The Wright Ecotheologian
Associate Professor of Religion
Former Department Chair of Religion & Philosophy
Executive Director, Collaborative for the Common Good
Events and Retreats
Events
One Day, One Dog, March 30 2023
Wingate University Day of Service: Connecting Campus & Community
Food and Faith Panel Lyceum (November 2022)
Brought together faculty, staff, and community members to talk about food and faith across the world and the campus/community.
Faith at the Heart of Service Lyceums (Fall 2022; Spring 2023)
In partnership with the Christian non-profit Heart for Monroe, students were given the chance to learn and work in The Closet Ministry (Monroe) to learn how faith informs how this organization serves our local community (and beyond)
Chalk it up to Love Lyceums (Monthly - Aug. thru Nov. 2022)
Students learn about our local Title 1 schools, some of the reasons for this designation, and they put together care packages and school supply bags for students and teachers at each school (one per month).
ROOTS Summits -- Recognizing Our Opportunities To Share/Support/Serve
Campus-Community Bridge Building Summit
Speakers, Workshop, Deep Dives, Table Activities
April 2019; February 2020; April 2022
Food Justice as the Context for Teaching Religion and Ecology
American Academy of Religion
Workshop
November 2018
One Day One Dog Coordinator: Sustainability Service Projects April, 2018
● Potato Drop & Delivery & Recipe Cards
● Aquaponics Project at Wingate UMC
● Campus-Community Garden
● Wingate Baptist Church Daycare Play Yard Refurbishment
● Wingate Elementary Lunch Time Buddies
● E-Waste Pick Up
● Campus Lake Clean Up
Coordinated Religion Department Lyceum Event
Just Water: Faithful Perspectives on Water and Water Conservation
Wingate University
October 2017
Loving Your Neighbor Workshop
Providence Presbyterian Youth Group and Green Team
April 2017
Coordinated Water Panel as part of Connected Campus’s Nile Project.
Title: Local and Global Water Issues and Solutions.
Participants: Catawba River Keepers, Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services, Monroe Department of Public Works and an WU environmental biology undergraduate
Wingate University
March 2017
Coordinated Student Lyceum Event
“What Do You Know About Water”
Wingate University
March 2017
Carolina Thread Trail Student Lyceum
Participants: Thread Trail volunteers, Trail Master, local Landscaper, W’Engage, BIGG, and Wildlife club students
October 2016
Pedagogy Workshop
Designing Rubrics with Student Input
Wingate University
September 2015
Retreats
Spirituality and Care of Creation Retreat Day
Morning Retreat Facilitator
Sisters of Mercy, Belmont NC
March 2020 (Postponed until January 2021)
Earth, Wind Fire Water Walk
Student Retreat/Lyceum
May 2016
