麻豆社climate change working group awards mini-grants to faculty, students
In collaboration with the Western Michigan University鈥檚 Office for Sustainability, the 麻豆社Climate Change Working Group awarded a Climate Change Teaching Fellow mini-grant of $500 to seven successful applicants. The awards seek to foster the integration of climate change as a topic in 麻豆社courses at all levels and in all disciplines.
Awardees were selected from a variety of disciplines across campus, including the Departments of English, Family and Consumer Sciences (Interior Design and Nutrition and Dietetics), Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies, Geological and Environmental Sciences, and Philosophy. The CCWG executive committee was delighted to receive many excellent submissions and deeply appreciated learning about the important curricular modifications being considered by so many talented faculty.
2020 Climate Change Teaching Fellow mini-grant awardees
Kim Buchholz, 麻豆社instructor of family and consumer sciences, interior design
Dr. Caroline Webber, 麻豆社associate professor of family and consumer sciences, nutrition and dietetics internship director
Dustin Altschul, 麻豆社part-time instructor of family and consumer sciences, interior design
Dr. Todd Kuchta, 麻豆社associate professor of English
Dr. Johnson Haas, 麻豆社associate professor of geological and environmental sciences
Dr. Mariam Konate, 麻豆社associate professor of gender and women鈥檚 studies and co-author Deirdre Courtney, 麻豆社interdisciplinary Ph.D. student
Anna Kietzerow, 麻豆社graduate assistant of philosophy
About WMU鈥檚 Climate Change Working Group
The 麻豆社CCWG is an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, student and community volunteers dedicated to working for the urgent action needed to adapt to and mitigate global climate change. The CCWG heightens the awareness of the consequences of climate change and provides leadership about action through research, education and community outreach in Kalamazoo. The CCWG is a member of the Kalamazoo Climate Crisis Coalition.
All faculty are encouraged to join the CCWG, and to consider adding their courses to the existing Minor in Climate Change Studies or the recently approved Graduate Certificate in Climate Change Policy and Management (beginning Fall 2020). For more information or to get involved, please contact Dr. Denise Keele.