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Last Chance to Register for the NE Campus Sustainability Forum!

John O. Harney — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:49:54 +0000

Don't Miss Out on the New England Campus Sustainability Forum This Friday!

Friday Sept. 20, 2013

Hosted by the Colleges of the Fenway

550 Huntington Ave

Boston, MA 02115

The New England Campus Sustainability Forum has once again attracted strong headliners to

create an engaging and informative day. Julian Agyeman, noted climate and sustainability

justice champion; Mary Powell, CEO of Green Mountain Power; and Bill McKibben,

distinguished scholar and climate change activist, all bring a unique and valuable perspective

to the theme of Climate Change and New England Colleges: Impacts and Solutions.

This year's Forum will again provide a uniquely relevant, cost-effective, and timely option for
engaging everyone on campus in vital sustainability issues and for networking with colleagues
from around the region! The interactive format is designed to both inform and teach, through
skill building workshops that integrate exercises and group discussions into the sessions.
Through this model, attendees will learn how to:

Assess all types of campus vulnerabilities to a changing climate, including infrastructure, endowment, and social risks.
Identify solutions to address these challenges, including strong collaboration both within your campus and your broader community.
Leverage strong communication and branding as a means to inform and inspire action.

Please visit www.necsf.com for more information.

The New England Campus Sustainability Forum is co-organized by the New England Board of Higher Education, AASHE, Clean Air - Cool Planet, the Colleges of the Fenway, GreenerU, the Northeast

Campus Sustainability Consortium and Second Nature.

NEBHE Co-organizes New England Campus Sustainability Forum

John O. Harney — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:28:53 +0000

Wentworth Institute of Technology
550 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
Friday, Sept. 20, 2013
8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Early-bird registration will be available through Aug. 30. Please visit www.necsf.com to learn more.

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) invites you to attend the 2013 New England Campus Sustainability Forum (NECSF) co-organized by AASHE, Clean Air-Cool Planet, the Colleges of the Fenway, GreenerU, the Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium and Second Nature.

The topic for this year's forum is Climate Change & New England Campuses: Impacts and Solutions. The forum is designed to foster conversation and linkages among campus stakeholders (administrators, staff, faculty and students) to provide new insights for initiating campus sustainability programs.

This year’s workshops will focus on:

Climate Impact Planning

Assessing Campus Vulnerability to Climate Impacts
Smart Adaptation: How Renewables Can Aid in Campus Disaster Planning and Energy Management

Finance

Managing Climate Risks Relative to Campus Investments
Unlocking the Financial Value and Process for the Renewable Energy Puzzle: A Roadmap for Execution

Change-Agents

Cross-Collaboration – Extreme Value or Necessary Evil Fraught with Risk
Strengthening Relationships by Removing Barriers: Constructive Relationships with Difficult Stakeholders

Marketing and Communication

Climate Change in the American Mind: Communicating to Diverse Audiences
The Process for Developing and Executing a Sustainable Brand

Nicole Schepker is project coordinator for Problem Based Learning Projects at NEBHE.

Economists to Hold Conference at UNH at Manchester on “Millennials, Baby Boomers and New England’s Future”

John O. Harney — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:56:09 +0000

Demography is destiny, especially if you are in higher education. Consider:

There are 200,000 fewer children in New England today, compared with 10 years ago—a 6% decline.
The number of married couples with children has declined by 10% since 2000—and they now account for fewer than one in five New England households.
The number of single parents has grown by 9% since 2000, but they represent less than one in 10 New England households.
New England has lost more than a half million residents (570,000) in the prime childbearing age range of 25 to 44 since 2000—a 13% decline.
The highest growth among New England residents over the next decade will occur among people ages 65 to 74.
All six New England states are on the list of the nation's 10 oldest states in terms of median age.

These trends are the focus of a special New England Economic Partnership (NEEP) conference titled: Millennials, Baby Boomers and New England’s Future.

The conference will be held, appropriately, at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester on Friday, Nov. 18, at 8:30 a.m.

For registration, please visit www.neepecon.org. (NEEP will offer nonprofits, government organizations and universities a discounted fee of $99.)

Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation, Workforce and Economic Development

Daren Follweiler — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:29:49 +0000

Locally and Regionally Engaged: New England Colleges and Universities as Drivers of Innovation, Workforce and Economic Development

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Thanks to everyone who attended our Locally and Regionally Engaged summit.

Click on each speaker's name below to view and download PDF versions of their PowerPoint or Keynote presentation featured at the conference:

Dan W. Butin, Dean and Associate Professor, School of Education, Merrimack College and Executive Director, Center for Engaged Democracy
Mark Delisle, State Director, Maine Small Business Development Centers and University of Southern Maine, School of Business
John Saltmarsh, Co-Director, New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)
Judith Van Houten, State Director, Vermont EPSCoR

Click below to download various other materials from the conference:

The conference agenda

The updated attendee list

The list of speaker biographies

Information about NEBHE's programs and services

We once again would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support: