Sustainability Spotlight

• Office of Sustainability opens applications for student intern program
  Interns work closely with sustainability staff and help to train, inform, and collaborate with partners across campus. The 2023-2024 intern cohort will start in June 2023.
• UW–Madison instructors invited to #MakeClimateAClass
  Instructors teaching a course during the Spring 2023 semester are encouraged to incorporate discussion of climate change and climate solutions into their syllabi, in preparation for the Worldwide Teach-In on Climate Justice in April.
• Repatriating the ancestors
  Anthropology colleagues are working with tribes to return the remains of ancestors and sacred objects.
• With $9.3 million investment, UW–Madison will establish the Wisconsin Rural Partnership
  The University of Wisconsin­–Madison is creating an initiative to advance the land-grant mission of the university, support community-based projects, and create new partnerships to better meet the needs of rural communities.
• Anonymous gift grows more space for organic agriculture
  The gift will help the UW Agricultural Research Station network "do a better job having more robust demonstrations and options for visitors who come to the station to learn how they can adapt on their own farms some of the methods that our researchers are using.”

Energy Research Showcase
February 17, 9:00am - 12:00pm, Wisconsin Energy Institute
 

• Madison Mayor Rhodes-Conway to serve as chair of U.S. Climate Mayors
  Rhodes-Conway is the first female leader of Climate Mayors, a group founded in 2014 aimed at creating local climate leadership and building partnerships for federal and global climate action.
• City of Madison breaks ground on east-west bus rapid transit line
  The long-awaited bus rapid transit system has been in the works for nearly a decade and is aimed at improving the city’s existing transit system to shorten travel times, reduce congestion and support economic development. 
• Northeast Wisconsin PFAS plume moves into Green Bay via groundwater
  UW–Madison researchers tracked the movement of PFAS through groundwater and surface water flow, as well as the chemicals’ presence in biosolids on land. 
• Clean energy tax credits available for consumers
  The Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change also offers an easy to read digest of the credits.

STUDENT
UW–Madison Office of Sustainability Internship – Campus
Bike the Barns Internship 2023, FairShare CSA Coalition – Madison, WI
Diversity in Conservation Internship, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin – Madison, WI

ENTRY LEVEL
Writer, Aquatic Science Center – Campus
Program Coordinator, Sustain Dane – Madison, WI
Environmental Educator, Aldo Leopold Nature Center – Monona, WI

PROFESSIONAL
Development Director, REAP Food Group – Madison, WI
Marketing Manager, AASHE – Remote
Executive Director, U.S. Climate Action Network – Washington, D.C. 

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
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Open Calls for Proposals
UNEP is seeking partners committed to environmental sustainability. Potential partners are invited to review the requirements related to calls for proposal which they are interested in by following the links provided and submit applications in accordance with the instructions given in the call for proposal.

Lakeshore Nature Preserve Student Engagement Grants
Each year the Lakeshore Nature Preserve awards several Student Engagement Grants of up to $1000 each to facilitate the use of the Preserve as a resource for education among UW undergraduates. Any student, faculty, or staff member at the UW-Madison may apply. Groups of individuals may submit a proposal as a team. Every individual or team must have at least one faculty or staff member, who is expected to play an active role in overseeing the project. Proposal deadline is March 1.

Wisconsin Idea Fellowship
Wisconsin Idea Fellowships are awarded annually to undergraduate student projects working towards addressing a challenge identified along with a local or global community partner. Fellowships are awarded to semester-long or year-long projects designed by an undergraduate student (or group of students) in collaboration with a community organization and a UW–Madison faculty or academic staff member. Projects can receive up to $7,000 in total funding and students receive 3 academic credits.

UW Arboretum Research Fellowships
We invite research proposals in all areas relevant to the Arboretum mission, including the social sciences. We are particularly interested in restoration ecology, invasive species monitoring and management, stormwater impacts, horticulture, visitor experiences, citizen science, public engagement, K–12 outdoor education, and the collection and analysis of long-term monitoring data at remnant and restored sites. Proposals may address any of these areas or others that wisely utilize Arboretum land and other resources. Arboretum Research Fellowships (3–5 awards per year) can include summer stipend, undergraduate research assistants, materials, analyses, or other research needs for up to $8,000.  Applications must be submitted by February 1. 

FreshWater@UW Summer Research Scholars
The UW Aquatic Sciences Center announces an expansion of FreshWater@UW Summer Research Scholar program to all UW System campuses. These are unique opportunities for undergraduates to work closely with water-related faculty mentors and graduate students in their major discipline. Students accepted into the research program are matched with faculty whose expertise and interests match that of the student. Application materials due February 15.

Call for Submissions: "Sustainable Universities and Colleges: Leading or Following Society Towards Resilience?" 
Mark Starik, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in the University of Wisconsin Extended Campus Sustainability Management Program, and Paul Shrivastava, Ph.D., Professor of Management & Organizations, at Pennsylvania State University, invite all academics and practitioners interested in that same goal of advancing sustainability in and through higher education to consider joining them in forwarding that global imperative with an informative, insightful, and inspiring written contribution. Proposals due February 1.

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.