ENST Digest 2/14/22- the self-love one
Hi ENST & E&C community, on this day of love. I'm curious what you make of it? I include a few of bell hooks' amazing words about self-love below in honor of this day and of her ongoing influence in my own life.
Did you see the HSU Now piece on our very own ENST major Valentina Dimas? She and a whole crew of students used COVID times to create and find a way to advocate for the houseless. Here's the Lost Coast piece on their amazing work, and do check out their documentaries on Houselessness in Humboldt during a time of COVID on You Tube. There will be three, as I understand it, and one is available to view now. Congratulations to Valentina and her team! I'm taken aback by your commitment to this work.
Do you have things to celebrate??? Send me your stuff! Or, if you are too shy, send me stuff about your friends and the amazing work they're up to! It's so important to take the time to pause and recognize our progress. It's too easy to push yourself and find fault, and it's too easy to slip into despair that nothing good is coming from all of our efforts. Celebrating accomplishments isn't about ego; it's about filling our tanks so we can all keep going, knowing we're surrounded by a collective of people trying to make a difference. This is a necessary ingredient to the self-love that bell hooks describes below. Can we practice it? Yes we can! Let's pause and celebrate the impact that this docuseries will have on the community, and how much graft went into it, without any guarantee it would all come together. And there it is... Go Valentina (below with the camera)!
Save the dates! ENST Career Adviser Meridith Orum and the Peer Mentors are putting on a great series of ENST-tailored professional development workshops this spring, open to all ENST majors, and thanks to Dr. Adams' capstone class for organizing and hosting:
1. International Education Week This Week!
The first-ever Cal Poly Humboldt (but HSU's 22nd) International Education Week kicks off Monday, February 14, 2022 with nearly 30 hours of programming from faculty and staff across campus and a number of distinguished guests from around the world. Mary Akpovi, the keynote speaker, on Tuesday will talk about her experience helping to found vocational education programs for women in countries across Africa and her belief that "Global Engagement starts at Home." Cal Poly Humboldt remains rooted in the community but STILL reaching for the world! Visit https://iew.humboldt.edu/ to register in advance and view the full schedule of events. See the attached flyer for International Education Week highlights.
Feb. 14
- Colonialism and musical exchange: transnational collaboration and the visibility of power
- Education projects in Peru and Uganda
- The International Mission Field of American Civil Religion
- Islam and Citizenship Education in Europe
- Student Panel on Study Abroad
- Chinese "love": words, meanings, practices
Feb. 15
- Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on SDG #4
- Study Abroad as a student of color: a world of diversity
- Humboldt Exercise is Medicine On Campus
- The Controversy of the Cello in Arab Music
- Building Virtual International Experience
- KEYNOTE: Global Engagement Starts at Home
Feb. 16
- Britain and Latin America in the Age of US Hegemony
- Auschwitz: Connecting Deep Societal Divisions
- Aesthetic Nationalism: The Dance of War and Exile along the Thai-Myanmar Border
- Study Abroad: A Transformative Experience
- Pan African land manual: Black Radical Literature, Lyric and Tradition
- Promoting your International Experience
Feb. 17
- Internships with the State Department
- Brown bag: what does "global" mean at Humboldt?
- Responsible Storytelling: Sharing Your Experience with Respect
- The Rise and Fall of Great Powers as seen by the ambassadors of "Transatlantica"
Feb. 18
- The Global Politics of Local Food
- The Necessary work of the Sovereign Bodies Institute
https://pmc.humboldt.edu/
5. GRAD Student Employment Opportunity
I am sharing with you an opportunity for graduate students in your respective areas for the 2022-2023 academic year.
The Dean of Students office is recruiting for a graduate assistant for the Humboldt Orientation Program (HOP) and the application deadline is March 11, 2022. If you all could please share with your student listserv, faculty and lecturers, and anyone else you believe may benefit from the information it would be greatly appreciated. Incoming graduate students are eligible to apply.
I am proud to also share that the recipient will receive monthly wages as well as free housing on campus (optional to live on).
I am here to answer any questions or elaborate on anything for your students that is needed.
6. JOB: City of Laramie Climate Action and Sustainability Graduate Research Assistantship
Start Date: August 22, 2022
Apply By: March 4, 2022
Job Category: Graduate Research Assistantship (12 months)
Salary: $ 16,440 stipend; health insurance ($2,482) + tuition and fees ($6,859) | Total Package: $25,781
Program: MS in Environment, Natural Resources, & Society (ENRS), Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming
Location: Laramie, Wyoming
Description: The City of Laramie and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources are jointly recruiting a masters-level graduate assistant to serve in the City's inaugural sustainability and climate action planning position. The main goal of this position is to develop and present a municipal emissions reduction plan to City Council. Other activities include but are not limited to: complete the annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory and forecasting, interface with ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), complete MT 2030 deliverables, support the Laramie joint city-county-community-
The student will work under the supervision and guidance of Darren Parkin, the City of Laramie Natural Resources Administrator. Dr. Rachael Budowle will provide analogous mentorship and serve as the student's graduate advisor. The student's graduate research should relate to the position's activities or similar climate action and sustainability topics and ideally result in a manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal or other relevant outlets.
The selected candidate will pursue their MS in Environment, Natural Resources & Society within the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. The position will average 19 hours/week over 12 months and includes stipend and student health insurance. It will also cover 9 credits of tuition and fees during both the fall and spring semesters (no summer tuition). A second year of funding is contingent upon availability.
Qualifications: Applicants with interest OR experience in interdisciplinary environmental studies and sustainability; community climate action planning; and qualitative research should apply. Applicants with a BA or BS in any field will receive consideration. Those with a background in social science, interdisciplinary, and sustainability/environmental studies fields are preferred.
Candidates for this position should possess outstanding written and oral communication and project management skills. Candidates must be self-motivated and able to work both independently with guidance and support from mentors and collaboratively with diverse stakeholders. Preferably, candidates will have experience with social science and qualitative/ethnographic methods.
To apply: Please send the following materials as one PDF document with the subject and filename Your Name_Laramie Climate ENRS GA Position" to Dr. Rachael Budowle at rbudowle@uwyo.edu:
(1) Cover letter/narrative explaining your desire to pursue graduate education, research interests, career goals, and relevant experience for this position (can be adapted from the ENRS application statement of purpose);
(2) CV/resume including degree(s) earned, GPA, and contact information for at least three references;
(3) Unofficial transcripts; and
(4) A relevant professional, scholarly/academic, or creative writing or work sample (if available).
Closing date and time: March 4, 2022 at 5 p.m. MST.
Note: this GA position will ultimately require successful admission to the MS in Environment, Natural Resources, & Society at the University of Wyoming, but applicants may first directly apply for the position. Priority consideration for other ENRS funding opportunities requires an admissions application by March 1.
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Rachael Budowle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY, United States
307-766-6461
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7. ACAC Career & Volunteer Week Continues!
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On Valentine's, I'm going with some words on self-love from bell hooks. Please enjoy, and I hope you had some self-love today!
"One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others. There was a time when I felt lousy about my over-forty body, saw myself as too fat, too this, or too that. Yet I fantasized about finding a lover who would give me the gift of being loved as I am. It is silly, isn't it, that I would dream of someone else offering to me the acceptance and affirmation I was withholding from myself. This was a moment when the maxim 'You can never love anybody if you are unable to love yourself' made clear sense. And I add, 'Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself.' "
― "All About Love: New Visions"
If you haven't heard about or read this book, you must!
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