Workshop Program

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Wednesday, May 14

5:00 PM Welcoming reception and icebreaker

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Welcoming remarks, workshop goals, introductions - Cathryn Manduca, SERC Director, InTeGrate Principal Investigator, Carleton College

7:15 Keynote address - Risk and Resilience: Implications for society, teaching undergraduates,and workforce preparation (MP3 Audio 26.2MB May14 14) - Leonard Berry, Director, Florida Center for Environmental Studies, Florida Atlantic University

7:45 Panel Discussion followed by group discussion - moderator: David Blockstein, Senior Scientist, National Council for Science and the Environment

How can undergraduate education best contribute to creating a society that understands risk and is resilient?

Panelists: 

  • Ricardo Alvarez, Hurricane risk expert, former Deputy Director International Hurricane Center, Research Affiliate Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES)
  • Tatjana Hocke-Mirzashvili, School of Communication Studies, James Madison University
  • Mark Benthien, director for communication, education and outreach for the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) and executive director of the Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA), University of Southern California

Session notes and synthesis

8:45 Conclude

Thursday, May 15

8:30 Overview of the day and the InTeGrate project (PowerPoint 714kB May14 14)- Cathryn Manduca, InTeGrate Principal Investigator, Carleton College

8:45-10:15 Plenary: Introduction to Cases: What can we learn about communicating about risk and resilience

10:15-11:30 Break out groups: Learning more about sea-level rise and earthquake scenarios and how to utilize them in the classroom

Group facilitators:

  • Southern California Earthquakes - Mark Benthien, University of Southern California; Keith Porter, SPA Risk LLC; Anne Egger, Central Washington University; Patricia Stapleton, Social Science & Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Fort Lauderdale Sea-level rise - Dr. Nancy Gassman, Assistant Director of Public Works Sustainability, City of Fort Lauderdale; Ricardo Alvarez, Hurricane risk expert, former Deputy Director International Hurricane Center, Research Affiliate Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES); Julie Lambert, Florida Atlantic University; Eileen Johnson, Bowdoin College

11:30-12:30 Working groups: Challenges and opportunities for incorporating risk and resilience into the classroom (topical) - participants will be broken into groups to explore how risk and resilience are currently being taught in the context of the topics below and to develop ideas for creating new teaching materials.

Groups:

  • Hurricanes (Group 1 | Group 2) - Alan Benimoff, Kyle Bryant, Marianne Caldwell, Jennifer Haney, Tatjana Hocke-Mirzashvili, David Kobilka, Marc Settembrino - Room 103
  • River Flooding - Kelly Bringhurst, Lisa Doner, Anne Larson Hall, Adelle Monteblanco, Michael Phillips - Room 104
  • Climate Change and Sea Level Rise - Carrie Helgeson Nelms, Eileen Johnson, Julie Lambert, Daniel Spandau, Shimon Wdowinski - Room 104
  • Earthquakes - Anne Egger, Carlos Nunez, Patricia Stapleton, Danielle Sumy, Carla Whittington - Room 105
  • Landslides and Mass Movement - Ana Garcia-Garcia, Robert Clayton, Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy - Room 105
  • Traumatic/acute general hazards (Group 1 |Group 2) - Monica Gowan, Eric Kremers, Corrie Neighbors, Pamela McMullen-Messier, Charlene Sharpe, Jun Zhuang - Room 109
  • Hydrologic Hazards - Mary Anne Carletta, Tej Gautam, Lorraine Motola, Bill Stigliani - Room 109
  • Long-term hazards and planning (Group 1 |Group 2) - Rebekah Green, Andrew Moore, Katherine O'Neill, Sian Proctor, Richard Rueb, Panagiotis Scarlatos, Bruno Takahashi - Upstairs conference room (201)

12:30-2:00 Lunch

2:00-3:30 Panel: Examples of Incorporating Risk and Resilience into the Curriculum and Across Disciplines - panelists will describe how they have successfully implemented risk and resilience topics in their classroom and across disciplines. Moderator:Alana Edwards , Florida Atlantic University

Panelists:

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-5:00 Break out sessions: Exploring a range of pedagogic approaches to teaching about risk and resilience through example activities - take an in-depth look at some of the approaches that are being used to teach about risk and resilience across the disciplines through participant-submitted materials.

5:00-5:45 Panel: Preparing Students for the Workforce - this session explores the skills employers prefer from college graduates for entry level positions and beyond. Moderator: Mantha Mehallis, Florida Atlantic University

Panelists:

  • Kyle Bryant - Superfund Team, US EPA Region 4
  • Monica Gowan - Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic
  • Daniel Spandau - DJS Consulting

Session synthesis

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5:45-6:15Synthesis of where we are, plan for tomorrow,workshop evaluation (please complete before dinner)

7 Dinner at on-campus restaurant

Friday, May 16

8:15 Morning instructions: developing an integrate course or module - Anne Egger with Pamela McMullen-Messier and Michael Phillips

8:30 -11:00Working groups develop potential proposals for new modules or courses

11:00-12:00 Individual reflection followed by group report-out

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00

2:00 PM Adjourn