<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Environmental author and journalist Ken Ilgunas will visit campus November 3, 2021 for a series of events with students/staff/faculty. Please encourage students to attend.</span><br></font></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br style="font-size:small"></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ilgunas has two books: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trespassing Across America</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, in which he walks the entire 1700 mile path of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline documenting the environmental and social justice impacts that this pipeline development would bring for people along the route. His second book, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Right to Roam, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is about the tensions between wilderness, conservation of nature, development and public and private land in the US. </span></font></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br style="font-size:small"></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">In addition to these books Ilgunas writes for major magazines including Time, Backpacker, High Country News, Washington Post and others. His work focuses on current environmental justice controversies. </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">His website is: <a href="http://www.kenilgunas.com/" target="_blank">www.kenilgunas.com</a></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Ken is an outstanding photographer and storyteller, weaving together adventure, humor, justice and science.</font></span></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br style="font-size:small"></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">There are two events open to all members of the college community:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Wednesday, November 3. 12-1pm.</b> <i>Drop-in Meet and Greet. </i>The Blue Room/Tim Hortons. Bring your own lunch.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;v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