Students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered for the traditional SNRE Campfire Friday during homecoming weekend. The event included wader racing and two-person cross-cut saw competitions.
Conservation Ecology
The University of Michigan and 20 other U.S. and Canadian universities will join forces to propose a set of long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes and to train the next generation of scientists, attorneys, planners and policy specialists who will study them. The Great Lakes Futures Project of the Transborder Research University Network will use a cross-disciplinary, cross-sector approach to outlining alternative Great Lakes futures through science-based scenario analysis.
Editor's Note: This piece was written by Margaret Lee, a SNRE student and member of StudGov. Margaret attended the Harvest Festival in early October.
Editor's Note: This is a piece written by fellow SNRE student Jill Carlson reflecting on her participation in the first SNRE Community Service Day.
Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments is hosting a fall symposium Oct. 30. The Symposium will be in the Rackham Amphitheater on the fourth floor of the Rackham Building, 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor. From 1:30-2:45 p.m., there will be an overview of GLISA and its funded research projects. At 3 p.m., authors from the National Climate Assessment Midwest Technical Input Team will summarize climate trends and anticipated impacts of climate change in the Great Lakes region.
Posted:
10/10/2012
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
URL: http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2013/2013_star_gradfellow.html
Open Date: 10/04/2012 - Close Date: 11/27/2012
Summary and tips document is available here: http://www.snre.umich.edu/current_students/financial_aid/workshops; scroll down to "Diana's EPA Summary 10oct12". there is also a reference notebook in OAP which is available to students.
Summary: The U.S.
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Announcing the First Ever “Chatterbox Revisited”
6:15pm – 8:30 Thursday, Oct. 18th
Dominick’s (bundle up!)
SNREds of all ages and persuasions - join your Student Government and your expanded cohort in harkening back to a simpler time.
Remember August? Back before you got so busy that talk of busyness itself inundated every meeting and every greeting? Remember what it was like to stand in crisp Michigan air and tell everyone what brought you here?
We do.
Brandon's internship involved working for the Presentations Branch in the division of Strategic Planning, Budget & Accountability of the Forest Service. This position was located in the Washington Office (Forest Service Headquarters) in D.C. The position involved responding to budgetary queries on previous years budgets and the current years budget from Hill staff, NGOs, and other parties. Other responsibilities included participating in the development of the Agency Request and Department Estimate for the out-year President's budget request.
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Editor's Note: The StudGov Ticker is a short summary of the discussions at 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.
Weekly dispatches from your faithful, sturdy and sassy Student Governors:
Careers:
Career Week is in full swing – schedule attached. Welcome Claire Boland as Director of Career Development! She came out swinging!
Posted:
08/29/2013
Contact Name:
Diana Woodworth
SNRE internal deadline = 10/16/13, 12:00 NOON
Dow submission deadline for select students = 11/11/13
Dow submission deadline for writers of support letters = 11/26/13
The guidelines for the 2014 Dow Sustainability Fellowship Master's Program are available on the Graham Institute's website: http://sustainability.umich.edu/education/dow.
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