LCC Coordinator Gives Keynote Address at Earth Day Celebration
Coordinator Jean Brennan (right), with Professor Johanne Fairchild who started the University's Arboretum, was among the honored guest at the Earth Day Celebrations and participated in the President's Women in Science Luncheon.
Internationally recognized for her work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and her work on natural resource adaptation, Jean was one of this year's featured speakers for the James H. Lemon Memorial Lecture. Past speakers include Robert F. Kennedy, Maya Angelou, and Fred Haise. Jean’s talk discussed the link between climate change and issues that have immediate, demonstrable impact on humans, wildlife, and ecosystems as well as how working to address this problem requires building partnerships with public and private institutions. She introduced the audience of students, faculty, and members of the community to the US Fish and Wildlife Service's efforts in promoting Landscape Conservation Cooperatives as a new and emerging conservation approach to address climate change impacts and land-use changes.
“Dr. Brennan brought a heightened awareness of environmental responsibility and a passion to promote the United States’ premier natural resources conservation agency, which is pertinent and infectious,” said John Jasinski, President of Northwest Missouri State University.
Along with the keynote address, Dr. Brennan participated in the University’s and State Arboretum's 20th Anniversary tree-planting ceremony, gave TV and radio interview at the local NPR radio station, and participated as a panelist at the President's Women in Science luncheon that provided an opportunity to discuss issues relating to helping to encourage more women into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines as a role model for woman applying their scientific training to exciting and non-traditional and exciting careers.
