2012 Agenda
Monday, May 7th – CFT Workshop Space
| 8:30 | Coffee & Pastries |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Introductions – Teresa Goddu |
| 9:30 | A Student’s Call for Courses on Sustainability – Sommers Kline, ’14 |
| 9:45 | Defining Sustainability across the Curriculum – Joe Bandy |
| 10:15 | BREAK |
| 10:30 | Teaching the Social Dimensions of Sustainability – Beth Conklin, Anthropology |
| 11:00 | Nine Ways to Incorporate Sustainability into Your Courses – Teresa Goddu |
| 11:15 | Connecting with Sustainability in your Projects – Teresa Goddu and Joe Bandy |
| 12:00 | LUNCH |
| 1:00 | Connecting to Place: Campus Walk – Steve Baskauf, Biological Sciences |
| 2:00 | Two-Legged Exercise – Teresa Goddu |
| 2:45 | BREAK |
| 3:00 | Sustainability on Vanderbilt’s Campus – Andrea George, Director of Sustain VU |
| 3:30 | Discussion/Reflection – Connecting to Ideas of Place in your Projects – Joe Bandy |
| 4:30 | Wrap Up/Looking ahead to Tomorrow – Teresa Goddu |
| 5:00 | RECEPTION and Tour of Commonswith Judson Newbern – Fireside Room, Commons |
Tuesday, May 8th – Dyer Observatory
| 8:30 | Coffee & Quiches |
| 9:00 | Object that Sustains You – Joe Bandy |
| 9:30 | Interdisciplinarity Discussion: Inter/Disciplinary Contributions to Sustainability Studies – Teresa Goddu |
| 10:45 | BREAK |
| 11:00 | Interdisciplinary Teaching – Dana Nelson, English; John Ayers, Earth & Environmental Sciences |
| 12:00 | LUNCH and Tour of Star Chamber |
| 1:00 | Sustainability and Storytelling – Amanda Little, English |
| 1:30 | Teaching as Storytelling – Teresa Goddu |
| 2:15 | BREAK |
| 2:30 | Project-Based Learning – Joe Bandy |
| 4:00 | Group Reflections/Plans for Follow-up/Assessment/Refreshments – Teresa Goddu |
| 5:00 | ADJOURN |