Hello MES Geoducks,
Happy first week of Fall Quarter 2021! I hope your classes are off to a great start so far. There are quite a few updates and reminders to help you all get oriented to resources and opportunities on campus this Fall, please keep reading to learn more about:
- Registration Reminders
- Evergreen Student Support Services
- Lecture by Ijeoma Oluo, hosted by Evergreen Tacoma
- Graduate Writing Assistant Positions
- Evergreen Pop-up Food Bank
- MES Weekly Jobs Blog
- Webinar: Passing State-Level Food Policy, Climate X Change (Virtual)
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Registration Reminders
Friday, October 1st, is the last day to make registration adjustments without a fee. You have until this Friday at 4pm, Pacific Time, to drop courses with a 100% Tuition Refund, and add courses without a $50 fee. This Friday is also the last day that you will be able to register through your my.evergreen.edu student portal with a faculty signature of approval or signature override. After Friday, if you would like to add a class, you will need to submit an Add/Drop Form and faculty signature of approval or email of approval to registration@evergreen.edu to get into the class you are interested in. If you have any issues please do not hesitate to reach out any time!
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Evergreen Student Support Services
Please check out https://www.evergreen.edu/currentstudents to learn more about Student Services offices on campus, hours of availability and locations for accessing them as a resource on and off campus, remotely and in-person! These hours have been updated to reflect new adjusted service hours for graduate students, and evening and weekend studies students this quarter. Check the Fall 2021 Student Services (PDF) for the full list of Student Services offices and hours of operation at any time!
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Lecture by Ijeoma Oluo, hosted by Evergreen Tacoma
Tuesday, October 5, 10am
Zoom https://evergreen.zoom.us/my/lyceum
Next week, Evergreen Tacoma will host guest lecturer, Ijeoma Oluo (ee-joh-mah oh-loo-oh), a writer, speaker, and internet yeller. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, So You Want to Talk About Race and most recently, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America. Her work on race has been featured in The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, among many other publications. She was named to the 2021 TIME 100 Next list and has twice been named to the Root 100. She received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award and the 2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award from the American Humanist Association. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
Photo credit: Samuel Engelking
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Graduate Writing Assistant Positions
The Graduate Programs (Master of Environmental Studies, Master of Public Administration, and Master in Teaching) are currently hiring Writing Assistants to support graduate students in their writing development! Please keep reading to learn more about the role of the writing assistants and how to apply for these positions!
Job Details
Job Type: Student Employment/Part Time Jobs
Job Location: Online or Hybrid (in-person/online)
Wage/Salary: $15.00
Hours per week: Up to 19
Job Begins: 10/1/2021 (flexible)
Job Ends: 06/30/2022 (flexible)
Job Description:
Are you a graduate student who has strong critical thinking, organization, and writing skills? Are you looking for paid part-time work that will improve your editing and teaching skills?
The graduate programs (Master in Teaching, Master of Environmental Studies, Master of Public Administration) are seeking Writing Assistants for fall, winter, and spring quarters of the 2020-2021 academic year. The person in this position will assist students in one or more of these programs in improving their writing and analytical skills. This requires meeting with students individually or in groups to work on editing, structure, grammar, and tone of their writing, as well as the quality of their arguments and analysis. Most work will be done remotely via Zoom or phone, with the possibility of some in-person meetings with students.
Qualifications:
This position is open to Evergreen graduate students, with preference given to students who have completed at least the first year of coursework in their program. A successful applicant must have solid working knowledge of grammar, argumentative structure, and the ability to provide feedback on diverse genres of graduate-level writing. While knowledge of the subject area in each graduate program will be considered in specific assignments, demonstrated teaching and/or academic writing skills or potential are most important. Successful applicants must have some flexibility about scheduling office hours, including some late afternoons, evenings, or weekends. Student employees must adhere to the College’s policies on student employment and not work more than 19 hours per week in on-campus student employment.
Application Instructions:
To apply, please submit a letter of interest, resume, and writing sample to Kevin Francis (francisk@evergreen.edu) before Friday, October 15, 5:00 p.m. Please contact Kevin with any questions about the position.
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Evergreen Pop-up Food BankThe Evergreen Pop-up Food bank is available the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month.
Where: Parking Lot C (Walk-up or drive-through)
How it works: Walk-up or drive-through
We follow COVID safety protocols, so please wear a mask. Vegan options are available.
Other food options on campus:
The Advocacy and Resource Center (Basic Needs Center) in the CAB has shelf-stable foods.
The Food Pantry has moved from Police Services to the Housing Community Center, and is accessible to students living on and off campus.
The Hungry Greener Program allows students in campus housing to apply for a limited number of free meals in the Greenery, or in their rooms if they are in isolation or quarantine. Apply to receive meals or donate meals. Note that this program does not operate during breaks or in the summer.
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MES Weekly Jobs Blog
Don't forget to check out the MES Weekly Jobs Blog for all of the latest environmental jobs, internships, events, scholarships and resources! Tomorrow's weekly Thursday afternoon email to subscribers will contain many great job opportunities and resources for current students and alumni to apply for and attend, such as this Webinar: Passing State-Level Food Policy, Climate X Change (Virtual):- October 14 at 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm E.T.
Free
Food production uses up half of the Earth’s habitable land, and is responsible for nearly a third of global heat-trapping emissions. These emissions come from the growing, processing, transporting, storing, cooking, and disposing of the foods we eat every day, and in the wake of a climate crisis that requires a breadth of bold solutions, emissions from the food cannot be ignored. About 6% – 8% of human-caused emissions could be eliminated if we stopped wasting food, and plenty of other agricultural changes could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of our food.
Joining us to discuss how US states can tackle agricultural greenhouse gas emissions at the state-level are four experts in the field. Amy Brown, the Director of Food and Agriculture Program at NRDC, will discuss the enormous carbon footprint of our food system, and the tools we have to mitigate this environmental impact. Professor Ariel Ardura, from Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, will discuss which policies can reduce food waste. From The Good Food Institute, Emily Hennesssee will discuss the environmental impacts of animal agriculture, and what a transition to alternative proteins could look like. Finally, Peter Ruddock, the Coordinator of California Food Policy Council, will discuss the climate benefits of regenerative agriculture, and the progress California has made in this space.
Speakers:
Amy Brown, Director of Food and Agriculture Program at NRDC
Ariel Ardura, Senior Clinical Fellow, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
Emily Hennesssee, Policy Associate at The Good Food Institute
Peter Ruddock, California Policy and Implementation Director, COOK Alliance & Coordinator of California Food Policy Council
Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Cs7XX9VnTL-RzYqNSx2zlw
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Please reach out if you have any questions at (360) 742-8746 or averi.a.azar@evergreen.edu, and have a wonderful first week of Fall Quarter, 2021!
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