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MCEDC Digest, October 3
, 2016
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Are You Registered to Vote?
Election day is 36 days away and there's still time to ensure that you are registered to vote either by absentee ballot or at your current address! Check out this non-partisan website for details on how to get registered or to check your registration status while there's still time (in most states).
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Program News & Announcements
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Seminar Series: Alan Krause
Wednesday, October 26th
6:15 - 8:00 pm
DLC Collaboratory
Please mark your calendars for our next EDC seminar! We will be hosting Alan Krause, president of MWH Global (part of Stantec) and a distinguished geotechnical engineer and global water leader.
Stay tuned for more details.
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EDC Social Media Revamp
MCEDC is in the process of revamping our social media and we'd love content from you! If you'd like to contribute to the MCEDC blog, please
sign up here. We're also looking to showcase student awards, papers, presentations, etc. on other platforms. If you'd like your work to be highlighted -- or want to recommend a fellow EDCer -- please contact Katie Chambers at
katherinegchambers@gmail.com.
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FREE Online Course
Planning and Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies
Do you want to learn how to plan affordable and context-specific sanitation solutions? Eawag-Sandec in collaboration with EPFL and the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program are re-launching the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on
October 17th.
Sign up for the course at their
website
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Get Your Devex Career Account
As an exclusive benefit for our EDC students, we have arranged for each of you to have a
Devex Career Account
. Devex connects 700,000+ global development professionals through news, business intelligence, and funding & career opportunities. Once you've signed up for your career account, you'll have access to information including "premium" job listings and articles that are only available to members. All current EDC students were emailed a link on 9/14/16. If you didn't get the private link, contact Robyn Sandekian at
sandekian@colorado.edu.
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Faculty & Student Work Highlighted
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EDC Student Group News & Events
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Tahona Happy Hour!
Wednesday, October 5
5:00 - 6:00 pm
1035 Pearl St
This week's EDC Social is at
Tahona Tequila Bar
on Pearl St.
This is a great opportunity to connect with EDC students, get to know each other, and hang out in a more relaxed environment!
EDC will buy appetizers, and drinks are on you! (All ages are welcome in the venue.)
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Breakfast Discussion @ Le Peep
Friday, October 14
8:30 am
2525 Arapahoe Ave E50
Come out to our fourth breakfast discussion of the year! This week we will be discussing globalization. Please watch
this video to give some background for discussion. If you have any suggestions for future discussions, please let us know
here. See you there!
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EDC Student Group Resources
The EDC Calendar is now publicly available, and you can add it to your calendar by copying the following iCal link and pasting it into your calendar software:
Add this to your calendar software
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EDC Student Contact List on Google Drive
If you want to be listed, just add your information to the google docs form. The link to this form was shared with the EDC student list serv on 9/16/16. Contact Amber Schrum (Amber.Schrum@colorado.edu) if you have questions.
Fall Speaker Series Planning is Underway
Do you know someone who would be a great speaker for the fall series?
Please take a moment to fill out their contact info on this spreadsheet. Also, there is a second tab for if you (or a student you know) have an interesting 5-10 minute EDC-related story/experience to share before the speaker. Please email Eric Peterson (
eric.peterson@colorado.edu
) with any questions.
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WASH Symposium Planning Meetings
Every Wednesday
1:00 - 2:00 pm
CEAE Graduate Student Lounge, Room ECCE 162
(across from the Bechtel computer lab)
The WASH Symposium is a two-day event that brings together academics, practitioners, students, and community members to discuss relevant topics in water, sanitation, and hygiene globally. It's an entirely student-driven event and the planning starts now! Students interested in helping with the event planning should attend these weekly meetings and email Matt Bentley (matthew.bentley@colorado.edu) with any questions.
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Americas Latino Eco Festival
October 13-15
Denver, CO
ALEF is a Latino hosted multicultural event elevating the voices of communities of color and of women in conservation and cultural leadership, fostering collaboration to better tackle environmental problems from many angles, and using arte y cultura to message environmental awareness and shared values. The event will be held in Denver.
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Environmental Engineering Seminar
Friday, October 21, 2016
Noon to 1:00pm
SEEC N128
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TEDx Mile Hi -
It's About Time
Friday, October 28, 2016
Temple Buell Theatre (Denver)
It's time to explore the triumph, ingenuity, and achievement of our region's brightest women. TEDx will be producing two live sessions of speakers and streaming a session from the
TEDWomen 2016 event in San Francisco. So, along with drawing inspiration from local luminaries, you'll hear from a number of TED speakers all in a single day. Learn more and buy tickets at
www.texdmilehigh.com/its-about-time/.
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ENVS Fall Colloquium Series
The Environmental Studies Program hosts weekly lectures that are free and open to the public. Check out the
schedule
and subscribe to their
newsletter
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SPOUTS of Water - Finalist for WAF Award
SPOUTS of W
ater, a ceramic water filter manufacturer in Uganda,
is among the top 9 finalists for the WAF (Water Air Food) Awards! 175 applicants from five continents have submitted inspiring projects that secure water, air and food to communities around the world.
Check them out on
Facebook and give them your
vote! You can vote once a day.
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EDC Relevant Conferences/Workshops
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STE 2016 -
Paper Submissions Due TODAY
The 5th International Conference on Sustainability, Technology and Education 2016
is accepting paper submissions.
Conference dates: December 6-8, 2016
Location: Melbourne, Australia
For more information, click here.
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EDC Conference Travel Funds Available
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Remember that the Mortenson Center offers travel funds to students who present EDC-relevant work at conferences. To apply, check out the link on the
MCEDC Resources website
. You'll also find links to department, college, and campus funding opportunities for conference presentations.
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Employment & Funding Opportunities
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Ready Corp Member Position
Deadline TODAY AT NOON - application info here
This is a great opportunity for a student to work with Longmont's Office of Emergency Management and gain experience in the filed of disaster preparedness and community outreach. This is not your typical 9am to 5pm. It requires 40 hours per week commitment, but involves some evening and weekend hours which should fit well with a student's schedule.
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Josh's Water Jobs
The jobs posted are related to water and internationally focused. The two broad categories are Water (policy, governance, law, economics, management, finance, advocacy, sciences, communications, etc) and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene).
Check out the job postings on
this website
.
Woking, UK:
4 Oct
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Hertz Foundation Fellowships
Application deadline: October 28, 2016
For remarkable PhD students in the physical, biological and engineering sciences. Hertz Fellows become innovators and leaders serving in ways that benefit us all. See the
Hertz Website.
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Check out the Jobs & Internships at the Posner Center
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