SEED Events
In partnership with our community, the SEED Institute at Regis University provides special event programming to educate the next generation of sustainable business leaders.
Recent Events:
The Nuclear Legacy of Rocky Flats:
A Keynote and Panel Discussion with Kristen Iversen
presented by Chester Alter Scholar and the SEED Institute
Dr. Kristen Iversen (Chester Alter Scholar): Dr. Iversen is a world-renowned author with personal ties to the Denver community, having grown up not far from Regis in Arvada. Her award-winning book, Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, details her experience being raised near “the most contaminated site in America” and has been chosen by more than 30 universities around the country for their Common Read/First Year Experience programs. It is also the subject of a forthcoming documentary. Dr. Iversen has taught at universities around the country and abroad and is currently Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati.
View the Event Recording
The SEED Institute at Regis University’s Anderson College of Business and Computing presents a keynote and panel discussion on Rocky Flats featuring Kristen Iversen, Jon Lipsky (former FBI agent who led the 1989 raid on Rocky Flats), Mark Johnson (Immediate Past President of Colorado Medical Society and Chief Medical Officer for Jefferson County Public Health), Randy Stafford (analyst of Rocky Flats studies), Stephanie Malin (Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Justice at Colorado State University), Michael Ketterer (Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Arizona University), and Niels Schonbeck (Biochemist, Instructor, Regis University). Panel moderated by Nathan Church, an award-winning filmmaker with Havey Pro Cinema and writer, director, and producer of Full Body Burden documentary. Help us bring Full Body Burden to the big screen by making a tax-deductible gift at fullbodyburden.wedid.it.
Writing Workshop with Kristen Iversen
presented by Chester Alter Scholar and the SEED Institute
Dr. Kristen Iversen (Chester Alter Scholar): Dr. Iversen is a world-renowned author with personal ties to the Denver community, having grown up not far from Regis in Arvada. Her award-winning book, Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, details her experience being raised near “the most contaminated site in America” and has been chosen by more than 30 universities around the country for their Common Read/First Year Experience programs. It is also the subject of a forthcoming documentary. Dr. Iversen has taught at universities around the country and abroad and is currently Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati.
Event Description: Current Regis University students and faculty members are invited to join Dr. Iversen for a writing workshop focused on creative nonfiction and environmental action. Join this inspiring, award-winning author to learn about and discuss writing practice as you network and make new friends.
Leadership Coaching Workshop for Sustainability Professionals
facilitated by UN PRME
hosted by the SEED Institute
Event Description: Sustainability professionals strive to create immense transformation, often with limited support and resources, and often, they do it alone. Roles like Chief Sustainability Officer, VP of Sustainability and ESG Director can be extremely meaningful, but also demanding, and these careers often lead to burnout. This workshop will help connect Front Range sustainability professionals with their community and provide space for these leaders to share challenges, harness the group's collective wisdom and uncover insights and solutions. Our special guest facilitators will join us from the UN PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset and Leadership in Motion (LIM). Tickets include a farm-to-table lunch provided by our sustainability-minded campus dining partner, Harvest Table.
Meet the Facilitators
Ernie Turner is the President of LIM, Leadership in Motion, a global consulting firm focused on development – people and business – simultaneously using LIM’s 10 ARL™ (Action Reflection Learning) principles. In this capacity, he has been building LIM as an international consulting firm for MNCs and NGOs around the world providing a number of services, including merger integration, leadership development, team development, sustainable development, culture change, organizational alignment, human resource development, team coach development and Peer Learning.
Isabel Rimanoczy, Ed.D. is the Convener of the UN PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset. She has made it her purpose to promote change accelerators and has over 20 years of experience coaching leaders and teams from multinational pharmaceutical, financial services and food production clients in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, through the consulting firm Leadership in Motion LLC (LIM). She has since designed an assessment instrument to map and profile the Sustainability Mindset journey, as a personal development tool for students and leaders, and a tool for coaches and educators. Dr. Rimanoczy earned her doctorate at Columbia University, an MBA from Universidad de Palermo and her License in Psychology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Past Events:
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