The
ENVS Weekly Digest
features current events and opportunities available to ENVS majors. Check the Environmental Studies Program's
News and Events page
for information on internship opportunities, workshops, classes, and other events.
Happy Friday the 13th (Again!)
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School of the Environment and Sustainability Series
The School of the Environment and Sustainability Colloquium Series provides the CU and Boulder community with provocative and insightful conversations that provide compelling illustrations of innovative work in the environment and sustainability taking place in Boulder and elsewhere.
Jill Litt, Environmental Studies Program and School of Public Health, CU:
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
3:00 - 3:30 p.m., Reception with light refreshments
Heritage Center (3rd Floor in Old Main)
3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Lecture and Q&A
Old Main Chapel
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Fellowships, Internships, and Jobs
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Boulder County Farmers Markets Hiring Staff Positions
Boulder County Farmers Markets is looking for 10 seasonal market staff for the Boulder and Longmont farmers markets. This position is part-time and reports to the Market Coordinator. Market Staff will assist in everything from setting up the market, to running our information booth, to breaking down the market at the end of the day. This includes helping staff our market information booth, selling merchandise, communicating with vendors and customers, and managing our Eco-Cycle program. Email markets manager, Brad Burger, with questions and for an application.
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Bureau of Land Management Paid Summer Internships
Various locations in Colorado. See the ENVS Not for Credit page for internship listings and application details.
CADMUS Group is Hiring
They have offices all over the country. Check out their website for positions if you are graduating this semester!
Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program Hiring
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is proud to announce that applicants are being sought for the 2015-16 Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program, a program that provides service-learning opportunities and green job training for young people through environmental and energy conservation projects. The Trust matches young adults 18-25 with Maryland nonprofits and government agencies to work full time in the environmental field for a year ($16,000 annually). This initiative, supported by the Trust, Constellation Energy, National Park Service and the state of Maryland, pairs young adults with organizations that provide hands-on environmental, leadership, and technical training opportunities for a one-year term of service, beginning August 25, 2015. Applications due April 17, 2015 to estransky@cbtrust.org
City of Palo Alto, CA Utilities Hiring Paid Summer Interns These positions are in the Resource Management Division.
Data Analysis Intern, Solar Programs Intern, and Water Efficiency Intern. Application deadline for all three is March 23, 2015. Click here and search by Emp. Type to get to the internship listings for job descriptions and application info.
CU Getches-Wilkinson Center-CU Law Internships
Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force
GWC Internships
Hazel Schmoll Research Fellowship in CO Botany 2015
Application due Friday April 17, 2015 at 3pm
Just in Time Career Fair
April 15-16, UMC Ballrooms
CU-Boulder Career Services is bringing more than 140 organizations to campus to meet students and alumni for two specialized days. The first day, April 15th, is focused on technical organizations and positions. The second day, April 16th, is an All Campus Day with organizations and positions ranging from non-profits to sales and education.
Students should come prepared with resumes, but know that many employers on these days ask applicants to apply online. Use the fair to:
- Network and meet with representatives
- Help employers put a face to the application
- Learn more about various positions and organizations
More Information
Millennium Challenge Corporation Summer Internships Due TODAY
MCC is an innovative and independent U.S. foreign aid agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty. MCC is advancing American values and interests by reducing global poverty through economic growth. The MCC model fulfills this mission by focusing on policy reforms, economic growth opportunities that deliver tangible results and shared learning on what is and is not working. Please be sure to review all of the announcements and apply for those in which you have an interest. You must apply for each vacancy separately. All applicants must apply through USAJOBS.
More Information and Application Links
National Center for Science Education Paid Summer Internships The National Center for Science Education is seeking one part-time and one-full time summer intern to work on science education activism, with a particular focus on climate change education. These are temporary positions based in Oakland, CA. The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) is a not-for-profit organization that defends and promotes the teaching of science in public schools. More Information and Application Instructions
NOAA Paid Internship
Immediate start date working 10-20 hours for 3 months.
Society of Women Environmental Professionals Scholarship
Application Deadline March 31
Must be a woman enrolled in an environmental degree program at the junior level or beyond for Fall 2015 with a GPA of 3.0 or better.
Steppe Paid Summer Internships STEPPE is an NSF-funding consortium at the Geological Society of America. We champion support for research/education and help facilitate the development of integrated, collaborative projects for sedimentary
geologists, paleontologists and others who comprise the sedimentary crust research community.
Four intern positions for summer 2015 are available: * Science Policy (Washington, D.C.) * Non-profit Administrator (Boulder, CO) * Communications Project Manager (Boulder, CO) * Science Journalist/Social Media Administrator (Boulder, CO) All internship positions are for 10 weeks during the summer. Start and end dates are negotiable. Interns must make their own travel and housing arrangements. Compensation is in the form of a stipend, in the amount of $4,600. Applications due March 21, 2015.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Summer Fellowship
Application deadline is March 16, 2015 and is open to undergraduates who have completed their junior year with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. See regions served, criteria and application instructions here.
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ENVS 2000 Applied Ecology for ENVS-Offered Summer A Term
Covers how ecological ideas and principles underlie both the problems and solutions of multiple environmental issues. The ecology of environmental concerns ranging from endangered species to global carbon cycling will be reviewed, including perspectives from physiological, behavioral, population, community, and ecosystem ecology. Read the entire course description
here.
Partially fulfills the Natural Sciences requirement
ENVS 2100 Permaculture Design-Offered in Maymester
May 11-29, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fulfills the Application requirement
ENVS 3020 Advanced Writing in Environmental Studies-Offered in Maymester
Instructor: Dale Miller
Offers training in critical thinking and analytical writing skills appropriate to upper-division classes. Writing assignments integrate the subject matter of different topical areas. Fulfills writing requirement for Environmental Studies major. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: written communication.
Fulfills Writing requirement (recommended for students considering HONORS thesis).
ENVS 3521 Climate Politics and Policy-Offered Summer A Term
Instructor: Max Boykoff
The objective of this course is to understand, explore and critically analyze how climate changing activities are governed using four main components:
1. general introduction: mitigation & adaptation; frames,
perspectives & responsibilities; impacts
2. climate politics and policy at the national and international levels
3. climate politics and policy at the sub-national level: regional, state and city-level governance
4. where climate politics and policy meet the public: non-nation state actors and everyday spaces. Read the entire course description here.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement
ENVS 4100-001 Special Topics in ENVS: Environments & Peoples: Environment & Human Migration-Offered in Maymester
There is growing concern that in coming decades global migration patterns will be affected by land degradation, weather extremes, food insecurity, pollution, and climate change. As the impacts of global and local environmental change take hold, there is increasing need for researchers, policymakers, and the general public to understand better the complex relationship between environment and migration and the various shapes it may take. Read the entire course description here.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement
ENVS 4800 Capstone: Culture, Media and Environmental Issues-Offered Summer A Term
Instructor: Max Boykoff
In this course, we will critically analyze environmental issues and find meaning in our daily lives by way of intertwined media representational practices and culture by way of four main themes:
1. institutions, actors, (collective) psychology
2. mass media
3. understanding and engagement in the public sphere
4. non-nation state actors
Read the entire course description here.
Fulfills the ENVS Capstone requirement
ENVD 4363-001 Open Space Systems for all Species-Offered in Maymester
May 11-29, 2015
Get out in your own backyard and learn from the nation's most successful urban land conservation program. Join us in this 3-week intensive course to learn about open space conservation and planning through field trips, analysis and design. Our project will involve the expansion of the Boulder Regional Trails Systems. Read the entire course description here.
Fulfills the Application requirement.
GEOG 3812-050 Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean-Offered in Augmester (Aug. 3-20)
Instructor: Fernando Riosmena
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement
GEOG 4100-570 Hydrologic Field Methods and Research Design-Offered in Maymester
Instructor: Alice Hill
May 11-29, 2015
Calling all hands-on learners seeking real-world skills! This 3-credit course focuses on hydrologic field methods including surface, ground and snow water data collection techniques. The class will be heavily field-based with emphasis on gaining proficiency with technical field data collection, basic research design and data analysis, and backcountry field research
skills. It is a great way to learn while taking advantage of Colorado summer weather. Contact alice.hill@colorado.edu with any questions.
Fulfills the Application requirement.
Undergraduate Certificate Program
in Renewable and Sustainable Energy
CU-Boulder's undergraduate energy certificate program provides broad exposure to energy issues, with an emphasis on renewable and sustainable energy. Required coursework in energy science and technology, energy policy, and energy projects is coupled with electives on energy and environment, energy technologies, energy economics, and other areas to give students the skills and knowledge to tackle society's pressing energy problems. Successful completion of the certificate program is indicated on CU-Boulder official transcripts.
More Information
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Seminars, Workshops, Films, and Extras
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ATLAS Speaker Series
The ATLAS Speaker Series hosts distinguished visitors from academia, industry and the arts. The series is an educational and experiential resource for students, faculty and the local community to discuss the challenges, opportunities and innovative applications of technology. Unless otherwise noted, talks are held in the Cofrin Auditorium (ATLAS 100) of the Roser ATLAS building (campus map).
Association of Women in Science
The University of Colorado Boulder is an institutional partner of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS). AWIS is the largest multi-disciplinary organization for women in STEM dedicated to achieving equity and full participation of women in all disciplines and across all employment sectors. AWIS reaches more than 20,000 professionals in STEM around the country. The University of Colorado, Boulder supports and promotes diversity in STEM by providing faculty and undergraduate/graduate students with professional development and leadership training with information tailored to help you succeed. All interested undergraduate/graduate students enrolled in a STEM program are eligible to receive a one year FREE access to all AWIS has to offer. All you need to do is
sign up (using your university email)! For more information contact AWIS Membership Manager Sarah Ramirez at
ramirez@awis.org or calling 703-894-4490.
Be Boulder in Sustainability: Sustainable Solutions Brown Bag Series Weekly on Fridays February 6 - May 1, 2015 Noon -1:00 p.m. UMC 425, unless otherwise noted The series will cover a variety of topics in sustainable solutions around CU's Campus and the Boulder community as a whole. You are invited to bring your lunch, meet local leaders and innovators, participate in discussion on sustainable solutions. Sweets and beverages provided. More information Campus Sustainability Summit Friday, April 17, 2015 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. UMC Gallery
The round table features strategic updates and inter-departmental discussion on campus sustainability initiatives.
What sustainability-related developments are happening in academic, engagement and operational realms? What is new, innovative, interesting that should be shared? More Information
Dean Reed Peace Prize Essay Contest The Conference on World Affairs is proud to announce this year's DEAN REED PEACE PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST, open to all undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder. The $1000 prize will be awarded to the best essay on the subject "Human Rights: To Intervene or Not." Essays should be 8-10 pages in length and show a breadth and depth of both knowledge and research in addressing the essay topic.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Monday, March 30, 2015, by 5 p.m. at the Conference on World Affairs office, 1344 Grandview Avenue, UCB 465, Boulder, CO 80309-0465.
Dick Shahan Undergraduate Writing Competition
Love Boulder? Write about it and win $1000!
Deadline for the writing competition is Monday, March 16. The writing competition gives ALL CU-Boulder undergraduate students a chance to use their imaginations and to demonstrate their writing skills in a variety of different genres, as well as to celebrate the larger Boulder community.
Energy Frontiers Conference March 19
Energy Frontiers is a completely student run conference, organized and executed by the CU Energy Club. The conference is FREE and open to the public, but please Register Soon!
Students are encouraged to submit a poster abstract by the end of the day Friday to enter their energy related posters for a chance to win CASH PRIZES (up to $500)! This will be an excellent opportunity for students to share their hard work with other students and energy professionals in addition to the chance to win cash prizes. Students are welcome to submit posters to the session without being entered into the competition as well. Non-students, post-docs, and professors can present their research in the poster session but are not eligible for cash prizes. More info on the poster session here.
Poster competition submissions are due THIS FRIDAY, 3/13 at midnight! Categories for the poster session include:
- Economics, Policy, and Sociology
- Electricity Generation and Storage
- Fuels and Transportation
- Energy Management
- Undergraduate
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Free Peer Tutoring at C4C
ASAP and the Writing Center are pleased to offer walk-in writing tutoring at the C4C Monday-Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons. Writing tutors can help students improve planning, clarity, reasoning, citation, and their ability to self-edit work for grammar and style. All current CU-Boulder students are welcome to visit the peer tutors. No appointment is necessary; tutoring is provided at no charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The GREEN Program
Posting of this announcement is purely for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement of the program by ENVS or CU Boulder. Students are strongly encouraged to consult with their advisors prior to signing up for any courses offered through institutions other than CU to ensure that they will receive academic credit upon completion.
Global Renewable Energy Education Network (GREEN) is the experiential education program for future renewable energy & sustainability leaders.
More Information and Application Instructions
Refugees: An Unfolding Catastrophe A Social Sciences Today forum Tuesday, March 17, 2015 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Hale Science Building Room 270 University of Colorado Boulder Free and open to the public.
SOS: Save our Species Newsletter
SOS is a grant making initiative focused on threatened species conservation. The SOS Newsletter shares news direct from the frontlines of conservation around the world.
SOS Video
SOS Newsletter
Student Academic Success Center Academic Skills Strategies Workshops March 11-20
Women in Science and Engineering Group Talk TODAY! WiSE is presenting a talk by Dr. Leslie Leinwand on March 13
"Road to Success: following your passion in science"
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Women in Science and Engineering Group Workshop
Series
Looking for Other Involvement Opportunities or Events?
Check out the CU Environmental Center's Events Calendar and e-newsletter.
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ENVS Scholarships
Scholarship applications for Academic Year 2015-2016 will be accepted beginning on Monday, February 23, 2015 and are
due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
ENVS Scholarship Application 2015-2016
Application and essay should be submitted in one document to envsmajors@colorado.edu. Qualified applicants must have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average.
Scholarship Application Deadlines
Financial Aid Website
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