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SSI Travel Grantee: Lexa McAllister

Lexa McAllister was awarded a $50 SSI Travel Grant to travel to San Francisco, California to attend the Divestment Convergence in April of 2014. She wrote a blog post for the Ecologue to describe her experience. __________________________________________ Students Engaging Tomorrow traveled to San Francisco to attend the Divestment Convergence at San Francisco State University. This […]

SSI Travel Grantee: Bailey Murphy

Bailey Murphy received a $50 SSI Travel Grant to travel to the Divestment Convergence in April in San Francisco. She wrote a summary explaining her experience for the Ecologue. _____________________________________ Several weeks ago I sat in the front seat of a small red car with two individuals I had met only days prior, contemplating the […]

SSI Project Grantee: Rebecca Arce

Rebecca Arce received a project grant of $1,403 to assist in funding the 2014 Transatlantic Student Symposium. The Symposia are a series of gatherings of students around the world to discuss environmental, cultural, and educational sustainability. The universities who participated included OSU, Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany), and the University of Warsaw (Poland). ________________________________________ The 2014 Transatlantic Student Symposium […]

SSI Travel Grantee: Amy Kordosky

Amy Kordosky received an SSI Travel Grant of $250 to travel to Costa Rica during OSU’s Spring break and participate in a construction & renovation project in San Jose. She wrote up a blog post for the Ecologue to describe her experience and provided a few pictures. ________________________________________ Ten engineers from Oregon State University, including […]

SSI Travel Grantee: Casey Taylor

SSI Travel Grantee Casey Taylor writes about her experience at the Ecological Society of America’s Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota in August of 2013.

SSI Travel Grantee: Allison Marshall

Allison Marshall is an SSI Travel Grantee from November 2013. This is her blog post about her travel to the American Water Resources Association Annual Conference.

Now Hiring: Digital Media + Outreach Intern (OSU Sustainability Office)

The OSU Sustainability Office seeks a student employee to deliver marketing and outreach material via the web, social media and in person. The OSU Sustainability Office seeks an outgoing, enthusiastic student to deliver marketing and outreach material via the web, social media and in person and support its staff in delivering various programs that promote […]

Sustainability Office Now Accepting Student Applications for Energy Project Technician

The OSU Sustainability Office seeks a student employee to scope and implement energy conservation projects and execute related programmatic tasks. The Sustainability Office is part of Campus Operations, the department responsible for development, construction and maintenance of OSU’s physical infrastructure. Work schedule can be somewhat flexible depending on the student’s needs, but must remain responsive […]

Early registration for Harvesting Clean Energy Conference

Harvesting Clean Energy is the Northwest’s premiere gathering of the agriculture, forestry, and energy industries to advance rural economic development through clean energy.  Now in its 12th year, Harvesting Clean Energy draws on top-notch presenters with real-world experience getting successful projects built and growing jobs in their communities. REGISTER EARLY TO RECEIVE LOW RATES Thanks […]

Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference session proposals due soon!

The 2013 Oregon Higher Education Sustainability Conference will take place January 31 — February 1, 2013 at the Smith Memorial Student Union at Portland State University. Three important developments have occurred recently. The deadline for session proposals (PDF) has been extended to at least Nov.2.  Presentations can be 20, 30 or 60 minutes with 15 […]