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2008 Boyer Colloquium Events
“Pain or Progress”
Thursday, April 17,
2008, 7:00 p.m.
College Marvin-Burt
Liberal Arts Building, room M120.
Highland Community
College
2998 West Pearl City Road
Freeport, IL
61032
The 2008
Boyer Colloquium, “Pain or Progress,” is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
on Thursday, April 17, 2008. Admission is free and the public is invited to
attend this presentation, which will be held in the Highland
Community College Marvin-Burt Liberal Arts Building, room M120.
Pain or Progress will explore both sides of industrial expansion in
agricultural communities. The presenter, Dr. Richard Shaten,
will discuss the impact of wind farms, mega farms, retail expansion, and
highway construction in our communities. A question and answer session will
follow Dr. Shaten’s presentation.
Richard Shaten has a Ph.D. in Land Resources from
the University
of Wisconsin,
masters’ degrees in Agriculture and Applied Economics, Civil and
Environmental Engineering, and Energy Analysis and Policy. He is Chair of the
Economics Department at Madison
Area Technical
College and teaches
Environmental Economics.
A high school essay contest with the Boyer Colloquium 2008 theme will be held
this year. High schools students should attend this event for details about
the video, photo and written essay contest. A total of $1,200 in cash prizes
will be awarded. For more information about the contest, call 815.599.3457.
The Boyer Colloquium, an annual event sponsored by the late Dr. M. E. Boyer,
was created in 1994 to help students understand the importance of the
inter-relationships between ethics, economics, and ecology.
Campus maps are available at here
and directional signage will be posted the evening or the event.
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