The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a three-year, $254,000 grant to The College of Wooster to support further development of its new environmental studies program. The grant will provide two years of funding for a full-time faculty position in environmental studies.† It will allow the program to bring visiting scholars to campus each year, support development of new courses and instructional resources, and underwrite travel for faculty members engaged in environmentally focused research. During its first year, the grant will also fund a planning retreat in which the environmental studies faculty will develop a five-year plan and design an administrative structure for the program.
