FOCUS FROSTBURG is FSU's annual Day of Learning on sustainability and climate awareness that is free and open to FSU students, faculty, staff, and the community.

April 17, 2013

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Focus Frostburg 2012 Presentations

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Focus Frostburg 2011 Presentations:

• Green Art Education in Armenia - Dr. Randall Rhodes, FSU Department of Visual Arts
  
• Reducing Energy Costs at Home and Work- Mr. John Emerick, Allegheny Power
  
• Green Restrooms, Green Learning - Ms. Janice Keene, Evergreen Heritage Center
  
• Prototype for Tidal Electricity Generation - Students, St. Peter's School, Waldorf, MD
  
• Women's Experiences in Social and Environmental Activism - Dr. Julie Hartman, FSU Department of Sociology
• An Educational Perspective on Sustainable Energy: The Danish Example - Dr. Egon Hedegaard, FSU Department of Educational Professions
• Frostburg Grows: How Does Your Garden Grow? - Mr. Adam Plourde, AmeriCorps VISTA/George's Creek Watershed Association
• Industry, Urbanization, and the Production of Noise - Dr. Greg Wood, FSU Department of History
• Our Sisters the Trees - FSU Department of Visual Arts Students
  

Focus Frostburg 2010 Presentations:

• Rain Gardens and Water Quality Management - Dr. Craig Caupp and Mr. Adam Lewis, FSU Department of Geography
  
• Sustainable Leadership: How to Lead without Diminishing Influence - Mr. Jeff McClellan, FSU Department of Management
  
• Forever Green: Sustainable Burials - Dr. Jennifer Flinn, FSU Department of Psychology
  
• Transgenic Plants: Friend or Foe to Sustainable Food Production? - Dr. David Puthoff, FSU Department of Biology
  
• Recipes for Low-Impact Skin Care Products - Ms. Mimi Hernandez, Appalachian Center for Ethnobotanical Studies
• Frostburg's 2009-10 Winter: What Happened to Global Warming? - Dr. Bud Precht, FSU Department of Geography
• Sustainability Learning at the Evergreen Heritage Center - Ms. Janice Keene, Evergreen Heritage Center
  
• Student Perspectives on E=(LG)2 - Mr. Kurt Geisler, Ms. Lunden Gillespie, Mr. Ripley Hassel, Ms. Scholastique Koolimo, and Mr. Jamie Wiesner; Moderator: Dr. Sydney Duncan, FSU Department of English
  
• Changing our Cultural Outlook on Environmental Issues - Ms. Brittany Jeffrey, Ms. Sandra Marsh, Mr. Brett Shepherd, FSU Residence Hall Association
  
• Our Sisters, the Trees: Environmental 3-D Design - Ms. Susan Dodge and students, FSU Department of Visual Arts

Focus Frostburg 2009 Presentations:

• Residential Rain Gardens - Ms. Kelly Martin, Western MD Resource Conservation & Development Council
  
• Water Oxidation by Metal Complexes: Storing Solar Energy - Dr. Jerald Simon, FSU Department of Chemistry
  
• Psychology of Going Green - Dr. Paul Bernhardt, FSU Department of Psychology
  
• Are Our Outdoor Spaces Safe? Creating a Secure Green Campus - Dr. Amy Branam, Dr. Julie Hartman, Dr. Elesha Ruminski, Ms. Amy Carter, FSU Women's Studies Panel
  
• Tragedy of the Commons Simulation - Dr. Paul Bernhardt and students, FSU Department of Psychology
  
• Water Resource Impacts of Natural Gas Production - the Marcellus Shale - Mr. Daniel Soeder, U.S. Geological Survey
  
• China: Environmental Challenges and Opportunities - Dr. Matthew Ramspott, FSU Department of Geography