Friday, February 21, 2025
Celebrating and Continuing Dick Cooley's legacy, founding chair of Environmental Studies at UCSC [REGISTER HERE]
Location: UCSC Hay Barn
Parking: Parking attendants will be available at lots 170,116, and 115 to give you a free parking permit until 5pm. After 5pm on Friday, parking is free. Please park in lots 170 (next to the Hay Barn) or 116 and 115 (on the opposite side of Coolidge Drive from the Hay Barn), both of which are a short walk from the Hay Barn.
Registration: $45, which includes dinner, drinks, parking, and admission to the follow-up public symposium on Saturday, February 22nd. To attend the Friday celebration, you must REGISTER HERE by February 12 so that we have an accurate count for our caterer.
Schedule: This afternoon and evening is all about connecting and reconnecting with former students, staff, faculty, and friends of Dick Cooley.
2:45 Doors Open
3:00: Welcome and panel discussion. Retired faculty Jim Pepper & Craig Schindler, and alumnus Bob Childers will talk about the early days with Dick in Environmental Studies. This panel will be moderated by retired faculty member Steve Gliessman.
4:15: It will be your turn to share stories and discuss conservation past, present and future. Alumnus John Gamman will pass the mic.
5:00: Continuing the Legacy, led by Jeff Bury, current Chair of Environmental Studies. There will be presentations about re-establishing ties with Alaska through the Environmental Studies Internship Program and the Wrangell Mountain Center.
6:00: Social gathering and dinner
8:00: After Dinner Fun! We’re hoping folks will bring a song, a poem, a tribute, a skit. And
we need an MC for this!
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Radical Then, Critical Now. Interdisciplinary Strategies in Environmental Conservation
The Friday Dick Cooley celebration coincides with the Annual Symposium of the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History held the next day.
Location: UCSC Hay Barn
Parking: Parking is free on the weekend. Please park in lots 116 and 115, both of which are a short walk from the Hay Barn. Lot 170, immediately adjacent to the Hay Barn, is reserved for anyone with mobility issues.
Admission is included with your registration for the Friday Cooley celebration
Schedule:
12:00 Alumni-student networking session focused on careers in conservation. Let us know if you would like to participate in this pre-symposium activity.
1:30 Doors open to the public.
2:15 UCSC Faculty and student speakers
3:30 Live Music Celebration and Participatory Art
5:30 End
Symposium Event Details:
Careers in Conservation–This students-only pre-event will offer a structured networking opportunity for current students to meet alumni professionals working in various conservation-related fields. PIZZA will be included!!
Faculty Speakers:
Dr. Karen Holl, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies: Will speak about how we continue doing successful interdisciplinary conservation work now and in the future.
Dr. Gary Griggs, Distinguished Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences: “1970: The First Environmental Studies Course at UCSC.”
Student Speakers:
Jonas Banta, Master of Fine Arts in Environmental and Social Practice: “Visions of World Renewal: Ecological and Cultural Restoration in Two salmon-bearing Watersheds in Alaska and California”
Natalie Twilegar, undergraduate in Environmental Studies.
Live Music: Following our speakers, our alumni string band will play a few songs in celebration of the UCSC conservation and natural history community
Participatory Art: Led by Norris Center Art+Science Graduate Fellows
Sunday, February 23rd
Optional Tour and Activities at the Ken Norris Center for Natural History
Location: Ken Norris Center for Natural History, Natural Sciences 2, room 239, Science Hill, main UCSC campus
Parking: Core West Parking Structure
Schedule:
9:00-12:00: Norris Center Activities–tour the Norris Center, view the Dick Cooley wall exhibit, take a student-led natural history walk, contribute to the oral histories of Dick’s students/colleagues
Questions?
We have set up a Facebook Page to serve as an electronic bulletin board for offering/requesting rides, housing, etc. If you have other questions, email norriscenter@ucsc.edu. See you in February!
