Monmouth, Knox awarded ACM FaCE grant for environmental education symposium
Monmouth, IL (07/23/2019) — A team of seven faculty members from Monmouth College and Knox College has been awarded a grant from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest to discuss "Environmental Education and the Liberal Arts."
The $15,530 Faculty Career Enhancement Program (FaCE) grant will allow the colleges to host a one-day symposium next spring for ACM faculty. The event will be held on May 2, not long after the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which was first celebrated in 1970.
"We'll be inviting faculty members from across the ACM to join us for a day of talks and workshop sessions focusing on pedagogy and design for courses that examine environmental issues," said Monmouth classics professor Adrienne Hagen, who's been designated as the lead partner of the project. "It promises to be a true liberal arts experience, as we will be bringing together people from many different disciplines to share knowledge and generate new ideas."
The other Monmouth faculty members on the team are Hagen's colleague in classics, Alana Newman, as well as Megan Hinrichsen (anthropology) and Sara Kitsch (communication studies).
"The symposium is aimed at people like myself who have an interest in the environment but haven't implemented it into their classes yet and would like to," said Newman. "It's for people who want to develop whole new courses with an environmental angle, or just implement the environment more into their existing courses."
On the morning of May 2, discussions will be held on a variety of topics, such as the environment and Shakespeare, popular culture and the environment, environmental racism, and writing and the environment.
After lunch, breakout sessions will be held "to formulate syllabi," said Hagen, "with the outcome goal being to create material for faculty to use."
Hagen and Newman first chatted about the idea after the ACM sent out a call for FaCE grant proposals.
"Part of the impetus was that environmental studies tend to be very science-oriented," said Hagen. "Departments like classics and anthropology have a lot to offer, too, but we weren't doing enough to communicate about that with other departments. This is really about communicating and making sure we are generating ideas and supporting them."
Newman is looking forward to the event.
"As a novice with environmental studies, I'm very excited," she said. "Adrienne introduced me to incorporating the environment into my classes, and I'm already seeing more connections. I'm already sharing links with other faculty, and I'm always finding new examples to talk about."
"That's what the liberal arts is all about," said Hagen.
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Monmouth College classics professor Adrienne Hagen has been designated as the lead partner of the “Environmental Education and the Liberal Arts" symposium, which received a $15,530 Faculty Career Enhancement Program (FaCE) grant from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.
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