The Harvey Mudd College
Center for Environmental Studies
Regional Landscaping Clinic
Proposal
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5 Deliverables

        The Clinic team will present its environmental, social, and economic analysis of the current campus landscape and any recommendations for changes in a report to our liaisons, President Strauss, Mike Barber, and Tim Worley.  This report is to be made publicly available as specified by the Three Valleys Municipal Water District.  Also our findings will be publicized on a website linked to the homepage of the Harvey Mudd College Center for Environmental Studies.

6 Team Information

Faculty Advisors

Tad Beckman is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Harvey Mudd College Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and a member of the 2000-2001 HMC Center for Environmental Studies Steering Committee.

Nancy Hamlett is the Vivian and D. Kenneth Baker Professor of Biology and Chair of the Harvey Mudd College Biology Department.

Liaisons

Jon Strauss is the President of Harvey Mudd College

Mike Barber is the head of Campus Services at Harvey Mudd College.

Tim Worley represents Three Valleys Municipal Water District.

Student Team Members

Greg Alexander is a senior biology major at Harvey Mudd with interests in enviromental conservation and teaching. He sees this clinic as a stepping-off point for a career in enviromentally conscious work. Greg is especially excited about the opportunity the project offers to heighten awareness of conservation issues in our community for generations of Harvey Mudd students.

Team Leader Chris Hanusa is a senior at Harvey Mudd College with a robust interest in Mathematics, French, and whatever else there is around. He plans to address the reasons why Mudd has its specific landscape, and how it came to be as artificial as it is. In the future, Chris may become a mathematician, but he's not sure. All he does know is that someday, somehow, he wants to live on a torus.

Ryan Kirkby is a senior biology major at Harvey Mudd College interested in the social, economic, political, and scientific movement toward sustainability. He views this project as a step towards that goal, and sees a definite need for a school recognized as a leader in technology to be a leader in the appropriate application of technology.

Marcy LaViollette is so much better than Barbie. She is a junior at Harvey Mudd College who has designed her own independent program of studies major in Environmental Engineering. Her objectives for this clinic are to have a positive impact on the campus landscape, create new and innovative ideas to help preserve the environment, and ride the ``sidewalk Zamboni.''

Jill Sohm is a senior biology major at Harvey Mudd College. She is Linde Dorme Co-President and Senior Class Vice President. Her objectives for this clinic are to understand the environmental impact of HMC's landscape and ride the ``sidewalk Zamboni.''

Tracy van Cort is a senior math and off-campus linguistics major at Harvey Mudd College. She, too, is much better than Barbie. Her objectives for this clinic are to understand the social, psychological, cultural, and educational effects of HMC's landscape, convince the college community that the lawns will still look fabulous if we let them grow a little longer, and ride the ``sidewalk Zamboni.'' 

7 Appendix 1: Landscaping Clinic Budget

7.1 Budget Estimate

Clinic Advisor's Approval   Team Leader
     
     
Clinic Director's Approval   Team Leader's Telephone
     
     

7.2 Estimated Costs

Travel and Transportation   $2,300.00
Software   $1,000.00
Equipment   $1,250.00
Experimental/Design Supplies   $3,000.00
Books and other Reference Materials   $200.00
Meals/Refreshments   $1,000.00
Office Expenses   $1,570.00
Grand total   $10,320.00
     

7.3 Explanation of Expenses

Travel and Transporation: $2,500 Software: $1,000 Equipment: $1,250 Experimental/Design Supplies: $3,000 Books and other Reference Materials: $200

Meals/Refreshments: $1,000

Office Expenses: $1,570

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