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Nicholas School of the Environment's Senior Professional Program records, 1977-1997

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Summary

Creator:
Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University). Senior Professional Program
Abstract:
The Nicholas School of the Environment's Senior Professional Program traces its beginnings to 1979, when the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies first offered a program of short intensive courses. These courses have been offered since then as part of various named programs and centers, including the Intensive Course Program, the Continuing Education Program, and the Center for Environmental Education. As of 2013, the Senior Professional Program is the only one of these terms that remains in use as a formally named entity in the Nicholas School. The Nicholas School of the Environment's Senior Professional Program Records span the years 1977-1997 and contain correspondence with faculty, syllabi, notebooks, schedules, and other materials from intensive courses, workshops, and conferences offered as part of the Intensive Course Program, the Center for Continuing Education, the Center for Environmental Education, and the Senior Professional Program. Materials document research and teaching interests of several Nicholas School faculty, and topics covered in the courses include ecological risk assessment, environmental sciences, water supply, water resources development, forest management, and the National Environmental Policy Act. Arranged in order by accession number.
Extent:
10.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
UA.18.04.0001
University Archives Record Group:
18 -- Nicholas School of the Environment
04 -- Centers, Programs, and Institutes

Background

Scope and Content:

The Nicholas School of the Environment, Senior Professional Program Records contain correspondence with faculty, syllabi, notebooks, schedules, and other materials from courses, workshops, and conferences presented under the auspices of several Nicholas School programs and centers from 1977-1997, including the Intensive Course Program, the Center for Continuing Education, the Center for Environmental Education, and the Senior Professional Program. These materials document the research and teaching interests of several Nicholas School faculty during this period; topics covered in the courses include ecological risk assessment, environmental sciences, water supply, water resources development, forest management, and the National Environmental Policy Act. Some materials have been transferred to this collection from the Nicholas School of the Environment Records, 1916-2010. The collection is arranged in order by accession number.

Biographical / Historical:

The Nicholas School of the Environment's Senior Professional Program traces its beginnings to 1979, when the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies first began offering a program of short intensive courses to professionals in the fields of forestry and environmental studies. Over the years since then, the original curriculum has expanded steadily and the courses have been offered under the auspices of a variety of named programs and centers from the 1980s through the early 2000s, including the Intensive Course Program, the Continuing Education Program, the Center for Environmental Education, and the Senior Professional Program. The Nicholas School continues to offer a variety of intensive and continuing education courses, but as of 2013 the Senior Professional Program is the only one of these terms in use as a formally named entity.

Acquisition Information:
The Nicholas School of the Environment, Senior Professional Program Records were received by the University Archives as a transfer, 1993-1999.
Processing information:

Preliminary inventory prepared by Emily J. Glenn, March 2003.

Processed by Julia K. Eads, March 2013

Encoded by Emily J. Glenn, March 2003; updated by Julia K. Eads, March 2013

Accessions UA 1993-0106, UA 1994-0102, UA 1996-0080, UA 1997-0072, and UA 1999-0081 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Collection-level access notes updated by Tracy M. Jackson, January 2019.

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Nicholas School of the Environment's Senior Professional Program records, 1977-1997
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Collection ID UA.18.04.0001
EAD ID uansoespp
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Total components 216
Last indexed 2023-09-06

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