Deidre N. Hardy-Street

 

Deidre N. Hardy-Street received a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Southern University in 1992 and a Master of Public Administration from Southern University in 1996. She is currently the Program Manager for the NASA funded University Research Center at Southern University ?The Center for Coastal Zone Assessment and Remote Sensing (CCZARS). She has also co-written and was co-principal investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project, cademic Enhancement, Research and Training for SU Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Students. 

Mrs. Street is an active participant in the areas of environmental policy, research and education. She has assisted in the facilitation of various environmental programs/workshops and Co-chaired the Southern University celebration of Earth Day from 1998 - 1999 and was the SUBR Earth Day Chair from 2000 - 2003. This celebration has as its goal, the education of the University community, students (K-12, as well as both graduates and undergraduates) and the nearby Scotlandville community on environmental issues. Mrs. Street has also assisted the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies (CEES) in its coordination of the SUBR Ozone Action Program.  This program is part of a Baton Rouge area-wide collaboration to reduce emissions and use of VOC producing equipment to assist the Baton Rouge area in improving its EPA (NAAQS) non-attainment status. Mrs. Street was also an instrumental part of the Shintech mediations in West Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes. 

Mrs. Street has, in the past, maintained a database of emission reports regarding the burning of Napalm at Rhodia, Inc. (located less than 1 mile north of the Baton Rouge campus). A former high school teacher and community activist, Mrs. Street is a member of the Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics (LATM), the Women’s Council of Greater Baton Rouge and an Advisory Board Member of the Capitol Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) and the University’s representative on the Governor’s Task Force on Keeping Louisiana Clean.  In the past eight (8) years, Mrs. Street has served on several campus committees and continues her commitment to the University and the community of Greater Baton Rouge through volunteerism and charity work.