Â鶹ÊÓƵ National Green Campus
News Archive
Week of November 14, 2011
News from Across the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Campuses
Nov. 18th - Dr. Rinku Roy Chowdhury,Department of Geography?at Indiana University - This seminar, sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, will be held on Friday at 2:00pm in the Technology Research Center, Room 206, on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, and is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Visitor parking passes for the TRC lot may be purchased for $4.00 in the CUERE office in TRC 102/105 on the UMBC campus shortly before seminar.
Nov. 27th - - Interns must be a current University of Maryland graduate or undergraduate student with at least sophomore standing. A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is recommended. Interns are expected to have a strong interest in sustainability, a professional work ethic, and a desire to make the campus more sustainable. In addition, interns must be disciplined and self-motivated as they will take the lead on their own projects. Academic credit is available for internships. Students must talk with their academic advisor to see if internship credit is available through their academic department for this internship. If credit is not available through the student's home department, internship credit may be available though other departments. To Apply: Please send a cover letter and resume to sustainability@umd.edu. The one-page cover letter should address the following questions: Why do you want to be a sustainability intern? What are your qualifications for the intern position? What are your plans for after graduation?
(By David Dishneau, The Associated Press as reported by the Washington Examiner, 11/11/11) [Article quotes J. Edward Gates of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science]
State of Maryland News
(By Andrea F. Siegel, The Baltimore Sun, 11/11/11)
(CBS Baltimore - News, 11/7/11)
(The Baltimore Sun - Editorial, 11/7/11)
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