Sustainability Spotlight

• Office of Sustainability releases 2021-2022 campus sustainability report 
  The report offers highlights under the categories of Strategic Initiatives, Students in Sustainability, Regional Leadership, Research and Scholarship, Honors and Recognitions, and The Year Ahead.
• University Housing invites volunteers to help make move-in more sustainable
  Sustainable Move In volunteers play an important role in helping new residents sort their waste into six different recycling streams.
• UW–Madison mourns influential, beloved geography professor Yi-Fu Tuan
  Tuan was a prolific writer and deep thinker who was known as the father of humanistic geography.
• Lessons in the Garden
  The CALS horticulture department is teaming up with schools and communities to cultivate a hybrid of plants and pedagogy.

UW South Madison Community Celebration 
 

• Midwest Climate Collaborative seeks input on research agenda
  The MCC is developing a Midwest-wide Research Agenda to identify knowledge gaps between research and practice in the climate change research space. 
• Power up: Little Free Libraries add solar charging to boxes
  A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison students is working to provide charging power to Wisconsin communities.
• What is "eco-anxiety" and how does it apply to Wisconsin?
  "Younger generations keep seeing this message of doom and gloom and the end of the world in 12 years, 15 years and so on," Dominique Brossard, professor and chair in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said.
• U.S. Department of Energy announces up to $44 million to advance enhanced geothermal systems
  Geothermal energy has the potential to provide electricity as well as direct heating and cooling to tens of millions of homes nationwide.
• EPA launches "Make a Market Tech Challenge"
  The challenge asks teams or individual participants to choose one of five patented EPA technologies and compete to develop innovative market assessments.
• Wisconsin solar installers face challenges in finding enough workers to meet growing demand
  "The reality is we need young people in droves from laborers to electricians, to certified installers, to engineers, to sales people, policymakers."

STUDENT
Tutor, PEOPLE program – Campus
Leadership@UW Student Coordinator – Campus

ENTRY LEVEL
Custodian Lead, Wisconsin Union – Campus
Agricultural Laborer, UW–Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station – Rhinelander, WI

PROFESSIONAL
Water@UW–Madison Research Program Coordinator – Campus 
BIPOC Employee Retention Specialist, Office of Human Resources – Campus
Campus Planner, Department of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture – Campus 
Creative Manager, Aquatic Sciences Center – Campus
Director of Consulting, Office of Strategic Consulting – Campus
Associate Director, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives – Campus

JOB BOARDS
UW–Madison Student Jobs
Wisconsin Scholarship Hub
City of Madison Jobs
Dane County Jobs
State of Wisconsin Jobs
Wisconsin Wetlands Job Board

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
UW–Madison Social Justice Hub Action Teams
Apply for Social Justice Hub leadership positions for 2022-2023 academic year, including for the action teams Criminal Justice Reform, Food Justice Collective, and Housing Equity. Hub information is at go.wisc.edu/SocialJusticeHub. Full position descriptions are at go.wisc.edu/SJHActionTeamPDs. All positions are open for applications. You may apply for multiple positions.

Urban League of Greater Madison Fall Volunteering
The Urban League offers you an opportunity to help transform lives in a variety of settings. Interested in working with youth? Skilled with computers? Knowledgeable about today’s job market? We have a place for you!

Communications and Conversations – Virtual
Communications & Conversations is a first of its kind conference for the higher education sustainability community. This two-day virtual conference will review best practices and guidelines in communications and guide sustainability professionals in practical skills ranging from graphic design to accessibility to behavior change. Participants will have the opportunity to develop and refine their own communications strategies as well as build their professional networks.

Handshake, Career Services for Undergraduate Students – Campus
Handshake makes it easy for every UW-Madison student to explore career events, connect to jobs and internships, and even schedule on-campus interviews.