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The UTRGV Graduate Sustainability Research Fellowship
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Graduate Sustainability Research Fellowship (GSRF) was designed to support student scholarship, present intentionally visible contributions to sustainability in research, and exemplify UTRGV ...
- Posted Feb. 21, 2024
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (Bachelor)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The multidisciplinary Bachelor of Science degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems (SAFS) serves students interested in improving the sustainability of modern food and agricultural systems. This major prepares graduates ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental Science (BS)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science provides students with career preparation for jobs within the government, consulting, various industries, or even for graduate school. Students who complete the ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Environmental Studies (Minor)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The Environmental Studies Minor provides students with the same benefits and career goals the BS degree does. However, the coursework for the minor program is intended to prepare students for ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management (Minor)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Sustainable Supply Chain Management minor provides students with the knowledge, skills and practices essential for operational decision making from a sustainability perspective. All three aspects of sustainability – economic, social and ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Agricultural, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences (AESS) (MS)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The AESS program provides students with a unique, integrative education and training experience that prepares them to meet the challenges and opportunities in the multiple dimensions of contemporary agricultural, environmental ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Ocean, Coastal and Earth Sciences (MS)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The goal of the OCES program is to provide students a unique integrative education and training experience that prepares them to meet the challenges and opportunities in the multiple dimensions ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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International Sustainability Management (Graduate Certificate)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Those who complete the Certificate in International Sustainability Management will become sustainability champions who can drive socially beneficial, eco-friendly products and services that optimize resource usage and resource networks. Students ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2023
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Catalyzing Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Ecosystems
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
- AASHE (MA)
According to a recent Nielsen study, ~54% of Gen Z want to be entrepreneurs. Colleges and universities have taken note and are proactively tailoring their program offerings to meet the ...
- Posted Oct. 13, 2023
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Enhancing Student Learning of Global Warming Through Reflective Writing
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TX)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The National Academy of Science has published studies showing strong scientific evidence that global warming is caused by human consumption of fossil fuels,1 yet recent surveys have shown young ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Using a Sustainability Framework to Advance Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Accredited social work programs in the U.S. train students to advance "social, economic, and environmental justice" (CSWE, 2020). Often, however, the curriculum addresses each type of justice independently, as ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Keynote Presentation with Dr. Ian Haney López
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Dr. Haney López’s keynote address will explain how the climate movement cannot succeed unless race, class and gender solidarity are at the heart of everything we do. Dr. Ian ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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Integration of the SDG's as a Targeted Educational Alternative...A Story of Successful Collaboration
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Join us as we share a Story of Success: UTRGV and Buell Central High School's Transformative integration of SDG's to engage and motivate our most vulnerable and marginalized ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Latin Flavor in AASHE: Contributions to Sustainability Offices
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
- Universidad EAN
- Dallas College (TX)
In many institutions of higher education and universities around the world, there are offices that manage the issue of sustainability for years. AASHE is a multicultural space where many of ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Dismantling a local School to Prison Pipeline with Education for Sustainable Development
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
UTRGV’s collaboration with an alternative school and its subsequent integration of education for sustainable development has been transformative for the country’s most vulnerable and marginalized youth.
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- Posted May 17, 2018
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Familismo Teaching: Promoting Sustainable Development and Social Justice in a Hispanic Serving Institution
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Higher education (HE) has started taking responsibility in teaching, training, and researching for sustainability. Thus, sustainability and the scholarly environments have become the basis of academic practice since the initial ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Accelerating Sustainability Integration through Strategic Leadership
- Denison University (OH)
- Swarthmore College (PA)
- Unity Environmental University (ME)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Positioning the institution's highest-ranking sustainability professional within an executive level leadership team is essential for advancing institutional strategy and readiness for change. C-suite sustainability provides transformational leadership that is ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Incorporating Sustainability in Traditional Writing and Humanities Courses
- Texas A&M University-Texarkana (TX)
- University of Arkansas (AR)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
In this session, participants will learn about two different approaches to incorporating sustainability in First-Year Composition courses. The first presentation will report on a pilot project that aimed to model ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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Community Engaged Scholarship and Learning in Urban Forestry helps UTRGV earn Tree Campus USA Designation
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
In 2014, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (through its legacy institution UTPA), one of the largest Hispanic Serving Institutions in the country, proposed and offered three iterations of ...
- Posted May 19, 2017
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Earth Fest 2017 celebrates Space, Energy, and Water
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
EDINBURG & BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS—APRIL 19-20, 2017-- This year’s Earth Fest theme is Space, Energy, and Water, featuring three guest speakers, an Exhibitor Expo, and a Dinner & Movie ...
- Posted April 27, 2017
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Infusing Education for Sustainable Development into University Academics, Research, and Engagement through Faculty Training Programs
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
- Participants will be able to identify the impact of sustainability education and apply lessons learned to their programs
- Participants will be able to communicate the intended outcomes for their program ...
- Posted April 25, 2017
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Integrating Education for Sustainable Development through Tree Campus USA
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
- Participants will be able to identify the advantages of including credit-based learning in the project versus hiring consultants
- Participants will be able to extrapolate and apply a plan for implementation ...
- Posted April 25, 2017
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UTRGV Students on campus going to class
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
UTRGV students represent a broad spectrum of individuals interested in different aspects of sustainable development in a variety of fields. The University has active student organizations that work to make ...
- Posted Oct. 21, 2016
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Raising Student Voices: Student Action for University Community Investment
- University of San Francisco (CA)
- Wesleyan University (CT)
- Case Western Reserve University (OH)
- Loyola University New Orleans (LA)
- Fordham University (NY)
- Duke University (NC)
- American University (DC)
- University of Chicago (IL)
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
- Responsible Endowments Coalition (PA)
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
This report from The Democracy Collaborative and the Responsible Endowments Coalition seeks to connect struggling communities to local institutional wealth through engaging student activism. The report profiles three administration-led initiatives ...
- Posted Aug. 1, 2016
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UTRGV Campus Tree Care Report: Proposal for sustaining a healthy and vibrant campus community forest
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
The benefits the forest will provide are myriad. Large trees give us a sense of place and belonging by ensuring landmarks for the future, and add aesthetic beauty to the ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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Project Sin Fronteras
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
Project Sin Fronteras is a project without borders, crossing institutional boundaries, and transforming sustainability concepts and practices into enriched curriculum and research. It provides a two-pronged approach to education for ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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106 kW Rooftop Array: International Technology Education and Commerce Center
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (TX)
- Texas Southmost College (TX)
The Texas State Energy Conservation Office awarded the funding to the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College in August 2010 to support the installation of more than ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2011
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