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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!

Editor's Note: This post was written by Parker and Margaret -- the recently-elected First Year Representatives for Student Government.  Please join Student Government in congratulating Parker and Margaret. 

Hello and aloha!

Thank you for rocking the vote and choosing us as your First Year Reps! We are stoked to represent all of you new SNREds and are excited to do everything we can to make your experience at U of M and SNRE epic.

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:

SNRE’s very own Vienna Teng (Cynthia Shih) will be performing live at The Ark of Ann Arbor this weekend! 

The San Jose Mercury News called Vienna Teng, "a child of Chopin and Sarah McLachlan,” and LA Weekly noted Vienna Teng’s contemporary music as, “Reflective piano-driven chamber folk; packs quite the punch.” The performance is on Saturday, September 29th.  Doors open at 7:30 pm, and the show begins at 8 pm.  Tickets are between $15 and $25, and can be bought online or in person. 

SNREds! 

You are not alone in your environmental crusades -- come connect with other environmentally-minded graduate students at Ecotastic Happy Hour.  Ecotastic Happy Hour is making its return on Wednesday, September 26th from 8-10pm upstairs at Sava's restauarant on State Street.  This is the perfect opportunity to spread your wings outside of the Dana building, and meet cool folks from other graduate programs including: Environmental Law, Public Policy and Urban Planning. 

There will be drink specials, and most importantly, plenty of good times to be had! 

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