Jill MacIntyre Witt to speak Jan. 20 in Huxley series

Jill MacIntyre Witt will present "Peace Corps Opportunities for Students of the Environment" as part of Western’s Huxley College of the Environment Speaker Series at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20 in the Communication Facility room 227 on the Western campus. The presentation is free and open to the public. For thousands of recent college graduates, Peace Corps service has been a life-defining leadership experience. Since 1961, the Peace Corps has shared with the world America's most precious resource – its people. Peace Corps volunteers live, learn and work with a community in one of more than 70 countries overseas. The Peace Corps is a 27-month commitment during which volunteers provide technical assistance in six program areas: education, agriculture, environment, health, youth and community development, business and information, and communications technology. The presentation will include discussion of the variety of Peace Corps opportunities available to students with degrees in environmental topics. Witt is the Western Peace Corps campus representative. She volunteered for the Peace Corps in Morocco in 1990-1991; prior to her Peace Corps work, she earned a degree in Environmental and Systematic Biology from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, Calif. Anyone interested in this topic is encouraged to come and participate; the presentation will include a question-and-answer period. The speaker series is held by Western's Huxley College of the Environment to bring together the environmentally minded community and other interested members of the Western and Bellingham communities. Speakers address topics of contemporary environmental concern in the region and the world. For more information, please contact the main office of Huxley College of the Environment, at (360) 650-3520. Western’s Huxley College of the Environment is one of the oldest environmental colleges in the nation and a recognized national leader in producing the next generation of environmental stewards. The College’s academic programs reflect a broad view of the physical, biological, social and cultural world. This innovative and interdisciplinary approach makes Huxley unique. The College has earned international recognition for the quality of its programs.