Saturday, March 19, from 1-3 p.m. in 427 Waterman (UVM) the Vermont Italian Club and the UVM Dept. of Romance Languages will cosponsor a talk about George Perkins Marsh, given by John C. Elder, Professor Emeritus, Middlebury College. Marsh, a Vermonter, was America's first minister to the new nation of Italy from 1861 to 1882. Marsh is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and a powerful advocate of the sustainability concept.

NOTE: Parking is available at no charge in the parking lot behind Waterman