Senator Tom Carper Visits Dover Campus on Earth Day

A group of participants in an Earth Day panel standing on the lawn of the Terry Building at the Delaware Tech Terry Campus in Dover

U.S. Senator Tom Carper, chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory spent part of Earth Day 2022 on the Dover campus of Delaware Tech.

They led a panel that included students from the College’s three energy technologies programs of study, as well as faculty and administrators, including Campus Director Cornelia Johnson, Dean of Instruction John Buckley, and Director of Workforce Development and Community Education Kristen Yencer.

Topics of discussion included workforce development and job training in the renewable energy sector, the newly expanded SEED Scholarship offered at Delaware Tech, and an overview of the

College’s energy technologies programs shared by department chair Dr. Jennifer Clemons. An open Q&A session followed the panel discussion.

Senator Tom Carper addressing a group of people with a blue and green Earth Day image projected behind him and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory seated beside him

PHOTOS:
Top: Participants of an Earth Day panel, led by Senator Tom Carper and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, on the Delaware Tech Terry Campus in Dover.
Bottom: Senator Tom Carper (center left) and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory (center right) lead the Earth Day panel discussion.