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| Location: 131 Jones Jaggers
Hall | Phone Number: (270) 745-4424 | Fax
Number: (270) 745-5245 |
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THE CENTER will work in partnership
with WKU and a broad set of stakeholders to provide
resources and leadership to advance education for a
sustainable future. The Center will build upon existing
relationships to create new networks, education programs,
and models, through professional development, community
service and research.
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| Resources |
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A LIBRARY of instructional materials and
videos related to environmental education are available
on loan at the Center. Topics include plants, animals,
habitat, air, water, solid waste, energy, and nonpoint
source pollution. Additionally, there are materials
that incorporate environmental issues in science and
mathematics.
For more information on specific needs, contact the
Secretary, Trish Sowell at (270) 745-4424 or email
at trish.sowell@wku.edu.
WEEK-LONG
INSTITUTES are
scheduled in the summer, and
one-day workshops are schedued throughout
the year . Training in the use of
classroom
activity guides is conducted for preservice and in-service
teachers, as well as for nonformal educators. Following
the training, participants receive the activity guide.
See Upcoming Events. |
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| Staff |
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DR. TERRY WILSON, Director of the
Center since 1989, designs the program to encourage the
collaboration of scientists and the general public. Terry
spent most of his career specializing in teacher and
leadership training in the area of environmental education.
In addition to working with teachers in Kentucky, he
conducted international training in environmental education
for educators and natural resource managers in Asia,
Russia, and throughout North America.
Born and raised in Ohio, Terry became a teacher and Director of the Outdoor
Education Program for the Madison Local Schools (Mansfield). This marked
the beginning of a more than 30-year career developing and implementing
science and environmental education programs. Terry moved to Kentucky
in 1974. In Kentucky, he directed several environmental programs for
schools, universities, and governmental agencies. He served as the Environmental
Education Coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Education and Director
of the Center for Environmental Education at Murray State University
for ten years.
Terry served on the board of directors for numerous state, national,
and international organizations involved in promoting science and environmental
education. He served three terms on the Board of Directors for the North
American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), one year as
its President, and as editor and publisher of "The Environmental
Communicator." He was the first recipient of the "Environmental
Education College Teacher of the Year," given by the Kentucky Association
for Environmental Education. Additionally, Terry testified before a Congressional
subcommittee on the National Environmental Education Act of 1990.
Read
about Dr. Wilson's special award. http://www.wku.edu/news/releases06/october/wilson.html |
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Robin Hume,
Program
Co-ordinator for the Center, coordinates and facilitates
teacher and non-formal educator workshops, promotes and
provides educational resources for the community and
local school districts, and assists Dr. Terry Wilson
with Graduate courses.
Robin
is from Bowling Green, KY and attended WKU as an undergraduate
student from 2003-2007. She graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in Elementary Education in the spring of 2007. After
teaching third grade for one year at Natcher Elementary School,
she decided to focus her career on non-formal environmental
education. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree
in Elementary Education, with an endorsement in Environmental
Education.
In her spare time, Robin enjoys spending time with her husband,
cycling, disc golfing, golfing, running, hiking, and a variety
of other outdoor adventures. She will be happy to assist
you with any of your environmental education questions
or needs.
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TRISH SOWELL, Secretary for the Center since 2002, manages the library,
purchases all supplies, prepares documents for payment,
maintains database for workshop participants, processes
workshop applications, and helps construct and maintain
the Center's Web site.
Trish was born in Missouri and moved to Kentucky
in 1983, where she earned her Associate of Art degree in
Information Systems at Western Kentucky University in 1995.
She is a trained facilitator for Project Learning Tree
and Project Wet. Trish worked with Parker Bennett Curry
Elementary School in developing an Outdoor Classroon/Vernal
Pond project.
For entertainment she likes sewing, gardening,
camping, boating,
fishing,
and
working
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| Nancy
Givens,
MS, is
Sustainability Programs Development Coordinator. Ms. Givens has
a diverse professional background, with experience in public and
environmental health, energy
conservation and renewable energy, leadership
and management, faculty development, and sustainable development.
She has worked in multiple workplace settings and brings a diversity
of skills
and experiences to the Center.
Nancy
joined the Center in January, 2009, to help expand its emphasis
on sustainability issues, campus-community partnerships,
and civic engagement. At WKU, Ms. Givens is a co-founder and former
advisor for GreenToppers Students for Campus Sustainability.
In 2008 she initiated the installation of a 2kw grid-intertied
2 kilowatt solar installation for research and as a campus-community
demonstration project. She is a member
of the WKU Sustainability Committee, Chairperson of the Sustainability
Fundraising Task Force, and a board member for WKUs Institute
for Citizenship and Social Responsibility.
Nancy
was born in New York City, grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and has
lived in Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA, before moving
to Kentucky in 1982. She
holds a Master's degree in Public Health/Environmental Health from
WKU and has done doctoral coursework at Vanderbilt University.
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