First Year: Workshops

Incoming students are introduced to the faculty and CEP's thematic teaching approach through orientation week workshops held in the first week of each academic year. During this time, the historic Hudson Valley is used as a forum to discuss critical policy issues, as well as to illustrate features of the natural and built environments that will be further examined in the first-year courses. During field trips to sites of major environmental interest and controversy, students meet with professional staff in key government, corporate, and nonprofit institutions. Summer readings prepare students for the lectures and discussions held during the Workshops.

Workshop speakers have included:

• Robert Boyle. Author of The Hudson River: A Natural and Unnatural History
• Mark McLean, Environmental Affairs Manager, Dynergy Corporation
• Besty Blair. Director, National Estuarine Research Reserve.
• Erik Kviat. Executive Director, Hudsonia, Ltd.
• Ned Sullivan. Executive Director, Scenic Hudson Inc.
• Joseph Putello. President, New York Restoration Project.
• Katherine Boden. Control Room Manager, Con Edison Manhattan Electric Operations
• Dennis Suszkowski. Science Director, Hudson River Foundation

• John Cronin. Director, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
• Bob Fox. Cook & Fox Architects
• Dr. Robert Kulikowski. Director, NY Office of Env. Coordination
• Marilyn DuBois. Technical Staff, Commission on Toxic Substances, NYS Legislature
• Assemblyman William Colton. Chair of Commission, NYS Legislature
• Mary Roy. Pesticides Mgm Unit, Div. Solid & Hazardous Materials, NYS DEC
• Nathaniel Barber. Program Attorney, Division of Env. Enforcement, NYS DEC
• Carl Johnson. Dep. Commissioner for Air, Solid Wastes, & Pesticides, NYS DEC
• Rob Moore. Executive Director, Environmental Advocates of NY
• Daniel Berthold. Bard Professor of Philosophy