Environmental Studies Department
Weekly Update
February 12, 2007
Earth Issues:
Tuesday, February 13- Green Building Standards and Certification
12 noon – 1:00 in HUB side room 201-202
Kevin Stover, The Green Building Initiative
Dave Sheridan, Aqua Cura
Tuesday, February 20- Learn about the Luce Semester
12 noon-1:00 in HUB side room 201-202
Students will present on their experience concerning environmental issues in the Chesapeake Bay and Lower Mississippi Watersheds
Student Jobs and Internships:
(For more information, see postings outside the ES department office)
Environmental Health, Teaching, and renewable energy development positions are available in the New Orleans area. We just learned about these positions through one of our alums, Ann Yoachim. Please contact Vallie () for more information.
Penn Environment Campaign Action Teams
They are hiring recent college graduates for campaign organizer positions with our partner state environmental groups around the country. The Campaign Action Team joins a two-month environmental campaign, jumping right into media outreach, coalition-building, grassroots outreach, lobbying, fundraising, and more. Our next team will kick off on March 11, 2007. http://www.pennenvironment.org/PE.asp?id2=17552
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Internships
Description: The Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Internship Program provides opportunities for qualified undergraduate and first year graduate students to receive hands-on experience in a real-world setting that prepares them to become part of tomorrow's workforce. iscipline(s): engineering, computer science, health physics, meteorology, chemistry, physics, biological sciences, environmental sciences, emergency management, public health, epidemiology, accounting, finance, audit, communications, graphic design, human resources, and instructional technology. The internships are available for the summer in Oak Ridge, TN; Washington, DC; Colorado; and California. http://www.orau.org
Summer Research Program In Ecology
Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Application Deadline March 7, 2007
Harvard Forest offers an exciting program for up to 30 undergraduate students and recent graduates to collaborate with scientists conducting ecological research for 12 weeks during the summer of 2007. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education/reu/reu.html
2007 Summer Staff Openings: Tutor/Counselors and Head Residents
The Regional Math/Science Center, Frostburg State University.
Work with high school students as they engage in a six week residential program focuses on exciting hands-on science research projects. Application Deadline March 1. See the posting on the bulletin board outside the Environmental Studies Dept. Office, visit http://www.frostburg.edu/clife/mscenter or email for more information.
Upward Bound Summer Staff 2007
Work with high school students in a summer program to encourage them to seek education beyond secondary school. Provide students with a sample of the college experience. http://www.frostburg/clife/ubp
Events:
March 1- SIGN UP NOW!
Making Environmental Connections, a networking and environmental career conference sponsored by SWEP. For more information and registration forms, please view the bulletin board outside Kaufman 121. Transportation is available through the Career Center. Deadline to register is Feb. 15, 2007. Visit the career center http://www.dickinson.edu/career/student/dsonconnectindex.html or email for more information.
Announcements:
The School for Field Studies (SFS) is offering a Summer Field Study in Public and Environmental Health in Kenya. June 1- July 5, 2007.
For more information visit www.fieldstudies.org
Interested in Sustainable Planning and Design?
Now in its thirty-fourth year, Conway Design School in Conway, MA, offers the only graduate program of its kind, an intensive 10-month, accredited masters program organized around real projects for real clients. Students explore sustainable design from the scale of sites and towns/cities up to regions in an intimate setting (just 18-20 students in the school) with a rich mix of visiting instructors (over 50 each year). The Application deadline for next fall is March 15. For more information please visit www.csld.edu.