Hi folks. We are hoping to entice Dr. Winnett-Murray and Dr. Murray to come to Douglas to teach us about our trees and all the way they contribute to our neighborhoods and waterways. But these two and their expertise are available RIGHT NOW, or at least tomorrow, in Holland. Here’s the scoop. Stay tuned on more opportunities to catch up with them and their programs:

WINTER HAPPEING 2019

Saturday, January 26

Haworth Inn and Conference Center
225 College Avenue, Holland, MI 49423

This event is open to the general public and is sponsored by Public Affairs and Marketing.

Admission to the seminars is free. Lunch is $13. For additional information please contact: Lynne Powe (616) 395-7860 or powe@hope.edu

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Registration: Haworth Inn and Conference Center, 225 College Ave.
All seminars will be held at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

New Ways to Love a Tree – Dr. Kathy Winnett-Murray and Dr. K. Greg Murray
Ballrooms 1 and 2, Haworth Inn and Conference Center​​​​​​​

It may be the dead of winter, but the tree outside your window is very much alive, providing you with ecological, economic and health benefits that most folks take for granted. All while “just standing there.” During the summer of 2018, the Murrays and an eclectic group of tree-lovers — biology student Katelyn DeWitt, Hope’s sustainability coordinator Michelle Gibbs, partners from the City of Holland, and computer science professor Mike Jipping and his app-savvy students — found new ways to love trees. They’ll share the story of what they invented and how they hope it will promote the value of trees to the communities of Holland and Hope College. It’s a story about the benefits of trees now and in the future.

Drs. Greg Murray and Kathy Winnett-Murray, professors of biology, have been studying trees (and the things that live in them and near them) since they came to Hope in 1986. As ecologists, they love exploring interactions among creatures in all sorts of environments. Hope students often join them in their research, particularly in Hope’s splendidly forested dune forest preserve, and in Costa Rica, where Greg has studied forest dynamics for 37 years. Greg and Kathy have also led May Terms in Ecuador, the Galapagos, the Sonoran Desert and Tanzania.