Dear Environmental Studies Students,
Please find this week’s Environmental Studies Announcements
below.
As a reminder, our new course for fall 2017, ENVS 3340
Alternative Energy, is currently full. However, we have started a waiting list
and should be able to open up more spots to ENVS majors and minors. If you have
not yet registered and would like to take the course, please email me at envstudy@bc.edu to be added to the waitlist.
On Campus Events
1. Human and Economic Development Seminar
2. The Road from the Paris Climate Agreement
3. Earth and Environmental Sciences Student Research Colloquium
Off Campus Events
1. MIT Water Innovation Prize
2. Student Documentary Competition
3. Accepting Abstracts for Conference on Sustainable
Development
Research and Study Abroad Opportunities
1.
BC Summer Course: Urban
Agriculture in Detroit
2.
Environmental Field Methods
Course
3.
Hydrology Summer Field
Course
4.
Summer Field School in
Ethnographic Methods in NYC
5.
Study Abroad with the Green
Program
Internship, Graduate School, Training, and Job
Opportunities
1.
Apprentice Grower with
Round the Bend Farm
2.
Volunteer or Intern with
Green-U.org
3.
Policy Associate with Frontier
Group
4.
Job Opportunities with Mass
and US PIRG
5.
Internship with
Environment America
6.
BC Career Center Updates
Best,
Kevin
--
B. Kevin Brown
Graduate Assistant, Environmental Studies
617-552-2477
Devlin 213
As you may know, the annual student colloquium is fast
approaching and will be held this year on Friday, May 5th. This is a
chance for any students in the department to exhibit their research or class
projects in the form of a conference-style talk or a poster.
At this time, if you are planning to present, please
email lisa.kumpf@bc.edu and specify if
you will be giving a talk or a poster. The final abstract deadline is April
28th, emailed to lisa.kumpf@bc.edu.
Abstracts should include a title for your talk or poster, your advisor for the
work, and a 350-word summary of your research in a .doc or .docx file format.
Please don't hesitate to contact me or Sam Dow (dowsb@bc.edu) with any questions you may have.
We look forward to learning about all of the fantastic research going on in the
department!
-The Colloquium Committee
The Witnessing Change Video Competition is an educational
and documentary effort done by the Climate Cost Project. The competition asks
students to make 2-min documentaries through personal interviews with impacted
people in their communities. Student contextualize their interviewees'
experience, and the interview, around climate change., Our purpose is to have
the students' work inform the public about the climate impacts that are
happening in America now, and to help build a diversity of voices within the
country talking about their own personal experiences of climate change. We
think a common narrative about the costs climate change is already having on
Americans--one that transcends race, class, and other lines currently dividing
us--is necessary to create the social unity and political will needed to
address climate change. We do not believe that this has been done before, but
think that it is critical for building public understanding and empowering
individual communities to tell their own stories. This is the first year of the
national competition, and we are hoping to have as many submissions from
talented students as possible. There is no fee for entry and winners will
receive cash prizes of $US 500 and $US 250 dollars, respectively. We will also
publicize the videos both directly through the Climate Cost Project.
You can read more about the competition here: http://www.climatecostproject.org/video-competition,
and find out more about the Climate Cost Project on our webpage: www.climatecostproject.org. The Climate Cost Project
is a non-profit organization fiscally sponsored by the Open Space Institute
funded with support from the Alex C. Walker and Kettering Family Foundations.
For questions please contact info@climatecostproject.org.
The call for abstracts is now out for the Fifth Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD), which will take place on 18 & 19 September, 2017, at Columbia University in New York City. Abstract submission and conference registration will take place on the conference website.
The conference is free for students, and an affordable $310
for faculty and professionals. We thought that you, your students, and/or your
colleagues might be interested in submitting an abstract or attending. The
overarching conference theme is The World in 2050: Looking Ahead for
Sustainable Development. Abstracts should be directly relevant to one of the 27
conference topics, which cover all 17 SDG areas and a number of crosscutting
issues, including data, the role of universities in achieving the SDGs, and the
arts as a tool to raise awareness of the SDGs.
A full list of topics and the call for abstracts are available online. We hope you
will join us!
Applications are still being
accepted for Idaho State University's 2016 summer field course,
We target students interested
in Critical Zone processes, specifically those doing fieldwork requiring
familiarity with environmental data or sample acquisition and analysis.
This is essentially a boot camp for environmental field scientists.
Course Characteristics:
· 3 credit course for upper
division undergrads and graduate students
· May 15 - 27, 2016
· Course is co-taught by ISU
faculty:
o Dr. Ben Crosby
(geomorphology),
o Dr. Sarah Godsey
(hydrology),
o Proto-Dr. Dave Huber (soils,
biogeochem) and
o Dr. Keith Reinhardt (plant
physiological ecology).
· We focus on the tools necessary to
do watershed-scale budgets of water and carbon, including:
o a diverse array of
sampling/measurement methodologies in water, gasses and soils
o data logger/sensor
programming for deployment in aquatic, terrestrial and meteorological
settings
o basic tools for QA/QC, time series
analysis and spatial statistics
Since our
first offering of the course, we have made many improvements and dropped the
price! Long days in the field are complemented by classroom, lab and
computer activities. Students prepare two summative reports and orally
present their results. The course enables students to do baseline
monitoring and assessment as a either a research assistant, environmental
consultant or employee within a state or federal agency.
For more information and an
online application, visit http://geology.isu.edu/FieldMethods/
Questions can be directed
to crosby@isu.edu
We are limited to 25 students
so please submit early. Application deadline is April 20, 2017.
Hydrology Summer Field
Course
New Mexico Tech — July
6th-19th, 2017
The Hydrology Program
at NM Tech is pleased to offer a 2-week, 2-credit (upper division or graduate)
field camp designed to train students and professionals in cutting-edge field
methods for the study and monitoring of groundwater and surface waters.
Aquifer Mechanics: Sevilleta NWR & Kirtland
AFB; Dr. Mark Person
Fluvial Hydrology: Valles Caldera
National Preserve; Dr. Dan Cadol
Stream-Aquifer
Interactions:
Valles
Caldera NP; Dr. Jesus Gomez-Velez
Aquifer Geochemistry: Carlsbad Caverns
National Park; Dr. Andrew Luhmann
Shallow Geophysics: Carlsbad Caverns
National Park; Dr. Deqiang Mao
Cave and Karst Systems: Carlsbad Caverns
National Park; Dr. Lewis Land
Cost: $1,939 — Full
info at:
or email: Daniel.Cadol@NMT.edu
Summer Field School in Ethnographic Methods in New York City
10th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods, June 12 to 22, 2017
The Comitas Institute for Anthropological Study (CIFAS) is pleased to announce the 10th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods, in New York City.
The goal of the Field School is to offer training in the foundations and practice of ethnographic methods. The faculty works closely with participants to identify the required field methods needed to address their academic or professional needs. The Field School is suitable for graduate and undergraduate students in social sciences and other fields of study that use qualitative approaches (such as education, communication, cultural studies, health, social work, human ecology, development studies, consumer behavior, among others), applied social scientists, professionals, and researchers who have an interest in learning more about ethnographic methods and their applications.
The total work load of the course is 30 hours. Students interested in earning credits for the course may have additional assignments in order to totalize 45 hours of activities (what is equivalent to 3 credits).
Course venue: Classes will take place at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University.
Coordinators:
Renzo Taddei (Assistant Professor, Federal University of São Paulo/Affiliated Researcher, Columbia University).
Lambros Comitas (Gardner Cowles Professor of Anthropology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University).
Registration and other costs: Places are limited. The tuition fee is US$ 900. The tuition fee does not cover accommodation, meals or transportation.
For more information or to register, see link attached, or please write to Renzo Taddei at rrt20@columbia.edu
10th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods, June 12 to 22, 2017
The Comitas Institute for Anthropological Study (CIFAS) is pleased to announce the 10th CIFAS Field School in Ethnographic Research Methods, in New York City.
The goal of the Field School is to offer training in the foundations and practice of ethnographic methods. The faculty works closely with participants to identify the required field methods needed to address their academic or professional needs. The Field School is suitable for graduate and undergraduate students in social sciences and other fields of study that use qualitative approaches (such as education, communication, cultural studies, health, social work, human ecology, development studies, consumer behavior, among others), applied social scientists, professionals, and researchers who have an interest in learning more about ethnographic methods and their applications.
The total work load of the course is 30 hours. Students interested in earning credits for the course may have additional assignments in order to totalize 45 hours of activities (what is equivalent to 3 credits).
Course venue: Classes will take place at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University.
Coordinators:
Renzo Taddei (Assistant Professor, Federal University of São Paulo/Affiliated Researcher, Columbia University).
Lambros Comitas (Gardner Cowles Professor of Anthropology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University).
Registration and other costs: Places are limited. The tuition fee is US$ 900. The tuition fee does not cover accommodation, meals or transportation.
For more information or to register, see link attached, or please write to Renzo Taddei at rrt20@columbia.edu
Created for students, by
students, The GREEN Program has introduced a new model for education
abroad. Our accredited, short-term model focuses on bringing
transformative experiences to students around the world
and unlocking doors to governmental, public, and private
facility access, exclusive tours, and unique bucket-list
experiences around the world. We are working with universities around the world
to redefine what a classroom should mean - from lecture halls to
studying the effects of climate change on the top of our world's glaciers.
As commitment partners
to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, The GREEN Program
exposes students to the heart and guts of these sustainability
challenges and initiatives around the world.
Our programs are catered
to students who are curious about the world and seek opportunities to
adventure, break outside of their comfort zones, and stand out amongst their
peers as global citizens.
We don’t want students to choose between a job, internship,
or a study abroad experience. We want them to do it all.
We help students
maximize their winter, spring, and summer breaks in order to allow them to get
in a fulfilling educational abroad experience within just 8-10 days. All the
while, students are able to land that awesome internship they’ve had their eye
on, complete summer classes needed to graduate on time, or challenge their idea
towards global citizenship.
Currently on our 7th year, we currently operate over the spread of three continents. Our organization’s core team and company headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our full-time team of five works out of Pipeline Philly, a co-working space located in Center City, Philadelphia. As one of the founding members of the space, The GREEN Program is a part of this ever-growing community now home to more than 200 companies and organizations.
Beyond Philadelphia, we work alongside numerous indigenous educational institutions and organizations specific to our program locations. Fearless adventure leaders and passionate education gurus, our in-country guides are an integral part of what makes GREEN, GREEN. Of course, our community would not be what it is today without our extended GREEN Family – The GREEN Program Alumni. Having hosted participants from more than 300 universities around the world, we are elated to welcome more than 1800 student leaders and young professionals into our ever-growing community.
Our team and students all have one underlying mission in common: we have consciously chosen to pursue a future of possibilities, and are determined to be part of the solutions toward a better world.
Currently on our 7th year, we currently operate over the spread of three continents. Our organization’s core team and company headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our full-time team of five works out of Pipeline Philly, a co-working space located in Center City, Philadelphia. As one of the founding members of the space, The GREEN Program is a part of this ever-growing community now home to more than 200 companies and organizations.
Beyond Philadelphia, we work alongside numerous indigenous educational institutions and organizations specific to our program locations. Fearless adventure leaders and passionate education gurus, our in-country guides are an integral part of what makes GREEN, GREEN. Of course, our community would not be what it is today without our extended GREEN Family – The GREEN Program Alumni. Having hosted participants from more than 300 universities around the world, we are elated to welcome more than 1800 student leaders and young professionals into our ever-growing community.
Our team and students all have one underlying mission in common: we have consciously chosen to pursue a future of possibilities, and are determined to be part of the solutions toward a better world.
Visit http://thegreenprogram.com/programs
to learn about our programs.
Apprentice Grower
2017 Seasonal Position
Round the
Bend Farm, along with Ashley’s Produce in Dartmouth, MA is offering a
full-time, seasonal position for Apprentice Grower, averaging 40-50 hours per
week from May through October or November 2017.
Round the
Bend Farm (RTB), a Center for Restorative Community located in Dartmouth,
Massachusetts is a working farm and non-profit. We are a living laboratory that cultivates, educates, and empowers
change agents. We are devoted to the global paradigm shift toward hope and
abundance by valuing diversity, modeling nature, and redefining wealth.
Ashley’s
Produce is run by RTB Agripreneur Ashley Brister, and her mission is to produce
nutrient dense fruit, vegetables, and herbs in order to contribute to the
overall health of the soil, plants and people that make up the community here
at RTB and the larger South Coast community.
RTB and
Ashley are seeking an Apprentice Grower to join the farm community as a
full-time, seasonal employee. We are looking for a highly motivated and
energetic individual, passionate about the mission, to work alongside Ashley
for the upcoming 2017 growing season. The Apprentice Grower will aid Ashley in
all aspects relating to vegetable production and land management. These tasks
will include but are not limited to: planting, weeding, irrigation, harvest,
wash-up, the distribution of vegetables and cultivation. Our Apprentice Grower
is also expected to be able to keep farm work happening at an efficient pace.
In addition
to working with Ashley on vegetable production the Apprentice Grower will be
working with our permaculture specialist and resident foodie on our perennials
and kitchen garden. Lastly, you will be expected to participate in the overall
mission of Round the Bend Farm and contribute to communal living (including
participating in household and farm chores), farm fresh cooking and supporting
educational events.
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal
candidate is a hardworking, self-starter and finisher, who is open to new
ideas, comfortable working with their hands and passionate about local food
systems. Ideally, we are looking for someone who will contribute and thrive in
a communal living situation and has done so previously. In addition, we would
like the Apprentice Grower to have past experience working or volunteering on a
farm, or related non-profit.
Qualifications
required are:
·
Highly energetic, with a strong work ethic (enjoys
physical labor)
·
A desire to respect and care for soil and animals
(humans included)
·
A desire to participate in local, vibrant community
·
Dependable, tidy, flexible, open-minded and self-aware
·
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to
accept direction and guidance
·
Ability to work with a diverse group of people
·
Ability to work outdoors, in all conditions, for long
hours
·
An organized, “can-do” attitude
·
A good sense of humor
·
Must
have a valid driver’s license
·
Must
be able to lift 50 lbs.
Note: Although no farming experience is necessary, preference will be given
to candidates who have an active interest in pursuing a career in farming
and/or the environmental and social justice issues pertaining to both local and
global food systems.
COMPENSATION
There will be a monthly stipend of $800.00. RTB will
provide room and board and internet access. Housing will include a private
place to sleep (in a tiny house) and a shared kitchen/dining/library space with
laundry facilities available. Culinary preparation of farm-based dinners is
included Monday-Friday evenings. Educational training in ecological
horticulture and organic farming and gardening will be available, consisting of
field trips to other farms in the area and opportunities to learn about
additional aspects of RTB’s operation, including livestock management, food
preservation and natural building. Ten paid days off per season are also
included.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send cover letter, resume and references to Desa
Van Laarhoven via email (preferred) at desa@roundthebendfarm.org
, or you can mail them to Desa at
Round the Bend Farm at 92B Allens Neck Road, Dartmouth, MA 02748.
Intern or Volunteer with Green-U.org to Save the Environment
About Green-U
Green-U.org (launching soon) will help students contribute to the environmental sustainability of college/university campuses and communities, while also increasing environmental awareness, literacy, and activism.
Our platform has the following components:
- Resources: We will provide extensive resources, how-to guides, and
marketing assets to help people plan and improve sustainability programs,
including waste reduction, composting, water use, food, landscaping,
energy use, procurement, healthy buildings, solar, and transportation.
While such resources exist today, they are difficult to find, scattered
across multiple websites, and often available only to those who have paid
for access.
- Community: Our online
community at each college/university will help all stakeholders—including
student organizations, individual students, faculty members, staff, and
administrators—coalesce and organize to envision, plan, promote, and
implement these programs. It will also connect people interested in the
same topics at different schools.
- Surveys: Surveys
will gather information on environmental practices at individual schools
nationwide.
- Petition: Our online
petition will allow members of each college/university to lend their
voices to advocate for their school’s adoption of environmentally-sustainable
policies.
- Beyond-Campus: We will also advance the movement towards sustainability
by providing news and ways to get involved beyond the campus.
- Media, Partners, and Celebrities: We will engage with media, partner organizations, and
celebrities to promote this program.
Interns, Volunteers, and Campus Reps
We are recruiting interns and volunteers to work in our Manhattan office or remotely. Focus on research and editorial, marketing, or community management. We are also recruiting campus reps to grow this movement at campuses nationwide.
- Use your skills,
experience, knowledge, creativity and talent to help us help students
green their campuses and communities, while also building environmental
awareness and activism.
- Become a member of our dynamic and
creative international team.
- Take a leadership role in the movement to
protect the environment.
- Learn a tremendous amount.
- Enhance your resume with a record of
service and accomplishment, and get a glowing letter of recommendation.
Use and enhance your professional skills in any of these fields: environmental studies or engineering, research, editorial, strategy, partnerships, finance, communications, social media, graphics, community management, fundraising, sponsorships, Public Relations (PR), Human Resources (HR), marketing, event management, organizing, and activism.
This is a great place to work. We have had interns and volunteers from all over the United States and more than fifty countries. The atmosphere is energetic, creative, and fun. We value brainstorming, initiative, sharing, and collaborating. Think of it is a laboratory, studio, seminar, or incubator. We are also casual. We are interested in your brains, creativity and heart, rather than your attire. Want to work in jeans, t-shirt and flip-flops? That’s fine with us.
About ChangingThePresent.org
Green-U is a project of ChangingThePresent.org, which The New York Times called an “amazon.com of the nonprofit world” for our work in helping nonprofits capture money normally spent on traditional presents (BTW, we are recruiting interns and volunteers for a wide range of causes and roles on it; please see www.ChangingThePresent-Join.org for more info on it). We are also getting ready to launch Green-U, which is described here.
Who, Where, When
- We are glad to hear from undergraduate
and graduate students, as well as professionals who want to make a
meaningful impact with their skills.
- Work at our office or remotely. We are
conveniently located at 7th Avenue and 33 Street, across from Penn Station
in Manhattan.
- Full-time or part-time, school-year or
summer, day or evening, weekday or weekend. We are flexible.
- We provide a great opportunity to take a
leadership role in making a meaningful change in the world, but this is an
unpaid position.
Share
Please share this opportunity with others who may be interested.
Apply Now
Are you ready for a great experience and eager to make a difference?
Please send a resume and short cover letter to: join [AT] ChangingThePresent [DOT] org.
Please tell us what role you would like to take, what you are passionate about, whether you would like to work from our office or remotely, and when you are available.
Thank you!
Frontier Group uses the power of ideas and
information to achieve a cleaner environment and a fairer and more democratic
society.
We produce timely, high-quality research
reports on the nation’s pressing challenges: environmental protection,
sustainable energy, good government and more. We help shape effective public
policy strategies that address those problems. And we work to make sure the public
and decision-makers hear our message through the media.
As a policy associate, you will:
· Write compelling
reports on social problems and solutions, using a variety of methodologies
including literature reviews and data analysis.
· Help advocates in the
field craft a message that will change minds, spur action and generate media
attention.
· Write op-eds, blog
entries and journal articles that insert our findings into the public debate.
· Participate in
trainings, presentations and panels.
· Learn the skills of canvassing
and managing a fundraising operation, and run a canvass office for a partner
organization during the summer months.
· Learn recruiting
skills and participate in recruiting new Frontier Group staff
Location: Denver, CO, Boston, MA, and Santa
Barbara, CA
Apply
Today!
Go to http://workforprogress.org/apply/?pos=Policy+Associate&org=Frontier+Group&id=101 to submit a resume,
cover letter with references, and writing sample. In your cover letter, please
be sure to mention where you saw our job advertised and what location you are
interested in.
Available Positions
National
Campaign Director
Tax &
Budget Program
Public
Health Organizer
Maryland PIRG
Transportation
Advocate
MASSPIRG
Fellows
Our fellows don’t just sit behind a desk. You’ll be out in the real world—recruiting new groups to join a coalition, speaking in a church basement or town hall to win a new endorsement, organizing a news event or rally, meeting with an editorial board, or doing whatever else it takes to urge our public officials to do the right thing. This is a two-year program, expressly designed to prepare future leaders within PIRG. We look for smarts, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. We value experience organizing, including building campus groups.
Digital Campaigners
Our digital campaigners help us design and win campaigns on some of the most important issues affecting the public today. This position is an exciting way to organize and motivate people online. Our online campaigns reach tens of thousands of people and spread the word about making change. This is a position for professionals who are ready to turn online skills into political action. We’re looking for people with sharp writing skills, savvy strategic ability, and a talent for using social media.
To learn more and apply, visit jobs.uspirg.org.
U.S. PIRG is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.
Our fellows don’t just sit behind a desk. You’ll be out in the real world—recruiting new groups to join a coalition, speaking in a church basement or town hall to win a new endorsement, organizing a news event or rally, meeting with an editorial board, or doing whatever else it takes to urge our public officials to do the right thing. This is a two-year program, expressly designed to prepare future leaders within PIRG. We look for smarts, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. We value experience organizing, including building campus groups.
Digital Campaigners
Our digital campaigners help us design and win campaigns on some of the most important issues affecting the public today. This position is an exciting way to organize and motivate people online. Our online campaigns reach tens of thousands of people and spread the word about making change. This is a position for professionals who are ready to turn online skills into political action. We’re looking for people with sharp writing skills, savvy strategic ability, and a talent for using social media.
To learn more and apply, visit jobs.uspirg.org.
U.S. PIRG is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.
What do interns with Environment America interns do? You’ll
help us educate and engage more students and citizens on the most critical
environmental issues of our time. You’ll help us get our issues into the media,
build coalitions, organize events and lobby decision-makers. Ultimately, you’ll
help us build the kind of public support it takes to win.
Campaigns
We’re working to stop global warming: We took a big step forward last summer when President Obama directed his Environmental Protection Agency to develop standards that would cut carbon pollution from power plants, the nation’s largest contributors to global warming pollution. This historic step won’t be enough to fully solve the problem, but it’ll be an important start. But standing in the way, at every step, is one of the most powerful special interests in the world: the fossil fuel industry. That’s where we come in. We’re working to rally millions of American citizens, along with local elected officials and other powerful voices to back the President’s plan.
We’re making sure we don’t frack our future: Dirty and dangerous fracking could soon put some of America’s most spectacular places at risk. And we know that this especially destructive method of drilling for gas contaminates water and turns forests and rural landscapes into industrial zones – making nearby families sick and contributing significantly to global warming as well. Now, we’re working to offset the outsized influence of the oil and gas industry and keep our remarkable special places protected.
We’re working to protect our rivers, lakes and streams: To protect our waterways from pollution and destruction we need to crack down on factory farm pollution, sewage and other threats. And we know it won’t be easy because of big opposition from the Farm Bureau, giant agribusiness and others. Now, we’re working to harness grassroots support for clean water and turn it into the political power we need to have a lasting direct impact on our waterways.
Becoming an Environment America intern
Campaigns
We’re working to stop global warming: We took a big step forward last summer when President Obama directed his Environmental Protection Agency to develop standards that would cut carbon pollution from power plants, the nation’s largest contributors to global warming pollution. This historic step won’t be enough to fully solve the problem, but it’ll be an important start. But standing in the way, at every step, is one of the most powerful special interests in the world: the fossil fuel industry. That’s where we come in. We’re working to rally millions of American citizens, along with local elected officials and other powerful voices to back the President’s plan.
We’re making sure we don’t frack our future: Dirty and dangerous fracking could soon put some of America’s most spectacular places at risk. And we know that this especially destructive method of drilling for gas contaminates water and turns forests and rural landscapes into industrial zones – making nearby families sick and contributing significantly to global warming as well. Now, we’re working to offset the outsized influence of the oil and gas industry and keep our remarkable special places protected.
We’re working to protect our rivers, lakes and streams: To protect our waterways from pollution and destruction we need to crack down on factory farm pollution, sewage and other threats. And we know it won’t be easy because of big opposition from the Farm Bureau, giant agribusiness and others. Now, we’re working to harness grassroots support for clean water and turn it into the political power we need to have a lasting direct impact on our waterways.
Becoming an Environment America intern
If you agree that it’s time to solve these big environmental
problems, the best thing you can do to get involved is to apply to be an Environment America
intern today.
We’re looking for students who care deeply about the environment and are ready to make a difference now.
As an intern:
We’re looking for students who care deeply about the environment and are ready to make a difference now.
As an intern:
- You’ll learn how to
analyze environmental problems, push for smart solutions, and build the
public support it takes to win
- You’ll work side-by-side
with one of our organizers, learning the ropes.
- And you'll attend
briefings and trainings to learn even more about environmental issues and
gain organizing skill
- And if you’re thinking
you might want to make a career out of solving big environmental problems
like global warming – interning with Environment America is one of the
best ways to get started. Not only will you get the training and
experience you need, but we hire our most talented and committed interns
to join our Fellowship Program when they graduate.
We’re hiring interns in Boston and 29 states nationwide. Email Madeline Page, Environment America’s Global Warming Outreach Director at mpage@environmentamerica.org with questions or to apply!
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Below
is a list of upcoming programs in which your students may be interested. Please share this email with faculty
colleagues and students in your department. To view more
of our programming, you can also visit bc.edu/careerevents. Please also keep in mind that our
staff is available to visit your classes if you would like for us to give a
quick (5-10 min) overview of our services or a longer presentation on a
specific topic.
If you
know of students that have questions or need assistance with exploring career
options, figuring out summer or post-grad plans, or other career-related matters,
please also feel free to refer them to the Career Center for a one-on-one advising appointment.
For more information about our appointments versus drop-ins, please visit our
website.
Thank
you for referring your students to our resources, events, and advising
services!
What
are your plans for the summer?
by Amber Meyers, Assistant Director BC Career Center
“What
are your plans this summer?” is a common question asked of students once the
snow (finally) stops falling here in Boston and the spring semester begins to
wind down.
By now
you may have considered interning at your dream company, taking classes, or
studying abroad. Or maybe you’re feeling confused because you’re not quite
sure how to best use your summer months? Fear not! The good news is
you’re in control of how you spend your time this summer and you can still
plan to make the most of it...
Read Amber's tips HERE!
Job
Shadow Treks
Join us
for a Job Shadow trek with on Friday, April 21st! The following treks are
happening:
Celtics | 10:00
a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Novartis | 12:00
- 2:00 p.m. |
Channel 7 News |
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Job
Shadow Treks provide an opportunity for students to explore industries in a
hands-on environment. Each trek, hosted by BC alumni and friends, will last
approximately 2 hours and will provide a unique experience which may include
alumni panels, tours, networking sessions, and presentations. Register in EagleLink today!
COMING
UP
Unsure
of your summer plans? Have a job but want to know how to maximize your
summer? We will help you make a game plan for using this time to explore ways
to gain new skills through internship/job opportunities, volunteer and job
shadow experiences. Attend the Successful Summer workshop!
ONGOING
OPPORTUNITIES: Career Chats & Workshop
Health Professions Personal Statement Webinar | Wednesday,
April 12 | 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | virtual
Expert-in-Residence
The
following companies will be visiting campus to conduct expert-in-residence
sessions this month. There are some restrictions for who can sign up for each
session, based on class year and desired applicant type. To learn more and to
register, log in to the workshops section of
EagleLink. All appointments occur in the Career Center.
April
Expert-in-Residence sessions:
Ipsos
(Marketing/Data Analytics) Tuesday, April 18 | 1:00 -
5:00 p.m. |
Castle
Point Partners, LLC (Political Consulting)
Monday, April 24 | 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
INFORMATION
SESSIONS
Employers
host information sessions on campus throughout the academic year. Below is
just a sampling of what's coming up.
Cornerstone Research
Wednesday, April 19 | 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. | Gasson 205
Joseph E. Corcoran Center
for Real Estate and Urban Action Thursday, April | 5:00 -
7:00 p.m. | Fulton Honors Library
EY Thursday,
April 20 | 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. | Walsh Function Room
Deutsche Bank
Monday, April 24 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Walsh Function Room
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