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Present the 6 th Annual NC State

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Natural Resources. Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Distinguished Lecture on Global Service to Society and Environment. Present the 6 th Annual NC State. Julio César Calvo Alvarado Rector (Presidente)

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Present the 6 th Annual NC State

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  1. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences College of Natural Resources Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Distinguished Lecture on Global Service to Society and Environment Present the 6th Annual NC State Julio César Calvo Alvarado Rector (Presidente) Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica Costa Rica In The Path Of Environmental Sustainability. Lessons Learned. Monday October 31, 2011 Open Campus-wide Main Lecture 3:30 pm, NC State Talley Student Center Ballroom • 5:00pm – Reception, North Gallery Talley Student Center • 5:30-6:15pm – Circle of discussion with President Calvo, open to all NC State faculty and students, North Gallery Talley Student Center Tuesday November 1, 2011 Open Campus Disciplinary Seminar with Dr. Calvo FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT IN COSTA RICA 10:15 to 11:300 am, Room 1214 Jordan Hall II Dr. Calvo is President of Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC) (http://www.tec.ac.cr). It is a national autonomous institution, with ca. 6500 students. TEC has undergraduate and graduate programs in a comprehensive array of disciplines: Business, Natural and Social Science and Humanities, and engineering in Agricultural, Forest, Electromechanical, Computer, Construction, Industrial, Design, Production, and Materials Sciences. Dr. Calvo received his Ph.D in 1991 from Dept. of Forestry at NC State, working under the direction of Professor emeritus James Gregory. He has received Fulbright-LASPAU and NSF Fellowships, and been honored by SIGMA XI, and Agriculture and Forestry Honor Societies. In 1982 he earned an M.S. from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry-Syracuse, and in 1978 his first degree in Forest Engineering from TEC. Professor Calvo works in forest hydrology, natural resources, forest ecology and remote sensing. Previously he was Chairman of the TEC School of Forestry 1983-1987, and again from 2007-2011. From 1997-2002 he was Executive Director of the Tropical Science Center, Costa Rica, and responsible for a Biological Reserves Network, including the Monteverde Cloud Forest Station.

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