-Presidents Climate Commitment Signatories
9:00 am to 9:30 am ~ Registration, Networking Breakfast and Welcome from NJHEPS Climate Change Committee and Executive Director
9:30 am to 10:30 am ~ Presidents Panel, Moderated by Dr. Peter Mercer, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Dr. G. Jeremiah Ryan, Bergen Community College
Dr. Rosemary Jeffries, RSM, Georgian Court University
Dr. Dario Cortes, Berkeley College
10:30 am to 11:00 am ~ The AASHE Stars Program, Meghan Fay, Program Manager of the AASHE Stars Program
11:00 am to 11:15 am ~ Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 am to 12:00 pm ~ GCU – meeting the challenges of the Commitment -
Georgian Court University, Andrew Christ, Assistant Vice President for
Operations
Why they chose to sign The Commitment, operational challenges, using students to calculate your footprint, lessons learned and how they decided to purchase offsets.
12:00 to 1:00 pm ~ Lunch
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm ~ Round Table Thread One
Curriculum – Dr. Tom Bryant, Newark School of Theology
Facilities – Tracy Hall, Sullivan County Community College , "The Sullivan
County Community College Approach"
Campus Culture – Dr. Nick Smith – Sebasto, Kean University and Priscilla
Hayes, Esq., Solid Waste Policy Group, "Taking the Initiative with Food, Post
Farm to Table – The Composting Initiative"
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm ~ Round Table Thread Two
Curriculum – Jamie Cloud, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability
Facilities - Dr. Nick Smith – Sebasto, Kean University and Joe
Porrovecchio, FSAME, LEED AP, CRM, "How to use the campus as an
example of Sustainability to the Society"
Campus Culture – Rachel Weiland & Nirva Singh, Bergen Community
College, Paul Coraggio, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Carlos Rymer, NJ Climate March, "The Student Powershift"
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm ~ Refreshments, Open Networking and Student Organization Fair
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm ~ Closing Remarks from the NJHEPS Climate Change Management Committee and Adjournment
Register now via Acteva: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=185337
Please contact Terra Meierdierck if your student organization/group is
interested in participating in the Student Organization Fair.
Terra Meierdierck
Program Manager
The New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability
c/o NJIT – YCEES, 138 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102
p: 973.642.7848
e: terra.meierdierck@gmail.com