2026 EENC Annual Conference

2026 EENC Annual Conference

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8:30am EDT

Coffee and Networking McKimmon - 2A Registration Desk Lobby

9:00am EDT

Welcome Remarks and Updates McKimmon - 2C

9:30am EDT

When Classrooms and Campuses Collide: Building Bridges Through Environmental Education Room 14Breanna Walker • Elizabeth Miles Beyond Tips & Tricks: How Gamification Supports Kids Time Spent Outside Room 9Samantha Briley • Eliza Denvil Not Their Burden: Rebalancing Responsibility & Wonder Room 7BRachel Woods Connecting your Existing Adult Volunteers with Meaningful Community Science Projects for Real Data Collection at your Site Room 10Shane Myers • Lauren Lampley From Programs to Leadership: The Business of EE Room 8BChip Freund • Jonathan Marchal

10:45am EDT

Strange Bait: Teaching Through the Weird and Spooky McKimmon - 2CLiz Z. Pardue

11:45am EDT

Full Conference Photo McKimmon - Courtyard

12:00pm EDT

Lunch and Awards Panel McKimmon - 2C

1:15pm EDT

Section Meeting: Central Section Room 7B Section Meeting: Eastern Section Room 10 Section Meeting: Piedmont Section Room 8B Section Meeting: Western Section Room 9

2:15pm EDT

Community-Engaged Resilience Education: Early Findings from Translating Classroom Lessons to Informal EE Contexts Room 14Liz DeMattia • Kerri Hampton • Cristina Quattrone • Caitlin Reilly • Ruimeng Wang Local Libraries, Live Animals, and Lessons Learned: A Case Study of the North Carolina Zoo's Summer Outreach Program and Evaluation Room 9Elizabeth Stratton Mindful and Playful. Collaborating with Mother Nature to create meaningful experiences of Environmental Education Room 7BLaura Lund Nature as Design Mentor: A Biomimicry Field Workshop Room 8BLeigh E Aultman New Lessons from Don't Waste It! Room 10Shannon Culpepper

4:00pm EDT

Investigating the Needs and Barriers to Collaborative Environmental Education and School–Community Partnerships in Middle Grades: A Case Study Across Southeastern North Carolina Room 8BAnna Patten The OCEAN FOR ALL Alliance: Building Capacity Through Global Collaboration and Evaluation Room 14Hannah Eaton • Flora Ulrich Puppets with a Purpose Room 10Cindy Furey • Lauren Greene Exploring Black Leadership in Outdoor Learning Room 9Maniyah Anderson Bowser • Ranita Dawkins Matters of Life, Death, & Earth: Lessons from a Course about Death, Dying, & Climate Justice Room 7BMallory McDuff