#AUFEdSummit19
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry Educators' Symposium & Summit
The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois
May 19-22, 2019
Symposium Program
The following is a preliminary symposium schedule, subject to change. Additional information will be added as available. A final list of speakers and talk titles will be available in mid-February 2019.
We are please to announce that our keynote speakers for the Educators' Symposium will be Melinda Myers and Dr. Susan Day! More information about their talks is posted below.
We are please to announce that our keynote speakers for the Educators' Symposium will be Melinda Myers and Dr. Susan Day! More information about their talks is posted below.
Program
|
Monday, May 20, 2019
8:30-9:00 am Registration & coffee 9-9:30 am Welcome 9:30-10:30 am Keynote: Melinda Myers 10:30-10:45 am Coffee Break 10:45-11:15 am Francesco Ferrini - "The Broadening & Proliferation of Arboriculture & Urban Forestry Programs" 11:15-11:45 am Eric North - "Growing Trees in the Prairie: Creating an urban forestry program" 11:45-12:15 pm Wendy Chen - "Forestry Comes to Town: The interdisciplinary development of global higher education on urban forestry" 12:15-1:15 pm Boxed Lunch - Please join us outside for themed discussions in small groups, or wanter on your own in the nearby Arboretum grounds to recharge for afternoon sessions. 1:15-2:45 pm Brigitte Orrick introduces a panel on "An industry perspective on the responsibilities of and needs from higher education" (Panelists: Luana Vargas, Director of Credentialing Services, International Society of Arboriculture; Terry Baker, CEO, Society of American Foresters; Philip Charlton, Executive Director, Utility Arborist Association; Don Roppolo, President, Society of Commercial Arboriculture; Jerri LaHaie, Executive Director, Society of Municipal Arborists) 2:45-3:00 pm Break 3:00-3:45 pm Paul Ries & Andrew Hirons - "Ready, Set, Click: Teaching arboriculture and urban forestry online" 3:45-4:15 pm Sharon Jean-Philippe - "Exposure--What matters when engaging diverse student bodies" 4:15-5:00 pm Story Hour: Short stories on unique aspects of arboriculture & urban forestry education, from Todd West, Sara Barron, Nic Williamson, and Mikaela Schmitt-Harsh 5:00-6:00 pm Break 6:00-8:00 pm Reception + Drinks + Food + Posters (at the conference hotel, the Hilton DoubleTree in Lisle, sponsored by Davey Tree Company) |
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
8:00-8:30 am Registration & coffee 8:30-9:30 am Keynote: Dr. Susan D. Day 9:30-10:30 am Short Talks 1 (not concurrent): John Ball, Katrina Van Osch-Saxon, Asia Dowtin 10:30-10:50 am Coffee Break 10:50-12:30 pm Short Talks 2 (not concurrent): Burney Fischer, Zach Wirtz, Meghan Bowe, Kamran Abdollahi, and Gwen Kozlowski & Katherine Forrer 12:30-1:30 pm Buffet Lunch 1:30-3:30 pm Concurrent Workshop Offerings (pick 1 to attend): "Experiential Learning through Applied Projects & Capstone Courses" OR "Engaging the Next Generation: Increasing K-12 Interest in Urban Trees and Forests" OR "Developing a New Urban Forestry Program" 3:30-3:45 pm Break 3:45-4:45 pm Concurrent Workshop Offerings (pick 1 to attend): "From Zero to Hero: Training & Certifying Urban Forestry Volunteers" OR "Lessons from the Community College Experience" OR "SAF Accreditation in Urban Forestry--The what and how to" 4:50-5:15 pm Tuesday Closing Remarks Time to network & recharge! Participants have dinner on their own. Suggestions will be provided in registration materials Wednesday, May 22, 2019
8:30-11:00 am [Tentatively scheduled] Outdoor Workshop: "Youth Engagement in Arboriculture (YEA): At-height experiences to engage, inspire, and recruit," with Chad Giblin (open to all) OR 9:00-11:00 am Morton Arboretum Tour (open to all) OR 8:00 am - 12 pm Summit meeting (by invitation only) |
Monday Keynote
Melinda Myers: "Inspiring Change Through Science-based Knowledge and Targeted Communications"
Monday, 9:30-10:30 am
It seems so clear and important to us, but our audiences often miss the point, tune us out, or ignore the facts. Getting people excited, interested, and willing to make change based on science can be challenging. Melinda will share strategies for effectively sharing your knowledge and science with potential students, the public, and policy makers utilizing a range of communications platforms.
It seems so clear and important to us, but our audiences often miss the point, tune us out, or ignore the facts. Getting people excited, interested, and willing to make change based on science can be challenging. Melinda will share strategies for effectively sharing your knowledge and science with potential students, the public, and policy makers utilizing a range of communications platforms.
|
About Melinda: Nationally recognized horticulturist, TV/radio host, author & columnist Melinda Myers has written over 20 books and is the instructor for The Great Courses “How to Grow Anything” DVD series. She has over 35 years of horticulture experience, a master’s degree in horticulture and was a Horticulture Associate Professor and Instructor with tenure and is a certified arborist. Myers has worked with the public, students, professionals, master gardeners and the media in her various professional roles. Whether working as a University of Wisconsin extension agent, Assistant City Forester for Milwaukee, Technical College Instructor or operating her own business, her mission has always been to educate and inspire her “audience” with science-based information. As a result, she has received recognition and numerous awards, including the prestigious American Horticultural Society’s B.Y. Morrison Communication Award, American Nursery and Landscape Association's Garden Communicator of the Year Award, and Honorary Life Member Award from Wisconsin Arborist Association. She was the first woman inducted into the Wisconsin Green Industry Hall of Fame and most recently the Hall of Fame of GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators.
|
Tuesday Keynote
Dr. Susan D. Day: "Can urban forestry educational programs foster cooperation across professions?"
Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am
Academic programs in urban forestry and arboriculture take many forms, but one thing they have in common is that their graduates will be working with a wide array of professions—engineers, landscape architects and everything in between. How can urban forestry and arboriculture academic programs help shape this interdisciplinary future? Our research results from Urban Forestry 2020, an initiative exploring the urban forestry profession, indicate that higher education has an important role to play. If society is relying on trees to contribute to solving complex urban problems, a new level of cross-disciplinary teamwork is required and higher education not only fosters these connections, but shapes public perception and prepares students to work in this world. As a case study, we will explore the construction of Ecological Cities, an undergraduate minor at Virginia Tech with a foundation in urban forestry that is intended to bridge the interdisciplinary divide. We will discuss opportunities for urban forestry as more universities seek to solve the grand urban challenges of the future.
Academic programs in urban forestry and arboriculture take many forms, but one thing they have in common is that their graduates will be working with a wide array of professions—engineers, landscape architects and everything in between. How can urban forestry and arboriculture academic programs help shape this interdisciplinary future? Our research results from Urban Forestry 2020, an initiative exploring the urban forestry profession, indicate that higher education has an important role to play. If society is relying on trees to contribute to solving complex urban problems, a new level of cross-disciplinary teamwork is required and higher education not only fosters these connections, but shapes public perception and prepares students to work in this world. As a case study, we will explore the construction of Ecological Cities, an undergraduate minor at Virginia Tech with a foundation in urban forestry that is intended to bridge the interdisciplinary divide. We will discuss opportunities for urban forestry as more universities seek to solve the grand urban challenges of the future.
|
About Susan: Susan D. Day is Professor of Urban Forestry and Director of the Bachelors of Urban Forestry program at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. During her career she has shaped urban forestry programs at the graduate and undergraduate level and has led efforts to create new interdisciplinary curricula that cross disciplinary boundaries. Recently, she served as project leader for Urban Forestry 2020, an initiative funded by the USDA-Forest Service National Urban and Community Advisory Council to examine the urban forestry profession and its relationship to higher education. In addition to her teaching interests, Dr. Day leads a research program focusing on managing urban soils to enhance tree growth and longevity in the context of environmental challenges such as stormwater mitigation and land development impacts on soil-mediated ecosystem services. Dr. Day holds a B.A. from Yale University, a M.S. from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech
|
