Michigan Tech’s World Water Day Moves Online

Michigan Tech will celebrate Planet Water Working day March 23 and 24 with speakers, an art
exhibit and poster competition—virtually.

Just a 7 days soon after relocating instruction on-line for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester,
Michigan Technological College will celebrate Planet Water Working day in the exact style.

Planet Water Working day is a United Nations occasion celebrated on a yearly basis to elevate recognition of
how vital the stewardship of drinking water is for humanity and other creatures. 2020 marks
the twelfth calendar year Michigan Tech has joined in the celebration.

Keynote speaker Joellen Russell is making use of robot floats and supercomputers to evaluate
the ocean and predict long run climate. She will provide the Planet Water Working day keynote
handle through Zoom on March 23 from four to six p.m. Russell is the Thomas R. Brown Distinguished
Chair of Integrative Science and a professor of geosciences, planetary science, hydrology
and atmospheric sciences and applied math at the College of Arizona. Russell’s
handle will be recorded so individuals not able to make the live occasion can view it later on.

Youth speaker Sophia Kianni will give her handle about climate advocacy and her encounters
as a youth leader by Zoom March 24 from twelve:thirty to 2 p.m. Kianni is a youth climate
activist centered in Washington, D.C., functioning nationally with Fridays for Long run United states
and This is Zero Hour and internationally with Extinction Insurrection. Kianni’s handle
will also be recorded for individuals not able to make the live occasion. 

The digital student poster competitiveness is March 23 from twelve to 2 p.m. Contributors
will existing their posters and judges will offer their opinions by means of Zoom. At this
time 23 students are signed up to existing posters. Students will be awarded cash prizes
in the adhering to classes: first research, coursework/informational, and a people’s
selection award. 

Lastly, each Planet Water Working day celebration features an art show. The Planet Water Working day
2020 art show features “Environmental Graphiti” — a series of electronic paintings by Alisa Singer. Singer’s is effective have been produced to
enrich community recognition of the science of climate alter. Just about every of the 23 is effective of
art is derived from a chart, graph, map, phrase or quantity relating to a key point about
climate alter. Use the interactive campus map to get a digital tour of the show.

Michigan Technological College is a community research college, home to additional than
7,000 students from fifty four nations. Founded in 1885, the College provides additional than
a hundred and twenty undergraduate and graduate diploma courses in science and technology, engineering,
forestry, business enterprise and economics, wellbeing professions, humanities, mathematics, and
social sciences. Our campus in Michigan’s Higher Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway
and is just a handful of miles from Lake Remarkable.