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MILLS HOSTS FORUM OF 100 CALIFORNIA LEADERS TO BOOST STUDENT EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, HEALTH Chez Panisse’s Alice Waters, Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura Among Experts to Meet on April 4, 2007 Oakland, CA - Alice Waters, chef/owner of Chez Panisse restaurant, Delaine Eastin, former California Superintendent of Public Instruction and now distinguished visiting professor of educational leadership at Mills, and A.G. Kawamura, secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture, are among the leaders who will gather at Mills College for a statewide forum on “100 Leaders: the Mills Forum on Scholastic Achievement, Student Health, and School Lunch” on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. The forum will convene California leaders in education, health, agriculture, and the environment to reconsider current educational policies and programs, and recommend changes that forge a more holistic relationship between public education and public health. The event will be presented by Mills in partnership with the Center for Ecoliteracy, the UC Davis Center for Integrative Nutrition Environments in School Communities, Roots of Change Fund, and Slow Food USA. According to Eastin, ”Unless we fundamentally change how we nurture and nourish children in school, we condemn them to shortened life spans and disembodied learning. Mills is convening California leaders to envision a new direction recognizing the vital connections between the health and well-being of students and their academic achievements.” The Mills forum will unveil innovative tools and reforms affecting the learning environment. “We must implement powerful new learning strategies to enable children to learn better and improve their diet and health. And, we must also integrate these initiatives into the pedagogy of the instructional garden, kitchen classroom, cafeteria, and academic classroom,“ said Eastin. Schedule Faculty Lounge, Mills College 8:00 am Arrival And Registration 8:45 Call To Order: Delaine Eastin, forum moderator and senior advisor to Mills College President 9:00 Opening Panel: Reconnecting Health, Agriculture And Education Moderator: Marilyn Briggs, co-director, UC Davis Center for Integrative Nutrition Environments in School Communities
10:00 Questions To The Panel 10:15 Forum Discussion 10:45 Break 11:15 Presentation: Rethinking School Lunch 11:45 Roundtable: School Food Service Directors Moderator: Janet Brown
1:00 pm Lunch 2:00 Facilitated Dialogue: Where Do We Go From Here—A Declaration Of Intent 3:00 Garden Presentation 3:30 Panel Of Elected Leaders: Public Policy Response Moderator: Holly Kernan, visiting professor of journalism, Mills College
4:30 The Importance Of An Edible Schoolyard 4:50 Empowering 100 Leaders To Invest In The Future: The Charge And The Cost, Delaine Eastin 5:00 Adjourn Student Union, Rothwell Center Mills College is a nationally renowned, independent liberal arts college offering innovative degree programs for undergraduate women, and graduate degree and certificate programs for women and men. Consistently recognized as one of the top 100 liberal arts colleges in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, Mills currently ranks among the top 20 most diverse liberal arts colleges. The New York Times recently selected Mills as one of three leading California colleges for students to consider. In 2006, the Washington Monthly College Rankings named Mills a leading liberal arts college based on community service, research spending, quality of preparation for graduate education, and social mobility. In addition, The Princeton Review’s annual guide, the Best 361 Colleges (2007) included Mills for the second year in a row among top U.S. institutions offering students an outstanding undergraduate education. Nestled in the foothills of Oakland, California on 135 lush acres, Mills provides a dynamic liberal arts education fostering women’s leadership, social responsibility, and creativity. PRESS CONTACT: |
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