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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 13, 1994                   TAG: 9404130023
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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HOLLINS COLLEGE IS HOSTING A WOMEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL

Hollins College is hosting a Women's Environmental Leadership Conference this weekend, April 15 and 16.

Susan Weber, executive director of Zero Population Growth, will give the keynote address Friday at 7 p.m. Her talk is free and open to the public. The conference is composed of women from a variety of environmental fields, including public service, private business, nonprofit activism and academic research.

The conference will feature workshops, discussion panels, presentations and a food and wine exposition Friday evening.

Other speakers include Joy Berg, supervisor of the Jefferson National Forest, Rupert Cutler, director of Explore Park, Priscilla Sears, professor of environmental and women's studies at Dartmouth College.

Registration is $75 for nonstudents and $25 for students. The conference runs from 3 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Saturday. Call 362-6427 or 362-6711 for more information.



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