Students Present Multimedia Sites on the Effects of Abrupt Climate Change
Students at Carleton College will present the results of a recent term-long study on the effects of abrupt climate change at a special multimedia “poster session” on Wednesday, November 18 from 1:50-3 p.m. in the Severance Great Hall. The student’s research, part of a student civic engagement project led by Carleton College professor of chemistry Trish Ferrett, led to the creation of eight multimedia websites focused on the impact of abrupt climate change on a variety of settings, located right here in Minnesota and around the globe. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
Students at Carleton College will present the results of a recent term-long study on the effects of abrupt climate change at a special multimedia “poster session” on Wednesday, November 18 from 1:50-3 p.m. in the Severance Great Hall. The student’s research, part of a student civic engagement project led by Carleton College professor of chemistry Trish Ferrett, led to the creation of eight multimedia websites focused on the impact of abrupt climate change on a variety of settings, located right here in Minnesota and around the globe. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
“The event celebrates student scholarship and creativity,” says Ferrett. “Eight teams and 31 students will share their multimedia projects—think eight computers/projectors/screens! Students put their learning ‘to action’ by collaborating with a variety of community partners.”
Students in Ferrett’s fall term course in environmental studies were linked with partner organizations at the local, regional, state, national and international level—with the assistance of Adrienne Falcon, director of academic civic engagement at Carleton. This unique collaboration enabled students to study the impact of abrupt climate change on:
* water issues in the southwest US along the Rio Grande
* coral reef dulling around the world
* moose and ecosystem issues in the Boundary Waters
* West Nile virus in Minnesota
* renewable energy in Northfield
* energy conservation in Minnesota
* crop diversity and food security in the US
* vulnerable populations in the Mississipi (e.g., Hurricane Katrina) and Niger river deltas.
“It was so exciting to provide this group of students with the opportunity to work with such different partner organizations, on both a local and global scale, which in turn enabled us to think about civic engagement around the world while remaining here in Northfield,” reports Falcon.
For more information, contact Ferrett at tferrett@carleton.edu or Falcon at afalcon@carleton.edu.