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The Hudson River Experience

The Hudson River Experience. An interdisciplinary undergraduate course about the river, its history and culture, science and technology, business and law . An experiment - Spring 2012. The Hudson River Experience. Our goals:

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The Hudson River Experience

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  1. The Hudson River Experience An interdisciplinary undergraduate course about the river, its history and culture, science and technology, business and law An experiment - Spring 2012.

  2. The Hudson River Experience • Our goals: • Pedagogical innovation that encourages exploration, analysis and integration • Prepare students for an increasingly integrated world • Immersing students in a local, relevant context

  3. What did we do? • Topics covered in the course • Literature and Artistic Representations of the River • Environmental Assessment, Advocacy, and Policy • Green Business Strategy and the Triple Bottom Line • Watershed Ecology and River Monitoring

  4. The Hudson River ExperienceFaculty Participants Dr. Theresa Lant Associate Professor of Management Lubin School of Business Dr. HelaneLevine-Keating Professor English Department Dyson College of Arts & Sciences Dr. Hsui-Lin Winkler Associate Professor of Information Technology Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems Prof. John Cronin Senior Fellow for Environmental Affairs Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies   Dr. Daniel Farkas Professor of Information Technology Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems Dr. Robert Goldstein Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law Pace Law School

  5. What did we do? • Organization of the course • Ensemble of faculty • 2 weeks for each topic area, connected by integrative session • Field trip and guests • 2 local issue mock debates

  6. River Views

  7. Stakeholders and AdvocacyTappan Zee Scoping Session • Public Notice of Facilitated Scoping Session • For the Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project • Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 • Time: 4:30 – 5:55 PM • Location: Pace University, Goldstein Academic Center, Room 100 • Commissioner John Cronin of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Commissioner Theresa Lant of the New York State Department of Transportation will conduct a facilitated scoping session with selected stakeholder groups to solicit information regarding the potential effects and benefits of the Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project. • About the Project

  8. Hudson Valley OrganizationsSustainable Strategies • Examples of regional organizations analyzed by students • Lake Minnewaska, New York State Park • Grazin’ Angus Acres • Wolf Conservation Society • Malcarne Contracting • 21st Century Fuel • IBM • Hudson Valley Hospital

  9. West Point Field Trip

  10. River Systems and WatershedsThe Hudson River Estuary

  11. New York City Water SupplyReservoirs in Catskill & Croton Watershedshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OocAUQ89Mt0http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/drinking_water/maplevels_wide.shtml

  12. Vertical profile of North component of water current (cm/s) (West Point – New Hamburgh 8/22/11)http://serf.clarkson.edu/cgi-bin/cruise/Aug22_2011/cruise_Aug22_2011.htm

  13. Vertical profile of water temperature(West Point – New Hamburgh 8/22/11) • 8/22/11

  14. Hudson River Community Map • link to the community map created by students • https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=207165321036184536782.0004bd529560546a7facc&msa=0&ll=41.881831,-73.262329&spn=2.650137,5.817261

  15. Final Hearing – Hudson River Watershed Management • Presiding Officers • New York State Court of Claims Judge, the Hon. Glen Breuning • John Cronin, Senior Fellow Pace Academy • Student Team Proposals and Debate • each team will construct its own proposal to "require, assure or foster regional planning, environmental protection, cultural heritage preservation and sustainable economic development in the Hudson River Valley and watershed." Your team proposal can be for a formal state or federal agency, a state or multi-state commission, a government-appointed or citizen-based regional advisory board, or any other idea you may have. You can propose anything from a governing body with far-reaching regulatory authority to volunteer citizen's group that simply researches and reports its findings.

  16. What did we learn? • Challenges and opportunities • Works if faculty truly collaborate as a team • This is possible with the right commitment of faculty across the schools • Learned about each other’s areas • It was fun! • One course model is difficult for students in a number of ways • Assessment • Lack of time on topic

  17. What did the students think? • Great idea – more time! • “We had a great course but being able to SEE and immerse ourselves into the areas of the Hudson River such as Storm King (up close) and learn about that important case while also reliving the different parts of the river mentioned in "World's End" would be extremely noteworthy. In regards to science and technology, seeing different monitoring stations and actually collecting data and researching hands-on would be more appealing and a huge learning experience. I would fully endorse a Hudson River Semester because of the sheer nature of the "hands-on" aspect of the course we took. “

  18. How might we build on this idea? Hudson River Valley Honors immersion experience in PLV Cohort of students from NYC and PLV 2 linked LCs (12 credits) 1 linked travel course (3 credits) 3 available credits for course in major

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