Environment and Building Resilient Futures Faculty Panel
Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on The Environment & Building Resilient Futures,
Please join us for a faculty panel conversation on the Environment and Building Resilient Futures. The panel will include Richelle Tanner, Skye Niles, Sandra Alvarez, and Christine O'Connell, led by moderator Angela Lederach.
Meet our panelists:
Dr. Richelle Tanner is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Science and Policy Program, jointly appointed to Schmid and Wilkinson Colleges. She is broadly interested in how climate change affects both ecological and human communities, and our mechanisms of resilience. Her current research projects include: 1) sea hare physiology and population dynamics for increasing eelgrass restoration efficacy under climate extremes, 2) socio-ecological best practices for collective action in Phragmites australis invasive species management, and 3) values-based communication strategies for science-informed policy across stakeholder groups in the California Delta.
Dr. Skye…
Organization: Wilkinson College.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Beckman Hall 404 - George Bush Conference Center.
Disability Drawing Club
Renée Reizman, an interdisciplinary artist and writer, will talk about her work with Disability Drawing Club and her community engaged art practice.
Speaker's Bio:
Renée Reizman is disabled, Jewish, interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator. She works within diverse communities to co-author stories about infrastructure, public policy, and social change. She is the founder of Disability Drawing Club, and currently an adjunct assistant professor at Pepperdine University, the University of Southern California, and California State University Dominguez Hills.
Organization: Wilkinson College, Art, Department Of. Open To: General Public. RSVP is Required? No.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Argyros Forum 201 - Charles and Nora Hester Faculty Senate Boardroom.
Wilkinson Winterfest 2025
The Wilkinson College Student Advisory and Leadership Board invites you to celebrate the holiday season with them. Come enjoy hot cocoa and an ice cream bar while decorating ornaments, creating gingerbread houses and playing board games and Giant Jenga. A relaxing way to spend time with friends before finals week. Co-sponsored by SGA.
Organization: Wilkinson College, SGA.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
Argyros Forum 119B.