"Coming out of the History Department at MCLA, and also having spent three years working on the Student Government Association (SGA), I had hoped to continue to pursue my interests and get a job working in government. I had been to the State House a few times for Student Lobby days, and had been in touch with my local representatives all throughout school, so after graduation, this was certainly to my advantage, as I now work on Beacon Hill."
Danielle Barboza ’06 Survivor Benefits Analyst – State Retirement Board, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
News & Press Releases
April 18, 2008
NORTH ADAMS, MA – The Berkshire Environmental Resource Center (BERC) at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will present the final installment of its series of 14 “Green Living” seminars on Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. with “Moving towards a Sustainable Future,” in Murdock Hall conference room 218.
The series, “Achieving Energy Sustainability for the 21st Century: Choices and Challenges,” is free and open to the public.
This lecture coincides with MCLA’s annual Professor Lawrence H. Vadnais Environmental Issues Lecture, which this year will be given in honor of Bill Seeley, a former MCLA physics professor, who passed away in 2007.
Immediately following the lecture, the College community will pay tribute to Seeley, who had a 41-year career at the College, which began in 1966.
William Moomaw is the featured speaker for the lecture. He is a professor of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University. He was the convening lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001 and 2003, he is the senior director of Tufts Institute of the Environment; co-director of the Public Disputes Program and Program on Negotiations. He also is on the Board of Directors for the Consensus Building Institute; and a member of the Science Advisory Committee and Earthwatch. Moomaw has a bachelor’s degree from Williams College, and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Green Living series aims to inform students and the community about strategies for meeting our growing demand for energy and to encourage debate around several energy options, including those involving water, wind, hydrogen and nuclear power.
For more information, go to www.mcla.edu , or contact Elena Traister, (413)662-5303.
