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Category Archives: Students
College Graduates and Employment Prospects
As thousands of college students graduate this month, including our students here at Roosevelt, many are concerned how they will fare in the current job market. And that market continues to be challenging as we slowly recover from the Great … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Green jobs, News, Students
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Snow on the Ground, Water on the Mind
Last Saturday, Feb. 23, my SUST 220 Water students (both past and present) joined me at a wonderful annual event here in the Windy City: the Chicago River Student Congress, convened by the environmental conservation organization Friends of the Chicago … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Classes, Education, Events, Faculty, Field Trips, Pollution, Rivers, Roosevelt, Students, Sustainability, Urban ecology, Water
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College Scholarship Offered by the Friends of Volo Bog (deadline Mar 31)
I received this notice via email from the Friends of Volo Bog environmental stewardship organization. A nice scholarship opportunity for continuing SUST majors looking to supplement their finances for 2013-14. The Friends of Volo Bog is offering an Entering College … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parklands, Scholarships, Students, Wetlands
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Job Search Tips
A pretty good article here that I found on LinkedIn about finding a job after college. Solid advice in a still challenging job market. Also check out the Green Jobs section of this website for reports, stats, and other resources.
Posted in Green jobs, Internships, Students
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RU LIbrary: Research Workshops for Students
Hey, RU students! Want to improve your research skills in order to find great sources for your academic work, whether in print or online? If so, your timing’s perfect, since my colleague Katy Hite, instructional librarian at RU, is running … Continue reading
A Modest Plan to Reduce Gun Violence
After a week of deafening silence following the Newtown massacre, the National Rocket-launcher Association at last rolled out its new school safety strategy: placing an armed security guard in every American school. This is supposedly because “the only thing that … Continue reading
Congratulations to Fall 2012 SUST Graduates!
Last Friday marked the graduation of several Sustainability Studies majors at Roosevelt: Alexandra Bishay, Jessie Crow Mermel, Kenton Franklin, Keith Nawls, Jeff Wasil, and Joe Zambuto. These former undergraduates walked across the famed Auditorium Theater stage in downtown Chicago to … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Events, Field Trips, Schaumburg, Science, Students, Sustainability
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Visualizing Earth’s Water
Here is an image posted by one of my students to the last discussion forum of this semester in my Sustainability Studies 220 Water course, along with her comment about it. It can sometimes be challenging to wrap our minds … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Classes, Literature, Photography, Students, Sustainability, Water
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Spring Registration at RU is Underway
Advising and registration are now ongoing (since Nov 1st) for the spring semester at RU. If you’re one of my advisees, please check out the Advising Resources here on this blog (accessible from the top menu). Look over the spring … Continue reading
Canoeing the Upper North Branch of the Chicago River
This past Saturday, students in my SUST 220 Water and PLS 391 Natural Science seminars at Roosevelt University joined me for an urban ecology adventure on the Upper North Branch of the Chicago River. We convened mid-morning at Linné Woods, … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Field Trips, Parklands, Rivers, Roosevelt, Students, Sustainability, Urban ecology, Urban nature, Water
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