Convocation in Chumash Auditorium

Friday April 23 2004 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

This event is free of charge for all members of the university community and the general public.
Exhibits of Student, Faculty and Management Sustainability Projects will be on display.

Sustainability and Cal Poly’s Historic Mission as a  Polytechnic University—Cal Poly President, Warren Baker

President Baker's welcoming remarks will announce Cal Poly's becoming a signatory to the Talloires Declaration, a ten point statement by university leaders around the world in support of "environmental citizenship."  He will address how sustainability connects with other values embodied in the University's polytechnic mission and captures the delicate institutional balance among programmatic, fiscal and environmental responsibilities to students and the State of California

Greening the University—Professor George Lewis,  Chair Cal Poly Academic Senate

Professor Lewis will outline Faculty responsibility and opportunity in teaching, research, and governance.

Cal Poly College of Engineering’s Strategic Plan for Sustainability Education—Dean Peter Lee, College of Engineering

Dean Lee will unveil plans for a new University Center for Sustainable Engineering, an International Conference on campus and integration of Sustainability issues in the Engineering Curriculum.

The Voice of the Future: Students Reforming Education for Sustainability—Cal Poly Associated Students President, Alison Anderson and Vice-President Olga Berdial

Student Leaders Anderson and Berdial will discuss student organizations at the State, CSU, and local levels now active in the movement to reorient their own education.

The Convergence of Ecology, Economics and Equity—Dean R. Thomas Jones, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Director “California Futures”

Dean Jones will relate the call for sustainability on college campuses to other issues of concern to Californians, and suggest what leadership role Cal Poly can play in addressing these issues.

Engaging the Polytechnic University—David Orr, Author, Lecturer, Head of Environmental Studies Center, Oberlin College

Dr. Orr spearheaded the effort to design, finance and build a Green Building described by the New York Times as "the most remarkable" of a new generation of college buildings. He has written four books about Sustainability and Education.