BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.nemasternaturalist.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.3 0.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:44a7e1dc-6db0-475b-a053-46425e30c57f X-WR-CALDESC:Please join us this Saturday\, October 26th for the program Ec ology\, Plants and Stories in the Nebraska Sandhills\n\n\n10:30am - Hixson Lied Science Building Room 404\; Creighton University Campus. See the ab stract below for more information.\n\n \n\nHixson Lied Science Building ca n be accessed from Burt street (between 27th and 24th streets). I have att ached a parking map with HLSB highlighted in pink and on-street and visito r parking highlighted in orange. I also think you could park in the parkin g lot for the CHI health clinic/McDonalds and walk across Cuming and Burt streets. There is a short staircase between Burt Street and HLSB. If that is a problem\, I would suggest parking behind the Criss building.\n\n \n\n I hope to see you all this Saturday! Please don’t hesitate to email or ca ll me if you have any questions!\n\nMackenzie\n\n \n\nMackenzie Taylor\, P hD\n\nAssociate Professor of Biology\nCreighton University\n\n2500 Califor nia Plaza\n\nOmaha\, NE 68178\n\nOffice phone: (402) 280-2157\n\nmackenzie taylor@creighton.edu\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nEcology\, Plants and Stories in the Nebraska Sandhills\n\n\nFor the past three years\, Mary Ann Vinton\, Jay Leighter and John O’Keefe have been studying the ecology\, culture and sto ries in the Nebraska Sandhills\, with the goal of describing the complexit y and functioning of this fragile ecosystem and\, in turn\, discovering br oader lessons for a people and planet in environmental peril. In our tal k\, we will show how grass cover and biodiversity play a key role in Sandh ills function\, as well as recount stories that show how people interact w ith the vegetation and the natural system. Finally\, we will attempt to d raw some broader lessons from the Sandhills that may inform sustainability and resilience strategies for all of humanity.\n\nWebsite: ​https://www.s andhills.place \n \nBiographies:\nMary Ann Vinton is an Associate Profes sor of Biology and Director of Environmental Science at Creighton Universi ty where she teaches courses in biology\, ecology and environmental scienc e. She got her M.S. at Kansas State University and Ph.D. at Colorado State University. She grew up in the Sandhills\, on the headwaters of the Disma l River\, as a 5th generation ranch kid.\n \nJames (Jay) Leighter is an As sociate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of Sustainability Studies at Creighton. He teaches courses in the ethnography of communicati on\, communication practice\, and communication research methods. In his r esearch\, he asks and tries to answer how culture and communication are in extricably linked\, how communities make decisions\, and how actions for s ocial betterment should be designed with local communities\n \nJohn O’Keef e is a Professor of Theology at Creighton University. He is interested in Ecological Theology and changing Christian attitudes toward nature. O'Kee fe is also a documentary filmmaker. In 2009 he co-founded the Backpack Jou rnalism Project at Creighton\, which is an interdisciplinary collaboration with the Department of Journalism\, Media and Computing. This student fac ulty collaboration focuses on social justice filmmaking in the developing world. X-WR-RELCALID:fa11dc2c214140e09485c234bfe00393 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20191103T020000 RDATE:20201101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20200308T020000 RDATE:20210314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:893d93d1-4b4d-4715-807c-aa84e496d10d DTSTAMP:20260504T162205Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us this Saturday\, October 26th for the program Eco logy\, Plants and Stories in the Nebraska Sandhills\n\n\n10:30am - Hixson Lied Science Building Room 404\; Creighton University Campus. See the abs tract below for more information.\n\n \n\nHixson Lied Science Building can be accessed from Burt street (between 27th and 24th streets). I have atta ched a parking map with HLSB highlighted in pink and on-street and visitor parking highlighted in orange. I also think you could park in the parking lot for the CHI health clinic/McDonalds and walk across Cuming and Burt s treets. There is a short staircase between Burt Street and HLSB. If that i s a problem\, I would suggest parking behind the Criss building.\n\n \n\nI hope to see you all this Saturday! Please don’t hesitate to email or cal l me if you have any questions!\n\nMackenzie\n\n \n\nMackenzie Taylor\, Ph D\n\nAssociate Professor of Biology\nCreighton University\n\n2500 Californ ia Plaza\n\nOmaha\, NE 68178\n\nOffice phone: (402) 280-2157\n\nmackenziet aylor@creighton.edu\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nEcology\, Plants and Stories in the Nebraska Sandhills\n\n\nFor the past three years\, Mary Ann Vinton\, Jay L eighter and John O’Keefe have been studying the ecology\, culture and stor ies in the Nebraska Sandhills\, with the goal of describing the complexity and functioning of this fragile ecosystem and\, in turn\, discovering bro ader lessons for a people and planet in environmental peril. In our talk \, we will show how grass cover and biodiversity play a key role in Sandhi lls function\, as well as recount stories that show how people interact wi th the vegetation and the natural system. Finally\, we will attempt to dr aw some broader lessons from the Sandhills that may inform sustainability and resilience strategies for all of humanity.\n\nWebsite: ​https://www.sa ndhills.place \n \nBiographies:\nMary Ann Vinton is an Associate Profess or of Biology and Director of Environmental Science at Creighton Universit y where she teaches courses in biology\, ecology and environmental science . She got her M.S. at Kansas State University and Ph.D. at Colorado State University. She grew up in the Sandhills\, on the headwaters of the Dismal River\, as a 5th generation ranch kid.\n \nJames (Jay) Leighter is an Ass ociate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of Sustainability S tudies at Creighton. He teaches courses in the ethnography of communicatio n\, communication practice\, and communication research methods. In his re search\, he asks and tries to answer how culture and communication are ine xtricably linked\, how communities make decisions\, and how actions for so cial betterment should be designed with local communities\n \nJohn O’Keefe is a Professor of Theology at Creighton University. He is interested in Ecological Theology and changing Christian attitudes toward nature. O'Keef e is also a documentary filmmaker. In 2009 he co-founded the Backpack Jour nalism Project at Creighton\, which is an interdisciplinary collaboration with the Department of Journalism\, Media and Computing. This student facu lty collaboration focuses on social justice filmmaking in the developing w orld. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191026T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191026T120000 LOCATION:Hixson Lied Science Building Room 404\; Creighton University Campu s SUMMARY:CE: Ecology\, Plants and Stories in the Nebraska Sandhills END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR