Friday, June 14, 2013

Preview: Forest Trails & Forest Tails Presenters/Performers List - Now Available


We are pleased to present a preview of the speakers and performers for the Forest Trails & Forest Tales Workshop/Course and Free Public Event. More details, with links, and bios to come.

Presenters include the Team Leaders:

  • Peter Reich, Department of Forest Resources, Regents Professor Distinguished McKnight University Professor, F.B. Hubachek, Sr. Chair in Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology, Resident Fellow, Institute on the Environment
  • Rebecca A. Montgomery, Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources
  • Roslye Ultan, Liberal Studies Senior Faculty, Independent Curator, Board member, Minnesota Association of Environmental Education, Director and Co-Founder of GATE
  • Jonee Kulman Brigham, Research Coordinator Center for Sustainable Building Research, MS-Sustainable Design Faculty, College of Design, Associate Fellow, Institute on the Environment, Co-Founder of GATE

 And Members of the Advisory Group

  • Beth Mercer-Taylor, Sustainability Education Coordinator
  • Emily Peters, Research Associate, Institute on the Environment
  • Daniel Philippon, Associate Professor of English, University of Minnesota, past president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
  • Carrie Pike, Interim Director of Operations, Cloquet Forestry Center, Research Fellow MN Tree Improvement Cooperative
  • Dawn Newman, Regional Director, Extension, U of MN Extension Regional Center, Cloquet, MN
  • Kristen Poppleton, Director of Education, Will Steger Foundation

 And Special Guests from the broader University and Community

  • Jeff Savage, Artist and Director of the Fond du Lac Cultural Center and Museum
  • David Feinberg, Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Minnesota
  • Alex Lubet, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music and Adjunct Professor of American Studies, University of Minnesota
  • Tanya Gravening, Artist
  • Others being confirmed.

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