Registration is now open for Ferrum College’s
Environmental Symposium November 8th-10th. The symposium, with a theme
of “Environmental Partnerships for a Sustainable Future,” celebrates
30 years of the second-oldest Environmental Science program in the
nation. The symposium events will take place primarily at Ferrum College
in Ferrum, VA with a special portion at the Roanoke Higher Education
Center in Roanoke, VA. Registration is available online at https://ferrumserver2.ferrum.edu/secure/registration.htm
while hotel information, preliminary schedules and other links can
be found at this address: http://www.ferrum.edu/es06.
Featured speakers include wildlife preservationist
and NASCAR driver Ward Burton; Ted Strong, Chair, Tribal and Cultural
Heritage Relations Committee, Heritage University; Dr. Edward Browell,
NASA atmospheric researcher (LIDAR) and the Honorable Paul S. Rosenblatt,
U.S. District Court Judge. More featured speakers, panelists and poster
sessions will be announced in the coming weeks. Activities will include:
Watershed research, poster sessions, exhibitors, workshops, field
trips and more. A tentative schedule is available at the website http://www.ferrum.edu/es06.
Ferrum College has been a driving force in
many efforts in the region to retain the area’s natural resources
and beauty. Ferrum College also heads the Smith Mountain Lake, Philpott
Lake, and Claytor Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Programs
to keep close watch on how lake traffic affects water quality and
fish. The Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program is
celebrating its twentieth anniversary of Ferrum College volunteers
at the Symposium.
Ferrum College is celebrating 30th Anniversary
of 2nd oldest Environmental Science Program in the United States.
Ferrum ES majors are widely recruited in Virginia and throughout the
United States.
For additional information, visit the 2006 Environmental Symposium
website here: http://www.ferrum.edu/es06/
where online registration will be available soon.
Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational,
liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree
programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges.
For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.
