In light of Pope Francis’ recent encyclical, Laudato Si’, Donnelly College has a renewed focus on the environment and sustainability. The second installment of Donnelly Talks, held on September 30, was entitled “Answering Pope Francis’ Call on the Environment.”
A crowd of more than 100 students, staff, faculty and community members joined Donnelly President Monsignor Stuart Swetland and Kansas Interfaith Power & Light Coordinator Rabbi Moti Rieber for a discussion on the changing climate and how students and community members can make a difference.
This Donnelly Talks event was sponsored in part by the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica and a grant from the Mount Wangari Committee, honoring Wangari Maathai, a 1964 graduate of Mount St. Scholastica College.
Additionally, Swetland signed a Memorandum of Agreement on behalf of the College with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7.
“With this agreement as our framework, EPA Region 7 looks forward to building an effective and cooperative working relationship with Donnelly,” said EPA Acting Regional Administrator Mark Hague. “The school has noted teaching and research programs. Combining our efforts will create a wealth of new knowledge and practices that will benefit both our communities and the people we serve here in the heartland.”
Areas of cooperation between the EPA and the College include grant opportunities, joint research projects, faculty research participation, environmental student initiatives and more.
A crowd of more than 100 students, staff, faculty and community members joined Donnelly President Monsignor Stuart Swetland and Kansas Interfaith Power & Light Coordinator Rabbi Moti Rieber for a discussion on the changing climate and how students and community members can make a difference.
This Donnelly Talks event was sponsored in part by the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica and a grant from the Mount Wangari Committee, honoring Wangari Maathai, a 1964 graduate of Mount St. Scholastica College.
Additionally, Swetland signed a Memorandum of Agreement on behalf of the College with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7.
“With this agreement as our framework, EPA Region 7 looks forward to building an effective and cooperative working relationship with Donnelly,” said EPA Acting Regional Administrator Mark Hague. “The school has noted teaching and research programs. Combining our efforts will create a wealth of new knowledge and practices that will benefit both our communities and the people we serve here in the heartland.”
Areas of cooperation between the EPA and the College include grant opportunities, joint research projects, faculty research participation, environmental student initiatives and more.