Last modified: Thursday, November 10, 2011
IU Office of Sustainability names interns for the 2011-12 academic year
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Nov. 10, 2011
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Office of Sustainability has named 18 interns to continue efforts toward a greener IU Bloomington during the 2011-12 academic year.
Building upon the tradition of the Indiana University Task Force on Sustainability, the Office of Sustainability addresses issues of environmental, economic and social sustainability in campus operations, academic programs and university-community relations. The student interns, selected from both undergraduate and graduate student applicants, will work on a broad array of issues related to sustainability, under the mentorship of IU faculty and staff.
Intern biographies and descriptions of the 2011-12 academic year internship projects can be viewed at https://www.indiana.edu/~sustain/Intern/ay_interns_11-12.html.
"Sustainability internship initiatives have resulted in major progress on campus sustainability goals with a high return on investment for the university while also providing interns with an intensive educational experience. Mentored by dedicated faculty and staff, sustainability interns are powerful catalysts for positive change," said Bill Brown, IU director of sustainability.
From its inception in 2007, the sustainability initiative at IU has strived to promote experiential learning as an integral part of the "greening" of the campus. Sustainability internships have been offered over the past five summers, and internship projects were conducted over the course of the school year for the first time during the 2008-09 academic year.
The academic year internship program allows students the possibility of finding connections between their projects and the academic programs in which they are enrolled. Interns also will participate in a seminar on sustainability, helping to develop a learning community among participants in the internship program.
"For many students, this internship represents an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they are acquiring through their coursework," said Emilie Rex, assistant director of sustainability. "Likewise, our program benefits immensely from the unique academic perspective each of these interns contributes in seminar discussions, peer feedback and programming decisions."
For additional information on the IU Office of Sustainability, visit https://www.indiana.edu/~sustain.
IU sustainability interns for the 2011-12 academic year:
Mentored by the IU Office of Sustainability
- Amy Allen, Green Teams Program
- Shannon Beatty, Keep IU Beautiful Task Force
- Bridget Flynn, Sustainability and the First Year Experience
- John Hageman, Greening the Athletics Department
- Benjamin Inskeep, Sustainability Reporting and Metrics
- Rachel Irvine, Living Sustainably Off-Campus
Mentored by the Campus Sustainability Advisory Board
- Erica Bramlet, Resource Use and Recycling Working Group: Hoosier to Hoosier Community Sale
- Sara Dille, Environmental Quality and Land Use Working Group: Fume Hood and Labs 21 Pilot
- Nolan Hendon, Energy and Built Environment Working Group: Utilities Conservation Project
- Stephanie Hopkins, Food Working Group: Campus Garden Initiative
- Hannah Hunt, Transportation Working Group: Bicycle Friendly Campus Initiatives
- Joowon Kim, Sustainable Computing Working Group: Document Management
- Alexi Lamm, Academic Initiatives Working Group: Sustainability Academic Programs and Research Clearinghouse
- Mary Liang: Energy and Built Environment Working Group: LEED Documentation and Evaluation
- Will McHenry, Energy and Built Environment Working Group: Energy Challenge Program
- Mark Milby, Resource Use and Recycling Working Group: Campus Waste Audit Program
- David Roedl, Sustainable Computing Working Group: Measurement Analysis and Campus Sustainability Dashboard Development
- Sara Swan, Academic Initiatives Working Group: New Review of Interdisciplinary Studies Program in Sustainability
