Higher Education and Environmental Sustainability (#envirohighered) - Working Out for the Campus Environment!

Readers,

Here's another winner from Brita's "Filter for Good Campaign". This idea was slightly different than the GWU filtration project. Davidson College has a sustainability project that focuses on the energy produced when students work out at a campus gym. Generally, this energy is not utilized, but Davidson College found an innovative way to use the energy generation through elliptical machines.

Very neat! Working out for sustainability!

Sincerely,

J. Edwards 

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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Higher Education and Environmental Sustainability (#envirohighered) - Brita's Filter for Good Program and Residence Life

Readers,

A few years ago, Brita (one of my favorite companies) awarded a grant to George Washington University for one of their residence halls. Through this grant, GWU provided water bottles and water pitchers (with filters) to each student living in one particular residence halls. Through this program, it seems that the students built their community through common experiences with the filtration project.

What a neat idea!

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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Higher Education and Environmental Sustainability (#envirohighered) - You Cannot Purchase Water Bottles Here!

Readers,

Last summer, I had the pleasure of attending the Council on Undergraduate Research Councilor's conference at Washington University in St. Louis. While visiting the conference, I soon realized that this campus culture was significantly different from the experiences that I have had at Texas universities. At Washington University, the students, faculty, and staff are not given the option to purchase bottled water.

This is an innovative program that focuses on water consumption and waste reduction.  Here's an article that focuses on this program:

Water Bottles: Friend or Foe? Colleges Making Efforts to Curtail Containers

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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Higher Education and Environmental Sustainability (#envirohighered) - UNC Community Garden

Readers,

Those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile realize the importance of the environmental sustainability and higher education. I strongly believe that colleges and universities need to become more sustainability in an effort to reduce costs and to provide opportunities for students to learn about their environment.

One of the first websites/initiatives that I would like to highlight is the Carolina Campus Community Garden! This is an innovative initiative focused on sowing and cultivating vegetables for others.

They have garden workdays that includes faculty, staff, undergraduate students and also students from the summer bridge program!

Does your campus have a community garden?

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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Higher Education and Environmental Sustainability (#envirohighered) - Introduction to the Series

Readers,

This month is dedicated to environmental sustainability in higher education. Throughout this month, we will focused on sustainability efforts from various colleges and universities from across the world. Also, I will integrate a few of my own ideas! :)

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #21: Conducting Research with Undergraduate Students

Readers,

I value spending time with students outside of the traditional classroom environment. This includes taking students outside of the restricted 30 mile radius of campus. I like taking students to regional and national conferences to expose them to something new!

Here are some opportunities:

Council on Undergraduate Research

I am a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research and this organization provides a wealth of support for both faculty and students who are interest in investigating a topic of mutual interest.

Perspectives in Undergraduate Research Journal (PURM)

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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A Month of College Teaching Tips - Tip #20: Take Attendance Every Class Session

Readers,

Here's another teaching tip...

When I teach face-to-face courses, I take attendance every class session. This keeps the students accountable, provides me with an opportunity to learn the students's names, and also it provides me with a few minutes of mental debriefing time before class begins.

I use the Gradekeeper program on the classroom computer and this program's spreadsheet is automatically populated with the students' information (gathered from my external drive).

Sincerely,

J. Edwards

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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