{"id":10792,"date":"2018-07-26T15:54:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T22:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2018-08-31T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T22:44:54","slug":"the-washington-oregon-higher-education-sustainability-conference-wohesc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2018\/07\/26\/the-washington-oregon-higher-education-sustainability-conference-wohesc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Washington &amp; Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">The second annual Washington &amp; Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference is February 25th through February 27th at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washington.edu\/\">University of Washington<\/a>! Last year was the first year that the Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference and the Washington Higher Education Sustainability Conference merged, forming WOHESC. The first WOHESC (2018) was a huge success, with over 600 attendees and over 110 speakers contributing to a sustainable future. Our very own Lety Cavazos, Sustainability Program Specialist at OSU, spoke about the OSU <a href=\"https:\/\/fa.oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/eco-reps\">Eco-rep program<\/a>!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10794\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2018\/07\/WOHESC2018Redux.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10794\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2018\/07\/WOHESC2018Redux-253x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"594\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WOHESC 2018 Redux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is WOHESC?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*From<a href=\"http:\/\/wohesc.org\"> wohesc.org<\/a>*<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Washington &amp; Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) is a platform for inspiring change, facilitating action, and promoting collaboration related to sustainability within the region&#8217;s higher education institutions. Conversation, workshops, and networking opportunities will empower participants to advance environmental performance at Washington and Oregon State institutions of higher education.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WOHESC brings faculty, operational staff, administrators, students, student development staff, non-profit organizations, government organizations, and community stakeholders together in one location in order in order to develop strategies for improving sustainability within Washington and Oregon institutions of higher education.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">2018 WOHESC Keynote: Pandora Thomas<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WOHESC 2018 | Keynote Presentation: Pandora Thomas\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e7opXbd8pNc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">WOHESC 2019<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The program and list of speakers for WOHESC 2019 has not been released yet, but here is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Call for Proposals Timeline:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Wednesday, August 8, 2018 &#8211; Call for proposals issued<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Friday, October 5, 2018 &#8211; Deadline for proposal submissions<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Wednesday, October 31, 2018 &#8211; Selection decisions announced<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Wednesday, November 14, 2018 &#8211; WOHESC 2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/wohesc.org\/program\/\">program<\/a> announced<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">February 25-27, 2019 &#8211; Washington &amp; Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Event Details<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>When<\/strong>: February 25-27, 2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Where<\/strong>: University of Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?ll=47.655389,-122.305085&amp;z=16&amp;t=m&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;mapclient=embed&amp;cid=14490213040960787014\">Husky Union Building<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Registration<\/strong>: Early Bird pricing ends October 31st, so <a href=\"http:\/\/wohesc.org\/register\/\">click here to REGISTER NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Enterprises, Social. \u201cWashington Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference.\u201d\u00a0<i>WOHESC<\/i>, wohesc.org\/about\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second annual Washington &amp; Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference is February 25th through February 27th at the University of Washington! Last year was the first year that the Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference and the Washington Higher Education Sustainability Conference merged, forming WOHESC. 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