<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> 7th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources: Teaching & Learning in Natural Resources
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Schedule Overview

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Thursday, March 13

Morning:

  • Optional field tour to natural resources education sites (Meet 9:45 a.m. at Hilton Garden Inn)

Afternoon:

Evening: (CH2M Hill Alumni Center)

  • Registration
  • Ice-breaker Social (5:00-7:00)

Friday, March 14

(Meet 8:15 a.m. at LaSells Stewart Center)

Morning:

  • 8:30 am Opening Remarks
  • 8:45-9:15 am: Keynote Presentation I

    "Preparing Future Natural Resource Leaders"

    John C. Gordon
    John Gordon Consultant
    Interforest, Candlewood

  • 9:15-10:00 am: Keynote Presentation II

    "Preparing Resource Professionals for an Uncertain World"

    Jerry Franklin
    Professor of Ecosystem Science
    University of Washington
  • 10:15 break and start discussion
  • 10:45 facilitated small-group work on questions
  • 11:30 report-back time

Lunch: 12:00 pm buffet, in the poster presentation area. Posters will be staffed during this time.

Afternoon:

1:30 Concurrent Session
Workshops and Organized Panels

  • Moral Reasoning in Natural Resources Education (workshop)
  • Making Service Learning Work for You (workshop)
  • Recruiting and Retaining Students (panel plus two discussions)
  • Enhancing Communication Skills (workshop plus two discussions)

    (includes a 3:00-3:30 break time)

4:30 Plenary Session

"Higher forestry education under the auspices of the Bologna process"

Evening:

Everyone done by 5:00; free evening

Saturday, March 15

(Meet 8:15 a.m. Peavy/Richardson Halls)

Morning:

8:30 Concurrent Session
Individual Presentations

  • Fostering Critical Thinking
  • Experiential and Service Learning
  • Innovations in Outreach
  • Making Learning Count; Outcomes and Assessments

(20-minute talks with 10 minutes for questions and shifting; 10:00-10:30 break time included)

Lunch: 12:00 pm buffet

Afternoon:

1:30 Concurrent Session
Presentations and Workshops

  • Increasing Diversity and Inclusion (roundtable plus two discussions)
  • Collaboration and Experiential Learning (panel plus two discussions)
  • Innovations in Outreach (panel plus two discussions)
  • P&T Strategies / Agency Partners (panel), and "teaching tidbits" (facilitated open forum)

(3:00-3:30 break time included)

4:30 Business Meeting (plenary)

Evening:

5:30 Social Time

6:00 Closing Dinner

Sunday, March 16 (Non-conference day)

TRAVEL DAY!

 


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co-coordinator Ed Jensen co-coordinator Dan Edge the webmaster