Leveraging Strengths Conference
September 2012
As an overview of this event about partnerships between Pennsylvania higher education institutions and their communities, the conference packet remains posted online. For followup with the presenters, emails have been posted below.
PANEL COMPOSITIONS:
WATER (9:30-10:20):
- Allegheny (Creek Connections - Jim Palmer- [email protected])
- Dickinson (ALLARM, Marcellus Shale water monitoring - Julie Vastine- [email protected])
- West Chester (Brandywine - TBD)
- PSU (Lower Susquehanna coalition of stakeholders - Kristen Saacke Blunk-[email protected] and Matt Royer- [email protected])
FOOD (10:25-11:45):
- Messiah (Community Garden-[email protected]; Craig Dalen- [email protected]; Dan Ott- [email protected]; Ian Gallo)
- Wilson (Fulton Farm - Christine Mayer-[email protected])
- Bucknell (Community Garden - Stacey Sommerfield-[email protected])
- Dickinson (Dickinson Farm - Jennifer Halpin- [email protected])
- F&M (refugee gardening - Olivia Gell-[email protected]; Liza Munk- [email protected]; Grace Jeung)
- Gettysburg (Painted Turtle Farm - Jasmine Colahan- [email protected])
URBAN ISSUES (1:00-2:20):
- University of PA (UC Green - Susan Pringle- [email protected])
- F&M (Urban Wildlife Research Program - Ari Whiteman- [email protected])
- Dickinson (Stormwater monitoring - Julie Vastine- [email protected])
- West Chester (Joint Sustainability Task Group - Paul Morgan- [email protected])
- Lafyette (Landis Community Center - Bonnie Winfield- [email protected])
- Penn State (cross municipal Shade Tree Commission (1st in the state) with continued emphasis on Green Infrastructure - Deno De Ciantis- [email protected])
COMMUNITY PARTNERS (2:25-3:15):
- USGBC (William Sutton- [email protected])
- Lancaster County Parks and Recreation (Lisa Sanchez-[email protected])