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City of Jacksonville Environmental Symposium The UNF Environmental Center and the City of Jacksonville's Environmental Protection Board are again co-hosting an environmental symposium, A Sea of Change - Jacksonville's Environmental Future, August 26, 2008 at the University Center on the UNF Campus. Registration forms and details available soon. 2008 Garbage on the Green UNF will “showcase” its campus garbage on the university green next to the Fine Arts Center in the school’s second trash and recycling audit. The university-sponsored event is aimed at educating students, faculty and staff about ways to reduce campus trash through recycling, litter-prevention practices and other “environmental” issues. The event kicks off with an early morning “cleanup” of campus litter on November 19, 2008. The event is free and open to the public. Center Fellow’s Buoy Project To Measure Impact Everyone was asking, “What is that thing behind the Engineering Building?” Well, now they know that Dr. Pat Welsh and the Advanced Weather Information Systems (AWIS) Lab have (with a lot of help) put a 1,500 pound buoy out in the ocean off Mayport to monitor the weather and ocean currents. The large yellow jungle gym on a big marshmallow was the frame for the buoy, built and provided on short notice by the Florida Institute of Oceanography and the University of South Florida. Environmental Center Scholarship Awarded The UNF Environmental Center is pleased to announce the award of the $1,000 Environmental Center scholarship to Kelly Flynn. Ms. Flynn is currently a graduate student in biology. Her research interests are in conservation of wetlands and the coastal areas. This scholarship was funded by the Northeast Florida Association of Environmental Professionals (“NEFAEP”).
BSC 3057 - Introduction to Environmental Studies 3 credits In early 2006, the Center completed an employment needs survey of about 200 Northeast Florida organizations that hire environmentally trained workers. The UNF Environmental Center received the JaxPride Award of Excellence for its first annual “Garbage on the Green” trash and recycling audit and "Environmental Expo" held on the UNF campus March 8, 2007. The award was granted by Mayor John Peyton at the 13th Annual Ideas & Actions Forum March 28. Volunteers sorted, measured and catalogued ½ ton of refuse from several UNF buidings during the day-long event. Art students displayed sculptures made from recycled materials and about a dozen outside organizations erected display for an Environmental Expo on the campus green. Ms. Stacy Wheeler, a UNF political science adjunct professor, conceived and spearheaded the Garbage on the Green effort. Wheeler founded Recyclemania, a nationwide intercollegiate competition now sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The UNF Environmental Center sponsored a Multidisciplinary Transformational Learning Opportunity focused on the economic, political, sociological, cultural, anthropological, historical, scientific, hydrologic, and engineering aspects of the St. Johns River. A key part of our spring 2007 “MTLO” was a week long immersion experience in which the students traveled about 180 miles of the river by houseboat. Information
on the next trip in 2008 Dr. Steve Nix, Professor and Director of Engineering, would like to form a UNF Water Forum to discuss water resources issues in Florida, possibly establish a student group, and look for ways to collaborate in teaching and research. Please contact him at snix@unf.edu if you are interested.
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