University Celebrates Earth Day Throughout April
The University of Scranton will host multiple Earth Day events for students, faculty, staff and the greater Scranton community during the month of April.Throughout the month of April, The University of Scranton will host multiple events focused on how students and community members can help the environment. From lectures to art shows to interactive events, there are many opportunities to learn about and celebrate Earth Day.
From Friday, April 4 to Wednesday, April 16, the Environmental Art Show themed “Engaging with the Natural World” will be displayed in the Weinberg Memorial Library’s Charles Kratz Scranton Heritage Room.
On Tuesday, April 15, the University will host an Earth Day Fair with interactive and research presentations by students, faculty and staff. The event, presented by the Office of Sustainability and open to the public free of charge, will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Atrium of the Loyola Science Center.
On Thursday, April 24, the Earth Day Essay Contest winners will be announced at an Evening of Environment Science. Participants, families, teachers and community members are invited to the event, which includes a display of essays submitted in addition to engaging hands-on experiments and games related to the environment and sustainability. Also, there will be tours of the University’s nationally recognized Loyola Science Center. The Princeton Review has named the University among the 25 “Best Science Lab Facilities” in the nation for eight years. This year’s tour will include an open house for the W3USR ham radio studio.
For faculty and staff at Scranton, the University’s Laudato Si’ Community Engagement Subcommittee and the University’s Staff Senate will host a Lunch and Learn lecture titled “Using Tax Credits for Sustainable Home Improvements” on April 11. Featured speakers for the discussion include Blair Buselli, business owner at Buselli Solutions; Thomas Spall, president at T. E. Spall and Son, LLC, and Marc Seid, Ph.D., professor of biology. In answer to the call by Pope Francis to “Care for Our Common Home,” the University has begun an intensive seven-year journey to become designated as a Laudato Si’ University and is continuing to incorporate sustainability initiatives inspired by this call.
Earlier this semester, the University hosted several environmentally related events, such as collection exhibits at the Hope Horn Gallery, plant-based food events, World Water Day events and a Sustaining Democracy Teach-In.
