Lecture Series and Upcoming Events
Earth Day Lecture
Lisa H. Newton, Ph.D.
Environmental Ethics
Wednesday, April 23 - 7:30 p.m.
Nicolet College Theatre 715-365-4646
Free Admission
In celebration of Earth Week, the Natural Resources Team at Nicolet College presents:
Lisa H. Newton, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Program in Applied Ethics, and Director of the Program in Environmental Studies at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Associate in Medicine at Yale Medical School. A graduate of Columbia University (B.S. in Philosophy 1962, Ph.D. in Philosophy 1967) and has authored or coauthored several textbooks in the fields of Ethics and Environmental Issues, including:
- Business Ethics and Natural Environment, Blackwell, 2005
- Ethics and Sustainability: Sustainable Development and the Moral Life, (2003)
- Wake Up Calls: Classic Cases in Business Ethics (2nd edition 2003)
- Watersheds: Cases in Environmental Ethics (3rd edition 2001; 4th edition 2004)
- Taking Sides: Controversial Issues in Business Ethics and Society (8th edition 2004)
Newton has authored over 80 articles in the Applied Ethics fields in which she teaches
politics, law, medicine and nursing, business, communications, engineering and natural environment. She was the writer and ethics consultant for Media and Society's 1990 series, Ethics in America, (Study Guide and Source Reader, 2nd editions 2004), the videos for which are still occasionally aired on public television, and which is gearing up for second series. She is on the editorial board of several scholarly journals in her field, including Business Ethics Quarterly, Teaching Ethics, The Journal of Value Inquiry, and Organizational Ethics.
Through the consulting function of the Program in Applied Ethics, Dr. Newton coordinates consulting services for regional healthcare providers. She has started several ethics committees at hospitals and nursing homes, and continues to provide educational, policy review, and case consulting services for hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care services. Through the student Internship Project in the Program in Environmental Studies, she has supervised students in environmental work in industry museums, municipalities and non-environmental rainforest organizations.
Outdoor Adventure
This semester the Outdoor Adventure Series truly has something for everyone. If your idea of adventure is looking at the great outdoors from the window of a luxury inn in Bayfield, we have it. Want to learn how to camp outing the winter? We have that too. New this semester is a series of fireside chats from sage and famous outdoors men and writers. Learn how to ice fish, make your own snowshoes, tie flies, tie knots . . . you name it, we have it here. You'll find it easy to . . . GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!
Click here to view the Outdoor Adventure activities list.