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Center for Environmental Studies

Located in Kellogg House, the Center for Environmental Studies administers an academic program that provides an integrated, interdisciplinary study of the environment leading to a concentration in Environmental Studies. The Center also manages three special facilities of the College: the Matt Cole Library, the Hopkins Memorial Forest complex, and the Environmental Science Laboratory. The Matt Cole Library in Kellogg House is an interdisciplinary environmental library that includes not only books and journals but also an extensive collection of documents, maps, and other resource materials focused on the regional environment. A small Geographic Information Systems laboratory is located on the second floor of the Matt Cole Library. The 2,400 acre Hopkins Memorial Forest, a natural area located in the northwest corner of Williamstown less than two miles from the center of campus, is used for research, education, and passive recreation. A former carriage barn at the Forest entrance has been converted into the Rosenburg Center, providing on-site laboratory, classroom, farm museum, and office facilities. Within the Forest, both short and long term research projects are ongoing, utilizing the permanent plot system, weather station, stream gauging stations, and canopy walkway. Hiking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing are encouraged on the eight miles of trails in the Forest; wheeled and motorized vehicles are prohibited. The Environmental Science Laboratory in the Unified Morley Science Laboratory and the field laboratory at Hopkins Forest are equipped for chemical analysis and are available to students for coursework and independent research studies. The Center holds a weekly environmental studies lunchtime speaker series, Log Lunch, which features a broad range of speakers as well as student-made vegetarian lunch. The Center also engages in many community activities.

Center for Environmental Studies

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