Events

Saturday, September 15, 2012


10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Special Collection Event at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds
Larence County Fairgrounds
Sponsored by Lawrence-Mercer Counties Recycling/Solid Waste Department

Wednesday, September 26, 2012


5:30 p.m. 4th Annual Green Cookout
Field Station
Sponsored by Environmental Programs

Monday, October 1, 2012


2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Wind Turbine Preperation
Meeting at the Field Station

Saturday, October 6, 2012


9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Wind Turbine Installation Workshop
Field Station
Sponsored by Sustainability in Motion and the Drinko Center for Experiential Learning

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 13th Annual Harvest Day
Villa Maria Farm Grounds, Villa Maria, PA
Sponsored by Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center and others

Tuesday, October 23, 2012


11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Fall Fest
Titan Club
Sponsored by Sodexo and Environmental Programs

7:00 p.m. Showing of: 'Vanishing of the Bees'
Patterson Hall Sharkey Classroom 207
Sponsored by Environmental Programs

Thursday, December 6, 2012


5:30 - 9:00 p.m. 2012 Student Symposium on the Environment
Westminster College - McKelvey Campus Center - Witherspoon Rooms
Sponsored by Westminster Environmental Programs & Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Saturday, February 9, 2013


9:30 a.m. Annual Chipping Party
Meeting at the Field Station
Sponsored by Field Station and Environmental Programs

Saturday, February 16, 2013


8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. The Great Backyard Bird Count: Bird Walk for Beginners
Meet at the Field Station, 937 Fayette-New Wilmington Road
Sponsored by Bear Tree Connections and Environmental Programs

10:30 a.m. The Great Backyard Bird Count: Bird Walk for Adults
Meet at the Field Station, 937 Fayette-New Wilmington Road
Sponsored by Bear Tree Connections and Environmental Programs

Thursday, February 21, 2013


12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Why Indiana? A Pennsylvanian's Interstate Journey of Education and Environment
Hoyt Room 291
Sponsored by Environmental Programs

Tuesday, March 12, 2013


12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Environmental Programs Lunch Seminar: 2012 Symposium on the Environment Best Oral Presentation
Hoyt Room 291
Sponsored by Environmental Programs

Tuesday, April 16, 2013


All Day One Day Without Shoes
Sponsored by The Green Party

Friday, April 19, 2013


10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Datashed Training Workshop (RSVP)
Westminster College, Field Station, 937 Fayette-New Wilmington Road
Sponsored by Stream Restoration Inc., hosted by Westminster College Environmental Programs

7:30 p.m. Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management - Learning from Green Infrastructure Implementation in the Nine Mile Run Watershed, speaker: Sara Powell, MS
Witherspoon Rooms McKelvey Campus Center
Sponsored by POBS (Penn-Ohio Border Section)

Saturday, April 20, 2013


9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. E-Recycling Drive
Hoyt Science Center Loading Dock
Sponsored by Audio Visual Services

Sunday, April 21, 2013


All Weekend: Friday @ 10p, Saturday @ 3p & 10p, & Sunday @ 9p Promised Land (movie)
Mueller Theater
Sponsored by Campus Programming Council

7:00 p.m. Open Door Worship - Earth Day Vespers
Edmiston Meditation Labyrinth (rain location: Anderson Amphitheatre)
Sponsored by Chapel Office and Church Relations

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. BIO Trail Clean-Up
Starting at the Field Station
Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega

Monday, April 22, 2013


3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Earth Day Canoe Tour (RSVP)
Meeting at Brittain Lake Dock
Sponsored by Sierra Student Coalition

Thursday, April 25, 2013


12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Environmental Programs Lunch Seminar: Making Recylced Paper, from Waste to Good Taste! Hosted by: Erin Sullivan ('14), WC Sustainability Committee
HSC 351 (Chemistry Lab)
Sponsored by Environmental Programs and Erin Sullivan

Friday, April 26, 2013


6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The Art of Sustainability
The Robert A. Macoskey Center, 247 Harmony Road
Sponsored by The Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems, Education, and Research at Slippery Rock University

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Disney's Earth (movie)
Mueller Theater
Sponsored by Tri Beta

Saturday, April 27, 2013


10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The Art of Sustainability
The Robert A. Macoskey Center, 247 Harmony Road
Sponsored by The Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems, Education, and Research at Slippery Rock University

April 22 - 27 Reusable Cup Week
The Tub & Titan Club
Sponsored by Sodexo

Sunday, April 28, 2013


April 22 - 28 Edible Waste Challenge
Duff Student Restaurant
Sponsored by Sodexo

Tuesday, April 30, 2013


12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Environmental Programs Lunch Seminar: Hydraulic Fracturing 101: An Overview of the Science of Fracking, speaker: Dr. Helen Boylan
HSC 291
Sponsored by Environmental Programs and Sierra Student Coalition