CAFE is hosting a Sustainable Food Careers Symposium Friday, Feb. 15, Room 1040 of the Dana Building. The symposium brings graduate and undergraduate students together with professionals in food careers related to sustainability and the environment. Organizers' goal is to expose students to the wide range of career opportunities in this field. The event will feature panel discussions focused on:
THIS EVENT IS FREE; THE FIRST 100 REGISTRANTS RECEIVE A FREE LUNCH! (REGISTER BELOW)
Undergraduate degree: University of Louisville, Geography with a concentration in Environmental Analysis, 2012
Age: 25
Undergraduate degree: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. B.S. Natural Resources and Environmental Science, Forest Science, with a Minor in English Literature, 2009.
Age: 27
Prior to SNRE: I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, West Africa, working with women's cooperatives and primary schools to increase the productivity of community gardens while extending information on conservation and environmental health. I also danced a lot.
Award Description: The Rackham Graduate
Forty master's and professional-degree students from eight schools and colleges at the University of Michigan, including 17 from the School of Natural Resources and Environment, are beginning the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program today, marking the first cohort of fellows in the $10 million program launched last spring.
Marshall Weinberg Population, Development, and Climate Change Fellows Program
APPLICATION DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO 25 February 2013 Climate-related changes are affecting every community around the globe. These changes are influencing the resources of all nations, especially agriculture, fuel sources, and water supplies, and are changing every facet of life, especially among the young and aging populations. Solutions will come from interdisciplinary research.In May 2013, the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) will award up to six Graduate Student Research Awards of $25,000 each to three qualified Master's students and three Doctoral students for the opportunity to address scientific, technological, and socio-economic issues relating to the research themes identified in the 2005 NPRB Science Plan.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 15, 2013 Award Eligibility: Students must be enrolled in or accepted by a graduate degree program at an accredited university or college by February 15, 2013.APPLICATION DEADLINE: 2/18/2013
ATTENTION: The application submission period begins on Monday, 1/21/2013 and ends on Monday, 1/18/2013. Your references will be notified by an automatic e-mail that is generated when you submit their names--so please submit their names ASAP to insure that they are able to meet the 2/18/2013 deadline. Your application does not have to be complete to submit your reference writer's names.