Paul Smith's College of Arts & Sciences
IN-24: Innovation A

Climb it 4 Climate is an annual campaign that supports student scholarships at Paul Smith’s College and raises awareness of our changing climate.Climb it 4 Climate is led by a group of globally minded students and faculty at Paul Smith’s College. Our goal this year is to raise $42,182 for two types of scholarships — change agents, available to all areas of study, and the other for women in science, environmental studies, or recreation. Why $42,182? It’s the combined height of Mount Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua, two of the world’s Seven Summits — and two of Paul Smith’s own are readying to climb both of them. College President Cathy Dove will attempt to reach Africa’s ceiling and, and two months later, Instructor Bethany Garretson will attempt the same in South America. Both are going to use their journeys to collect climate stories along the way. Cathy is a long-standing advocate for environmental and wildlife issues, and, with thanks to the faculty at Paul Smith’s College, has become increasingly educated and aware of critical issues such as climate change. She decided to tackle Kilimanjaro as a way of raising awareness for these global challenges, as the mountain’s shrinking glaciers are a clear indicator of environmental global change. At the same time, she is using the trip to raise scholarship support for PSC students — part of the next generation of environmental leaders.

" New Heights for Scholarship Fundraisor" Pgs- 14-17 of The Sequel Fall 2019.