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 A bi-weekly newsletter published by the
www.macalester.edu/environmentalstudies/ThisJustIn/main.htm In This Issue.... 1. Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Representative on Campus 2. School of Environmental Affairs-Indiana University Representative on Campus 3. The Fossil Free Future Festival - October 10-20 4. Graduate Study in Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography 5. Green Corps 2007-2008 Environmental Leadership Program 6. New Graduate Traineeship Program Supported by the National Science Foundation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 7. Graduate Study in Geology at Kent State University 8. Internships
1. Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Representative on Campus There will be an admissions officer, Suzanne Smith, from the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences of Duke University visiting campus on Thursday, October 12 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. She said that she would be happy to meet with students individually or as a group as well as correspond with any students throughout the year who might be interested in the Nicholas School. Here is her information: Suzanne Smith 2. School of Environmental Affairs-Indiana University Representative on Campus The School of Environmental Affairs-Indiana University will have a representative on campus on Wednesday, October 18. There will be an information table in the lower level of the campus center from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Please contact the CDC for questions, x6384, cdc@macalester.edu.
3. The Fossil Free Future Festival - October 10-20 Speakers, actions, and films to help you and yours understand and confront global warming and the energy crisis: The Festival will be held at Macalester College, with events in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall. All events are free and open 4. Graduate Study in
Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
Paleovar is a newly funded project supported by the Paleoclimate
Program of the National Science Foundation. This 5-year project has support for graduate students interested in paleoclimatology/paleoceanography. For more information about the project and
links to academic programs go to: http://www.paleovar.org. For more information about applying for
graduate fellowships within PALEOVAR, contact
Nick Pisias at npisias@coas.oregonstate.edu. 5. Green Corps 2007-2008 Environmental Leadership Program Early Application Deadline Friday, October 27, 2006. Full-time, paid Environmental Leadership Training Program gives you a year of in-depth training and experience with leading environmental groups like the Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, and Greenpeace. Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to identify and train environmental leaders. Their year-long program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental and public health campaigns, and placement in permanent leadership positions with leading environmental and social change groups. Intensive classroom training features workshops such as Global Warming Strategy, Corporate Accountability Campaigns, Community Organizing Against Toxic Threats and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing. Workshops are lead by the nation's top environmental and social change leaders, such as Adam Ruben, Political Director of MoveOn.org, Bob Bingaman, National Field Director of Sierra Club, and Ross Gelbspan, climate change expert and author of The Heat is On and Boiling Point. Field training puts you on the front lines of today's most urgent environmental campaigns. Campaigns take place nationwide. The program begins in August 2007, with the Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and concludes with graduation in August 2008. Responsibilities include: Plan and implement a series of critical environmental campaigns with groups like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Greenpeace. You will secure media coverage, recruit and manage volunteers/interns, train new leaders, and mobilize grassroots pressure. Their graduates are in high demand and quickly find jobs working on issues they care about. Upon completion of the training program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations that are seeking full-time professional staff. Green Corps' graduates hold leadership positions with MoveOn.org, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, ForestEthics, and many other environmental and progressive groups. They will invite 25 recent college graduates to join Green Corps in 2007-2008. They are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have demonstrated leadership experience, and want to work for change over the long haul. Salary is $23,750. Optional group health care coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment program for qualifying staff. To apply for Green Corps' 2007-2008 Environmental Leadership Training Program, fill out our online application. Regional deadlines, campus interview dates, and online application are at www.greencorps.org. Contact. Jesse Littlewood, Recruitment Director, at jobs@greencorps.org, or 617-426-8506. 6. New Graduate Traineeship Program Supported by the National Science
Foundation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison 7. Graduate Study in Geology at Kent State University The Department of Geology at Kent State University seeks motivated students to pursue the M.S. or Ph.D. degree in the areas of coastal processes, engineering geology, geochemistry, hydrology, invertebrate paleontology, oceanography, paleoclimatology, sedimentary geology, or tectonics. Interdisciplinary research opportunities are also available through the Kent State University Water Resources Research Institute (http://www.dept.kent.edu/wrri/). 8. Internships The following are new internship offerings: Information about these internships can be found at: www.macalester.edu/environmentalstudies/currentinternships.htm Any questions regarding this newsletter or to be removed from the mailing list, contact Ann Esson at esson@macalester.edu. |
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