The Brandywine Project Staff Workshop
Next Workshop: Spring 2024
April 5th from 8am-12pm in Philips Autograph Library
WCU staff members are invited to participate in the next Brandywine Project Staff Sustainability Workshop. WCU's Brandywine Staff workshops provide a space for staff members well versed and new to concepts of environmental, social, and economic sustainability, grow in their knowledge and impact for good. Participants will learn more about the history of sustainability at WCU, ongoing local efforts and initiatives (including the Green Office Program), and participate in a number of breakout sessions aimed at collaboratively envisioning solutions to sustainability hurdles in the workplace.
Brandywine Project Faculty Workshop
Next Workshop: Summer 2024
Wednesday and Thursday, June 5 and 6
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Autograph Library
Phillips Memorial Building
Faculty from West Chester University and across the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education are invited to participate in the 5th Brandywine Project Workshop, an exciting opportunity to develop or modify courses to focus on issues of sustainability, surrounded by supportive and creative colleagues from our region. Named after the Brandywine Creek watershed, WCU's workshop innovates by comprehensively integrating the local and global with the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainability. Novel workshop sessions include: the global context for higher education and sustainability (including the UN Sustainable Development Goals); social justice and sustainability; integrating whole campus immersive learning into the classroom; and best practices for teaching sustainability from students and faculty. Whether or not you are familiar with sustainability, this workshop is the perfect place to begin learning or to deepen your understanding by further exploring your discipline, creating interdisciplinary connections, and becoming more informed about campus and regional sustainability actions & opportunities for teaching. Participants will leave the workshop ready to infuse sustainability knowledge and practices into their own courses and to inspire their students and colleagues to grow a culture of sustainability at their universities and beyond.
Apply here before March 1st. Direct questions to PASSHE Brandywine Project Co-Chairs Dr. Aliza Richman and Dr. Cheryl Wanko.
Last Workshop: Winter 2022
In January 2022, faculty from West Chester University and neighboring communities participated in the 4th Brandywine Project Workshop. Named after the Brandywine Creek watershed, WCU's workshop innovates by comprehensively integrating the local and global with the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainability. Novel workshop sessions include: the global context for higher education and sustainability (including the UN Sustainable Development Goals); social justice and sustainability; integrating whole campus immersive learning into the classroom; and best practices for teaching sustainability from students and faculty. Participants left the workshop ready to infuse sustainability knowledge and practices into their own courses and to inspire their students and colleagues to grow a culture of sustainability at their universities and beyond.
For details about the workshop contents and format, please email sustainability@wcupa.edu.
Brandywine Project Faculty Alumni