Sessions will be held at 4 and 7 p.m.
All sessions are free and open to the public.
Addressing the science and value of biodiversity, as well as the development of a theology of Christian environmental stewardship, the two day conference will present the views of guest lecturers Dr. Fred Van Dyke and Dr. Steve Bouma-Prediger. Dr. Van Dyke received his Ph.D. in environmental and forest biology from the State University of New York-Syracuse. A former wildlife research biologist with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Van Dyke is currently assistant professor of biology at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa and will be coming to Wheaton College as Associate Professor of Biology in the fall of 2001. He specializes in the study of wildlife ecology and fire ecology. Dr. Bouma-Prediger is associate professor of Religion at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.