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Susquehanna University Hosts Special Lecture On Sustainable Higher Education Nov. 9
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On November 9 Anthony Cortese, the principal founder and president of Second Nature, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop the national capacity to make healthy, just and sustainable action a foundation of all learning and practice in higher education will be the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Lecturer at Susquehanna University at 7:30 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall in Selinsgrove.
“Dr. Cortese will be a perfect fit for Susquehanna University. Our students will have a chance to meet a world-class environmental educator with a deep knowledge of sustainability, helping to create better understanding and new connections between the academic and nonacademic worlds,” said Dr. Carl Moses. “We’re delighted that Dr. Cortese will also have time to get to know our campus and to explore in depth how the classroom and campus relate to the broader society.”
Anthony D. Cortese, ScD is co-founder with U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Teresa Heinz and President of Second Nature, a nonprofit organization with a mission to develop the national capacity to make healthy, just, and sustainable action a foundation of all learning and practice in higher education.
He is also a co-organizer of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment and co-founder of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. He is co-founder and co-coordinator of the Higher Education Association Sustainability Consortium and a consultant to higher education, industry and non-profit organizations on institutionalization of sustainability principles and programs.
Dr. Cortese has B.S. and M.S. Degrees from Tufts University in civil and environmental engineering, a Doctor of Science in Environmental Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Allegheny College.
The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, which is administered by the Council of Independent Colleges in Washington, DC, brings prominent artists, diplomats, journalists, business leaders, and other professionals to campuses across the United States for a week-long residential program of classes, seminars, workshops, lectures, and informal discussions. The Visiting Fellows program is available to all four-year colleges and universities.
For more information, visit CIC’s website.
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