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Princeton Weekly Bulletin September 25, 2006, Vol. 96, No. 3 prev next current
- Page One
- • Tilghman charts path for the University’s future
- • University establishes new Center for African American Studies
- • Princeton to end early admission
- Special community ties section
- • Community and regional affairs office serves as bridge
- • Celebration this fall to mark 250 years of ‘Princeton in Princeton’
- • Community and Staff Day goes ‘under the lights’ at Princeton Stadium Oct. 13
- • University and local communities invited to join in ‘Plans in Progress’
- • Faculty, staff give back to the community through volunteer work
- • Collaboration with start-up company aims to improve efficiency of solar power
- • CAP shares academic riches with area residents
- • Center keeps pace with civic engagement opportunities
- • Community outreach generates a winning feeling for student-athletes
- • Cotsen materials go on the road
- • Trenton Program kindles passion for art
- Inside
- • Class of 2010 is most diverse in Princeton‘s history
- • Library exhibition celebrates Goheen
- • Science takes a walk in the park
- • Retiree Open Enrollment is Sept. 25-Oct. 6
- People
- • Humanities Council lines up roster of distinguished visitors
- • Eugenides, Thompson among new faculty members approved
- • Spotlight
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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- Editor: Ruth Stevens Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Eric Quiñones Contributing writer: Denise Barricklow, Cass Cliatt, Karin Dienst, Teresa Riordan Photographers: Denise Applewhite, John Jameson Design: Maggie Westergaard Web edition: Mahlon Lovett
People
Erin Metro (photo: John Jameson)
Spotlight
Name: Erin Metro.
Position: Assistant in the Office of Community and Regional Affairs. Helping to plan, coordinate and implement special events such as Communiversity and the University’s annual Community and Staff Day. Serving as the initial contact for questions, via phone, e-mail and walk-ins, about the office and the University. Assisting with registration for the Community Auditing Program and the Program in Continuing Education.
Quote: “It’s great interacting with the auditors. They’re passionate about the program — they will be standing in line at 6 a.m. on the day of registration. They’re really enjoyable to be around.”
Other interests: Running half marathons and triathlons. Participating in adventure travel with sons Bryce, 17, and Jordan, 14.
People
Shana Weber has been named to the newly created position of sustainability manager in the University’s facilities department.
Shana Weber (photo:)
Weber served as a faculty member and as director for campus and community programs at Santa Clara University’s Environmental Studies Institute from 2002 to 2005. She has been co-producer and contributing science editor since 2005 for “EcoTalk,” a nationally syndicated interview format radio program dedicated to environmental sustainability.
At Princeton, she will be responsible for helping the University as a whole to improve its environmental performance and to facilitate its emergence as a leading example of sustainability among institutions of higher education. She will work with students, faculty and staff to diminish the University’s ecological footprint by coordinating improvements in energy efficiency, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and waste, supporting local businesses, improving public awareness of University sustainability efforts, encouraging creative collaboration and dialogue, developing University-wide policies and engaging the University community in the national sustainability discussion.
Among her duties will be serving as liaison to the Princeton Sustainability Committee (formerly the Princeton Environmental Oversight Committee), a group of students, faculty and staff charged since 2002 with monitoring the University’s relationship with the environment.
“The University has many different environmental issues that need a champion and coordinator to implement solutions,” said Tom Nyquist, director of engineering in the facilities department, to whom Weber reports. “Shana is the right person at the right time for this work.”
Weber earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Ohio State University, a master’s degree in cultural studies from Holy Names College and a Ph.D. in environmental science from Indiana University. She has taught environmental science courses at both Indiana University and Santa Clara University.
An ecologist and avid photographer, Weber has participated in educational and scientific expeditions to Brazil, Ecuador and the Galápagos, Costa Rica, Baja Mexico, Alaska and the American West. She recently began studying the American pika in the mountains of Nevada and Montana. This smallest member of the rabbit family, which lives above the tree line on rocky slopes, appears to be suffering population decline in certain areas due to global warming.
Weber’s new position was made possible with support from Bert Kerstetter, a 1966 Princeton alumnus.