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The campus will host a week of displays and interdisciplinary talks by students, faculty, staff, and community members. All participants will show how their area of expertise relates to climate change. Questions? Contact: tammi.monday@pcc.edu or yvonne.norman@pcc.edu

January 31, Agenda

Time	Presentation	Location
8:00-9:50am	Holly King – Speech: "Politicians speaking about climate change" (dialog with guest politicians)	Building 3, room 227
8:30am	President Katherine Persson "Welcome"	Building 9, Event Center A
8:30-9:20am	Shannon Kelsey – Biology: "Medical issues surrounding climate change"	Building 9, Event Ctr. C
8:30-9:00am	Usha Ramanujam – Business: "Renewable energy sources and implications on business" (guest speaker: Gary Whitney - General Manager- Research and Healthcare, Click Commerce Inc.)	Building 2, room 124
9-11:00am	Melody McMurry – Sociology: (Student Presentations) "Anti-consumerism" "Organic Farming" "Attitudes on Global Warming" "Recycling at PCC, home, work" "E³"	Building 9, Event Center A
9-10:30am	Wendy Connelly – Biology: "Climate Change and Disease: A Cell Biology Perspective"	Building 9, Event Center B
9:30-10:50am	Carmen Martinez – Chemistry : (student presentations) "Chemical Perspectives on Solutions to Global Warming "	Building 7, room 107
10:00 -11:00am	Dorina Cornea-Hasegan - Microelectronics Technology: (guest speaker) Jim Talty – HR Solar World Oregon "What Solar World Means for Oregon"	Building 9, Event Ctr. C
10:00 – 11:00am	"Low Carbon options for attending college" Presentation on new "Elluminate" technology for students, staff and faculty.	Building 9, room 201
10:00 -11:50am	Michael Sonnleitner -Global Politics: "Beyond Inconvenient Truths: The Ice Age Scenario"	Building 3 Mall
11:00 am	Child care kids: Performing a song	Building 2 art area
11am -12:50pm	Matt Constantino -Geography of Oregon: "Renewable energy in Oregon"	Building 9, Event Ctr. C
11am –1pm	Dorina Cornea-Hasegan - Microelectronics Technology: OPB film "e2 Energy" (includes "Harvesting the Wind", "Growing Energy", and "Coal & Nuclear: Problem or Solution?"	Building 9, Event Center A
11:00 -11:45am	Paul Halloran – Advising: "Impacts of Climate Change on Migration"	Building 9, Event Center B
Noon - 1pm	Valorie Adler and Vicki Lind – Career advising: "Careers in Sustainability"	Building 9, Event Center B
Noon – 2pm	Samm Erickson – Literature of Science Fiction: "Environmental Dystopias – A Real Vision for the Future"	Building 2, room 121
Noon - 1:50pm	Andrea Lowgren – History: "19th – century Pacific Northwest Environmental History"	Building 7, room 221
Noon –12:50pm	Michael Sonnleitner – Political Science: "Personal to Political: Things We Can Do"	Building 3 Mall
Noon -1:50pm	Holly King – Speech: "Politicians speaking about climate change" (dialog with guest politicians)	Building 3, room 227
1:00-1:30pm	Myles Bugbee – Student: "China and Climate Change: A Path to Green Growth" You’ll want to hear this dynamic speaker!	Building 9, Event Ctr. A
1-1:30 pm	Film showing: "The Story of Stuff"	Building 9, Event Ctr. C
1:00 – 4 pm	"Artistic Gladiator" team competition Don’t miss this exciting event – teams of sculpture students will be creating art from recyclables!	Building. 3 Mall
1 – 2:50 pm	Michael Sonnleitner - U.S. Government: "Kyoto and Beyond"	Building 3 Mall
1–2:15 pm	Tom Robertson - Marine Biology: "Climate change in the Marine environment"	Building 9, Event Center B
2-3:50 pm	Matt Constantino – Geography of the Developed World: "Rebuilding Greensburg, Kansas as a sustainable community"	Building 9, Event Ctr. C
2:00-2:30pm	Alexis Allen – Washington County: "Waste Prevention & no more junk mail!"	Building 3, room 228
2:00-2:15pm	Patrick Tangredi’s Theater Class: "Global Warming Comedy Improvisation"	Building 3, Forum
2:30 -3pm	Joel Magnuson – Economics: "Pathways to a Sustainable Economy"	Building 9, Event Center A
2:30 – 3:30	Movie showing: The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil	Building 9, Event Center B
2:30 – 3:15	Christine White - Head Groundskeeper "Medicinal plants – useful weeds" Get healthy with herbs!	Building 3, room 228
2:30-3:30	Spencer Hinkle - Building Construction Technology: Showing his documentary and discussing the effects of Hurricane Katrina	Building 3, Forum
3-3:30 pm	Eric Kirchner - Microelectronics Technology: "Fluorescent Bulbs and Efficiency" Get a free compact fluorescent bulb!	Building 9, Event Center A
3:30-4:30	Spencer Hinkle - Building Construction Technology: Showing his documentary and discussing the effects of Hurricane Katrina	Building 3, Forum
4:00 pm	WOW → The shuttle bus leaves for the evening festivities at the University of Portland. Will return around 10.	Shuttle stop by building 2

Displays (up all week):

Library:

Climate Change - display of books, movies, and more!

Building 2: 

Children’s art from the Rock Creek child care

Building 3:

• The benefits of grain fed/no antibiotic beef
• Green Cleaning Products
• Mexico – skillful and creative reuse of products & casa de latas!
• Art made from throwaways and recyclables (including "Juicy"!)
• Low sulfur diesel and the new trucking industry fuel standards
• Politics and climate change
• Medicinal Plants
• Library Resources on Climate Change
• Vermicomposting
• Climate change poster displays

Competitions:

• Building 3 student art pieces will be competing for a $100 first prize and a $50 second prize to Art Media.
• The student posters will be competing for the most informative - 1st prize of $100, 2nd prize of $50 (your choice of a tuition or bookstore voucher).
• Artistic Gladiator (Iron Chef style of competition) – Winning team members will each receive $50 to Art Media
• Judging will take place on January 31st.

Rock Creek Focus

• January 31, Agenda
• Displays
• Competitions