Press Releases and News StoriesEARTH has obtained numerous high achievements and reached noteworthy milestones. Please take a moment to review our compilation of the press releases from this past year, as well as additional publications in which EARTH University has been mentioned. You can click on the title to read more or watch a video about each story. Past editions of our newsletters are also available.
December 2009 / Mrs. Jane Cocke Black, resident of Atlanta and longtime chairman of Atlanta-based EARTH University Foundation Board of Trustees, has been honored with a Doctorate in Humanities Honoris Causa from EARTH University in Costa Rica.
December 2009 / After a lengthy and thorough selection process, EARTH University Foundation has named Ms. Liliana Grip as its new Director of Development.
October 2009 / An interview with Walter Robb, co-president and chief operating officer of Whole Foods, on what makes an EARTH banana sustainable and how terms like organic and sustainable can elude easy definition.
February 2009 / An abstract of the report to the members of the Committee on Foreign Relations in the US Senate where EARTH University is referenced as a model educational institution whose structure could be replicated in underdeveloped regions worldwide.
September 2008 / Sotuh African EARTH student, Ephraim Bonginkosi Pad is interviewed about EARTH by the University of KwaZulu Natal.
May 2008 / NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams reported on EARTH University's work to the educate future leaders about sustainability.
Costa Rica President Oscar Arias Sánchez’s Graduation Speech
December 2007 / 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate makes a moving speech at EARTH’s 15th Graduation Ceremony on December 7, 2007
Universities as Agents of Prosperity
October 2007 / Commentary in the online news source, “Nairobi Daily,” discusses how African Universities can learn from the international community how to improve programs and create qualified graduates to confront the agricultural issues of today.
EARTH University is named the World’s “Third Greenest”
September 2007 / EARTH University is recognized as the third greenest university in the world, as noted by online magazine, “Grist.”
EARTH University Declares Itself Carbon Neutral
September 2007 / After conducting a University-sponsored study, EARTH declares itself Carbon Neutral.
EARTH Bananas first to be sold under Whole Foods Market’s Whole Trade Guarantee Program
March 2007 / New partnership between Whole Foods Market and EARTH University
Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research in Agriculture Conference at EARTH
March 2007 / Highlights of the bi-annual conference, hosted by EARTH University
Builder of Bridges
Article published in the American University of Beirut quarterly magazine, “MainGate,” highlighting EARTH University President, Dr. José Zaglul.
Vanguard Institutions for Latin American Youth
Article published in W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s 7tht Anniversary book, highlighting projects they have funded worldwide, including the development of EARTH University.
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