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March 15, 2011 for Immediate Release

AUNE Speaker Looks at Native American, Western Perspectives in Academia

Environmental Studies Colloquium on April 1 is open to the public

(Keene, NH) - Nancy Rich will speak on “Restoring Relationships: Native American Perspectives Meet Western Science and Environmentalism in Academia,” Friday, April 1, as part of the Environmental Studies Colloquium speaker series. The talk will take place from 11:30 a.m. to noon in the Community Room at AUNE. It is free and open to the public.

Rich will explore how Native American perspectives, myths about those perspectives and the notions of Western science and environmentalism relate in academia. Based on interviews with faculty, the talk suggests how conversations between indigenous and Western perspectives could take place in environmental studies programs.

Rich is a doctoral candidate in environmental studies at AUNE and a lifelong hiker and backpacker.

About Antioch University New England (AUNE)
This is Antioch University New England's forty-seventh year as an institution of higher education. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, AUNE offers rigorous, practice-oriented, values- based master's, doctoral and certificate programs to more than one thousand students. Degrees in education, leadership and management, environmental studies and psychology reflect a dedication to activism, social justice, community service and sustainability. Antioch University New England is the oldest and largest of Antioch University's graduate campuses. For more information about Antioch University New England, visit our web site at: www.antiochne.edu.

About Antioch University
Antioch University is a five-campus university located in four states. Each campus has its own distinct academic programs, community life and regional or national identity. Antioch University is founded on principles of rigorous liberal arts education, innovative experiential learning and socially engaged citizenship. The multiple campuses of the University nurture in their students the knowledge, skills and habits of reflection to excel as lifelong learners, democratic leaders and global citizens who live lives of meaning and purpose. For more information about Antioch University's campuses, its university-wide PhD program, or the Antioch Education Abroad program, visit www.antioch.edu.

Last Updated: 3/24/11