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Worcester State College Campus News
Item Released 3/20/2007 Environmental Conference Worcester State College has a unique opportunity for students, professors and community leaders to share thoughts, ideas and research during an Environmental Conference offered for the Colleges of the Worcester Consortium. The Environmental Conference is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., April 20, in the Multimedia Auditorium in the Ghosh Science & Technology Center at WSC. A free lunch will be served with registration. To register: contact cnoonan1@worcester.edu or whansen@worcester.edu Panelists will include Deb Cary, director of MA Audubon’s Broad Meadow Brook in Worcester, Peggy Middaugh of the Regional Environmental Council, and William Sobczak, professor of Biology at the College of the Holy Cross. In addition, six students from area colleges will share their experiences in research, internships and work in the field. Student speakers will discuss measuring solar energy potential in Worcester, working with land trusts to protect land threatened from development, organizing students for social justice activism, and measuring and long term monitoring of a local river. Students are encouraged to submit research posters for public display and time will be allowed for a general viewing and discussions. The conference will serve as an excellent opportunity for students, professors and citizens to meet and share points of progress for local environmental issues. Any questions, comments or research poster registrations can be directed to Chris Noonan at cnoonan1@worcester.edu or William Hansen at whansen@worcester.edu. Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested friends and colleagues ###
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