11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Professional Development Sessions

Session A: Student Professional Development:  Alumni Career Panel (ELC Center Room) View Recording

Panelists:  Andy Burr ’04, OneEthos; Bethany Haines Martin ’08, Conservation International; Allison Campbell ’12, NJ DEP, and Maggie McConnell ‘22 panel moderator

Session B: Faculty professional development:  Integrating SDGs into courses and community-based learning (ELC Forum) View Recording

  • 11:00-11:15 Brandi Robinson, Penn State University, “University-Local Government Collaborations for Enhanced Climate Policy Efforts”           
  • 11:15-11:30 Neil Leary, Dickinson College, “Community-Based Research for Advancing Sustainability in Our Communities”
  • 11:30-12:00  Open Discussion on strategies for implementing in classes and units

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

12:00-1:00 Lunch and Student Panel on SDGs Around the World – students discuss observations of sustainability during study abroad (Walls Lounge) View Recording

        1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

        Parallel Oral Sessions

        Session A: Towards Social Action for Sustainable Cities and Communities (ELC Gallery Theater) View Recording

        • 1:00-1:15 Faythe Schulte, Allegheny College, “Il ne faut pas gâcher, il ne faut pas gaspiller: Exploring Waste as the Solution to Hunger in France since Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables (1862)” 
        • 1:15-1:30 Sivanne Bachrach, Katherine Leschner, Parker Cole, Sophia Ferraro, Julia Sullivan, Jack Ziemba (Bucknell University), “Mount Carmel Area Community Center”
        • 1:30-1:45 Maggie Hopkins, Josh Buckman, Matthew Feit, Bella Moynihan, Lindsey Skardon, Cristian Vasquez (Bucknell University), “MORS 400 Consulting Project with The Improved Milton Experience (TIME)”
        • 1:45-2:00 Discussion

        Session B: Towards Equitable Action and Justice (ELC Forum) View Recording

        • 1:00-1:15 Vivian Kuang, Bucknell University, “Tunes and Typhoons” 
        • 1:15-1:30 Khue (Alex) Le, Bucknell University, “Media Representation of Minority Groups: Are We Doing Well Enough?” 
        • 1:30-1:45 Ted Hamilton, Bucknell University, “Beyond Fossil Law”
        • 1:45-2:00 Discussion

        2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.

         Session C: Towards Environmental Action (ELC Forum) View Recording

          • 2:00-2:15 Taylor Lightman, Lewisburg Neighborhoods.  “Lewisburg Climate Action”
          • 2:15-2:30 Mia Hursh, Riley DeBaecke, Mary Alexander, Georgia Lambrakis, Daniel Loughney, (Bucknell University), “Shamokin Re-use Warehouse”
          • 2:30-2:45 Chris Martine, (Bucknell Univ.) Tanisha M. Williams, (Bucknell Univ.); Chloe McGuire (Penn State Univ.); Amy Wrobleski (Penn State Univ.), Rebecca Bliege Bird (Penn State Univ.), “Indigenous peoples have influenced the distribution and genetic diversity of a wild staple food of Australia’s Western Desert” 
          • 2:45-3:00 Kimseang Am, Ella Payer, Kate Reinhardt, Logan Bushweller, Sante Nicolia, Zach Bobeczko (Bucknell University), “Revitalizing the strategic plan of Merrill W. Linn Conservancy”