Editor's Note: This blog post was written by SNRE student Laura Matson (MS NRE/ MUP Candidate 2013). Laura recently sat down with Lindsey MacDonald, one of the project managers for the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program, to learn more about the program and the upcoming Harvest Festival.
What is the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program?
SNRE Envoys is a cross-disciplinary group of Masters Students working to promote and strengthen diversity within the student population of the school. Our group is focused on improving our recruiting strategy for under-represented groups in the school. This can include everything from ethnic to geographic to socio-economic to ideological diversity and much more. We are also looking to strengthen SNRE by having events that celebrate diversity and involve the whole SNREd community in the ongoing discussion about this important topic.
Editor's Note: The StudGov ticker is a short summary of the weekly StudGov meeting (7 pm Tuesday, 1028 Dana). The meeting is open to the SNRE community, but for those who are unable to attend, these notes provide a brief synopsis of the meeting. Posts will be weekly.
Careers Team: Career Week is well underway and funding is nearly secured.
Still Needed:
Editor's Note: This blog post was written by Jenny Cooper (MS Environment & Natural Resources, Sustainable Systems, 2014). Cooper completed Climate Ride last week, and was invited to share this experience with the SNRE community.
| In the SNRE Office of Alumni Relations and Development, Kate Harris helped plan events for alumni and worked on developing a long term strategic plan for helping alums be more engaged with the school. She learned a lot about contact management and prioritizing projects based on their overall impact. |
| This project has been an amazing aid to Betsy Riley, both personally and professionally. From a professional standpoint, she's gained valuable work experience in the areas of surveying, interview work, report writing, and, soon, presenting my findings. The work that Betsy has done is firmly in the area of environmental communications and outreach, and she's made some great contacts in the area of work that she want to go into. |
Calling all students to the first SNRE town hall of the year! We want your feedback!
Please join us to share your views on the first weeks of the fall semester and to discuss paths forward for our fair institution. StudGov representatives will be in Dana 1040 at 4:30pm on Sept. 19 to facilitate a discussion on any and all matters regarding the SNRE student experience.
Students are strongly encourage to attend. Weather and can-do spirits permitting, we'll likely head to Dominick's following the meeting (~6pm) to kick back and continue the conversation.