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环境与生态设计研究中心 & 可持续性(CEEDS)

The 环境与生态设计研究中心 and 可持续性(CEEDS) exists with one purpose: We facilitate academic and applied experiences for students that help them excel at integrating knowledge across disciplines, 支持环境决策和行动.

We work to integrate sustainable practices into Smith’s operations and 连接 campus operations with student learning. We also support faculty in their efforts to deepen their understanding of salient environmental issues and to integrate those issues into the curricula. We promote institutional innovation and progress toward the college’s commitment to be a model of sustainability.

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学生与教师的互动

我们的使命

CEEDS的使命是催化, 启用, and support campus inquiry and action toward positive sustainable change at Smith and in the world by engaging our 社区 through academics, 大学操作, 课外学习编程, 和研究.

我们支持 环境科学与政策专业,提供 环境浓度担任…的内部顾问 可持续的业务,管理 麦克利什野外站,指导 空间分析实验室,主持人众多 实习和独立学习, 为人们提供一个温馨的聚会空间, 连接, 和学习, 是学生和教师探索如何以及在哪里做出改变的交叉点. 

认识团队

乔安妮Benkley

CEEDS副主任 & 环境科学与政策

413-585-3951 | jbenkley@thehomecosmos.com

乔安妮Benkley combines professional and academic interests in sustainability in her work at Smith that leverages 校友, 社区, and faculty expertise in environmental issues and encourages new and exciting interdisciplinary 连接ions. 她加入了环境科学与政策项目(ES)&P) at Smith in 2003 and since then has played a pivotal role in leading and supporting institutional change related to the environment and sustainability through, 除此之外,  成立可持续发展委员会, ES的发展&P成为一门主修课程,并成立了CEEDS. 她继续这个令人兴奋的工作,她的角色是联络当前和未来的学生, 校友, 学院和澳门葡京博彩软件的其他部门和办公室. 乔安妮是环境集中和艺术领域倡议的联合主席.

乔安妮Benkley

贝丝妓女

可持续发展总监 & CEEDS行政主任

413-585-3412 | bhooker@thehomecosmos.com

贝丝·胡克在教育方面有丰富的经验, teaching environmental science and providing institutional sustainability leadership at Mount Holyoke and Hampshire Colleges and Deerfield Academy. 在汉普郡, Beth directed a 100-acre educational and production organic farm and led numerous projects to promote regional resiliency, 可持续实践和清洁能源技术. 在加入Smith之前, Beth worked to advance corporate goals and practices to steward freshwater resources at the environmental non-profit, 刻瑞斯. 贝丝得了B.A. 来自康涅狄格学院,主修化学和亚洲研究双学位. 她得了个M.S. 在土壤科学和博士学位.D. 康涅狄格大学的生态系统生态学教授.

贝嘉马洛伊

可持续发展署助理署长

413-585-3538 | bmalloy@thehomecosmos.com

贝卡·马洛伊是动态和弹性系统的学习者和塑造者. With twenty years of education and sustainability leadership in the Connecticut River watershed at Northfield Mount Hermon, 她的作品受到风景的影响, 传统生态知识, 以及山谷里形形色色的社区. 她是在新英格兰潮间带玩耍长大的, 是什么启发了她早期从事体验式教育. 贝卡得了B.A. 从科尔比学院(Colby College)生物学专业获得环境研究硕士学位.B.A. 新英格兰安提阿大学可持续发展专业的教授.

贝嘉马洛伊

安德鲁·伯克

学院主任,化学副教授

413-585-3637 | aberke@thehomecosmos.com

安德鲁·伯克 combines elements of atmospheric and physical chemistry to explore the fundamental physical properties and chemical composition of aerosols—properties that affect both human health and the climate. His lab is specifically interested in a molecular-level understanding of how chemical complexity affects aerosol composition, 增长, 输运和光学性质. 除了教化学课, 伯克也是环境科学与政策项目的成员. 他拥有工作室艺术学士学位.A.(卡尔文学院)和化学(理学学士).S.美国伟谷州立大学博士.D.威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校),并将两者结合到他的教学和研究中.

安德鲁·伯克

保罗·吉姆

课程 & 研究管理员

413-585-2646 | pwetzel@thehomecosmos.com

保罗·吉姆 has a lifelong curiosity and fascination with the natural world and a passion for sharing that sense of wonder, which forms the basis of his position as manager of the Ada and Archibald 麦克利什野外站. 受训成为湿地生态学家, 保罗对景观保护和恢复很感兴趣, applying ecology principles toward the practical restoration of ecosystems at MacLeish and beyond. He has been a periodic instructor at Smith since 2007 and currently teaches courses in the 环境浓度. 保罗收到了他的M.S. 在印第安纳大学获得环境科学博士学位.D. 在爱荷华州立大学获得生态学和进化生物学学位.

迪尔德丽怪癖

行政协调员,CEEDS

413-585-3352 | dquirk@thehomecosmos.com

迪尔德丽怪癖 has a personal passion for climate change action and is proud to be supporting CEEDS and 澳门葡京博彩软件 in achieving their environmental goals and educating future climate leaders. She has a background in both municipal government (working as office support staff for the city of Portland, OR)和出版行业(担任营销协调员和随笔读者). Deirdre的学位是B.A. in theater from Reed College and a professional certificate in editing from the University of California, 加州大学伯克利分校.

迪尔德丽怪癖

卡拉埃利斯(胡)

空间分析实验室空间数据专家

413-585-3862 | lellis@thehomecosmos.com

卡拉埃利斯(胡) is passionate about blending fields and knowledge bases to provide innovative approaches to new challenges in this ever changing world. 他的背景是融合土著和西方的知识基础, 特别是在海洋和陆地遥感和地理空间分析领域, have been shaped by his lived experiences growing up in Hawaii and attending college in Utah. 卡拉伊的成绩是B.S. in Biodiversity and 保护 with a minor in Geospatial Sciences and Technology and received his M.S. 杨百翰大学生物学硕士.

卡拉埃利斯(胡)

与ceed合作

研究可持续发展

探索澳门葡京博彩软件的各种可持续发展相关的学术途径.

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勤工助学岗位 & 点工作

在学年和夏季, CEEDS提供各种勤工俭学职位和实习机会,例如:

  • CEEDS编程和通信实习
  • Smithcycle和eco - rep项目协调员
  • 定期短期工作,如零废物大使

冒险和事件

CEEDS举办节目,帮助学生获得, 在, 了解我们的自然环境. We lead birding, mushroom hunting, snowshoeing tours, do apple cider pressing, 还有更多. 了解我们所有的活动,讲座和研讨会,通过访问 活动页面.

访问 参与可持续澳门葡京博彩软件网站 以获得更多的参与方式.

作为学生与CEEDS合作

CEEDS与学生合作并支持他们的各种追求.  例子包括: 

  • 一对一的学术和职业咨询
  • 支持学生组织和学生主导的活动,如“日出运动”
  • 参与设计和支持专项研究
  • Hosting outdoor events such as mushroom hunting, birding, snowshoeing, campfire-making 和更多的.

如果您有兴趣以这些或其他方式与CEEDS合作,请澳门葡京博彩软件

支持教师

澳门葡京博彩软件的教职员工不断参与丰富社会的前沿研究, 教师的研究决定了学生的课程内容. CEEDS encourages and supports faculty throughout the college in numerous ways with the goal of expanding and deepening sustainability research, 将可持续发展概念融入课程, 为学生创造真实的学习体验. 

除了我们的 课程改进补助金和教师研究奖学金 we can tailor our work with you in a number of ways to help deliver great learning opportunities to your students.

伸出手去 ceeds@thehomecosmos.com 开始这个过程.

CEEDS staff are available to offer traditional and non-traditional support and partnership for teaching 和学习ing at Smith. 我们通过以下方式帮助教师:

  1. Co-producing amateur videos (with closed captions) of topically relevant videos to support asynchronous learning. 请看示例 在这里.

  2. Filming virtual tours that are content specific on campus or in the greater Connecticut River Valley such as local farms, 能源系统, 企业(e).g. 密尔河, 巴斯托农场, 北安普顿污水处理厂, 霍利约克大坝, 水电设施). 我们可以在一个或多个地点拍摄您或其他人,并提供视频编辑 

  3. Collaborating to identify and secure guest speakers on content-specific topics at the intersection of faculty expertise and sustainability, 包括数据科学, 心理学, 政府与政策, 经济学, 电影, 本土研究, 还有更多.

  4. Identifying or recommending data sets and text or media materials to support your assignments.

  5. Supplying real campus or 社区 challenges or opportunities to be used as case studies or problem prompts for course work.

  6. 为学生的个人或小组工作提供课程支持. For years CEEDS has supported courses such as Interpreting and Communicating Environmental Information, 气候变化心理学, 和批判性设计思维,提供项目提示, 建议, 专业支持, 和更多的.

CEEDS很幸运地毗邻图书馆和伯顿草坪.  我们阳光明媚的会议室可以使用了, 通过安排, 学生组织, 类, 小型会议.  请与ceed联系 ceeds@thehomecosmos.com 了解更多信息.

We have recently installed an art wall w在这里 we will be showcasing student work developed in courses or in their free time.  

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