Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities
Global Stewardship Initiative
Campus Activity Report -- 1995/1996
Taylor University
Raymond E. Grizzle, Associate Professor of Environmental Science
email: rygrizzle@tayloru.edu
September 1996
Taylor University continued its commitment to education, research, and
service involving global stewardship issues during the academic year 1995/96.
The major impact of the Pew/Global Stewardship Initiative funds has been
the initiation of a collaborative (Dr. Chris Barrett, Utah State University,
and REG) research project focusing on human needs in environmentalism. This
project has resulted in two manuscripts; one in revision for re-submission
to Environmental Ethics , the other in preparation for submission
to Zygon (draft copies of both are enclosed). Pew/GSI funds
also have had an impact on environmental education generally at Taylor.
The Environmental Science program at Taylor was established in 1980 and
has seen steady growth since then. It is a well-established program with
approximately 70 majors, and it receives substantial support from the University.
I joined the program in 1994. As indicated above, the Pew/GSI funds awarded
Taylor University were mainly for research. These funds, however, have had
a greater impact than the two resulting manuscripts directly show. For example,
participation in the meetings associated with the GSI program provided me
with an exceptional introduction to Coalition-wide activities, as well as
the impetus to become a more effective participant in our own program. For
my own research and teaching, the most important activity was attendance
at two meetings of the broader (than CCCU institutions) community of environmentalists.
I think one of the most important things the environmentalists at CCCU institutions
can do at this time is actively seek to broaden our base of regular communication.
Pew/GSI funds have taken me a long way in this direction, and I am grateful
for such an opportunity.
Global stewardship activities at Taylor for 1995/96 were in four areas:
1) courses taught; 2) extracurricular student activities; 3) professional
meetings attended by faculty; 4) research, contracts, and publishing; and
5) miscellaneous activities. The following sections summarize these activities.
1. Courses taught
Majors courses:
ENS 231 - Introduction to Environmental Science
ENS 340 - Global Ecology
ENS 351 - Environmental Survey Techniques
ENS 383 - Environmental Ethics
ENS 402 - Problem Solving in Environmental Science
IAS 483 - Senior Seminar (with Biology)
Associated courses for majors and cognates:
BIO 103 - Introductory Plant Biology
BIO 104 - Introductory Animal Biology
BIO 204 - Principles of Ecology
BIO 341 - Plant Physiology
BIO 380 - Systems Ecology
BUA 370 - Environmental Management
CHE 201 &
CHE 202 - General Inorganic Chemistry
CHE 320 - Environmental Chemistry
ECO 190 - Issues in Economics
ECO 421 - Natural Resource Economics
ECO 422 - Environmental Economics
NAS 240 - Introductory Statistics
POS 331 - Development of Public Policy
2. Extracurricular student activities
Most extracurricular student activities relevant to global stewardship are
carried out at Taylor as part of the student environmental club, Stewards
of Creation, which was formally organized during the 1995/96 academic year.
Drs. Paul Rothrock and Ray Grizzle are the faculty sponsors. At this time,
there are approximately 20 student members. The following is a list of the
major activities of the club during the academic year.
3. Presentations and professional meetings attended by faculty
Raymond E. Grizzle:
attendance at "Toward Just and Sustainable Communities" Theological
Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge, Theological Institute on
Environmental Policy Advocacy, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington,
D.C. May 1996
Grizzle, R.E. and M. Castagna. Spatial patterns of intertidal oyster reefs
in the Canaveral National Seashore, Florida. National Shellfisheries Association,
Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. April 1996. (poster)
Grizzle, R.E. and C.B. Barrett. Human needs in evangelical environmentalism.
Global Stewardship Initiative Workshop, Coalition for Christian Colleges
and Universities/Pew Charitable Trust. March 1996 (presentation)
Barrett C.B. and R.E. Grizzle. Human needs in environmentalism. Sustainable
Societies Workshop, University of Minnesota. February 1996. (co-presentation)
Grizzle, R.E. and J. Smith. 1995. Succession of infaunal benthic communities
on constructed mudflats in a New England estuary. Indiana Academy of Sciences,
Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. November 1995. (presentation, by Jonah
Smith)
attendance at Steering Committee of the Global Stewardship Initiative, Coalition
for Christian Colleges and Universities/Pew Charitable Trust. AuSable, Mancelona,
MI. August 1995
Newell, R.I.E., E.J. Porter and R.E. Grizzle. 1995. Interactions between
oysters, oyster reefs, and water flow. Oyster Reef Habitat Restoration Conference,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Williamsburg, VA. April 1995. (presentation)
Paul R. Rothrock:
Flood boundary effect on the composition of a reconstructed prairie in east
central Indiana (with R. Gifford, L. Seifert, and E. Squiers), Indiana Academy
of Science, I.U.P.U. Indianapolis. Nov. 1995.
Nitrogen effects on the establishment of a prairie community in east central
Indiana (with L. Seifert, R. Gifford, and E. Squiers), Indiana Academy of
Science, I.U.P.U. Indianapolis. Nov. 1995.
Edwin R. Squiers:
Squiers, E. R. Perspectives on Pollution Prevention . An address
to the Citizen's Action Coalition Annual Meeting. Indianapolis. 21 October
1995
Squiers, E. R. and M. Rudy. An analysis of the temporal and spatial distribution
of toxic chemical release in the State of Indiana 1992-1994. Indiana Academy
of Science. Nov. 1995. IUPU Indianapolis.
Squiers, E. R., M. Bailey, T. McPhearson, and R. Mejeur. An analysis of
the spatial distribution of the major legal, environmental, and social/political
constraints to landfill siting in the East Central Indiana Solid Waste District.
Indiana Academy of Science. Nov. 1995. IUPU Indianapolis.
Squiers, E. R. Global Climate Change from the Ice Age to the Industrial
Age. Keynote address to the American Meteorological Society's Midwest Region
Annual Meeting. 5 March 1996.
Squiers, E. R. Environmental Ethics. Keynote presentation to the Environmental
Management Association Annual Meeting. Indiana University Bloomington. 29
March 1996.
Squiers,E. R. Indiana's Natural History: 1816-2016. Keynote address to the
2016 Conference. McCormick's Creek State Park. 11 July 1996.
4. Research, contracts, and publishing
Raymond E. Grizzle:
Human Needs and Environmentalism. Co-principal investigator with C.B. Barrett
(Utah State University). Faculty Grant Program for Global Stewardship Projects.
Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities/Pew Charitable Trust.
$1,500. (May 1995-September 1996)
Restoration of intertidal habitats. Student Research Training Program, Taylor
University. $2,200. (July 1995-June 1996)
Continued studies on the feeding ecology of bivalve molluscs. Faculty Scholarship
Program, Taylor University. $1,500. (July 1995-June 1996).
Development of faunal benthic communities in constructed coastal habitats.
New Hampshire Port Authority mitigation project. Funded by NHPA/University
of New Hampshire. $7,500 (July 1995-June 1996, year 3)
Grizzle, R.E., F.T. Short, H. Hoven, L. Kindblom and C.R. Newell. 1996.
Hydrodynamically induced synchronous waving of seagrasses: "monami"
and its possible effects on larval mussel settlement. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology (in press)
Grizzle, R.E. and M. Castagna. Final Report - Oyster Reef Monitoring Program
in Canaveral National Seashore. Canaveral National Seashore, National Park
Service, Titusville, FL. (November 1995)
Paul R. Rothrock:
research grant from the University of Pennsylvania to complete work on the
Flora of Pennsylvania
grant from the Indiana Academy of Science: to study of the effects of nitrogen
and phosphorus on the establishment of a prairie reconstruction. (with E.R.
Squiers)
Rothrock, P. R. and A. A. Reznicek. 1996. A new species of Carex section
Ovales (Cyperaceae) occurring in the Ozark Mountain Region. Brittonia
48:104-110.
Edwin R. Squiers:
The State of Indiana - Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Pollution
Prevention Challenge Grant of $27,000 to analyze Federal Toxic Release Inventory
Data and develop a model for assessing the effectiveness of Indiana's Pollution
Prevention programs.
Contract for video production (Pollution Prevention in the Printing Industry)
and curriculum development for the Indiana Pollution Prevention and Safe
Materials Institute. $16,500.
Re-appointed by Governor Bayh to serve as a member of the Indiana Heritage
Trust Program Committee. The Trust governs the purchase of all properties
by the State of Indiana (State Parks, State Forests, Fish & Wildlife
Areas, State Historic Sites, Nature Preserves, and Wetlands Preserves).
Peterson, Chris J. and Edwin R. Squiers. 1995. An unexpected change in spatial
pattern across 10 years in an aspen-white-pine forest. Journal of
Ecology 83:847-855.
Final Report - An analysis of aquifer protection in the East Central Indiana
Solid Waste District detailed study area. Under contract to ECISWD Board
of Directors. 15 May 1996.
5. Miscellaneous activities
Work continued on the Upland Prairie Restoration Project (with AVIS Industries).
General construction of a new research greenhouse was completed.
Planning continued for an expanded Industrial Environmental Management major
which is offered by the Department of Business, Accounting, and Economics.
The Taylor-wide recycling program continued to operate for the fifth consecutive
year. During 1995/96, approximately 25% of the total solid waste stream
was recycled.
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