Considering Animals
July 8–18, 2012, Washington, DC
- All events marked "Classroom" will take place on the George Washington University campus in Bell Hall, room 108 (2029 G Street NW)
- Please note that group meal locations may be subject to change.
- Google map of seminar sites
Sunday, July 8
After 3:00 pm — Arrival and check-in, Mitchell Hall (514 19th Street NW)
Monday, July 9
9:00 am–12:00 pm — Campus team presentations of curricular plans, Classroom
12:00–1:30 pm— Group Lunch at Founding Farmers (1924 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20006)
1:30–3:00 pm— Glenn Adelson (Lake Forest College, SAIL Leadership team): "What is an Animal?," Classroom
4:00–6:00 pm— Keynote lecture: Wayne Pacelle, CEO & President, The Humane Society of the United States, Classroom
6:00 pm — Dinner with Group and Mr. Pacelle, location TBA
Tuesday, July 10
(Depart for National Gallery at 9:15 am)
10:00 am–12:00 pm — National Gallery of Art: Discussing Calder Animal Stabiles with Dr. Elizabeth Turner, Vice Provost for the Arts, University of Virginia
12:00–1:00 pm — Lunch together at NGA cafeteria
1:00–3:00 pm— Open time for Group at National Mall
3:00–5:00 pm— Breakout Group Work on Outlines
7:30–9:30 pm — Glenn Adelson (Lake Forest College, SAIL Leadership team): Discussion of Poems about Animals: Burns, Keats, Dickinson, Moore, Stevens, Monroe Hall 252 (2115 G St. NW, George Washington University)
Wednesday, July 11
9:00–10:00 am — Lesley Wright (Grinnell team): Discussion of animals in art, Classroom
10:00 am–12:00 pm — Janet McCracken (Lake Forest College, SAIL Leadership team): "Animals, Art, and Eating: Coeztee's The Lives of Animals", Classroom
2:00–4:00 pm— Janet McCracken (Lake Forest College, SAIL Leadership team): Discussion of Zoo Readings, Classroom
(Depart for dinner at 5:45 pm)
6:00–8:30 — Dinner at Busboys and Poets, 4251 S. Campbell Ave., Arlington, VA, followed by a talk sponsored by Animal Welfare League of Arlington
Thursday, July 12
(Depart for National Zoo at 9:20 am)
10:00 am–3:00 pm — Behind-the-Scenes tour of the National Zoo
Evening — Free
Friday, July 13
9:00–10:30 am— Vicki Bentley-Condit (Grinnell team): Zoo discussion, Classroom
(Depart for University of Maryland at 10:45 am)
12:00-1:00 pm — Lunch on your own in College Park, MD
1:00–4:00 pm — Dr. Angela Black, Coordinator for Animal Care, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, UMD, College Park; Tim Allen, Technical Information Specialist (Biological Science) Animal Welfare Information Center National Agricultural Library, United States Department of Agriculture; Dr. Jamie Boehmer, Research Biologist, Division of Applied Veterinary Research,Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine Office of Research, and Chair of the CVM/OR Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Evening — Group Dinner and discussion of animal testing an research, location TBA
Saturday, July 14
9:30 am–11:30 pm — Kim Smith (Carleton College, SAIL Leadership team): Discussion of Governing Animals, Classroom
12:00–1:30 pm — Discussion of Charlotte Dumas Exhibition, Isa Leshko and Frank Noelker, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006
2:00–5:00 pm— Discussion of Animal Photography, Isa Leshko and Frank Noelker, ClassroomEvening — Free
Sunday, July 15
10:30 am — Depart for Poolseville, MD (bus)
12:00–1:30 pm— Tour of Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, Terry Cummings, Director
2:00 pm— Return to GWU
Evening — Free
Monday, July 16
(Depart for AVMA at 9:45 am)
10:00 am–12:00 pm— Discussion on developments in public and corporate veterinary medicine, with Valerie Ragan, Director, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, Virgina-Maryland Regional College for Veterinary Medicine, at American Veterinary Medical Association, 1910 Sunderland Place NW, Washington, DC
1:00–3:00 pm — Discussion of animal welfare in veterinary practice, with Gail Golab, Director, Animal Welfare Division, American Veterinary Medical Association, same venue
Evening — Free
Tuesday, July 17
10:00–11:30 am — Breakout Group Work on curricular reports, Classroom
1:00–3:00 pm— Discussion of Animal Law practice and cases with Jessica Almy, Associate, Meyer, Glitzenstein, & Crystal, Classroom
3:00–5:00 pm— Kim Smith (Carleton College, SAIL Leadership team): Discussion of Animal Law readings and Almy talk, Classroom
Evening — Group Dinner with Gene Baur, President and Co-Founder, Farm Sanctuary, Location TBA
Wednesday, July 18
9:00 am–12:00 pm — Presentations from College Groups on findings and curricular plans, Classroom
12:00–2:00 pm— (optional) Closing Group Lunch
Departure