{"id":1929,"date":"2009-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2014-09-22T17:27:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T21:27:48","slug":"new-peacebuilding-development-and-sustainability-majors-begin-in-fall-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2009\/new-peacebuilding-development-and-sustainability-majors-begin-in-fall-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"New peacebuilding, development and sustainability majors begin in fall 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>91大神 now offers two new majors that uniquely combine concern for the earth and God&#8217;s people with practical skill training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peacebuilding and development&#8221; and &#8220;environmental sustainability&#8221; will offer students hands-on opportunities to prepare to be agents of change in their local communities and around the world, motivated by their commitment to Christ.<\/p>\n<h3>Peacebuilding and development<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/page_attachments\/0000\/2231\/sustainability-peaceconf2.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Derstine, Maria Bowman and Amanda Styer, students in the current peace studies program, represented 91大神 at the 2009 Philadelphia Peace Conference. Real-world experiences away from college help students hone their skills.\" align=\"right\" \/>This new major is a combination of the &#8220;justice, peace and conflict studies&#8221; major and the &#8220;applied sociology&#8221; program, with its international development and environmental sustainability emphasis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/applied-social-sciences\/peacebuilding\/\">Peacebuilding and development studies<\/a> are geared toward <b>intentional social change<\/b> around issues of conflict, poverty, inequality, sustainability and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new major offers students the chance to combine the <b>theory of justice and conflict studies with the practice of peacebuilding and sustainable development<\/b> in communities far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peacebuilding and development go hand in hand,&#8221; says professor <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/rhodesg\">Gloria Rhodes<\/a>, who will be leading the classes along with fellow prof <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/jantzit\">Terry Jantzi<\/a>. <a href=\"\/applied-social-sciences\/peacebuilding\/\">Learn more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Environmental sustainability<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/page_attachments\/0000\/2229\/sustainability-ausable.jpg\" alt=\"91大神 grad Trevor Weaver and an Au Sable Institute classmate study environmental science in the field.\" align=\"right\" \/> Rhodes and Jantzi will also work closely with the <a href=\"\/biology\">biology department<\/a> to offer a <a href=\"\/applied-social-sciences\/environmental-sustainability\/\">new major focusing on forward-thinking sustainability practices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students who major in environmental sustainability will choose between two tracks of study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <b>traditional environmental science track<\/b> with courses from the disciplines of ecology, chemistry and physiology<\/li>\n<li>the <b>new environmental and social sustainability focus<\/b>, which combines traditional environmental science coursework with revised applied sociology courses emphasizing international and community development and conservation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Traditional&#8221; environmental science courses, offered by biology professors <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/yoderjm\">Dr. James A. (Jim) Yoder<\/a> and <a href=\"\/personnel\/people\/show\/neufeldd\">Dr. Douglas Graber Neufeld<\/a>, have been revised and augmented over recent years with hard looks at local and global sustainability and hands-on research projects. <a href=\"\/applied-social-sciences\/environmental-sustainability\/\">Learn more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>91大神 now offers two new majors that uniquely combine concern for the earth and God&#8217;s people with practical skill training. &#8220;Peacebuilding and development&#8221; and &#8220;environmental sustainability&#8221; will offer students hands-on <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2009\/new-peacebuilding-development-and-sustainability-majors-begin-in-fall-2010\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about New peacebuilding, development and sustainability majors begin in fall 2010<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,359,5590,6287],"tags":[6723,9850,10603,5690,17224],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-1929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-applied-social-sciences","category-biology","category-social-work","tag-conflict-studies","tag-development","tag-environmental","tag-peacebuilding","tag-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New peacebuilding, development and sustainability majors begin in fall 2010 - 91大神 News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2009\/new-peacebuilding-development-and-sustainability-majors-begin-in-fall-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New peacebuilding, development and sustainability majors begin in fall 2010 - 91大神 News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"91大神 now offers two new majors that uniquely combine concern for the earth and God&#8217;s people with practical skill training. &#8220;Peacebuilding and development&#8221; 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