Monday, December 2, 2019

Master Program in Nature Culture Sustainability Studies 2020-2021

We are recruiting for our third MA cohort in Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies. Generous scholarships and fellowships available. Appreciate if you might pass on the information to interested parties.

This is an interdisciplinary Master’s program grounded in environmental humanities and political ecology with further options to focus on a range of topical areas from theories of nature-culture studies to Anthropocene studies, climate change cultures and green cultural studies to animal studies, eco-literatures, eco-political aesthetics and global supply chains to the political ecology of post-carbon futures amongst other issues. More information and a short film on the Master’s program can be viewed here: liberalartsmasters.risd.edu/ncss

Recent/forthcoming RISD/NCSS events/speakers include: Tony Fry (on decoloniality, ecology and eco-design), Juliet Schor (plenitude and platform co-ops), Neil Brenner (planetary urbanism), Laurence Delina (green new deal & war time mobilization), Jesse Jenkins (eco-pragmatism & rapid decarbonization), Alison Clark (eco-design and the legacy of Victor Papenek), Paola Antonelli (Broken Nature eco-art futures), Asim Waqif (on public art and ecology in India); Matt Hern (on climate change and the Tar Sands); Alyssa Battistoni (on gender, ecosocialism and Just transitions), Arturo Escobar (on sustainable designs for the pluriverse), Carolyn Finney (on the racial histories of landscape use in the US), Jason Moore (on the capitocene). Many of these talks can be watched here: https://liberalartsmasters.risd.edu/ncss/events/ 


Recent conferences:
1.You can watch our Nov 2018 conference Climate Futures, Design and the Just Transition here:

2.You can watch our Oct 2019 conference Race and Environment in the United States - African American & Native American Perspectives here:

3. Climate Futures II Design Politics, Design Natures, Aesthetics and the Green New Deal
will be livestream this Thursday, December 5 https://livestream.com/RISD/climate-futures-ii

For inquires about the program please contact, Professor Jonathan Highfield, Graduate Program Director of Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies jhighfie@risd.edu

Thanks—

Damian White
Damian F. White
Dean of Liberal Arts and Professor of Social Theory and Environmental Studies;
Rhode Island School of Design



To learn more about and/or join AESS, go to www.aessonline.org.
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Environmental Fellows Program Application Reminder

The Environmental Fellows Program is a nationally competitive summer fellowship program for masters and doctoral students that seeks to place students traditionally underrepresented in the environmental field and those committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in summer fellowships with environmental foundations and their grantees.  

Deadline to apply is February 1, 2020.

The Environmental Fellows Program involves:
·  A 12-week fellowship at either an environmental grantmaking foundation, or at one of their grantees. Past placement sites include: Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment; Appalachian Voices; Natural Resources Defense Council, New England Grassroots Environment Fund, the Erb Family Foundation and many more! 
·  A stipend of $11,000 plus a travel allowance for participating fellows.  
·  Participation in the Environmental Grantmakers Association Fall Retreat.
·  Fellows work on a variety of environmental issues including but not limited to: environmental health, energy justice, marine conservation, transit solutions, food justice, and more!  
·  Fellowship placement sites are available across the country in both major cities and rural locations. Some of our past placements have been located in: The Greater Boston area, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and Richmond Va.   
·  Fellows receive training in: diversity, equity, and inclusion; institutional culture; and professional development. 
Please also share this opportunity (and the attached flyer) with any graduate students who have an interest in exploring the world of environmental grantmaking/philanthropy and/or are passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the environmental field.

We will host a second informational webinar on Tuesday December 10, 2019 from 12-1pm EST if you would like to learn more. Please RSVP here. 

You can also visit https://efp.seas.umich.edu/ to learn more/apply or feel free to contact M'Lis Bartlett or Victoria Loong at seas-efpoffice@umich.edu or 734-936-0900. 

Thank you for your interest, we look forward to hearing from you!

Dr. Dorceta Taylor, Program Director
Dr. M'Lis Bartlett, Program Manager 
Victoria Loong, Program Coordinator


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M'Lis Bartlett, PhD | Program Manager
Victoria Loong, MPP/MA | Program Coordinator
Environmental Fellows Program 
School for Environment and Sustainability 
University of Michigan
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Marine Research Training Opportunity

Oceans Research Institute is offering an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students across different universities to join its team of researchers in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Oceans Research Institute already collaborates with numerous South African and international universities.
 
During our month long experiential field research program, students gain hands-on practical training in conducting a wide range of research projects, from population to movement ecology projects on large marine megafauna (including white sharks and cetaceans), from intertidal community biodiversity assessments to fishery related research. Students are not just observers but rather they are an integral part of the research team, collecting data, while gaining valuable insight and training in the latest research methods (including ROV and drones) and seamanship, to equip them with the skills necessary to be successful marine researchers.
 
We would like to build more formal relationships with potential collaborators like you.

There are a number of potential options to build such a relationship:
              • individual students attending the program,  
              • integrating our program into a university course
              • bringing a class for the program
              • joint research opportunities for professors
If you feel that this opportunities and/or collaboration is something you or your students might be interested in, I am happy to answer any questions you or your students might have. 
 

Kind regards
Jeanette Gosling
Marketing Support
Oceans Research
 
m: +2782 371 3083
e:   Jeanette@oceans-research.com
w:  https://www.oceans-research.com/

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Environmental Studies Students: Course Cancellations!!

Hi ENVS Students!
It is important that you enroll in courses as soon as you can. We are already hearing that one course for the spring semester is in jeopardy of not being taught in the spring due to low enrollment (BIOS 468X - Geomicrobiology). There are only 4 students enrolled and a minimum of 12-15 is needed to run the course.
Get into your courses!
Melissa B.
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ACCESS PAL tutoring


            To add to our tutoring staff for ACCESS Peer Assisted Learning (PAL), I am looking for qualified students to hire as tutors for Spring 2019. All PAL tutors participate in training, as is required for PAL’s accreditation by the College Reading & Learning Association.

            PAL tutoring services positively impact retention and cumulative GPA. Students who attended more than one hour of PAL tutoring in spring 2019:
  • 80%+ re-enrolled for fall by the end of May 2019
  • 36% earned a grade in the course tutored that increased their GPA
  • 16% earned an A in the course tutored
  • 34% earned a B in the course tutored
  • 26% earned a C in the course tutored

Please consider:

  • If you know of any student who has a comprehensive knowledge of a particular discipline (must have earned a grade of A or B in the course), communicates well, and is reliable, please let me know, or encourage them to apply to be a PAL tutor.
  • If you could announce the PAL hiring campaign to your classes, that would be great! The application and pertinent information is online at https://www.niu.edu/access/about/employment.shtml.
  • Feel free to forward this e-message to others if you think it could be helpful.

            Please contact me with any questions. I appreciate your cooperation and thank you for your assistance in support of NIU student success.

With regard,
Lynn

Lynn Schmitz
Assistant Director
ACCESS Peer Assisted Learning
Division of Academic Affairs
Founders Library 393 | DeKalb, Illinois 60115-2828
815-753-0499 | lschmitz2@niu.edu

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