| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.10 |
| Liaison | Jim Dees |
| Submission Date | May 21, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Appalachian State University
ER-T2-8: Themed Semester or Year
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Crystal
Simmons Outreach and public relations Office of Sustainability |
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Has the institution chosen a sustainability-related theme for its themed semester, year, or first-year experience during the past three years?:
Yes
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A brief description of the themed semester, year, or first-year experience:
"Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer" has been selected for Appalachian State University's Summer Reading Program for 2012.
The book chronicles journalist and author Novella Carpenter's experience "farming" in downtown Oakland, Calif. Incoming freshmen at Appalachian will be encouraged to read the book as part of their orientation to the academic life of a university.
Carpenter will speak at the university's Convocation in Sept. 6 and will open the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series held on campus.
Carpenter's adventures in urban agriculture began with honeybees and a few chickens, then some turkeys until a vacant lot as turned into a thriving farm called Ghost Town Farm, complete with fruit trees, vegetables, hogs and livestock as she revisited the "back to the land" movement followed by her parents.
It's Carpenter's message of sustainability and service to others contained in the book that led to its selection.
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The sustainability-related book that was chosen, if applicable:
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
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The website URL where information about the theme is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
In academic year 2010-11, our university's lecture series, University Forum Distinguished Lecture Series, designated sustainability as its' theme for the year's program. Distinguished speakers included Vandana Shiva and Terry Tempest Williams among others.
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