Heartland-Delta Faculty Conversations 2012 - Conference Schedule

Jesuit, Catholic and Green
Loyola University Chicago
Water Tower Campus
February 24 – 26, 2012

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
3:00 p.m.	Check in The Talbott Hotel	20 E. Delaware Place
4:00 p.m.	Registration & Cocktail Reception	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
4:45 p.m.	Welcome	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
5:00 p.m.	"Healing A Broken World: Reflections on the Society of Jesus' Commitment to Ecology and Our Reconciliation with Creation" Rev. Peter W. Walpole, SJ Founder & Executive Director of Environmental Sustainability for Social Change	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
6:30 p.m.	Dinner	26 E. Pearson, Baumhart Hall, 25th Floor Pere Marquette Suite
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
8:00 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
9:00 a.m.	“Standing with ‘the Crucified People’: How We Cause Environmental Injustice and How to Stop It.” Kristin Shrader-Frechette, PhD O’Neill Family Professor Department of Biological Sciencesand Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions I. (choose one)	Lewis Towers,
	a.) Green Chemistry, An Introduction: What is it and How does it relate to sustainability? Kurt Birdwhistell, PhD, Loyola University New Orleans	16th Floor Alcove Space
	b.) Catholicism in a Reconstructed Universe: Challenges and Possibilities from the New Cosmology Robert Ludwig, PhD, Loyola University Chicago	17th Floor Alcove Space
	c.) Education for Homecoming Kathleen Smythe, PhD, Xavier University	Lewis Towers, Room 1704
12:00 p.m.	Lunch served at Loyola University Museum of Art	820 N. Michigan Avenue
1:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions II. (choose one)	Lewis Towers,
	a.) Ecological Sustainability and the Catholic Natural Law Heritage William French, PhD, Loyola University Chicago	16th Floor Alcove Space
	b.) Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power, and Social Injustice: Building a Sustainable U.S. Energy Policy for the 21st Century Anthony Ladd, PhD, Loyola University New Orleans	17th Floor Alcove Space
	c.) Food and Food Justice in New Orleans: An Ignatian Honors First-Year Experience Naomi Yavneh, PhD, Loyola University New Orleans	Lewis Towers, Room 1704
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	“Creating a Community of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago, A Two-Pronged Approach” Nancy Tuchman, PhD Vice Provost Professor of Biology Loyola University Chicago and Donald McLauchlan, P.E., C.E.M, LEED AP Principal of ELARA Engineering	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
4:45 p.m.	Mass (optional)	26 E. Pearson, 3rd Floor All Saints Chapel
5:15 p.m.	Evening Free	Water Tower Campus Restaurant options
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012
8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Table Conversations	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
9:00 a.m.	“Increasing Our Spiritual Footprint” Marianne Karsh, B.Sc.F., M.Sc.F Coordinator, Ecology Project, Ignatius Jesuit Centre of Guelph, Ontario, Canada	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions III. (choose one)	Lewis Towers,
	a.) Incorporating Environmental Learning into a Liberal Arts College Curriculum Catherine Kleier, PhD, Regis University	17th Floor Alcove Space
	b.) Creation Across the Curriculum Kathleen O’Gorman, PhD, Loyola University New Orleans	Lewis Towers, Room 1704
11:30 a.m.	Closing Remarks John Hardt, PhD Assistant to the President, Mission and Identity Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Loyola University Chicago	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
12: 00 p.m.	Boxed Lunch Provided	Lewis Towers, Regents Hall
12:30 p.m.	Close of Conference

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